| | Holiday Favorites: Christmas Soul CD
As tempting as the title sounds, Christmas Soul is little more than a ballads-based interpretation of ten holiday standards, most of them bad choices for the soul treatment. "Joy to the World" and "The Christmas Song" work in this fusion-soaked context, but most of the rest -- "O Holy Night" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" especially -- are bad choices given average performances. The vocalist has most of the clichés down, but the arrangements are maudlin and bland. ~ John Bush
Live Recording Holiday Favorites: Christmas Soul Music Holiday Favorites: Christmas Soul Songs | 1. | Winter Wonderland - The Drifters |
| 2. | What Child Is This - Mahalia Jackson |
| 3. | Little Drummer Boy, The - The Miracles |
| 4. | Silent Night - The Harmonizing Four |
| 5. | O Little Town of Bethlehem - Mahalia Jackson |
| 6. | Mary's Boy Child - The Gospel Clefs |
| 7. | White Christmas - Louis Armstrong |
| 8. | You're All I Want for Christmas - Brook Benton |
| 9. | Silver Bells - The Miracles |
| 10. | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Drifters |
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