- Audio CD (4 Oct 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Universal
- ASIN: B000002Q8D
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 126,080 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Sweet Little Jesus Boy |
| 2. Reindeer Boogie |
| 3. Take A Walk Through Bethlehem |
| 4. Santa Claus Is Back In Town |
| 5. It Wasn't His Child |
| 6. Away In A Manger |
| 7. The Sweetest Gift |
| 8. There's A New Kid In Town |
| 9. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! |
| 10. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...) |
Product Description
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Trisha Yearwood's resonant voice is sweet, sultry, vulnerable, and ideally suited for the reverential standards, pop faves, and honky-tonkers that adorn this holiday collection. The Sweetest Gift's moderate arrangements complement Yearwood's covers of "There's a New Kid in Town," Leiber and Stoller's "Santa Claus Is Back in Town," Hank Snow's "Reindeer Boogie," and "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" The CD demonstrates why Yearwood is one of Nashville's superior talents. --Martin Keller
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Trisha is a lady who has it all - the voice, the looks, the personality and the brains. Trisha used her considerable intelligence and knowledge of music to select an outstanding selection of songs, covering every base - old carols (Away in a manger), classic wintry Chrismas songs (Let it snow!, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire), obscure gems (Hank Snow's Reindeer boogie, suitably updated), a blues number (Santa Claus is back in town, originally written for Elvis), a country classic (The sweetest gift), a song rapidly becoming a country Christmas classic (There's a new kid in town) and a great new song (Take a walk through Bethlehem). The other two songs, Sweet little Jesus boy and It wasn't his child, are also excellent choices by Trisha.
Having used her brains to come up with such a well-balanced set of songs, Trisha used her lovely voice to deliver them impeccably. While Trisha's roots are in country music, her voice should appeal far beyond that base. Trisha has a warm, soothing style, yet she can rock where appropriate.
If you can give it dedicated attention, there is much to discover, but we all know that Christmas is not like that for most people. Don't worry - this album also works well as background music.
This is one of the best (of many) Christmas albums I've come across - at it's Amazon.com price, this must be one of the best Christmas bargains of all time. I originally paid full price and considered it money well spent. You can buy it for less than seven dollars.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A Christmas must-have!
5 Jan 1999
Format:Audio CD
This is a great CD that combines some traditional, well known Christmas songs with some that I had not heard before. It really makes you stop and remember what Christmas is all about.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A splendid Christmas gift from Trisha Yearwood
12 Dec 2002
Format:Audio CD
Trisha Yearwood's "The Sweetest Gift" is indeed a sweet gift to the listener. Her gorgeously smooth and elastic voice is complemented by powerful interpretive gifts, and she puts both to use on this album. The album opens with "Sweet Little Jesus Boy," a 1934 tune that evokes the unknowableness of God--it's a treasure. The very next selection--"Reindeer Boogie" by the great Ernest Tubb--crashes headlong into some finger-poppin' good boogie music. It's a treat!
"Take A Walk Through Bethlehem" is a contemporary tune that quietly asserts the strength of religious feeling in the sometimes-too-commercial Christmas season. It has a subtle gospel feel to it that's completely apt for the song. The Leiber and Stoller classic "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" is a riot--it has the propulsive rhythm and sexy delivery of a striptease, complemented by the subtle innuendos in the lyrics. It's a hoot, and a terrific song to boot.
"Away In A Manger" is quiet and sweet and calm--just as it should be. On "The Sweetest Gift"--a splendid 1942 song about a mother going to see her jailed son--Yearwood is backed by her sister, Beth Yearwood Bernard, and it's almost eerie how much they sound alike. What a great idea to use her sister on a song the two grew up singing together! All around a great album--give it a listen!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The Sweetest Gift
30 Nov 2000
Format:Audio CD
What a wonderful CD to add to your holiday collection. Some of the best loved holiday favorites done as only Trisha Yearwood can do them. Some of the others I had never heard before, but have come to love. I could listen to this CD over and over again.
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