A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector

Classic, the song of Christmas and Good Fellas.. The spoken bit of weird, knocks a star off

Excellent, ground breaking, original yet charming.

The original Christmas album which inspired countless compilations and covers. Almost every song here is the progenitor to a “classic” version of the same song but a couple of songs still survive as the ultimate version on deeply unoriginal Spotify playlists. A handful of oddities (most notably A Marshmallow World!) stand out for no reason other than the fact they do not have the world-beating fame of the other songs surrounding it.

And it stands up! It was the best party record in our household this Christmas.

The album starts well with two Christmas classics (White Christmas and Frosty the snowman), which suit the production style perfectly, but as soon as we go a bit deeper with the Bells of st mary and parade of the wooden soldiers, the enjoyment level drops significantly.

Aside from these couple of dips the album is generally a feel good Christmas day listen with versions of things like Marshmallow World and Christmas (Baby please come home)which have become the definitive versions.

It feels a bit weird to say an album put together by a convicted murderer is "perfect", but this is a (near) perfect Christmas album for me.

It does help massively that it has one of my all-time favourite Christmas songs - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love - but I genuinely loved the whole thing. It made me feel strangely nostalgic despite not being alive when these songs were released.

I could have done without Phil having a chat at the end, but I'm not marking the amazing Darlene down for that.

5/5

It’s hard to rate this album the same way that I’ve rated the others on this list. The production is obviously immaculate and all of the artists’ performances were amazing, but it’s still Christmas music, which is basically only acceptable in small doses at a specific time of year.

I am happy to add it to the fairly short Christmas music rotation along with Christmas From the Heart by Bob Dylan, Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens, and a few others, so I guess that’s something.

Yessir, that was definitely a Christmas album. A pretty fun listen to be fair! But I know that there is Christmas music out there that's more than that -- music that I'd actually seek out for the occasion -- and this isn't it.

Standouts: A Marshmallow World • Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

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sretan božić svima!

A Christmas Gift for you from Darlene Love, The Ronettes, Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans, and The Crystals with some killer production. Can't think of a better Christmas album. Darlene's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) is a top 5 all time Christmas song.

Набір доволі дефолтних різдвяних пісень. Хз як це оцінювати...

I was expecting more from this as it is always billed as an album with superb production. It reminded me of the Beach Boys doing Christmas. Lovely hearing these songs again. Again being the operative word. Maybe they are too familiar for me to have an impact.

I chuckled a little when I saw this one pop up today. Well maybe I just breathed a little harder out of my nose. I suppose if there has to be a Christmas album on the list, today is the day for it.
Insert joke about Phil Spector killing it with this album here. Then insert second joke about Phil Spector’s hair. That’s the real joke. Murder isnt funny.
So Christmas music is not something I ever listen to on purpose. Even at Christmas. This album could be good or bad because of that. It’s sappy Christmas music that I hate but I suppose it serves a purpose. Not really being a Christmas celebrator I kind of wish I had a real album today though. 2/5

I’ve been enjoying Christmas music a lot more than usual this year, so I was excited for this. I then became very disappointed. I decided not to ruin my Christmas and didn’t finish this. I put on my own playlist and the sounds of Joy Division’s Atmosphere brought me back to my good mood.

Maybe showing my age/ lack of knowledge here but I checked the reviews to see if this was worth finishing and you’re telling me this guy killed someone… Yeah there’s nothing great about this.

The OG rock Christmas album, so glad it’s on the list.

Immaculate production and some of the best renditions of these classic tunes. Laughed at the now-unintentionally ominous ending

It's a Christmas album

I like that the keywords include "Merry" and "Festive" and "Fun". But also "Hate" and "Murderer".

Ho ho ho.

The best Christmas album?

The best Christmas album by a convicted murderer

Phil Spector was a genius and this is such a classic - my second fave xmas album (after Ella Fitzgerald)