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Mandisa
It's Christmas
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Christian & Gospel, Gospel

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. What Christmas Means to Me
2. Christmas Makes Me Cry (feat. Matthew West)
3. O Holy Night
4. Christmas Day (feat. Michael W. Smith)
5. Feliz Navidad/Joy To the World medley
6. Little Drummer Boy
7. Silent Night
8. Children Go Where I Send Thee
9. The "Bell Medley" (Silver Bells, Carol of the Bells and Caroling, Caroling)
10. Mary's Little Boy Child

CD Details

All Artists: Mandisa
Title: It's Christmas
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Distribution
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/14/2008
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Christian & Gospel, Gospel
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Pop & Contemporary, Contemporary
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 400000011387, 5099921378027, 5099921378058

Synopsis

Album Description

Mandisa's debut album True Beauty gave inspiration and hope to women everywhere and challenged us to rethink our definition of beauty, and proved she had more than just talent - but something important to say. This fall, she returns with her first full-length Christmas album It's Christmas. Produced by Brown Bannister (Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp), It's Christmas strikes a balance between traditional Christmas carols and newer songs, and features special appearances by Michael W. Smith and Matthew West.

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CD Reviews

Great Christmas cd!

Steven E. Rose | 11/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love Christmas!! I am always looking for more Christmas cd's. So, as soon as I saw that Mandisa had a Christmas album I bought it. This is the best Christmas album I have heard in a long time. If you love Christmas music, Mandisa, or both then you will love this cd."

Mandisa rocks

J. Ivins | poconos, pa | 12/18/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"a great addition to my chrismas collection. standout tracks are "christmas day" and "o holy night". i loved her first album, and on this, she really shines. o holy night is not your typical arrangement and that's why i like it. mandisa has an amazing voice that is very versatile. the songs range from motown, to standard carols to new ones."

Irresistible holiday music--BRAVO, MANDISA !!!

Matthew G. Sherwin | last seen screaming at Amazon customer service | 10/23/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Christmas music is some of the catchiest, best written music we hear all year long--think about it, don't we always remember songs like "White Christmas" and "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer?" They evoke so many deep, deep feelings and their charm is universally appealing. On this album Mandisa sings some lovely holiday music and you're sure to enjoy this album if holiday tunes are what you crave! The sound quality is terrific and that artwork is very nicely done.

"What Christmas Means to Me" is a song performed by Stevie Wonder on his Christmas album entitled "Someday at Christmas;" Mandisa aces this as effortlessly as if it were mere breathing--she has terrific backup and all together they make this song shine bright! Mandisa handles complex tempo and key changes and this impresses me; the percussion and the drums really flesh out the musical arrangement which makes "What Christmas Means to Me" even more powerful. Listen for Matthew West to join Mandisa on "Christmas Makes Me Cry;" Matthew and Mandisa do a marvelous job on this and they should do more duets together!

"O Holy Night" is another charmer that Mandisa delivers with great sensitivity; that piano arrangement is elegant and the number holds its own very well. I love it! "Silver Bells" (which is listed as "Christmas Day" in the track list above on this webpage) is both awesome and completely beautiful. "Feliz Navidad" and "Joy to the World" combine to form a bouncy, upbeat tune with a bit of a Latin/Brazilian flavor on the side. "Silent Night" has Mandisa giving this a very sensitive treatment; her excellent diction enhances her performance all the more and that's grand. "Mary's Little Boy Child" ends the CD with Mandisa performing flawlessly; she never skips a beat and it leaves me wanting more holiday music from Mandisa.

Mandisa's album entitled "It's Christmas" truly has gorgeous music on it and there's a nice mix of older and newer songs. I highly recommend this for Mandisa's fans; and anyone who enjoys holiday music would do well to add this to their music collection."