Their guitar-driven rock was ideally suited for the holiday season. The Ventures were the most popular instrumental group of the early 60's, and The Ventures, Christmas Album (Dolton, 1965) From 1957'sĬhristmas Album (mixing tawdry burlesques with reverential gospel) to 1971'sĮvery Day Was Like Christmas - brilliantly remastered and copiously annotated. This reissue - compiling every track from both records - sure is. I'm not sure I'd call Elvis' original Christmas albums perfect, but Drop me a line.Įlvis Presley, If Everyday Was Like Christmas (RCA, 1994) No doubt, however, I left off some of your favorites. You'll be happy you bought (assuming you act on my recommendations), and theyĬontain a preponderance of my Top 100 Christmas Songs.Ībout five are flawless - indisputable masterpieces - and the rest come very, I believe I was very democratic and consumer-oriented. I must admit, reads like a love letter to Rhino Records. twenty recorded by individual artists and twentyĬompiling songs by various artists - the latter of which, Below, you'll find two lists spanning forty albums Why they make my life (or at least my Christmas) a little better. While almost all of those thousand-plus platters have theirįlaws, every single one of them has at least one reason why I cherish them, Was a bit like choosing which of my children I love best (if, of course, I The best twenty Christmas albums from among over 1000 Christmas albums I own

The best holiday albums