Jewel, Joy - A Holiday Collection - 51m 23s

Tracks & Durations

1. Data Track 01	6:24
2. Joy To The World	3:06
3. O Holy Night	3:45
4. Silent Night	3:09
5. Winter Wonderland	3:41
6. O Little Town of Bethlehem	3:13
7. Ave Maria	3:45
8. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing	3:22
9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	1:55
10. Face of Love	3:28
11. Go Tell It on the Mountain, Life Uncommon, From a Distance	6:33
12. I Wonder As I Wander	2:01
13. Gloria	2:40
14. Hands	4:13

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Review

Jewel has concocted an intriguing and at times beautifully inspired holiday album, playing it straight with a big orchestra and backing voices for the first half of the record with standards such as "Joy to the World," "Winter Wonderland," "Silent Night," as well as a lovely rendition of "Ave Maria." Things finally get sparkling in the last half where Jewel does a low-key, kid version of "Rudolph" and sings her own compositions. Her moving "Face of Love" and "Hands" are certain to become holiday standards, capable of being sung in a country, pop, gospel, or R&B vein and deserving of an audience as wide as the nation itself. The record's centerpiece, however, seems to be a six-minute-plus medley that mixes "Go Tell It on the Mountain" with the recent hit "From a Distance" and her own "Life Uncommon." Nonetheless, her stunning adaptation of "Gloria" inspired, in part, by Bach's B-Minor Mass, two tracks later is as powerful and lovely a Christmas vocal performance as you will find anywhere. Produced by the legendary Arif Mardin, Joy is destined to become a holiday classic. --Martin Keller

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