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Best of B.B. King: 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection (Greatest Hits)

Artist: King B.B.

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    Please Come Home for Christmas – B.B. King, The Nashville String Machine 04:53
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    Lonesome Christmas – B.B. King 03:04
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    Back Door Santa – B.B. King 03:26
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    Christmas in Heaven – The Nashville String Machine, B.B. King 04:49
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    I'll Be Home for Christmas – B.B. King 03:47
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    To Someone That I Love – B.B. King, The Nashville String Machine 05:01
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    Christmas Celebration – B.B. King 03:38
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    Merry Christmas, Baby – B.B. King 03:56
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    Christmas Love – B.B. King 02:57
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    Blue Decorations – B.B. King 03:27
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    Christmas Comes But Once a Year – B.B. King 04:15
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    Bringing in a Brand New Year – B.B. King 02:41
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    Auld Lang Syne – B.B. King 02:21

This edition in Universal's discount-priced compilation series 20th Century Masters/The Christmas Collection is actually a re-titled reissue of the 2001 collection A Christmas Celebration of Hope. It took B.B. King a long time to get around to his first Christmas album, which didn't appear until about half a century into his recording career. It's an adequate, good-humored reprisal of various holiday chestnuts, among them some material with blues/RB origins, like "Merry Christmas Baby." King wrote just one new song for the album, the instrumental "Christmas Love," though he did originally record another of the tracks, "Christmas Celebration," back in 1960. Wisely he plays "Auld Lang Syne" as a funky instrumental instead of vocalizing the singalong lyrics. In addition to periodic bursts of King's trademark guitar, there is plenty of brass and organ in the peppy arrangements. The Nashville String Machine adds its strings to just three tracks, which cuts down on over-produced excess (which is only a problem on "Please Come Home for Christmas"). It's hardly the first King you'll pull off your shelf, and not the first RB Christmas album you'll turn to, either, but you could do worse in the holiday season. Richie Unterberger, Rovi

  • Genre: Blues, Holiday, R&B
  • Category Modern Electric Blues, Christmas, Soul-Blues, Memphis Blues
  • Label: MCA
  • Release Date: September 23, 2003
  • Artist: King B.B.

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  • Online Item #: 11429283
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-03-9556
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