20th Century Masters Best Of (2003)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498605660 Release Date: 9/23/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60614137 Item#: MUNFHT Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists 2. My Favorite Things - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 3. Someday At Christmas - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 4. It's Christmas Time - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists 5. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 6. Christmas Song, The - Smokey Robinson/The Temptations ~ Various Artists 7. Christmas Here With You - The Four Tops/Aretha Franklin ~ Various Artists 8. I Want To Come Home For Christmas - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 9. Winter Wonderland - The Funk Brothers ~ Various Artists 10. Wish You A Merry Christmas - Kim Weston ~ Various Artists 11. Silent Night - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 12. Oh Holy Night - The Supremes ~ Various Artists (P) 2003 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compiled from Motown Christmas collections and individual artists' Christmas albums, 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Motown Christmas gathers a dozen of the label's holiday performances, including the Jackson 5's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and Stevie Wonder's idealistic "Someday at Christmas." The collection avoids most of the holiday's cutesy and traditional songs, opting for festive secular and original songs. A large part of this album comes from 1973's classic Motown Christmas, such as Diana Ross & the Supremes' crystalline version of "My Favorite Things" and Marvin Gaye's antiwar holiday lament, "I Want to Come Home for Christmas." Kim Weston's "Wish You a Merry Christmas" and the Funk Brothers' "Winter Wonderland," which embodies the sparkling, soulful sound of Motown's best singles, come from Motown Christmas, Vol. 2 and are enjoyable but not as essential as the tracks from the first volume. The Four Tops' duet with Aretha Franklin, "Christmas Here With You," meanwhile, is a somewhat hard-to-find track, previously available only on their 1995 Christmas album of the same name; unfortunately, it doesn't represent the band in their prime, but it's a fairly enjoyable song nevertheless. Ultimately, Motown Christmas is a bigger and better holiday album, but The Best of Motown Christmas is still a decent representation of the label's holiday music. ~ Heather Phares   Technical Info Release Date : 09/23/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 0000913 Label : Motown Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498605660    Product Image