Frank Sinatra - Ultimate Christmas (2017)

Reason for Listening:
#43 on the Billboard 200 (Week of 20191207). Holiday album.
Last Week: 91 | Peak: 18 | Weeks on Chart: 16.

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Released 20171006.
20 songs. 60:36. Ultimate Christmas (2017)
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Notes:
--20191204--
First listen.
This cover of "The Christmas Song" is good, but I think I like Nat King Cole more.
--20191205--
I have since listened to the album about three to four more times from beginning to end. I have not had the opportunity to complete the song ratings until this evening. During which time, I bumped up the ratings for a couple of songs.
I think Frank Sinatra's version "I'll Be Home For Christmas" is too slow for me.
I don't like this version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." It lacks the rhythm of the original and the number of parts sung makes it sound sloppy.

4: "Jingle Bells";
3: "White Christmas"; "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)"; "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas";
2: "Mistletoe And Holly"; "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town";
1: "The First Noel"; "I'll Be Home For Christmas (If Only In My Dreams)"; "The Little Drummer Boy"; "The Bells Of Christmas (Greensleeves)" (*);
0: "The Christmas Waltz"; "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear"; "An Old Fashioned Christmas"; "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"; "Whatever Happened To Christmas" (with The Jimmy Joyce Singers); "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (*); "I Wouldn't Trade Christmas" (*); "A Baby Just Like You"; "Silent Night";
*with Frank Sinatra Jr., Nancy Sinatra, Christina Sinatra, and The Jimmy Joyce Singers

Summary:
Having heard some of Frank Sinatra's songs in the past, my expectations for this album were high. Unfortunately, I didn't find myself particularly interested for the lesser known and/or original songs.

Overall Rating: 3.0/5
Favorite Song: "Jingle Bells"

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