Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas

Maybe I'm wrong here - but it seems like this might be one of the most popular Christmas albums of all time. Show of hands, who has listened to this before? Who has bought this? I have no concrete evidence to backup my statement, I just feel like I've heard this a million times before. And I don't actively listen to holiday tunes. Mariah does have a nice voice, and I can understand why this is popular if indeed I'm right. This also came out in 1994 - which seems FOREVER ago - when she wasn't such a weirdo. She's having babies at like 50 with Nick Cannon who's like 25? It's a strange world we live in. Regardless of her personal prowess, it's the holidays, and I should be kind. This to me, is an Christmas standard. The songs aren't totally overdone, but very "to the times" when this came out. It's not overdone, not too gaudy in the musical sense, just right. Still maintains the Christmas spirit - but with a little twist. So for me, this is probably the oldest "modernized" Christmas album I'll do - so I'm going to set the bar with this. And she made a follow up, Merry Christmas II, that came out years later. Maybe I'll look into that one too. Who knows. Depends on what you guys send me, and how many I do before the day actually arrives. For Monday, this is a good start. And an early Merry Christmas to the B Siders!

TRACK LISTING:
1. Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas
2. Silent Night
3. All I Want for Christmas Is You
4. O Holy Night
5. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
6. Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
7. Joy to the World
8. Jesus Born on This Day
9. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)
11. Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child

Listen To Samples

Top 3 Tracks:
1. Christmas
2. All I Want For Christmas Is You
3. Joy To The World

FINAL RATING:
3.75 out of 5 stars