Happy Christmas (compilation album)
| Happy Christmas | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | October 20, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Holiday | |||
| Length | 65:44 | |||
| Label | BEC | |||
| Happy Christmas series chronology | ||||
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Happy Christmas is a 1998 Christmas music compilation album released by BEC Records featuring artists from a variety of styles who were signed to BEC and its parent label, Tooth & Nail Records, and its parent EMI Christian Music. While most songs are classic Christmas songs, some are original tunes. The album is the first in what would later become a series of releases.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| HM Magazine | positive[2] |
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Joy to the World" | The O.C. Supertones | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Winter Wonderland" | Joy Electric | 2:22 |
| 3. | "O Come Emmanuel" | Chasing Furies | 3:11 |
| 4. | "A Holiday Song" | Starflyer 59 | 2:08 |
| 5. | "You Gotta Get Up" | Five Iron Frenzy | 2:29 |
| 6. | "Heaven's Got a Baby" | Sarah Masen | 4:28 |
| 7. | "Away in a Manger" | Plankeye | 3:16 |
| 8. | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | Almonzo | 2:30 |
| 9. | "Feliz Navidad" | Pep Squad | 2:47 |
| 10. | "Holly Jolly Christmas" | Bon Voyage | 2:37 |
| 11. | "O Holy Night" | Seven Day Jesus | 5:28 |
| 12. | "Mele Kalikimaka" | Flight 180 | 2:36 |
| 13. | "Evergreen" | Switchfoot | 4:44 |
| 14. | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | House of Wires | 4:16 |
| 15. | "Asia Minor" | Fold Zandura | 4:06 |
| 16. | "It's Always Christmas at My House" | The Huntingtons | 4:38 |
| 17. | "We Three Kings" | The Dingees | 3:49 |
| 18. | "Savior of the Fools" | Puller | 7:19 |
| Total length: | 65:33[3] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Rodney Batdorf. "Happy Christmas: A BEC Holiday Collection". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ^ McGovern, Brian Vincent (January–February 1999). "Album Reviews: Various Happy Christmas". HM Magazine (75): 62. ISSN 1066-6923. Archived from the original on July 13, 2001. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
- ^ "various artists, "Happy Christmas" Review". jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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