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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Mailboat Records
Salesrank: 1873
Released: October 4, 2005 |
| Our Price: $5.06 |
| Used Price: $4.74 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Chris Isaak Christmas Track Listing:
1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
3. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Chris Isaak, Stevie Nicks
4. Washington Square
5. Blue Christmas
6. Christmas Song
7. Hey Santa!
8. Let It Snow
9. Christmas on TV
10. Pretty Paper
11. White Christmas
12. Mele Kalikimaka
13. Brightest Star
14. Last Month of the Year
15. Gotta Be Good
16. Auld Lang Syne
Editorial Review:
After earning four gold or platinum albums, singer-songwriter-guitarist Chris Isaak put down his surfboard, turned up the air conditioner and laid down Chris Isaak Christmas, featuring 11 traditional songs (including "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" with Stevie Nicks) and five originals — the lonely-at-Christmas "Washington Square," "Hey Santa!" and "Christmas On TV," the spiritual "Brightest Star" and the maybe-next-year "Gotta Be Good." Chris Isaak Christmas is this season's holiday surprise — a Christmas album that's actually cool.
Description of Chris Isaak Christmas:
There are those who will argue that Chris Isaak's Christmas is worth the sticker price for its rendition of "Blue Christmas" alone, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a pack of listeners to debate them. Isaak has always seemed the second coming of Elvis in surfer shorts, and on that track he so handily conjures the King it's both beautiful and creepy. But to pin this disc's merits on that chestnut alone is to sell it way, way short. There's the duet with Stevie Nicks on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" to consider (she curtails her diva impulses and lets him steer, and though it's challenging to imagine, their voices weave well); plus the skill with which he incorporates his hula, rockabilly and country leanings (most obviously on "Mele Kalikimaka," but also in instrumentation throughout); plus the five originals he assembled for this disc. So few original carols find an audience and keep them that to pen that many for a 16-track CD seems like yuletide suicide, but those who embrace Isaak's essential quirkiness can be counted on to resuscitate them for years to come. Standouts among the five include "Washington Square" which, as a lament for a faraway loved one, picks up where "Blue Christmas" leaves off, and "Hey Santa," which subs for "Jingle Bell Rock" as this record's reason to rock the night away. --Tammy La Gorce
Chris Isaak Christmas Reviews:
Chris Isaak singing anything is great - but Xmas is a plus! 
2009-12-06 - Just love Chris and hearing the holiday tunes with his smooth fun voice is a great addition to anyone's holiday music. Glad he finally made one!
Awesome!
2008-12-12 - I LOVE this CD...Chris has taken some Christmas classics and added his own touch and they are so fun to listen to. There are also a few new songs on there. Definitely worth the money. I will probably want to listen to this even when it's not the Christmas season.
Merry Christmas Isaak style!
2008-11-03 - I bought this album to add to my growing collection of Chris Isaak CDs. It was September, so it was a little early for Christmas music - or so I thought. I am enjoying the album so much it is Christmas in October! I love Chris's treatment of the old Christmas standards (Blue Christmas and Pretty Paper are awesome), and love his original stuff even more. Washington Square is hauntingly beautiful, and my favorite is Christmas on TV -it's a rockabilly hoot! This is a must have for Chris Isaak fans.
Great Christmas Music
2007-11-28 - I tend to like the Christmas "classics"...Bing Crosy and Nat King Cole with a little Elvis thrown in because that is the music I remember hearing as a kid during the holidays. This CD covers the classics and has some great originals as well. "Mele Kalikimaka" may be better than Bing's version, 'ol Bing would be impressed. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", "Pretty Paper", "White Christmas" and "The Christmas Song" are awesome as well. "Blue Christmas" is a little cheesy with the hammond organ, but still sounds great. My favorites are probably his originals. "Washington Square" is a beautiful but sad song. "Christmas on TV" is both sad and funny and who couldn't help but like "Gotta Be Good".
I think a lot of Christmas CD's are a little over the top, but this one is just great. 5 out of 5 stars
When All Else Fails...
2007-08-28 - ...a Christmas album will cure what ails ya. Chris Isaak is the rare artist who can write originals and also cover the classics by putting his own stamp on them, and he also has a great band. Fun for the fan and also those looking for something fresh in the holiday rotation.
