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Artista:
Elton John
Origen:
Reino Unido, Middlesex - London - EnglandReino Unido
Nacido el día:
25 de Marzo de 1947
Disco de Elton John: «Elton John's Christmas Party»
Disco de Elton John: «Elton John's Christmas Party» (Anverso)
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  • Título:Elton John's Christmas Party
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  • Tipo:Audio CD
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Contenido
  • 1Step Into Christmas - Elton John
  • 2Feliz Navidad - El Vez
  • 3The Man With All The Toys - The Beach Boys
  • 4A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So) - The Flaming Lips
  • 5It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas - Pet Shop Boys
  • 6Spotlight On Christmas - Rufus Wainwright
  • 7Jingle Bell Rock - The Ventures
  • 8Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
  • 9Merry Christmas Baby - Otis Redding
  • 10Christmas Island - Jimmy Buffett
  • 11Christmas Must Be Tonight - The Band
  • 122000 Miles - The Pretenders
  • 13December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
  • 14New Year's Day - U2
  • 15Calling It Christmas - Elton John
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Elton John's Christmas Party is a collection of the GRAMMY-winning artist's favorite holiday party songs. Includes "Calling It Christmas," a brand-new duet by Elton John and Joss Stone penned by Elton and longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin just for this collection. The CD's liner notes, also written by Elton John, describe why he selected each song in the compilation. "Music plays a more important part at Christmas than at any other time of the year. It is the only season that has its own genre of music," explained Elton. "Recently it has become de rigueur to do a Christmas album. But I do not want to do one. I would rather compile this album of my favorite Christmas songs by my favorite artists." Universal Music Group will donate $2 of every CD sold to The Elton John AIDS Foundation. Tracks hand-picked by Elton John include 15 of the greatest rock 'n' roll era Christmas recordings.
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Elton sure knows how to throw a good holiday party! Or at least someone at the record label does. This diverse CD with personal liner notes by the superstar songwriter throws the ancient surf rock licks of the Ventures together with the contemporary genius of Rufus Wainwright, the eccentric rock of the Flaming Lips and El Vez, plus some Christmas classics from the pop, soul, and hip-hop worlds. With 21 titles, including two Elton John tunes that bookend the package, it's one of the best value holiday discs and most enjoyable compilations you can find. From the Beach Boys "The Man with All the Toys" and Springsteen's live version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" to the Ronettes' "Frosty the Snowman" and Otis Redding's "Merry Christmas Baby," your party won't stop, even for the bluesy workout of "Please Come Home for Christmas" by the Eagles and the Band's haunting original "Christmas Must Be Tonight." Can you find these cuts on other Christmas records? Sure. But can you find them alongside the Pet Shop Boys' "It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas," one of the record's real finds, or cuts by John Mayer, OutKast's "Player's Ball," the uniquely indescribable Kate Bush and others? No, you can't and that's the beauty of Elton's memorable choices. Proceeds benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Highly recommended. --Martin Keller
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11 personas de un total de 11 encontraron útil la siguiente opinión:
- Not a cool party to me! Hip-O Records yanked six tracks from the original version! Buyer beware!

The various artists compilation CD "Elton John's Christmas Party" was first released in 2005, but it was manufactured by the Hear Music imprint for Universal Music Enterprises. That means it was available for purchase mainly at Starbucks Coffee retail stores, with a retail price of $14.95 ($18.95 in Canada). Now you'd think Hip-O Records would be doing us a favor by re-releasing this set in 2006 on their label, thus making it widely available for purchase everywhere. But alas, that's not the case, because for the 2006 version of this set, a full six tracks have been removed from the original tracklist. Those six tracks are as follows:

- "Frosty The Snowman" by The Ronettes

- "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" by Bruce Springsteen

- "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" by The Crystals

- "Playa's Ball" by OutKast

- "St. Patricks's Day" by John Mayer

- "Please Come Home For Christmas" by The Eagles

I'm not sure why Sir Elton wanted to include the OutKast and John Mayer tracks in the first place, and I don't consider those to be a great loss for a Christmas compilation. But here's what irks me that many people may not even notice: the Ronettes and Crystals tracks were both originally released on the classic 1963 Phil Spector holiday rock album "A Christmas Gift For You" (possibly the greatest holiday album of all time, if not one of the greatest). And if you look carefully at the cartoonish CD cover artwork, Sir Elton happens to be holding a vinyl copy of one of the old reissued versions of this album (when it was renamed "Phil Spector's Christmas Album" for reissues during the 1970s and 1980s). So not only has Hip-O yanked the two tracks that came from that classic Spector album, they didn't even bother changing the cover art for the new downsized version of the set.

Oh, and did I also mention that the suggested retail price of the new downsized version is $15.98. That's higher than the suggested retail price of the set when it had 21 tracks and was sold mainly at Starbucks Coffee stores in the U.S. This is yet another example of paying more and getting less, which is oh so woefully typical of corporate America these days. Personally, I can't understand why Sir Elton would go along with these changes (assuming he had a say in it), but I'm sure licensing fees had something to do with it.

So if you really wanna grab the better version of this compilation, my suggestion is to scan auction sites like eBay every so often, or buy a copy from a private seller here at amazon.com if one is available. Unfortunately, the original 21-track version of the set is now out of print.

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- Expected more

Kind of disapointed .

The songs are not what I expected from an Elton John CD.

This Christmas party may be my grandma and even her does not like it!

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- John Mayer's Christmas Song--St. Patrick's Day

I bought this cd just for the John Mayer's Christmas Song--St. Patrick's Day. It was worth it, and the rest of the album is nice too.

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2 personas de un total de 4 encontraron útil la siguiente opinión:
- U2's "New Years Day" = holiday song ?

U2's "New Years Day" = a holiday song ?

I wouldn't bother except that the money goes to charity (hopefully).

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6 personas de un total de 12 encontraron útil la siguiente opinión:
- The best Christmas songs collection available

I bought this last year when it was on sale only through Starbucks. I really enjoyed it last christmas season.

I think it is the best christmas songs collection by different artists available.

Half of the songs I knew before and knew that I loved them. It was a very pleasant surprise to find out that the rest of the songs were on par with those i knew.

Go get it!