NewsNow That’s What I Call Christmas
Festive compilation on 4CD or 3LP red vinyl
Now That’s What I Call Music have gone the multi-disc route this year for a new Christmas compilation. Now That’s What I Call Christmas features a mix of well-established timeless classics with a smattering of more recent material and even the odd curveball and rarity.
The 4CD collection is packaged in an 8-panel card sleeve and offers a Turkey-tastic 85 tracks. With so much capacity, they seem to have featured virtually everything, including Wham!, Elton John, Wizzard, Slade, Paul McCartney, Boney M., Shakin’ Stevens, Greg Lake, The Beach Boys, Jona Lewie, Chris De Burgh, Mike Oldfield, David Essex, The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl, Pretenders, Aled Jones, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Flying Pickets, The Housemartins, Paul Young, East 17 AND MORE!
In and around those 70s/80s classics are old timers like Sinatra, Crosby, Martin, Williams, King Cole and ‘newbies’ such as Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis, Ed Sheeran, George Ezra and Alexandra Burke.
There’s even space for what I believe is a new-to-CD rarity in the 12-inch version of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’, although the compilers also include the standard version AS WELL, so there can be no complaining.
If you are wondering why Kate Bush’s ‘December Could Be Magic Again’ is missing (either in standard, or rare ‘bongo version’ form) it’s because, as SDE understands it, the licensing request was refused. It’s hard to understand why Kate wouldn’t want her Christmas song on a Christmas compilation, but there you go. Maybe she’s gone off it. We have to make do with her inferior 1993 B-side ‘Home For Christmas’, instead.
Now That’s What I Call Christmas will be released as a 4CD set on 28 October 2022. The 50-track 3LP red vinyl version follows on 11 November 2022. Full track listings are below.
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Tracklisting
Now That’s What I Call Christmas Various Artists /
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CD 1
- Wham! – Last Christmas
- Elton John – Step Into Christmas
- Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
- Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime
- Boney M. – Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord
- Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone
- Mariah Carey – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Darlene Love – Marshmallow World
- Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
- The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride
- Jackson 5 – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- Leona Lewis – One More Sleep
- Kelly Clarkson – Underneath The Tree
- Andy Williams – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Perry Como And The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Frank Sinatra – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- The Carpenters – Merry Christmas Darling
- Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
- Bing Crosby – White Christmas
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CD 2
- John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
- Ed Sheeran & Elton John – Merry Christmas
- Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
- Bing Crosby, David Bowie – Peace On Earth / The Little Drummer Boy
- Greg Lake – I Believe In Father Christmas
- The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)
- Jona Lewie – Stop The Cavalry
- Mel & Kim – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick
- Roy Orbison – Pretty Paper
- Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas
- Mud – Lonely This Christmas
- The Wombles – Wombling Merry Christmas
- Dana – It’s Gonna Be A Cold, Cold Christmas
- Johnny Mathis – When A Child Is Born
- Chris De Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling
- Jethro Tull – Ring Out, Solstice Bells
- Mike Oldfield – In Dulce Jubilo
- Steeleye Span – Gaudete
- David Essex – A Winter’s Tale
- Cliff Richard – Mistletoe & Wine
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CD 3
- The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York
- Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
- Pretenders – 2000 Miles
- The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping
- Coldplay – Christmas Lights
- George Ezra – Come On Home For Christmas
- Kate Bush – Home For Christmas
- Ellie Goulding – River (It’s Coming On Christmas)
- Saint Etienne – I Was Born On Christmas Day
- Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- The Ronettes – Frosty The Snowman
- The Crystals – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Gene Autry – Here Comes Santa Claus
- Ray Conniff & The Ray Conniff Singers – Ring Christmas Bells
- Doris Day – I’ll Be Home For Christmas
- Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby
- Jamie Cullum – It’s Christmas
- Cliff Richard – Saviours Day
- Stevie Wonder – Someday At Christmas
- Whitney Houston – Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Céline Dion – O Holy Night
- Aled Jones & John Altman – Walking In The Air
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CD 4
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love
- Idina Menzel – Let It Go (From “Frozen”)
- Robbie Williams – Angels
- Spice Girls – 2 Become 1
- Westlife – I Have A Dream
- Boyzone – Father And Son
- The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
- Steps – Tragedy
- Jason Donovan – When You Come Back To Me
- Rick Astley – When I Fall In Love
- Donna Summer – Winter Melody
- Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah
- The Housemartins – Caravan Of Love
- The Flying Pickets – Only You
- Paul Young – Love Of The Common People
- Münchener Freiheit – Keeping The Dream Alive
- Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus – We All Stand Together
- East 17 - Stay Another Day
- Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (12″ Mix)
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CD 1
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By Paul Sinclair
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