Released in time for the 2015 holiday season, the updated U.K. edition of Now That's What I Call Christmas offers a heaping plate of Yuletide pop favorites spanning multiple decades. From holiday rock perennials like the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" and Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" to more contemporary pop fare like Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree," this hefty three-disc set covers a lot of ground. The selections on the first disc range from the 1970s to contemporary while the latter two discs go back as far as Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole with bits of vintage Motown, soul, folk, and rock tossed in for variety. Not every track is a surefire classic and more than a few feel like filler, but at 71 tracks, there is more than enough Grade-A holiday music to go around.
~Review by Timothy Monger

Tracklist:

Disc 1

01. All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
02. Last Christmas - Wham!
03. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
04. Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea
05. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Roy Wood & Wizzard
06. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
07. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord - Boney M.
08. Step Into Christmas - Elton John
09. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
10. Christmas Lights - Coldplay
11. 2000 Miles - The Pretenders
12. Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie
13. Santa Baby - Kylie Minogue
14. Lonely This Christmas - Mud
15. Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens
16. Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson
17. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
18. One More Sleep - Leona Lewis
19. December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas) - George Michael
20. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Whitney Houston
21. Do You Want to Build a Snowman? - Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Mon & Katie Lopez

Disc 2

01. White Christmas - Bing Crosby with The Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra
02. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra
03. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
04. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin
05. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
06. Frosty the Snowman - The Ronettes
07. Winter Wonderland - Doris Day
08. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Crystals
09. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
10. The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot - Nat King Cole
11. Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald
12. Merry Christmas Baby - James Brown
13. What Christmas Means to Me - Stevie Wonder
14. Someday at Christmas - The Jackson 5
15. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
16. Senor Santa Claus - Jim Reeves
17. A Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
18. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
19. Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo - Alma Cogan
20. Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop) - Adam Faith
21. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
22. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
23. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Perry Como with Russ Case & His Orchestra
24. Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
25. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
26. Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
27. The Bells of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
28. The Christmas Song - Ella Fitzgerald

Disc 3

01. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir
02. Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
03. The Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
04. When a Child Is Born - Johnny Mathis
05. O Holy Night - Il Divo
06. Walking in the Air - Aled Jones
07. Silent Night - Nat King Cole
08. O Come All Ye Faithful - Perry Como
09. Silver Bells - Jim Reeves
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Burl Ives
11. Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie
12. A Winter's Tale - David Essex
13. In Dulci Jubilo - Mike Oldfield
14. A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh
15. In the Bleak Midwinter - Bert Jansch
16. Ring Out Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull
17. Gaudete - Steeleye Span
18. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - The Weavers
19. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Blue Blood
20. The Twelve Days of Christmas - The Spinners
21. Auld Lang Syne - Susan Boyle
22. Happy New Year - ABBA
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