A Faithful Christmas is a Christmas album and the fifth studio album by American recording artist Faith Evans, released on October 25, 2005, by Capitol Records. Work on the album began in mid-2005 after the release of her fourth studio album The First Lady. A collection of holiday songs, it contains standards such as "White Christmas" and "Santa Baby" alongside two new compositions, "Happy Holiday" and "Christmas Wish", both of which were written by Evans and her daughter Chyna Griffin.
The album received generally mixed reviews from critics. In his review for Allmusic, Andy Kellman from wrote that the album sounded "very uneven and hastily thrown together." He criticized A Faithful Christmas for switching between "thoroughly modern" and classic Christmas songs, calling Evans's original material on the album "spirited but bland." He however praised her "straightforward version" of "The Day That Love Began."[2] Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly found that "some of her beat-heavy originals are Faith-based fun [but] misses include an old James Brown Xmas tune with way more 'Good Gods!' than any non-Godfather should attempt."[1]People magazine writer Chuck Arnold felt that "the girliness of "Santa Baby" and playfulness of Frank Sinatra's "Mistletoe and Holly" don't suit [Evans]. More fittingly, the CD closes with "O Come All Ye Faithful."[3]
^"Faith Evans Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
^"Faith Evans Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
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faithful, christmas, christmas, album, fifth, studio, album, american, recording, artist, faith, evans, released, october, 2005, capitol, records, work, album, began, 2005, after, release, fourth, studio, album, first, lady, collection, holiday, songs, contain. A Faithful Christmas is a Christmas album and the fifth studio album by American recording artist Faith Evans released on October 25 2005 by Capitol Records Work on the album began in mid 2005 after the release of her fourth studio album The First Lady A collection of holiday songs it contains standards such as White Christmas and Santa Baby alongside two new compositions Happy Holiday and Christmas Wish both of which were written by Evans and her daughter Chyna Griffin A Faithful ChristmasStudio album by Faith EvansReleasedOctober 25 2005 2005 10 25 GenreChristmas R amp B 1 Length40 04LabelCapitolProducerPJ Morton Kowan Q Paul Todd Russaw Gil Smith II Tim StewartFaith Evans chronologyThe First Lady 2005 A Faithful Christmas 2005 Something About Faith 2010 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 ReferencesReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Entertainment WeeklyB 1 People nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 The album received generally mixed reviews from critics In his review for Allmusic Andy Kellman from wrote that the album sounded very uneven and hastily thrown together He criticized A Faithful Christmas for switching between thoroughly modern and classic Christmas songs calling Evans s original material on the album spirited but bland He however praised her straightforward version of The Day That Love Began 2 Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly found that some of her beat heavy originals are Faith based fun but misses include an old James Brown Xmas tune with way more Good Gods than any non Godfather should attempt 1 People magazine writer Chuck Arnold felt that the girliness of Santa Baby and playfulness of Frank Sinatra s Mistletoe and Holly don t suit Evans More fittingly the CD closes with O Come All Ye Faithful 3 Track listing editThe First Lady track listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Happy Holiday Faith EvansChyna T GriffinTodd RussawKowan Q PaulGil Smith II5 192 The Day That Love Began Ron MillerDeborah WellsRussawPJ Morton3 263 Soulful Christmas James BrownAlfred EllisHank BallardRussawPaulSmith3 064 Santa Baby Joan JavitsPhilip SpringerTony SpringerRussawPaulSmithTim Stewart3 195 Merry Christmas Baby Lou BaxterJohnny MooreRussawPaulStewart4 336 Mistletoe and Holly Frank SinatraDok StanfordHank SanicolaRussawPaul2 167 Christmas Wish EvansGriffinLou BaxterJohnny Dudley MooreToni ColemanRussawPaul3 318 Christmas Song Robert WellsMel TormeRussawPaulSmithStewart3 359 This Christmas Nadine McKinnorDonny PittsRussawPaul3 5110 White Christmas Irving BerlinRussawPaulSmith3 2611 O Come All ye Faithful John Francis WadeRussawPaulSmith3 37Total length 40 04 Sample credits Soulful Christmas contains a sample of the recording Soulful Christmas as performed by James Brown Christmas Wish samples from Merry Christmas Baby as performed by James Brown Charts editChart performance for A Faithful Christmas Chart 2005 Peakposition US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 4 70 US Top Holiday Albums Billboard 5 7References edit a b c Willman Chris 2005 12 16 Xmas Cheers and Jeers Page 2 Entertainment Weekly Retrieved 2012 12 23 a b Allmusic review a b Arnold Chuck 2005 12 12 Picks and Pans Music People Retrieved 2012 12 23 Faith Evans Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved November 9 2014 Faith Evans Chart History Holiday Albums Billboard Retrieved July 16 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Faithful Christmas amp oldid 1190770444, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
