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Personnel: Josh Groban (piano); Dean Parks, Andy McKee (guitar); Lucia Micarelli (violin); Jochem van der Saag (programming); Richard Page (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Hum...Read more
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Timeless
by:mmacint3
This is a great album. These are the tracks......
1. Silent Night
2. Little Drummer Boy - (with Andy Mickee)
3. I'll Be Home For Christmas
4. Av...Read more
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"Noel" makes it Christmas all year round.
by:glitter*glam*rabbit
I rushed out to Target ASAP on 9 Oct to buy this CD (with the Target exclusive DVD), and had to go to another store to buy it because it was sold out at the first one. My effo...Read more

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UPC:093624992950
Artist:Josh Groban
Format:CD
Release Year:2007
Record Label:Reprise
Genre:Christmas, Easy Listening

Track Listing
1. Silent Night
2. Little Drummer Boy
3. I'll Be Home for Christmas
4. Ave Maria
5. Angels We Have Heard on High
6. Thankful
7. Christmas Song, The
8. What Child Is This?
9. First Noël, The
10. Petit Papa Noël
11. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
12. Panis Angelicus
13. O Come All Ye Faithful

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Producer:David Foster
Distributor:WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Josh Groban (piano); Dean Parks, Andy McKee (guitar); Lucia Micarelli (violin); Jochem van der Saag (programming); Richard Page (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Humberto Gatica.Recording information: Chartmaker Studios; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Rak Studios; Westlake Audio.Directors: Bill Ives ; Kirk Franklin; Craig Jessop.Photographer: Frank Ockenfels.Unknown Contributor Role: London Symphony Orchestra.Arrangers: E. Taylor; Josh Groban; Kirk Franklin; William Ross ; Brad Dechter.Only his fourth studio album, NOEL finds Josh Groban already tackling that canonical mainstay of the adult contemporary singer, the Christmas album. As always, NOEL is a masterfully performed set, balanced neatly between pop standards and the more operatic material that showcases Groban's roots. Interestingly, he sounds best on the most familiar holiday standards, like "I'll Be Home For Christmas" and Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song," both of which he invests with casual, jazzy phrasing, providing a welcome disinclination for the usual Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby homages that many other young singers in the style fall into. Even this early into his career, Groban clearly has a deeply held sense of who he is as a singer and interpreter, and this lovely collection is proof that he's one of the most exciting adult contemporary stars to appear in ages.

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This is a great album. These are the tracks......
1. Silent Night
2. Little Drummer Boy - (with Andy Mickee)
3. I'll Be Home For Christmas
4. Ave Maria
5. Angels We Have Heard On High - (with Brian McKnight)
6. Thankful
7. Christmas Song, The
8. What Child Is This?
9. First Noel, The - (with Faith Hill)
10. Petit Papa Noel
11. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
12. Panis Angelicus
13. O Come A Ye Faithfull - (with Mormon Tabernacle Choir
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"Noel" makes it Christmas all year round.

Created: 17/10/07
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I rushed out to Target ASAP on 9 Oct to buy this CD (with the Target exclusive DVD), and had to go to another store to buy it because it was sold out at the first one. My efforts were rewarded, and on the first note Josh sang it was more than worth the money, gas, and time. "I'll Be Home for Christmas", featuring messages from American troops deployed overseas, is so touching that you'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moved to (or almost to) tears. His take on "Ave Maria", an already ethereal and beautiful song, is jaw-dropping. His duets with Faith Hill and Bryan McKnight are quite good, and the inclusion of a rather obscure (in the US) French song ("Petit Papa Noel")--included because Josh thought the song title was "so cute" (his words, verbatim)-- and the stand-out guitar work on "Little Drummer Boy" added that something extra and unique to otherwise mostly familiar songs. This is the album you've been waiting for for the last 6 years. You won't be disappointed.
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Absolutely Awesome!

Created: 12/10/07
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Best Christmas album ever! As if Josh's deep, rich voice weren't enough reason to own this album, he recorded it with the London Symphony Orchestra. The arrangements are just spectacular!
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY amazed me
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL inspired me
and I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS made me cry.
I feel like I've been to his concert again.
Buy the album, you won't be sorry.
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I Wanted More...

Created: 02/12/10
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I love Josh Groban's voice, and I think that he is very gifted and quite frankly, an artist once in a generation. However, I was a bit disappointed that his signature holiday song ("O Holy Night") was left off his first Christmas album. The rest of the music on the album is pretty good, but at times... too easy on the ears, where I often find myself either changing the track or falling asleep - backhanded compliment? Perhaps. This album is best suited for those who enjoy the holiday with some easy listening music in the background, or perhaps those who like to snuggle beside the fireplace creating memories.
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Enchanting, Lovely, Moving

Created: 20/11/07
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I am a Josh Grobin fan and have been from the very start of his career. This particular CD is just amazing. I cannot get enough. He presents a graceful mastery of the songs. His "I'll be home for Christmas" brings me to tears. So much more heartfelt and touching than most of the jazzy, pop versions of the song. When I listen to this CD I am amazed at Josh's great talent and the mastery he has of his voice. Simply the best holiday album I have heard in years and I buy at least one every holiday season.
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