The Christmas Spirit
Download links and information about The Christmas Spirit by Johnny Cash. This album was released in 1963 and it belongs to Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Traditional Pop Music genres. It contains 12 tracks with total duration of 38:14 minutes.
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| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| Release date: | 1963 |
| Genre: | Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Rockabilly, Traditional Pop Music |
| Tracks: | 12 |
| Duration: | 38:14 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | The Christmas Spirit (Mono) | 5:01 |
| 2. | I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day (Mono) | 2:31 |
| 3. | Blue Christmas (Mono) | 2:25 |
| 4. | The Gifts They Gave (Mono) | 3:33 |
| 5. | Here Was a Man (Mono) | 2:43 |
| 6. | Christmas As I Knew It (Mono) | 3:40 |
| 7. | Silent Night (Mono) | 3:29 |
| 8. | The Little Drummer Boy (Mono) | 2:35 |
| 9. | Ringing the Bells for Jim (Mono) | 2:48 |
| 10. | We Are the Shepherds (Mono) | 3:13 |
| 11. | Who Kept the Sheep (Mono) | 1:57 |
| 12. | The Ballad of the Harp Weaver (Mono) | 4:19 |
Details
[Edit]Johnny Cash’s first holiday album is steeped in family memories and warmed by faith. The Christmas Spirit reflects the singer’s spiritual beliefs, as well as his empathy for the downtrodden—there’s a sense here that the season is about more than tinsel and mistletoe. Cash’s self-composed title tune (a spoken-word meditation on the holiday’s meaning) and “We Are the Shepherds” (a nativity vision set to the tune of “Streets of Laredo”) help give this album a deeply personal glow. “Christmas As I Knew It” and “Ringing the Bells for Jim”—both cowritten by Johnny’s future wife June Carter—are rooted in the small-town American South that Cash knew so well. The rest of the album balances familiar tunes like “Silent Night” and “The Little Drummer Boy” with more unusual selections like “The Ballad of the Harp Weaver,” a poignant poetic narrative by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The inclusion of “Blue Christmas” lets Cash rock a little in between the ballads. The Christmas Spirit has aged surprisingly well thanks to its sparse arrangements, restrained orchestration, and Cash’s sincere, melancholy-tinged performances.