Now That's What I Call Christmas

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Now, in the last decade, UK acts have been playing catch-up with Robbie Williams, Saint Etienne, Tracey Thorn, honorary Brit Kylie and more entering into the spirit of an album of yuletide bops, and now the schedules from September onwards are increasingly festive. A new version of the compilation, with a new track list and artwork inspired by the original, was released on 26 November 2016 on vinyl only.

The Pogues, Chris Rea, Band Aid, Wizzard, Shakin’ Stevens, Chris Rea, Saint Etienne, Slade, Justin Bieber and more are truly eye-watering. Maybe it’s because his name is a bit like bauble, that in recent years Michael Bublé has seen himself rule the festive 40 with his Christmas album, managing four non-consecutive weeks as the Official Album Chart Number 1, including one as recently as Christmas 2020. Shakin’ Stevens, Greg Lake, The Beach Boys, Jona Lewie, Chris De Burgh, Mike Oldfield, David Essex, The Pogues ft.When Christmas Comes Around has a lot going for it, with a brace of originals such as Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You); duets with Ariana Grande on Santa, Can’t You Hear Me and with Chris Stapleton on Glow, Kelly has also reworked Wham!

The new edition of Everyday Is Christmas adds two more new songs – Pin Drop and Santa Visits Everyone – as well as a 'Slowed Down and Snowed In' remix of Snowman. Fresh(ish) from playing Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, one-time Glee alumnus, and star in his own right, Darren Criss has come a long way since his time as Blaine Anderson, with a host of theatre credits and a recent role in the Muppets Haunted Mansion. While over in the UK, punters haven’t been too fussed about Wrapped In Red as a whole – preferring the single Underneath The Tree, which reached an Official Singles Chart high of Number 15 last year and clocking 84 million streams to date.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.