Artists & Albums: A
This index presents a selected discography of the best and/or most important Christmas albums, organized by artist name. (Note there's a separate section for various artists albums.) Whenever possible, the listings are accompanied by links to the album art; to a place to buy the album (usually Amazon); and to my review of the album. Admittedly, the list skews heavily towards my preference for all things that rock, roll, swing, and twang. But, nothing's perfect - especially me and my crazy list. Please send additions, submissions, corrections, criticisms, and suggestions via email.
| Artist | Title | Date | Image | Buy | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-Strings | Home For Christmas - Nashville session pros with guests Kathy Mattea and Glen Campbell |
1988 | image | buy | |
| Aaron, Lee | Almost Christmas - longstanding Canadian metal queen's first holiday album, offered only through her website |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Aaron, Lee | Almost Christmas - same as above, widely available, with amended artwork and two new tracks |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Abbeygate, Karling | Christmas With Karling | 2011 | image | buy | |
| ABC | Christmas... With Love (EP) - one holiday song plus three acoustic versions of previous releases |
2016 | image | buy | |
| Adams, Bryan | Christmas (EP) - five songs, old and new |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Adams, Edie | The Edie Adams Christmas Album - taken from her mid-50's performances on the Ernie Kovacs TV show |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Adams, Johnny | A Christmas With Johnny Adams - original Ace Records album |
1975 | image | buy | |
| Adams, Johnny | Christmas In New Orleans - Mardi Gras reissue of above with new cover & title |
1994 | image | buy | |
| Adkins, Trace | The King's Gift | 2013 | image | buy | |
| Afroman | Jobe Bells | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Afroman | A Colt .45 Christmas - includes new versions of songs from above |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Afroman | Santa Cuz (EP) | 2016 | image | buy | |
| Agnetha & Linda | Nu Tandas Tusen Juleljus - Agnetha Faltskog from ABBA with daughter; Swedish title means "a thousand candles are being lit" |
1980 | image | buy | |
| Aguilera, Christina | My Kind Of Christmas - includes duet with Dr. John |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Aiken, Clay | Merry Christmas With Love | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Aiken, Clay | Christmas Bells Are Ringing | 2024 | image | buy | |
| Air Supply | Christmas Album | 1987 | image | buy | |
| Akim | Santa Claus Is A Black Man - with the Teddy Vann Production Company; title song appears on A John Waters Christmas |
1973 | image | buy | |
| Alabama | Christmas |
1985 | image | buy | |
| Alabama | Christmas With The Judds and Alabama - budget CD with songs from both groups |
1994 | image | buy | |
| Alabama | Christmas Vol. 2 | 1996 | image | buy | |
| Alabama | Christmas In Dixie - budget compilation with Ronnie Milsap |
1997 | image | buy | |
| Alabama | Christmas Collection - 2-CD set with songs from two original albums |
2006 | image | buy | |
| Alabama | Classic Christmas Album - Sony/Legacy compilation from prior holiday releases |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Alabama | American Christmas | 2017 | image | buy | |
| Albert & The Sleigh Riders | It's Christmas... Again - featuring Blue Oyster Cult drummer Albert Bouchard |
2017 | image | buy | |
| Albert, Christina | Christmas With Christina - with guitarist Chris Gage, with whom she sooned forged a partnership; originally released as limited edition cassette, reissued on CD in 2000 |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Albert & Gage | One More Christmas | 2001 | image | buy | |
| Aliqua | All I Want | 2009 | image | buy | |
| All-4-One | An All-4-One Christmas | 1995 | image | buy | |
| All-4-One | Christmas EP, Vol. One - three tracks |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Allan, Davie | Fuzz For The Holidays - produced by Little Steven Van Zandt |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Allan, Davie | Fuzz For The Holidays 2 | 2007 | image | buy | |
| Allen, Deborah | Rockin' Little Christmas - originally released on CD on through her website |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Allen, Geri | A Child Is Born | 2011 | image | buy | |
| Allen, Kris | Waiting For Christmas (EP) - 2009 American Idol winner |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Allen, Kris | Somethin' About Christmas | 2016 | image | buy | |
| Alpert, Herb | Christmas Album - original A&M LP |
1968 | image | buy | |
| Alpert, Herb | Christmas Album - first CD reissue on A&M with new cover |
1990 | image | buy | |
| Alpert, Herb | Christmas Album - remastered CD on Shout! Factory with amended cover |
2005 | image | buy | |
| Alpert, Herb | Christmas Album - remastered CD on Alpert's own label with original cover; also reisued on vinyl |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Alpert, Herb | The Christmas Wish | 2017 | image | buy | |
| Amazing Crowns | Holiday Bootleg - 5-song EP sold only at band shows |
1998 | image | buy | |
| America | Holiday Harmony | 2002 | image | buy | |
| America | Holiday Harmony: Collector's Edition - one bonus track, amended cover |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Ames Brothers | The Sounds Of Christmas Harmony - Coral LP collecting single and EP tracks 1950-1952; tracks appear on the public domain CD Together (Jasmine, 2006) |
1957 | image | buy | |
| Ames Brothers | There'll Always Be a Christmas - 2006 Taragon CD reissue of RCA stereo LP including additional 1954 b-side |
1957 | image | buy | |
| Ames Brothers | There'll Always Be a Christmas - 2017 Real Gone CD reissue of RCA mono LP including additional 1954 b-side and 1960 LP track |
1957 | image | buy | |
| Ames Brothers | Christmas Harmony - Vocalion reissue of Coral LP with truncated title and new cover art |
1967 | image | buy | |
| Ames, Ed | Christmas With Ed Ames | 1967 | image | buy | |
| Ames, Ed | Christmas Is The Warmest Time Of The Year | 1970 | image | buy | |
| Ames, Ed | Christmas With Ed Ames/Christmas Is the Warmest Time of the Year - 2-for 1 Real Gone CD reissue of RCA LP's from 1967 and 1970, respectively |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Amos, Tori | Midwinter Graces | 2009 | image | buy | |
| Amos, Tori | Christmastide (EP) | 2020 | image | buy | |
| Anal Trump | Make America Say Merry Christmas Again - 10 songs, some as short as one second, adding up to less than a minute |
2017 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Bill | Christmas | 1969 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Bill | No Place Like Home On Christmas - mainly re-recordings from above |
2002 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, John | Christmas Time | 1994 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Jon | Three Ships - reissued on CD in Japan in 1987 |
1985 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Jon | Three Ships - European "22nd Anniversary Edition" with bonus tracks; released in America in 2008, then as CD-R in 2011 |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Leroy | Christmas Carols - Decca LP including his 1952 single "Christmas Festival" |
1955 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Leroy | Christmas Festival - same as above with new title and cover art, and with tracks arranged into suites |
1959 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Leroy | Christmas Festival - Pickwick reissue of above with new cover art |
1980 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Leroy | A Leroy Anderson Christmas - CD reissue of 1959 Decca mono LP plus two versions of "Sleigh Ride" by Anderson (in mono) and the Boston Pops (in stereo) |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Leroy | The Complete Christmas Collection - Real Gone Music 2-CD set with 1955 mono and 1959 stereo albums plus more |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Lynn | Christmas Album | 1971 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Lynn | Christmas Album - Sony CD reissue of above with new cover |
1995 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Lynn | Home For The Holidays | 2002 | image | buy | |
| Anderson, Lynn | Christmas Album - Real Gone CD reissue of 1971 LP with original cover and bonus tracks; same track listing released for download and streaming the following year |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Andrews Sisters | Christmas Cheer - 10-inch Decca LP with Danny Kaye, Dick Haymes, Guy Lombardo, Vic Schoen, and Gordon Jenkins |
1950 | image | buy | |
| Andrews Sisters | Christmas - reissued on CD in 1995 |
1987 | image | buy | |
| Andrews Sisters | A Merry Christmas With Bing Crosby | 2000 | image | buy | |
| Andrews Sisters | Songs For Christmas - above 3 compile Decca Recordings |
2004 | image | buy | |
| Andrews, Julie | A Christmas Treasure (with Andre Previn) - originally issued by Firestone; reissued in 1967 by RCA |
1966 | image | buy | |
| Andrews, Julie | Greatest Christmas Songs - same as above with new cover & title plus three non-Christmas bonus tracks |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Andrews, Julie | Christmas With Julie Andrews | 1982 | image | buy | |
| Angry Johnny & The Killbillies | Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Merry Christmas - an impressively ambitious concept: an all-original, alt-country album about an outlaw's Christmas... |
2010 | image | buy | |
| Angry Snowmans | Angry Snowmans - punk parody group from Canada trading off the Angry Samoans' name and the cover art of the The Adolescents' first album |
2009 | image | buy | |
| Angry Snowmans | What We Do Is Festive - this time around, it's the Germs' LP What We Do Is Secret |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Angry Snowmans | Black Coal For Rotten Children - fashioned after the Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Angry Snowmans | December Jukebox (EP) - cover art based on the Avengers' 1983 compilation |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Angry Snowmans | What Makes An Elf Build Toys (EP) - a take on the Minutemen's What Makes A Man Start Fires |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Angry Snowmans | Snow Means Snow (EP) - cover adapted from Nomeansno album Wrong |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Angry Snowmans | The Yule Album - cover art revisits The Adolescents' self-titled debut; album is a tribute to Steve Soto, founding member of Agent Orange and the Adolescents |
2019 | image | buy | |
| Anka, Paul | It's Christmas Everywhere - original ABC-Paramount LP |
1960 | image | buy | |
| Anka, Paul | It's Christmas Everywhere - European Laserlight CD reissue of above with new cover art and slightly different running order |
1996 | image | buy | |
| Anka, Paul | Christmas With Paul Anka - American Laserlight CD reissue of above with new title and cover art, minus one track ("White Christmas") |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Anka, Paul | Christmas Classics - self-released CD reissue of "It's Christmas Everywhere" (1960) plus five newly recorded songs |
2000 | image | buy | |
| Anka, Paul | Songs For Christmas - imported budget CD reissue of "It's Christmas Everywhere" (1960) with new title and cover art |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Anka, Paul | Songs Of December - all new recordings |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Anka, Paul | Songs Of December - 10th anniversary digital edition of above with two new tracks and new cover art |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Ann-Margret | Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection | 2004 | image | buy | |
| Anthony, Ray | Dream Dancing Christmas | 1995 | image | buy | |
| Aquabats! | I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas, Too! (EP) - long-running comic rock band from Huntington, Beach, California |
2021 | image | buy | |
| Aqualads | An Oso Grande Christmas - North Carolina instrumental band and their vocalist friends pay tribute to Charlotte's local hero Rodney Lanier, aka Oso Grande (Big Bear) |
2011 | image | buy | |
| Archies | The Archies Christmas Album featuring Betty & Veronica | 2008 | image | buy | |
| Archuleta, David | Christmas From The Heart | 2009 | image | buy | |
| Archuleta, David | Winter In The Air | 2018 | image | buy | |
| Arden, Jann | A Jann Arden Christmas | 2015 | image | buy | |
| Arie, India | Christmas With Friends - with Joe Sample and other guests |
2015 | image | buy | |
| Arioli, Susie | Christmas Dreaming - acclaimed jazz singer with pianist Jordan Officer |
2012 | image | buy | |
| Armstrong, Louis | Armstrong As Santa Claus (EP) - four-song European release pulled from his Decca singles |
1957 | image | buy | review |
| Armstrong, Louis | Christmas Through The Years - budget label compilation |
1996 | image | buy | review |
| Armstrong, Louis | What A Wonderful Christmas - with a variety of jazz & pop artists |
1997 | image | buy | review |
| Armstrong, Louis | 20th Century Masters: Christmas Collection - reissue of above with new title & cover |
2003 | image | buy | review |
| Armstrong, Louis | Christmas & Hits Duos - slipcase with 20th Century Masters plus Definitive Collection (2006) |
2008 | image | buy | review |
| Armstrong, Louis | Ella & Louis Christmas - digital collection split with frequent duet partner Ella Fitzgerald |
2016 | image | buy | review |
| Armstrong, Louis | Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule - Verve collection of of Decca and MCA recordings, with charming artwork recycled from a 50's European EP |
2022 | image | buy | review |
| Armstrong, Louis | Ella & Louis Wish You A Swinging Holiday - digital compilation with Ella Fitzgerald |
2023 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas Greetings - 7-inch RCA EP with shaped picture sleeve |
1953 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas With Eddy Arnold - RCA LP including re-recordings of early singles |
1962 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas With Eddy Arnold - same as above with new cover; issued as part of RCA's Country Music Hall of Fame series |
1967 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas With Eddy Arnold/Christmas With Henry Mancini - RCA budget LP compiling tracks from both artists, with different cover and title for Mancini on opposite side |
1974 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas With Eddy Arnold - Reader's Digest reissue of 1962 RCA LP with completely different cover art and one different track |
1982 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas With Eddy Arnold - CD reissue of 1967 LP with amended cover (crudely removing the Hall of Fame emblem for some reason...) |
1991 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas With Eddy Arnold - budget CD reissue of above with unbowdlerized cover art |
2005 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | Christmas Time - new recordings for Curb Records |
1997 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | The Complete RCA Victor Christmas Recordings - CD including his 1953 EP, 1962 LP, and more |
2016 | image | buy | review |
| Arnold, Eddy | RCA Christmas Recordings (1949-1967) - digital reissue of above |
2018 | image | buy | review |
| Ashanti | Ashanti's Christmas | 2003 | image | buy | |
| Ashanti | A Wonderful Christmas with Ashanti - includes songs from the Lifetime movie "Christmas In The City" |
2013 | image | buy | |
| Ashanti | A Wonderful Christmas with Ashanti (Deluxe) - new version of above with three additional songs |
2014 | image | buy | |
| Asleep At The Wheel | Merry Texas Christmas Y'all | 1997 | image | buy | |
| Asleep At The Wheel | Santa Loves To Boogie | 2007 | image | buy | |
| Asleep At The Wheel | Lone Star Christmas Night | 2016 | image | buy | |
| Asylum Street Spankers | Christmas Spanking - mostly recorded live at Christmas shows in December 2000 |
2001 | image | buy | |
| Asylum Street Spankers | Christmas Spanking - same as above reissued on new label |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Atkins, Chet | Christmas With Chet Atkins - original RCA LP; reissued in 1976 with many of the tracks re-recorded |
1961 | image | buy | review |
| Atkins, Chet | East Tennessee Christmas - original Columbia LP |
1983 | image | buy | review |
| Atkins, Chet | Christmas With Chet Atkins - Razor & Tie CD reissue 1961 RCA album with new cover art |
1997 | image | buy | review |
| Atkins, Chet | Songs for Christmas - public domaain reissue of 1961 RCA classic, plus bonus tracks from early singles |
2012 | image | buy | review |
| Atkins, Chet | Complete RCA Victor & Columbia Christma Recordings - Real Gone Music 2-CD set with 1961 and 1983 albums plus much more; reissued for streaming and download by Sony in 2023 |
2019 | image | buy | review |
| Atkins, Martin | An Industrial Christmas | 1995 | image | buy | |
| August Burns Red | Sleddin' Hill: A Holiday Album - includes singles 2008-2011 |
2012 | image | buy | |
| August Burns Red | Winter Wilderness (EP) - includes singles 2013-2017 |
2018 | image | buy | |
| August Burns Red | All I Want For Christmas Is You (EP) - same as above, plus new title track and (awesome) new cover art |
2020 | image | buy | |
| Austin Blues Revue | An Austin Blue Christmas - long-awaited follow-up to An Austin Rhythm & Blues Christmas (1983), which featured many of the same players |
2018 | image | buy | |
| Automatics | The Last Noel - with Steve Jones (Sex Pistols); CD edition scheduled for 2007 but never released; issued for download and streaming the following spring and reissued several times over the years with slightly varying track lists; one version was issued under leader Dave Philp's name (now deleted) |
2007 | image | buy | |
| Autry, Gene | Merry Christmas With Gene Autry - Columbia 8-song, 10-inch LP; reissued in 1954 with new cover minus two songs as part of the "House Party" series |
1950 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | The Original Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer & Other Christmas Favorites - new recordings made after Autry left Columbia and founded Challenge Records; this album, however, was leased to Pickwick, which released it many times, (probably) first on their Design label, later on Gran Prix, and subsequently with new covers on Hurrah, Design, Allegro (as "Christmas Cracker"), again on Design, and then I lost count; the original LP version was reissued on CD in 2006 by Varese Sarabande |
1957 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Christmastime With Gene Autry - Challenge LP |
1958 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | The Original Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer & Other Children's Christmas Favorites - Columbia masters reissued by their budget label, Harmony |
1964 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Holidaytime With Gene Autry - Challenge masters reissued by Autry's own label, Republic |
1966 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Christmas With Gene Autry - Challenge masters reissued by Republic |
1976 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Happy Holiday with Gene Autry - Challenge masters reissued by another Autry-owned label, Champion (named after his trusty horse...) |
1980 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Gene Autry Christmas - Columbia recordings 1947-1956 |
1994 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Here Comes Santa Claus - Challenge recordings 1957-1959 |
1999 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics - Columbia recordings |
2003 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Complete Columbia Christmas Recordings - as advertised.... buy this one! |
2004 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | Year-Round Cowboy: Songs For The Whole Year - companion to above featuring songs about other holidays |
2006 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | His Christmas Album - Challenge masters reissued by Collectables |
2007 | image | buy | review |
| Autry, Gene | A Melody Ranch Christmas Party - radio transcriptions 1942-1955 |
2016 | image | buy | review |
| Avalanches | Ski Surfin' - winter-themed instrumental album by studio group featuring members of Los Angeles' famed "Wrecking Crew" |
1963 | image | buy | |
| Avalon, Frankie | Christmas Album | 1962 | image | buy | |
| Aznavour, Charles | Un Enfant Est Né... | 1978 | image | buy | |
| Aznavour, Charles | A Private Christmas - English version of above with different cover |
1978 | image | buy | |
| Aznavour, Charles | My Christmas Album - eissue of above with new cover and title plus a version of his 1974 hit single "She" |
1981 | image | buy | |
| Aznavour, Charles | Chante Noël - reissue of "Un Enfant Est Né" with new plus two bonus tracks |
1996 | image | buy |