- christmas music, adult contemporary, pop, pop soul
- 40 min
- 11 tracks
- Columbia
Merry Christmas is the fourth studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on October 28, 1994, at the peak of the initial stretch of Carey's career, between Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995).
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Warm, classical in form, character-led and spare.
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
Each outlet on its own scale.
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution2/4 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyC
- Los Angeles Times2/4 ★
- Philadelphia Daily News1.5/4 ★
- Pitchfork7.3/10
- The Province3.5/5 ★
- Q3/5 ★
- The Tampa Tribune2/4 ★
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1Silent Night3:42
- 2All I Want for Christmas Is You4:01
- 3O Holy Night4:27
- 4Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)2:36
- 5Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)4:33
- 6Joy to the World4:20
- 7Jesus Born on This Day3:43
- 8Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town3:25
- 9Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)3:01
- 10Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child4:29
- 11God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen1:20
11 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mariah Carey
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- My Kind of Christmas 200086% alikeBoth warm, classical in form, character-led.
- When Christmas Comes Around… 202184% alikeBoth classical in form, warm, character-led.
- Evergreen 202184% alikeBoth warm, classical in form, character-led.
- One Wish: The Holiday Album 200383% alikeBoth classical in form, warm, character-led.
- No Jacket Required 198583% alikeBoth classical in form, spare, character-led.
- Merry Christmas II You 201082% alikeBoth warm, classical in form, character-led.
- It’s Christmas Time 201081% alikeBoth warm, classical in form, character-led.
- Cheers, It's Christmas 201281% alikeBoth warm, classical in form, spare.
Book · Both warm, classical in form, spare.
The Magic of Thinking Big 190076% alikeBook · Both warm, classical in form, spare.