Get Your Music on Amazon!
Get Your Music - and everything else - on Amazon! All purchases made on Amazon through this link earn a commission for Jesusfreakhideout.com!

JFH Music Review


Amy Grant, Tennessee Christmas
CLICK COVER TO ENLARGE

Amy Grant
Tennessee Christmas



Artist Info: Discography
Genre(s): Christmas / Folk / Pop
Album length: 13 tracks: 42 minutes, 16 seconds
Street Date: October 21, 2016


READER RATING:   


The holiday season is mere days away from being in full-swing. Naturally, Christmas music is about to make its annual grand entrance into the commercial spaces of the world. Thankfully, for holiday junkies such as myself, the music is also fully available for at-home pleasure. Adding to this year's beautiful music is the living legend herself, Amy Grant. This year, she's bringing us something special with Tennessee Christmas.

Amy is no stranger to Christmas music, as this is her fourth Christmas album, but with each album we get a different facet of the artist. Tennessee Christmas embraces Grant's southern roots while gleaning some of the "classic" traditions of the crooners of long past. The album is a combination of sacred and secular, yet overall reverent of the season. For fans of Grant's pop-radio sound, "To Be Together," "Melancholy Christmas," and "Another Merry Christmas" will definitely fill that need. Continuing in that thread, she gives listeners some standard romantic holiday hits, like "Baby It's Cold Outside," "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," and "Christmas for You and Me;" keeping the album balanced with sweetness and cheer. As a matter of fact, a majority of the album is kept very lighthearted yet there is such respectful care for each song that the listener can really feel the genuine gift that Grant has put forth.

"Joy to the World" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" might possibly be two of the most powerful Christmas songs ever written, and Amy Grant does not disappoint with these two beautiful renditions. They are not jazzed up with tinsel and frills, but are rather kept extremely traditional. As someone who tends to be bothered by alternate arrangements of songs that have stood the test of time, this is very much appreciated.

As a special nod to the crooners who recorded some of the greatest Christmas music standards, Amy occasionally chimes in with a story about her family or a little reminder of what the season is about. Some listeners might not enjoy this as much, but for this reviewer, I love it. Her occasional monologues give the album a personal, sweet touch and make it obvious that this album is a labor of love.

Christmas music might seem easy to record and sell to many a listener, however, that could not be further from the truth. Nothing is more disappointing than to hear a beloved artist botch a classic. For such a crime, a lump of coal is the least of their worries. Think about it. Here's the idea: record a song that has already been recorded by a ton of other artists, but make it distinctly in your fashion and style, but don't ruin it. No pressure, right? Thankfully, for Amy Grant, she always makes the holidays better with her music. Thank you, Amy. Merry Christmas.

- Review date: 10/23/16, written by Ryan Barbee of Jesusfreakhideout.com



(JFH Sponsor Spot)

Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 13!

 

. Record Label: Amy Grant Label (AGG) / Sparrow AG Records
. Album length: 13 tracks: 42 minutes, 16 seconds
. Street Date: October 21, 2016
. Buy It: iTunes
. Buy It: Amazon.com (CD)
. Buy It: Amazon Music (MP3)

  1. Tennessee Christmas (4:27)
  2. To Be Together (4:10)
  3. Christmas For You And Me (3:03)
  4. Melancholy Christmas (3:02)
  5. December (3:29)
  6. White Christmas (2:23)
  7. Joy To The World (3:08)
  8. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (3:24)
  9. Baby, It's Cold Outside [feat. Vince Gill] (3:14)
  10. Christmas Don't Be Late (3:16)
  11. Still Can't Sleep (3:11)
  12. Another Merry Christmas (2:22)
  13. O Come, All Ye Faithful (3:07)

 



Leave a Comment

 

 

go to main Album review page
go to Album review archive

 

 

                 
Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 13!

Search JFH



This Friday, July 25, 2025
ALBUMS
Anchor & Braille New Mexico [Equal Vision]
B. Tee Told You [Syntax]
Bride Scarecrow Messiah CD Re-Release [Girder]
Empowered SALT - EP (independent)
Homesick Prodigals Different Good (independent)
KDNS After Eden [Syntax]
Olivia Lane Songs About Jesus (Deluxe Edition) [BEC]
Tasha Cobbs Leonard TASHA [Motown Gospel]
Kevi Morse Kingston We Winning [Syntax]
Pulpit Vomit Hospital Lens [Rottweiler]
Anthony & Tiffany Salerno Dance for Jesus - EP (independent)
Taylor & Co Worship Breakthrough - EP (independent)
Josh Wright LEAD (independent)

SINGLES
abenezer i was lost - Single [Gotee]
Joe L Barnes Good Shepherd (Studio Version) - Single [Provident]
Sho Baraka Still Got Faith (ft. L3xdivine) - Single [Syntax]
Gracie Binion Easy To Please - Single [BEC]
Katty Camargo Shine Upon Me - Single (independent)
The CCC Collective Thankful - Single (independent)
C4 Crotona Mr. Gritty - Single [Syntax]
CXMMXNS Trust and Obey (feat. CAIN) - Single [Provident]
EJ Swavv & Nickwit2Ks Growth - Single [Syntax]
Forrest Frank GOD'S GOT MY BACK - Single [River House / 10K]
Andrew Gonoude Closer To You - Single (independent)
Noah Paul Harrison Oh Lord My God (Live) - Single [Bethel]
J.Solo All I Have (ft. Kaboose & MotionPlus) - Single [Syntax]
Kings Kaleidoscope + Kings Kaleidoscope Hymns Amazing Grace - Single [BEC]
Tasha Layton Life In Me - Single [BEC]
Lecrae Bless You (feat. Torey D'Shaun) - Single [Reach]
TobyMac God Did It (feat. Jamie MacDonald) - Single [Capitol CMG]
Matt Maher Wait (Radio Version) - Single [Provident]
Hunter Plake Down to Earth - Single [BEC]
QEW JOYXFIX (ft. Stevie Rizo) - Single [Syntax]
Naomi Raine God Will Work It Out - Single [Tribl]
Rave Jesus Runnin' - Single [Provident]
Saints in Exile Bad Vibes - Single [Syntax]
Xander Sallows infinite - Single [DREAM]
Silent Reflection Left Me for Dead - Single [Syntax]
Michael W. Smith Your Love Is A Flood - Single [The Fuel]
John Stratton The Body and the Blood - Single [Pure Mosaic Services]
Regina Vandereijk You're the Light - Single (independent)
Joel Vaughn Feel It - Single [DREAM]
Zach Williams Killed A Man - Single [Provident]
Zauntee Jesus Down In Florida - Single [BEC]

VINYL
Bride Scarecrow Messiah Vinyl [Girder]

DVD
Jordan Smith The People's Hymnal DVD [Gaither]

This Saturday, July 26, 2025
SINGLES
Anthony & Tiffany Salerno What Would You Do? - Single (independent)

Next Friday, August 1, 2025
ALBUMS
Crash Rickshaw Big Sir - EP [Velvet Blue]
McKamey Legacy Holding to Truth [Horizon]
Ordained Thunder Roar [Girder]
V1 Worship Archives [DREAM Worship]

SINGLES
Dan Bremnes Human - Single [Curb]
Lauren Daigle Let It Be A Hallelujah - Single [Centricity]
Sleeping At Last Believe - Single (independent)

VINYL
Disciple Attack! (Limited Run Vinyl) Vinyl [Girder]



For all release dates, click here!
 

Join honey and save on online purchases!
Get all of JFH's indie compilation now totally free!
Check out depositphotos for royalty free images