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Classic Christmas
The prepubescent country-singing wonder did his homework for his first Christmas CD. Covering a handful of classics from "White Christmas" and "The Christmas Song" to "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock," young Mr. Gilman also sets out to make "Warm & Fuzzy" and "There's a New Kid in Town" holiday standards, too. The former is as muslin-soft and sugarcane-sweet as Christmas sentiment can get, while the latter is one of the better-written country Christmas songs of late, and Billy does them up with all the emotion and emoting he can. Producers Don Cook and Blake Chancey manage to keep the big-production sound toned down a bit in order to showcase the kid's pipes, and when he joins classical soul mate Charlotte Church for a go at "Sleigh Ride," you get to hear two prodigies whose voices are as crisp, clear, and clean as a chilly night far north of Nashville. --Martin Keller
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Tracks| 1 | White Christmas | | 2 | Warm & Fuzzy | | 3 | Winter Wonderland | | 4 | The Christmas Song | | 5 | There's A New Kid In Town | | 6 | Jingle Bell Rock | | 7 | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree | | 8 | Angels We Have Heard On High | | 9 | Silent Night | | 10 | Away In A Manger | | 11 | Sleigh Ride - Billy Gilman/Charlotte Church | | 12 | O Holy Night |
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