Jimmy Barnes - Blue Christmas (Deluxe Edition) (2022/2023) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

The biggest Christmas album of 2022 just got bigger. Jimmy Barnes’ first Christmas collection, Blue Christmas, was all about family. “This album is my gift back to the kids, the grandkids and everyone out there who just wants to sit and sing with their family on Christmas,” Barnes said. And the 2023 expanded edition features a truly special family singalong.

Fun fact: Jimmy Barnes wasn’t the first member of his family to release a Christmas album. In 1991, his children – The Tin Lids – released Hey Rudolph!, a Top 10 smash that sold more than 100,000 copies.

That album featured an original Christmas song, ‘If Santa Forgets’, written by producer David “Froggy” Froggatt.

Barnes sang on the original with The Tin Lids – Mahalia, Eliza-Jane, Jackie and Elly-May. Now they have revisited the song for the deluxe edition of Blue Christmas, with the brand-new version featuring three generations of the Barnes clan: Jimmy, The Tin Lids and the tin lids of The Tin Lids – Jimmy’s grandkids. It’s understandably a deeply personal addition to Blue Christmas as Jimmy reflects:

“‘If Santa Forgets’, it always made me very emotional. Singing with my children when they were so small seemed to pluck the heartstrings even more than usual. Now I have some of my grandchildren singing too and it has gone to the next level.”

The 2023 expanded edition of Blue Christmas, produced by Kevin Shirley (Cold Chisel, Silverchair, The Barnestormers) also features Jimmy Barnes lending his trademark vocals to the traditional Christmas song ‘O Holy Night’. On adding a new carol to the tracklist, Jimmy shares:

“‘O Holy Night’ is a song that I know from an amazing version by Mahalia Jackson. As a few of you probably know, I named my daughter after her. The reason I did that was because Mahalia Jackson’s voice had a huge impact on me as a young fellow. She is powerful and full of love. So is this song. I love it and can’t wait to sing it around the tree at Christmas.”

‘If Santa Forgets’ and ‘O Holy Night’ now sit alongside Barnesy’s take on classic Christmas carols such as ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’, ‘Silent Night’, ‘Little Drummer Boy’ and ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’.

Tracklist:
01. O Holy Night
02. If Santa Forgets
03. Jingle Bell Rock
04. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
05. Let It Snow!
06. White Christmas
07. Blue Christmas
08. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
09. Run Rudolph Run
10. Little Drummer Boy
11. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
12. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
13. Silent Night
14. Auld Lang Syne


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