When My Heart Finds Christmas Harry Connick Jr. Album

When My Heart Finds Christmas is Harry Connick, Jr.'s first Christmas album. This album is three times certified platinum and is one of the top selling Christmas albums.

Fast Facts

1. Genre: Christmas music
2. Release date: October 26, 1993
3. Label: Sony, Columbia Records
4. Producer: Tracey Freeman
5. Peaked chart position: The Billboard 200 #13

Track Listing

1. "Sleigh Ride"
2. "When My Heart Finds Christmas"
3. "It Must've Been Ol' Santa Claus"
4. "The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day"
5. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
6. "The Little Drummer Boy"
7. "Ave Maria"
8. "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers"
9. "What Child Is This?"
10. "Christmas Dreaming"
11. "I Pray On Christmas"
12. "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
13. "O Holy Night"
14. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? "

Reviews

• "For this Christmas jazz album, Harry Connick, Jr. emphasizes his vocals (his piano playing is quite secondary) as he sings ten familiar Christmas songs plus four of his somewhat forgettable originals while joined by a big band, a string section, and background singers. The results are reasonably pleasing, but of little interest to jazz listeners." - Allmusic

• "High points include a punchily swinging 'Sleigh Ride' and a playful 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' in which Mr. Connick sings call-and-response with a children's chorus. There are also some heavy-handed moments; the most glaring is Mr. Connick's turgid, dissonant string arrangement for 'What Child Is This?' But on the whole, the album maintains a delightful balance between fun and reverence." - The New York Times

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