Joy (Avalon Album)

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Joy: A Christmas Collection

Studio album by Avalon
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	1998
Genre	Holiday
Label	Sparrow Records
Producer(s)	Grant Cunningham
All Music Guide (4/5)link
Avalon chronology
In a Different Light	Joy: A Christmas Collection	Oxygen

Avalon's fourth release and first Christmas release

1 Track listing
2 Lineup of members
3 Review
4 Miscellanea
5 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Joy (to the World)"– 4:32
"The Angel's Medley (The First Noel/Angel's We Have Heard on High/Hark the Herald Angel's Sing)"– 6:03
"Don't Save it All For Christmas Day"– 4:43
"Jesus, Born on This Day"– 2:41
"Winter Wonderland"– 3:42
"Light a Candle"– 6:39
"Good News"– 4:22
"The Christmas Song"– 4:46
"Manger Medley (O Come O Come Emmanuel/Away in a Manger/O Little Town of Bethlehem"– 4:03
"We are the Reason"– 5:00

[edit] Lineup of members

Michael Passons
Jody McBrayer
Janna Long
Cherie Adams (then Cherie Paliotta)

[edit] Review

Popular CCM quartet Avalon doesn't disappoint with their first offering for the holiday season. A collection of ten songs celebrating Christmas, Joy leaves the listener feeling joyful, uplifted, energized yet reverent about the reason for the season. The opening and title song, a jazzed-up fantasy on "Joy to the World," gets the toes tapping and the mood continues until the slightly more reflective third track "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day." Choirs were rounded up for background vocal support on several tracks, the most outstanding of which is "Good News" during which the basses are wonderfully strong and mesmerizing. The quartet also covers a handful of songs written or made famous by other artists and, again, no disappointment in their performance on all. One interesting note: The album design has a definite retro feel, à la '60s and '70s, yet the music is clearly recorded in 2000, a fun juxtaposition. A worthy addition to the fan's collection, as well as the holiday music aficionado's collection.