12 Soulful Nights of Christmas | |
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Compilation album by Various artists | |
Released | December 3, 1996 |
Genre | R&B |
Length | 60:55 |
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12 Soulful Nights of Christmas is a compilation of Christmas songs released on December 3, 1996, through So So Def Recordings. [1] [2] In 1998, the album was reissued with two new songs. [3]
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Source | Rating |
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Entertainment Weekly | A [4] |
The Orlando Weekly found the album "uneven", but highlighted Tamia's and Jagged Edge's renditions. [5] In his review of the 1998 re-release, Marc Weingarten from Entertainment Weekly wrote that "why is the too-reverent yuletide offering 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas of slow jams from various R&B stars as stale as day-old fruitcake?" adding that "perhaps Dupri should’ve provided some nasty beats". [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Time of Year" (Kenny Lattimore) |
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| 4:47 |
2. | "Christmas Without You" (Xscape) | Brian McKnight | Brian McKnight | 4:07 |
3. | "In Love at Christmas" (K-Ci & JoJo) |
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| 3:57 |
4. | "Little Drummer Girl" (Alicia Keys) |
| Rodney Jerkins | 4:32 |
5. | "Someday at Christmas" (Voices of Soul [a] ) |
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| 4:42 |
6. | "Christmas Only Once a Year" (Chaka Khan) |
| Tony McAnany | 3:56 |
7. | "A Christmas Lullabye" (Faith Evans) | Seth Swirsky |
| 2:10 |
8. | "Because of His Love" (Brian McKnight) |
| Brian McKnight | 4:05 |
9. | "The Christmas Song" (Tamia) |
| 5:06 | |
10. | "Christmas Without My Girl" (Gerald Levert) |
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| 4:29 |
11. | "Not Really Christmas" (Trina Broussard) |
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| 4:54 |
12. | "My Younger Days" (Trey Lorenz) |
| 4:33 | |
13. | "Every Day Should Be Christmas" (NeeNa Lee) |
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| 4:08 |
14. | "This Christmas" (Jagged Edge) |
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| 5:07 |
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