12 Soulful Nights of Christmas

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12 Soulful Nights of Christmas
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Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedDecember 3, 1996 (1996-12-03)
Genre R&B
Length60:55
Label

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Time of Year" (Kenny Lattimore)
  • Kenny Lattimore
  • James Poyser
  • Vikter Duplaix
4:47
2."Christmas Without You" (Xscape) Brian McKnight Brian McKnight4:07
3."In Love at Christmas" (K-Ci & JoJo)
  • JoJo
  • Rory Bennett
3:57
4."Little Drummer Girl" (Alicia Keys) Rodney Jerkins 4:32
5."Someday at Christmas" (Voices of Soul [a] )
  • Gordon Williams
  • Kenneth Crouch (add.)
4:42
6."Christmas Only Once a Year" (Chaka Khan)
Tony McAnany3:56
7."A Christmas Lullabye" (Faith Evans) Seth Swirsky
2:10
8."Because of His Love" (Brian McKnight)
  • Brian McKnight
  • Brandon Barnes
Brian McKnight4:05
9."The Christmas Song" (Tamia)
  • Sapp III
  • Timothy L. Shider
5:06
10."Christmas Without My Girl" (Gerald Levert)
  • Gerald Levert
  • Edwin Nicholas
  • Gerald Levert
  • Edwin "Tony" Nicholas
4:29
11."Not Really Christmas" (Trina Broussard)
  • Israel Embry
  • Trina Broussard (voc.)
4:54
12."My Younger Days" (Trey Lorenz)
  • Jermaine Dupri
  • Manuel Seal (co.)
4:33
13."Every Day Should Be Christmas" (NeeNa Lee)
  • Tim Thomas
  • Jonathan Curry
  • Tim Thomas
  • Jonathan Curry (co.)
4:08
14."This Christmas" (Jagged Edge)
  • Track Team
  • Flash Technology (co.)
5:07

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. Rhapsody Online Music Store
  3. MTV News Staff (1998-10-26). "Jermaine Dupri Reissues Expanded, "Soulful" Christmas Album". MTV News . Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  4. Bernard, James (1996-12-06). "Music Review: '12 Soulful Nights of Christmas (Part 1)'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  5. "Review - Jermaine Dupri Presents 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas". The Orlando Weekly. 1998-12-16. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  6. Weingarten, Marc (1998-12-04). "Jermaine Dupri Presents 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2024-04-20.