Christmas Is 4 Ever

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Christmas Is 4 Ever
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Released2006
Recorded2006
Genre Funk, hip hop
Length68:35
Label Shout Factory; P-Vine
Producer Bootsy Collins
Bootsy Collins chronology
Play with Bootsy
(2002)
Christmas Is 4 Ever
(2006)
Tha Funk Capital of the World
(2011)
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Christmas Is 4 Ever is a 2006 Christmas-themed album by Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins. The album was released in the United States by the Shout Factory label and by P-Vine Records in Japan. The album represents the first Christmas album made by any member of the P-Funk musical collective. The album features re-workings of Christmas standards such as "Silent Night", "Merry Christmas Baby", and "Sleigh Ride", as well as original compositions such as "Happy Holidaze".

Contents

Collins stated: "I’ve wanted to do a Christmas album forever, but I never really got the chance or the time to really think about doing it and putting the effort in it." [2]

Track listing

  1. "N-Yo-City" 3:05
  2. "Merry Christmas Baby" 4:30
  3. "Jingle Belz (Jingle Bells)" 4:58
  4. "Happy Holidaze" 6:29
  5. "Chestnutz (The Christmas Song)" 5:05
  6. "Winterfunkyland (Winter Wonderland)" 6:57
  7. "Santa's Coming (Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)" 4:58
  8. "Boot-Off (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)" 5:23
  9. "Silent Night" (Traditional) 5:34
  10. "Sleigh Ride" 6:03
  11. "Dis-Christmiss (This Christmas)" 3:27
  12. "Be-With-You" 6:12
  13. "Christmas Is 4 Ever" 5:50

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Bootsy Collins, Suicide Girls interview, October 2006
  3. 1 2 "First new Bootsy Collins Album in 6 Years". glidemagazine.com. 2004-04-19. Retrieved 2019-11-23.