Traditions (album)

Traditions
Studio album by Bobby Womack
Released	November 4, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	R&B, Christmas
Length	59:32
Label	The Right Stuff/Capitol/EMI Records
Producer	Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack chronology
Back to My Roots (1999) Traditions (1999) Christmas Album (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Traditions is the 22nd studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on November 4, 1999, on The Right Stuff Records. ^{[3] [4]}

In a 2024 overview of Womack's output, Sebastian Zabel of Rolling Stone Germany wrote that "many of his albums of the 80s and 90s are weak; this one is weaker." ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dear Santa Claus"	3:50
2.	"This Christmas"	3:28
3.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	4:21
4.	"Christmas Ain't Christmas"	2:59
5.	"White Christmas"	3:13
6.	"The First Noel"	2:53
7.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	2:30
8.	"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"	5:13
9.	"Silent Night"	3:47
10.	"Jingle Bells"	2:58
11.	"Dear Santa Claus (Children's Version)"	3:38
12.	"Winter Wonderland"	3:05
13.	"O Holy Night"	3:21
14.	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"	3:06
15.	"Away in a Manger"	2:52
16.	"Joy to the World"	2:59
17.	"Auld Lang Syne"	4:55

References

1. Traditions at AllMusic
2. Colin Larkin (2006). "Womack, Bobby". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 8 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 751–2. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.
3. Cub Koda. "Traditions - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
4. "iTunes - Music - Traditions by Bobby Womack". iTunes . Retrieved 2015-09-10.
5. "Viele seiner Alben der 80er- und 90er-Jahre sind schwach, dieses ist schwächer." Sebastian Zabel (September 2024), "Guide to Bobby Womack", Rolling Stone Germany (in German), no. 359, pp. 86–7