A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector information
1963 compilation album by various artists
A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records
Compilation album by
various artists
Released
November 22, 1963
Recorded
September–October 1963
Studio
Gold Star, Hollywood
Genre
Christmas,[1] pop[2]
Length
34:12
Label
Philles
Producer
Phil Spector
Phil Spector production chronology
Philles Records Presents Today's Hits (1963)
A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records (1963)
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica (1964)
A Christmas Gift for You fromPhilles Records (also known as Phil Spector's Christmas Album) is an album of Christmas songs, produced by Phil Spector, and originally released as Philles 4005 in November 1963. Spector treated a series of mostly secular Christmas standards to his "Wall of Sound" production style, and the selections feature the vocal performances of Spector's regular artists during this period. One month after its release, the album peaked at No. 13 on Billboard magazine's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart.[3]
In 2003, the album was voted No. 142 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[4] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.[5] In 2017, it was ranked the 130th greatest album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.[6] In 2019, it was ranked the greatest Christmas album of all time by Rolling Stone.[4] Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has cited this album as his favorite of all time.[7] The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[8]
^Sanchez 2014, p. 57.
^Cosgrove 2020, chap. 6.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920-2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 229. ISBN 0-89820-161-6.
^ ab"The 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 19, 2012.
^"500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
^"The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. August 22, 2017.
^deMartin, Michael (July 12, 2006). "A Day At The Beach (Boy's House)". Pet Blog: Pet Sounds at 40: An Appreciation.
^^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (March 23, 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
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