''A Faithful Christmas'' is a

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album and the fifth studio album by American recording artist

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, released on October 25, 2005, by Capitol Records. Work on the album began in mid-2005 after the release of her fourth studio album '' The First Lady''. A collection of holiday songs, it contains standards such as " White Christmas" and "

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" alongside two new compositions, "Happy Holiday" and "Christmas Wish", both of which were written by Evans and her daughter Chyna Griffin.

Reception

The album received generally mixed reviews from critics. In his review for

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, Andy Kellman from wrote that the album sounded "very uneven and hastily thrown together." He criticized ''A Faithful Christmas'' for switching between "thoroughly modern" and classic Christmas songs, calling Evans's original material on the album "spirited but bland." He however praised her "straightforward version" of " The Day That Love Began." Chris Willman from ''

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'' found that "some of her beat-heavy originals are Faith-based fun utmisses include an old James Brown Xmas tune with way more 'Good Gods!' than any non-Godfather should attempt." ''

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'' magazine writer Chuck Arnold felt that "the girliness of "

" and playfulness of "

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" don't suit

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More fittingly, the CD closes with "

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Track listing

Sample credits *"Soulful Christmas" contains a sample of the recording "Soulful Christmas" as performed by James Brown. *"Christmas Wish" samples from "Merry Christmas Baby" as performed by James Brown.

Charts

Weekly charts

References

External links

FaithEvansMusic.com

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