''Miss Patti's Christmas'' is a studio album by American singer
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, actress and businesswoman.
LaBelle is referred to as the " Godmother of Soul".
She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singe ...
. Her second
holiday album
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject ma ...
, it was released by
Def Soul Classics
Def Soul was an R&B-based division of American multinational record label Def Jam Recordings. It was formed in 1996 by Russell Simmons and Kevin Liles to expand R&B and soul music through Def Jam's said genre-related roster following the success ...
on October 9, 2007 in the United States. Chiefly produced by
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, it marked LaBelle's first Def Jam recording since abruptly leaving the label in 2006 over a dispute with then-president
Antonio "L.A." Reid. ''Miss Patti's Christmas'' peaked at number 22 on the US
Top Holiday Albums.
Critical reception
Andy Kellman from
Allmusic found that "it's not a given that the disc will become part of each listener's annual holiday listening tradition, but it's all pleasant and enjoyable, and there are several moments where it is obvious that LaBelle is giving everything she has, rather than coasting through
..Jam, Lewis, and LaBelle should seriously consider repurposing the very upbeat "Nativity" – one of four originals – into a song with an everyday lyrical theme. It's too well-made to be suitable only for once-a-year rotation."
Track listing
Notes
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Charts
References
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2007 Christmas albums
Patti LaBelle albums
Albums produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Christmas albums by American artists
Pop Christmas albums
Contemporary R&B Christmas albums