''Ultimate Christmas'' is a 1998 compilation of
Christmas music by
the Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by the ...
released on
Capitol Records. It rounds up all of the tracks from 1964's ''
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
''The Beach Boys' Christmas Album'' is the seventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released November 9, 1964 on Capitol Records. It contains five original songs and seven standards on a Christmas theme. The album proved t ...
'' in addition to a handful of unreleased tracks from the aborted ''
Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys'' album in 1977, some of which were revised to be included on ''
M.I.U. Album'' the following year.
As a collection of the Beach Boys' Christmas tunes, ''Ultimate Christmas'' manages to round up virtually every song the band recorded and released on the subject. In 2004 Capitol took it out of print and replaced it with ''Christmas with the Beach Boys'', essentially the same compilation with different cover art and one song ("Christmas Time Is Here Again") removed from the track list.
Track listing
References
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1998 Christmas albums
1998 compilation albums
Christmas compilation albums
The Beach Boys compilation albums
Capitol Records compilation albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Rock Christmas albums