Lovers of traditional Christmas music, here’s an album for you!
David Archuleta’s upcoming album, Christmas of the Heart is full of traditional Christmas carols such as “O Holy Night”, “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Silent Night.” There’s a traditional Spanish tune, “Riu Chiu” and a duet with Charice–”Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”. The album ends with a contemporary track, “Melodies of Christmas”
Head to Amazon.com to listen to 30 snippets. While you’re there, you can also pre-order the album:
David is currently working on his sophomore studio album, set to be released sometime next year.
Good for some of you for trying so hard to make this boat float, but I fear the worst. I’m with Tess on this one until further notice. Here’s hoping for the best!
I’m afraid I agree with SBC who commented earlier in the thread. I’m a David fan, but am disappointed in the song previews. Seems the production value is not good, it doesn’t seem to capture the voice or the feeling we’ve witnessed in the past. Hope Jive didn’t skimp on production quality. It would be a shame if David doesn’t do well in this genre.
I’m also speculating how David’s album will fare in sales alongside Andrea Bocelli, Bob Dylan, Barry Manilow, etc. Of course, they are huge and established artists. I’m thinking modest sales, and not sure if he’ll capture new fans as he already has the older set under his wings.
Let’s hope the album does well enough for him to retain his contract with his label and get the next album out.
How I wish we can all be as creepy as Mr. Archuleta. For me, he has a sweet and darling personality with an extremely pure and angelic voice – if that’s creepy then I’ll take creepy any day.
I want a full version of Silent Night right now, his voice just soars in that one. He touches my soul!!! *SUPER CHEESY*
Fans of David is reporting that mp3’s will be available for download at Amazon on October 9th!…
Me too, fearbear. If David Archuleta is creepy, I pray for a world full of creepy 18 year old guys. LOL.
I guess I’m not surprised by comments. Usual suspects and YMMV and all that jazz. Know I’m not supposed to comment about commenters, but sometimes the risk is worth it.
Davidlove, he’s already been working on the next pop album, has been and will be. He has writing sessions coming up shortly as well. Daniel Bedingfield already mentioned he’d be working with him.
Actually somebody upthread made me remember that I also have Nat King Cole’s Christmas album. It’s a bit dated, but I could never get enough of that man’s voice. So make that 4. I think if I were to go with a 5th, it would have to be Archie or Jack Daniels, one.
The thing about a Christmas album, though, is that it can be a perennial seller. I doubt that too many people put these out with the expectation that they’ll make a killing the first year. The Josh Groban thing was a really strange exception, I think. (Huge exception, also!).
But this album by David can sell to some fans this year, then come right back next year and sell some more to people who have just found out about him or didn’t buy the first time because it won’t go out of style the way some other music can.
As long as the artist keeps him/herself visible in other ways, the Christmas cd can bring in some bucks, it seems. Plus, they can be cheaper to produce than other albums because you aren’t paying a bunch of writers and so on. The songs are already out there. I think you put these out with a quite different expectation saleswise than with regular pop albums.
I have to say I could kind of live without the elf face, though. Seems to me one of David’s more mature looks would have been a better choice. This kind of makes him look silly to me, which is ridiculous because he’s a very nice-looking guy.
Sales will also depend on if Jive decide to release the album to iTunes, Stupid Jive dont give notice about this…
Hmmm, I didn’t even think about itunes Cruz. Does itunes usually carry Christmas albums/singles as the holiday gets closer? Curious…as I can’t remember.
ETA: David’s Christmas album is at 44 right now on Amazon overall, Bocelli’s My Christmas is at 41, and Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart is at 46. Nice to see him running right along with the big dogs, for now anyway, lol.
Its a christmas cd, its not going to sell ‘zomg tons and tons’ especially in october. It should pick up more sales the closer it gets to christmas. You know if there is adequate supply.. of course…
I’d think it would pick up later. Only the big fans (or Idol fans who stay Internet-informed) know about the album now. And it is not yet October, for Pete’s sake. Whenever I tell people I’m almost finished with my shopping around Thanksgiving every year, they act like I’m a lunatic. Hopefully, the album will be present in the stores when the masses make their purchases. I have several relatives who are more casual Archuleta fans.
ETA: I doubt too that David expected this album to rack up the huge sales. He seems to have a very good handle on what to expect and not to expect with his career.
who but david could generate this kind of interest, in august and september, for a dingdang christmas album… in the midst of other idol debut releases, new pop product from ex idols, fans, fence sitters and detractors alike just seem to gravitate toward his offerings, like moths to a flame… he’s doing a great job holding the interest of those three groups mentioned, and continuing to build upon that… the alma award performance was a success for him, and could have begun to open the door to another huge market of customers and fans for him in the latin/spanish market and demographic…
nope, not overly concerned about the success of this album, and his future prospects… there are no guarantees, but he has many avenues available to him that bode well to sustain a long term career… and more christmas albums thrown in the mix to spice things up – fa la la la la, la la la laaaaaa….;-)
btw its up to #35 in music..
latest amazon usa rankings…
Bestsellers in Music ‘“ #35 in overall music bestsellers
Bestsellers in Holiday Music
#2 [overall]
#3 hot new releases
#4 most gifted
#4 most wished for
Bestsellers in Opera & Vocal
#1 [overall]
#1 hot new releases
#2 most gifted
#1 most wished for
Bestsellers in Music, Miscellaneous
#2. Ranking has gone up in the past 24 hours, 42 days in the top 100
Hot New Releases in Music, Miscellaneous
#2
Most Wished For in Music, Miscellaneous
#10
Most Most Gifted in Music, Miscellaneous
#14
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002LLDT9U?tag=pauplathemuss-20&creative=373489&camp=211189&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=B002LLDT9U
I love what I’ve heard so far~we’ve been looking forward to this from David since LAST Christmas! Like I’ve said in other posts…David embodies Christmas Spirit 24/7, 365… and he sings EVERYthing from the heart.
This is sure to warm our holidays.
And I agree with others here…let David sing it ALL and not box him into a “genre”. Though standard marketing practice makes a good case for “defining” him, I think David’s talent and personality are so unique and will ultimately define him in ways unique to him.
He IS only 18, plenty of time to explore…and with his all-encompassing gift of music, his LOVE of it all, and such a broad spectrum fanbase…why limit this huge talent. Go David!
Thanks for the replies to my worries about this album. I tend to worry about my favorite idols :p, as I’ve seen Jive part ways with them in the past.
I will surely be buying David’s album and hope the songs are better quality than the snippets.