Father Christmas (CD - 2001)

Personnel: Deana Carter (vocals); Fred Carter (guitar).

Digitally remastered using HDCD technology.

Personnel: Deana Carter (vocals); Fred Carter, Jr. (guitar).

Audio Mixer: James Michael.

Photographer: Randee Saint Nicholas.

Deana Carter's surprise success with 1996's DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS? owed a great deal to Carter's evident sincerity and genuineness. In an age of larger-than-life country stars, Carter comes across as singularly down-to-earth, a quality that--combined with her crystalline voice, stunning good looks, and catchy songs--helped turn her first two albums into huge hits.

Carter's third album, FATHER CHRISTMAS, is a major stylistic departure from her previous recorded work, but it is completely of a piece with her public persona. Accompanied only by her guitarist father (Nashville session legend Fred Carter Jr.), Carter presents a dozen Christmas classics in musical settings as sparse as her two previous albums were ornate. The result is a warm, intimate, and thoroughly appealing collection that somehow manages to breathe new life into some extremely familiar material. minimize