| The John Fahey Christmas Album | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | John Fahey |
| Cover: | The John Fahey Christmas Album.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Label: | Burnside Attic[1] |
| Producer: | Terry Robb, Don MacLeod |
| Prev Title: | God, Time and Causality |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
The John Fahey Christmas Album is an album by the American musician John Fahey, released in 1991.[2] [3] It was originally released by Burnside, a record store in Portland, Oregon.[4] [5]
The John Fahey Christmas Album was one of five Christmas albums recorded by Fahey.[6] "O' Holy Night" was included on the Imaginational Anthem compilation.[7]
The album was produced by Terry Robb and Don MacLeod.
The Province wrote that "the flute, piano and cello accompaniment creates a lithe, pleasant chamber-ensemble ambience."[8] The Edmonton Journal opined that, "while it might be labelled part of the contemplative art form known as New Age, the music is rich, difficult and beautiful enough to impress non-aficionados of relaxation music."[9] The Globe and Mail noted that "Fahey's warm, round tone glows like a Yule log at midnight and the balance between the familiar and obscure is delicate enough that the album can tug heartstrings without ever becoming cloying."[10]
In 2017, Pitchfork, comparing the 1991 release to his earlier Christmas albums, wrote: "For Fahey, holiday music allowed for a sort of evolving emotional inventory and a dependable corrective for heavy feelings. It, like him, could change."[11]