| The Merry Christmas Album | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| Cover: | James Brown The Merry Christmas Album.jpg |
| Released: | November 16, 1999 |
| Recorded: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Funk, Christmas |
| Length: | 45:17 |
| Label: | Waxworks Records |
| Producer: | Derrick Monk |
| Prev Title: | I'm Back |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | The Next Step |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
The Merry Christmas Album is the 58th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on November 16, 1999, by Waxworks Records.[1] [2] It contains 11 Christmas related songs co-written with Derrick Monk, who also produced the album.[3] Heather Phares, writing for AllMusic, felt the album was fun but not one of Brown's best. It is also Brown's fourth Christmas album in 31 years.
In a review for AllMusic, Heather Phares felt the album followed the same pattern of his other Christmas albums with his usual funk music and social commentary lyrics; she concludes that the album is festive fun, but not up the standard of his best work.[4]