A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
by Various Artists

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists
Year: 1963
Release date: 1963-11-22
Overall rank: 1,833rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 201 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1963 (8th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (178th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,833rd)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,833rd | 1960s rank: 178th | 1963 rank: 8th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 201 votes)
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70/100
 
12/28/2025 15:05 AledJames  Ratings distribution  1,50669/100
 
75/100
 
12/24/2025 20:42 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,13776/100
 
70/100
 
12/20/2025 15:36 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,04670/100
 
70/100
 
11/12/2025 16:49 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25268/100
 
90/100
 
10/07/2025 10:54 JacobMullis  Ratings distribution  74288/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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80/100
From 12/22/2025 15:38 | #312252
All the traditional Christmas hits on one album by the sartists that made them famous and Spector at his musical finest. A Christmas must.
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From 12/02/2021 18:46 | #277017
A great pop album, a great example of the wall of Sound, and great performances by early 60s girl groups. It's an overlooked precursor to Pet Sounds.
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55/100
From 12/06/2020 23:20 | #262175
56/100

Best tracks: Sleigh Ride, Christmas
Worst tracks: The Bells of Saint Marys, Silent Night
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From 12/03/2018 15:03 | #226107
This album is 10/10 from a Christmas view. If I wasn't listening to this album near Christmas time, I'll probably give this album a 7/10 or 8/10.
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80/100
From 08/28/2018 18:35 | #220202
This is thee Christmas album and the only one of this kind that I have any time for - I detest Xmas albums
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95/100
From 12/29/2014 15:47 | #130367
The greatest Christmas album to be sure.
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90/100
From 03/04/2014 22:03 | #105441
Considered one of the best Christmas albums of all time. A great representation of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.
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70/100
From 03/14/2013 05:10 | #68228
I found this album very disappointing. The vocals are way overdone in most of the songs, and even at low volumes the whole thing sounds annoyingly loud.
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