The Best Of Ho! Ho! Hoey

The Best Of Ho! Ho! Hoey is Gary Hoey's first Christmas compilation album, released in 2001.
== Overview ==
Oddly, before ever releasing a standard 'greatest hits'-type package, Hoey's first compilation release was this disc of holiday favorites, culled from the three Ho! Ho! Hoey albums. This was seen by many as a testament to the popularity of these holiday-themed releases, and the fact that they are Hoey's biggest sellers.
The album contains four new recordings, including "Carol Of The Bells", "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", "Ave Maria", and "'Twas The Night Before Christmas", which had been released as a non-LP promotional single the previous year. It features guest vocals from a rapper called The Unknown.
Curiously, most of the previously-released tracks were apparently either remixed or at least edited differently than they are on the original albums. More notable examples include "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", which adds drums by Glen Sobel and shortens its length, and "Little Drummer Boy", which includes a sitar performance that wasn't on the original version. Most of the rest are given slight sound tweaks and changes in length. These new versions are apparently considered by Hoey to be the 'standard' or 'preferred' versions, as they were also used in place of the original versions on the 2003 compilation The Complete Ho! Ho! Hoey.
== Gary sez ==
== Track listing ==
# "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" 2:44
# "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" 2:28
# "The First Noel" 3:39
# "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" 3:06
# "Jingle Bells" 2:56
# "Greensleeves" 3:32
# "Jingle Bell Rock" 3:41
# "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" 3:44
# "Little Drummer Boy" 3:37
# "Carol Of The Bells" 2:50
# "Away In A Manger" 2:50
# "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" 3:14
# "Frosty The Snowman" 2:31
# "God Rest" 3:56
# "O Come All Ye Faithful" 2:22
# "Ave Maria" 2:33
# "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" 3:30
Total time: 53:27
== Personnel ==
* Gary Hoey - all instruments (except as indicated), producer, engineer, mixer, arranger
* Allison Hoey - vocals on
* Jamie Kaplan - vocals on
* Mark Kaplan - vocals on
* Dave Kaplan - executive producer
== See also ==
* Gary Hoey's Discography