A lot of thought was put into this CD. A lot of thought was put into everything except the music. This is another upbeat contemporary hit radio pop (CHR Pop) take on Christmas carols. The production is very slick, and some degreasing of your computer may be necessary after you have played this album. Or your car stereo. I can’t be everywhere. The last track is “Auld Lang Syne,” which is sensible, of course, because New Year’s Day is after Christmas. But “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” is not the first track. In fact it is not on this album at all. Not a beat can be heard, not even from a mouse.
These tracks are generally missing soul, which might be ironic. “O Holy Night” forgets it is a holiday song and busts out with the drum machine and other preprogrammed bits and beats. It sounds like hold music while on the Butterball hotline when your turkey didn’t thaw properly, and now you’re trying to impress your boyfriend’s mother with your cooking prowess.
“Angels We Have Heard on High” is fun. It sounds like something out of a Disney movie, even if the music sounds as if it was made with a computer. i guess these days everything is made with computers.
This whole album should play in the background at your holiday party, I am told. I played Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Perry Como at my holiday party. I stand by my decision.
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