STYLE: Orchestral RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 9324-9040 DISTRIBUTION: Real World CDRW115 FORMAT: CD Album
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Reviewed by Tony Cummings
Yes, we know it’s really too late to be reviewing Christmas albums but there were a couple of 2003 Yuletide releases we couldn’t let go without comment. The first is this gem from everybody’s favourite gospel wrinklies. Material-wise, what you get is the usual Christmas suspects: “Little Drummer Boy”, “In The Bleak Midwinter”, The Christmas Song”, “Away In A Manger”. What make these over-recorded items work are arrangements which give full emphasis to the Boys’ gritty way with gravely shouting and bluesy asides and guests that range from the sublime (Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, Solomon Burke) to the odd (Chrissie Hynde with Richard Thompson) to the indescribable (George Clinton with Robert Randolph). Expect to be hearing tracks from this on the radio for numerous Christmases still to come.
Sample Track Listing:
1.
Last Month Of The Year
2.
I Pray On Christmas ftr Soloman Burke
3.
Go Tell The Mountain ftr Tom Waits
4.
Little Drummer Boy ftr Micael Franti
5.
In The Bleak Midwinter ftr Chrissie Hynde with Richard Thompson
6.
Joy To The World ftr Aaron Neville
7.
Born In Bethlehem ftr Mavis Staples
8.
The Christmas Song ftr Shelby Lynne
9.
Away In A Manger ftr George Clinton with Robert Randolf
10.
Oh Come All Ye Faithful ftr Me'shell Indegeocello
11.
White Christmas ftr Les McCann
12.
Silent Night
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