Author: Osborne, Joan

Format: Import

Release Date: 11-09-2007

Details: Amazon.ca When it comes to yuletide albums, an artist has maybe three choices as to how to proceed: 1) You can write your own new songs; 2) You can try really hard to put your own spin on these popular chestnuts by doing radically different arrangements or recording them all in a death metal polka style because no one else has made a death metal polka holiday release; 3) Or you can just do the songs straight-ahead already, as best you can, and hope that you measure up to the greats who've done those songs before you. For Joan Osborne's first holiday record, the full-throated singer-songwriter admirably (and smartly) uses all three approaches at once. Osborne uses a wide variety of arrangements and styles to tackle these tunes. There are ribald, bluesy arrangements ("What Do Bad Girls Get?"), songs with gospel elements (the title track), and stripped-down, piano-driven numbers ("Silent Night") that really showcase her vocal strengths. Note: This 2007 reissue of Osborne's 2005 album of the same name has all the same songs; it simply omits the spoken word introduction. --Mike McGonigal

UPC: 610583212228

EAN: 0610583212228

Languages: english

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: New