Barlowgirl - Home for Christmas
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Artist: BarlowgirlEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-09-23
Music Label: Word Entertainment
Soundtracks:
- It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Carol Of The Bells / Sing We Now Of Christmas
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
- Hallelujah [Light Has Come]
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- What Child Is This?
- Panis Angelicus
- Angelic Proclamation [Medley
- Go, Tell It On The Mountain [Medley]
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Free Music Notes for Home for Christmas
Free Music Review: One of the best Christmas CDs I've heard in years
Hit: 5 Stars
I usually associate Barlowgirl with rock (think "She Walked Away", "Never Alone"), and bought this CD after hearing their version of "O Holy Night" (not on this CD) on Air1. That had a hard rock edge, and I expected more of the same here. Boy, was I wrong.
Instead of a rock interpretation they went for straight up beautiful. As in hauntingly, jaw-droppingly beautiful. Carol of the Bells, Hallelujah, Angelic Proclamation (a seamless mix of Hark the Herald Angels Sing and In Excelsis Deo), and O Come Emmanuel all had classical-style orchestration, with pure melodies and tight harmonies in the vocals. I'd never seen Panis Angelicus on a Christmas CD, but have a recording from a traditional Catholic music CD; Barlowgirl's version blew that one away. Made me think of stained glass and Mass and Communion, and brought tears to my eyes.
The more modern songs, I'll Be Home for Christmas and It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, were traditional in the Bing Crosby sense; if you like those particular songs (which I don't), these are nice arrangements of them. O Little Town of Bethlehem, What Child is This, and Go Tell It on the Mountain got the R&B treatment; not a good fit for the first two in my opinion, and those were the only disappointing songs on the CD.
In short, if you're a die-hard rocker, you're going to be disappointed, as this is vastly different from their usual sound. If you're a closet traditionalist like me, you'll be pleasantly shocked. Pity most traditional music lovers won't be looking to buy a Christmas CD from a Christian rock group.
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