It's a Wonderful Christmas
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Free Music Review: Sweet
Hit: 5 Stars
Once again, Michael W. Smith brings us a sweet combination of songs to lift the heart and soul. Easy on the ears.Free Music Review: Great Christmas music
Hit: 5 Stars
Michael W Smith is the best! Love this CD, lots of instrumentals, and traditional Christmas music as well.Free Music Review: best cd
Hit: 5 Stars
I LOVE this CD. Listen to it all the time. Like the instrumentals. Nice variation. Inspiring CD.Free Music Review: Another Great Christmas cd....Long Awaited...Amazing !!!
Hit: 4 Stars
It's A Wonderful Christmas WOW!! Well worth the wait. It has been almost 10 years since Michael W. Smith released "Christmas time". Michael's previous releases "Christmas" (in 1989) and "Christmastime" (in 1998) are standard Christmas music during Tree decorating and present wrapping at my home.
Both his previous releases are in my opinion are modern masterpieces. His new release does not disappoint. This release is a more epic,classical work with four amazing choirs, among them a 100-voice choir and also a 16-member London boy's choir directed by John Tobin, and a 67-piece orchestra at London's Abbey Road studios.
John Williams is one of Michael's hero's and it really comes though. The album has a "John Williams" feel interwoven in the tracks. In preparing for his new Christmas collection, he wanted to create an album with the lush arrangements and powerful orchestral sounds that he heard listening to his favorite Christmas records as a child. I have to agree, as I listen to this cd I am reminded of many Christmas memories and Imagery of the Christmas season.
Michael a master of blending and reinventing music to bring something new. I also appreciate the way he gives Christmas music profound reverence and respect. Tops most Christmas releases because of Michael's passion for music,giving it that Christmas feeling and epic sound. Michael has captured the Christmas spirit in this one!
The Album features 11 songs with nine original tracks.
"Christmas Day" featuring a duet with American Idol's Mandisa is amazing!
"What Child Is This" absolutely Beautiful!!
"All Year Long" another fantastic track!!
Wondering about "Audrey's Gift"? It is a song that he wrote at the last minute for his Granddaughter right before the album was released.
This Christmas release is one of the best in recent memory. It's a Wonderful Christmas is a must-have addition to any Christmas music buyer's collection. Curl up in front of the fireplace with this CD playing!
Free Music Review: Good...not Great....Too Short in Length
Hit: 4 Stars
I am big Michael W. Smith fan so I was looking forward to his new Christmas effort. The music is good and has a John Williams "Home Alone" movie soundtrack sound to it in certain movements. The choral efforts and choruses are strong. Two major complaints keep this musical rating down. Some of the instrumentals could be part of any album because the sound is not a holiday sound, but it is called a Christmas song because it is on a Christmas album.....example....."Audrey's Gift." But my major complaint is this cd clocks in under 40 minutes. In a competitive music market where people decide to spend their hard earned dollars on an entire cd instead of down loading one or two songs, less than 40 minutes is too short for the price you pay. When I asked my wife what she thought of the cd after she listened to it, the first thing she said was, "it's too short."
Finishing on a high note, his song writing is pure genius for this type of material. No wonder his last studio effort before this Christmas cd "Stand" was the worst one he has done since he was a solo artist....all his passion, energy and talent was being directed to this worthy project whose finished product would be a good addition to anyone's Christmas music collection.