Joan Osborne - Christmas Means Love
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Artist: Joan OsborneEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Music Label: Time Life Records
Soundtracks:
- Christmas Means Love
- Santa Claus Baby
- Away In a Manger
- Christmas Must Be Tonight
- Cherry Tree Carol
- Christmas In New Orleans
- Children Go Where I Send Thee
- Angels We Have Heard On High
- What Do Bad Girls Get?
- Great Day In December
- Silent Night
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Free Music Review: Something Different
Hit: 5 Stars
I just loved this CD! What I think I loved the most about it is the fact that it is something a little different than the "usual" Christmas stuff. Would highly recommend it to anyone searching for something that veers away from standard Christmas fare.
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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 re-issue of Osborne's 2005 album of the same name has all the same songs; it simply omits the spoken word introduction. --Mike McGonigalCritically acclaimed singer/songwriter Joan Osborne captures the essence of the holidays on Christmas Means Love with her versatile voice that easily goes from delicate and evocative to jazzy and glorious. Following in the tradition of Breakfast in Bed (Osborne's May 2007 album of soul covers and original R&B-styled songs), here Osborne sings her heart out on 11 holiday songs backed by a rootsy blues band and, at times, a choir. This intimate seasonal album is a perfect balance of the secular (Santa Claus Baby) and the sacred (Away in the Manger), both sassy (What Do Bad Girls Get?) and somber (Angels We Have Heard On High). In all, Osborne's Christmas Means Love is a wonderfully earthy approach to heavenly holiday music.
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