4/15/2023 0 Comments Best holiday albums 2017 country![]() ![]() He sings carols with conviction, but it’s the tunes he wrote himself that really hit home – not least the cheeringly realistic Get Behind Me, Santa!, which expresses weary optimism regarding the festive season: “It’s a fact of life whether you like it or not – so put your hands together and give it a shot.” 12. Sufjan Stevens – Songs for Christmas (2006)Ī 42-track compilation that charts Stevens’ progress from shambolic folk-rocker to baroque pop mastermind. The track, an ultra-funky saga of a harassed drug dealer’s Christmas Day, is undoubtedly the highlight, but TLC’s All I Want for Christmas and Toni Braxton’s classy take on The Christmas Song run it surprisingly close. This compilation earned its place in history by featuring the first track ever released by OutKast, Player’s Ball. Photograph: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Bob Dylan – Christmas in the Heart (2009) The issue isn’t the music – a string-laden take on funk – but Brown himself, who appears to be making up the words to every song as he goes along, with bewildering results. James Brown made three Christmas albums, but the last one earns its place here by dint of being the weirdest. The Durutti Column’s implausibly beautiful Snowflakes is a standout. ![]() That most improbable of things: a post-punk Christmas album, that features Aztec Camera doing a Django Reinhardt-inspired instrumental, a selection of Factory Records alumni and San Franciscan oddballs Tuxedomoon. Various artists – Ghosts of Christmas Past (1981) The highlight: Claudine Longet’s delicate confection of strings, acoustic guitar and breathy vocals, Snow. In which the cream of A&M Records’ easy listening artists – Herb Alpert, Burt Bacharach and Sérgio Mendez among them – offer up a Christmas album as velvety-smooth as eggnog. Various artists – Something Festive (1968) Quite sparsely arranged, it allows the Roche sisters’ harmonies to dazzle – the acappella Star of Wonder is magical – while their New York-accented Winter Wonderland is an absolute hoot. ![]() The US avant-folk trio began their musical career carol singing, which makes We Three Kings a kind of back-to-their-roots enterprise. ![]()
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