Audio CD review:
Christine Lavin & The Mistletones - Runaway Christmas Tree

Christine Lavin & The Mistletones - Runaway Christmas Tree

Band: Christine Lavin & The Mistletones Title: Runaway Christmas Tree Rating: Release Date: 2003-10-21 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: A Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song 2: Snow! Medley: Snow Snow Snow Snow / Onward Thru the Snow 3: The Runaway Christmas Tree 4: Dona Nobis Pacem 5: Lamb and Lion 6: The All Purpose Carol 7: Elves 8: Scalloped Potatoes 9: Polkadot Pancakes 10: Tacobel Canon 11: A New Year's Round 12: Th 12 Dys f Chrstms 13: Allelujah/Amen 14: Good Night to You All

Round and round and round I'm a big fan of Christine Lavin and enjoyed it quite a lot, but also found the style to be a little repetetive. If you like rounds, overlapping voices, and echo effects, then you'll love this CD. My eight year old daughter loved the two stories - they had her complete attention. She got tired of the rounds quickly, though, and wanted me to skip past the taco bell canon (which I actually found pretty funny and enjoyable). You might want to choose your favorite songs to put in a mix, rather than listening to the album straight through more than the first few times. No! Not polkadot pancakes! Actually, there are only two stories here, both of which are cute stories that are aimed at kids. This album features "favorite holiday songs and bedtime stories". The rest of the album features Christine Lavin (and friends) singing acapella Christmas songs. There are some very old songs, along with some fairly new songs. The songs are all well sung, and certainly different from the songs on other acapella Christmas albums. This is a unique Christmas album, give it a listen. You can see a complete list of all Christine Lavin & The Mistletones discography, or go back to the Christine Lavin & The Mistletones tabs