BARRY MANILOW'S CHRISTMAS
IT WAS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO EASILY FIND IT AGAIN. I HAD THIS ALBUM YEARS AGO BUT LOST IT. IT BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS.
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I listen to this CD throught the enter holiday season. this is one of my favorite Christmas CD's ever, interesting arrangements, a few unconventional songs and all beautifully sung. Not to be missed.
Barry Manilow
I am a great fan but I also like to be honest. This was an ok CD for me but I have better ones recorded earlier in his career.
Mixed bag
His blue & jazzy numbers, particularly "I guess there ain't no Santa Claus" and his rendition of "Baby It's Cold Outside" are untouchable, 5-star classics. By this point in his career he had two distinct music personalities: the soft & sappy and the blue & jazzy. The other side, represented by "Christmas is for the children" is cringe-inducing.
Now it's 2006 and I have not heard his last Christmas outing, but I have one question. What the Holy Heck did he do to his face???????????
-Mark.
Soft Christmas Songs
You are asking which of the 2 Barry Christmas albums you should buy? Now, you know I'm gonna say BOTH! I LOVE Barry music.
This is a beautiful Christmas album. The other (Christmas Love) album is more peppy. This one is the softer Christmas music that you might play later at night while you're waiting for Santa to come. These are just beautiful heart-melting versions of Christmas songs, many classics, and rearranged and tweeked by the Manilow master. The versions leave you feeling so very peaceful and full of those special feelings of the season.
Favorites, such as "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts roasting by the open fire. . . . ), "Silent Night," "The First Noel" and "White Christmas" are done so beautifully well by Barry. They are just awesome, in my opinion, as is the whole CD. (I keep almost typing the word "record. " I guess I'm telling my age again. ) There is something about "When the Meadow Was Bloomin'" that I can feel inside my heart. "For Unto Us a Child is Born/Because It's Christmas (For all the Children)," to me, is what the season is all about. My hat goes off to Barry for including it (if I wore a hat, that is. ) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a cute duet with K. T. Oslin. Oh, I could just go on and on and on and on about these fantastic arrangements.
I had purchased this album earlier this year, listened to it a couple of times, and put it away. When I pulled it out the other day, I got hooked on its beauty all over again. It is not only Barry's singing, but a compilation of the vibration of his beautiful voice and the gorgeous accompanying musical arrangements. He really sings with his heart and it vibrates all the way through to his soul, and back out to his audience.
This CD would be great anytime, but ideal to sit with in front of a fireplace, at 11:30 p. m. , on Christmas Eve, with a glass of wine and someone special--then listen into midnight and beyond--into Christmas Day.
And, once again, I am happy to see that an International Star is not afraid to sing the word "Christmas. "
As a side note, I did so NOT want to do the NordicTrack last night, but I am on an exercise and diet "mission". So, I plopped this CD in, earphones on, closed my eyes, and walked into heaven. Before I realized it, the album ended and I did almost 45 minutes. Not only that, but I felt so peaceful; I could have taken on just about anything at that point. (Now I ask you, who feels peaceful after 45 minutes on an elliptical walker/bike without a seat?) Then I took a shower and slept like a baby with Barry's music playing in my heart all night long.
Buy this bee-yoo-tee-full CD. You won't be disappointed. Total running time is approximately 42 ½ minutes.
Record! Record! RECORD!!! There! I said it! Does anybody remember what a RECORD was? It was a round black disk that played music--in the old days--Like B. C. -- No, not a frisby!.
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