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Tamia - Tamia's Christmas - A Gift Between Friends Audio CD

A fair review of the Tamia "Tamia's Christmas - A Gift Between Friends" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Tamia reviews here, or go back to the Tamia tabs.

Tamia Band: Tamia
Title: Tamia's Christmas - A Gift Between Friends
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Release Date: 2007-10-23
Media: Audio CD

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Holiday Music
Thanks Amazon for carrying this artist. I have always enjoyed the music of the recording artist "Tamia", and she did not disappoint me one bit on this short CD single.

Keith.


Number 1 Fan
Tamia, Tamia! I wish she would have done a full Christmas CD, but I udnerstand her reasons (I heard her explain. . in an interview). Nonetheless, for the price, these three songs are well worth it!!! Not to mention, that the length of them are long enough too!.


A very pleasing Christmas offering
Previously, the only Christmas track I had of Tamia was "The Christmas Song" from Jermaine Dupri's 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas, which coincidentally is one of the three tracks (completely redone, however) on A Gift Between Friends. The moment I saw that Tamia had released a three-track Christmas single, I went ahead and ordered it. I personally prefer the previous version (recorded about ten years ago) to this newer version, though her voice is much more polished today. The newer version has a real tropical Latin flavor, which may or may not suit your holiday taste. Either way, it certainly is a unique twist on the classic song.

The first track is a medley consisting of "Let It Snow," "Winter Wonderland," and "O Holy Night. " The jazz band instrumentals to the first two provide a real cool, laid-back groove, which allow Tamia's beautiful voice to shine through. "O Holy Night" is essentially just her voice backed by a light acoustic guitar, and later on, she's joined a choir. Well-sung, though not nearly as full-sounding and moving as I feel she is capable of.

The second track, Donny Hathaway's classic, "This Christmas," is done to a completely new beat, along with a nice vocal backing. Shep Crawford, a close friend who produced all three tracks, took the song in a completely new old-school direction, though I prefer versions mirroring the original closer.

Though it's disappointingly just three songs, it is nonetheless a beautiful collection from the fabulous Tamia. It's a great addition to your Christmas music library or even to your complete Tamia collection. .


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