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Pam Tillis - Just in Time for Christmas Audio CD

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Pam Tillis Band: Pam Tillis
Title: Just in Time for Christmas
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Release Date: 2007-08-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 2: Beautiful Night 3: Light of the World 4: Christmas Waltz 5: New Years Eve 6: The Rockin' Christmas Medley with Mel Tillis 7: Pretty Paper 8: Silent Night Medley 9: Seasons 10: I'll Be Home For Christmas

Pam wants you to play this as background music
(Of course, that may be why people generally prefer Christmas albums that contain plenty of familiar songs. In her brief but useful liner notes, Pam opines that people don't usually just sit and listen to Christmas albums. ) So Pam set out deliberately to record a Christmas album that would serve as background music for whatever else is happening, but she's hoping that listeners will at some point find themselves humming along as they do whatever other tasks occupy them. However, Pam's song selection (including three originals) makes this album a good listen for those do just want to sit and listen, content to give Pam's music their full attention.

The set opens with Have yourself a merry little Christmas, one of two songs that she says are inspired by Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson, the other being Pretty paper, which Willie wrote and recorded, but which Roy Orbison had an international pop hit with. I'm not sure where the Patsy Cline inspiration comes from specifically, since I don't think she ever recorded any Christmas music; however, Patsy has been a strong influence on other female country singers ever since her heyday, so maybe it's just the style or the mood that provided the inspiration.

The three original songs - Beautiful night, Light of the world, Seasons - are all worth a listen and Pam clearly loves them all, but she says that the one that made her decide that she must record a Christmas album is Beautiful night. Two oldies but goodies (Christmas waltz, What are you doing New Year's Eve) should be familiar, but they don't come around quite as often on Christmas albums as a lot of other songs that Pam either didn't include at all or linked in medleys. Pam included two medleys, one of rocking songs (Jingle bell rock, Rockin` around the Christmas tree) in which her father guests, and one of carols (I wonder as I wander, Away in a manger, Silent night). The album closes with the wistful, romantic ballad, I'll be home for Christmas.

This is an excellent Christmas album that may be too mellow for use as party music, but which you can play at any other time during the festive period.
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this ain't your father's christmas cd
nope, way etter then what main stream Nashville has let loose over the past number of years. this ain't a Christmas cookie cutter disc. Sure Ms. Tillis mixes a bit of jazz and blues and other music forms in this, but isn't that --- her ? Ms. Tillis' style comes thru strong, loud and beautiful. The way she blends her vocals with the musical stylings makes this a must have Christmas cd, which you will play every year and not stick in the drawer with the pop favorites of the day. If you are looking for a change in Christmas music, but no so much it turns you away, give this disc a chance. you won't be sorry, i'm not.


Intimate jazz and country holiday music
" And in that she's succeeded, nestling her mostly secular selections amidst a trio of acoustic bass, piano and drums. Tillis set out to record the sort of Christmas record that she'd play at her own home, one that's put on "when you cook for company, while you trim the tree, while you're wrapping presents, while you look through old photo albums with old friends. The album opens and closes with drowsy late-night arrangements of "Have Yourself a Merry Lil' Christmas" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas," the latter adding superb Manhattan Transfer styled background harmonies. The album's three new songs include the imagery rich "Beautiful Night" and the Spanish guitar of "Light of the World. " The tempo's turned up to a western swing canter for a medley of "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" that features Tillis and her father Mel singing in duet. Her second medley, combining "I Wonder as I Wander," "Away in a Manger," and "Silent Night" is sung spiritually and gives the album its deepest moment of Christian faith. The album's real treat is a cover of Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper," a top-20 hit for Roy Orbison in 1963. Tillis has always shown herself to be a great singer, but with the crying steel of a vintage Nashville arrangement behind her, she turns into a heartbreakingly sentimental storyteller. The Nashville A-listers add warmth with live backing tracks that are easily imagined in an intimate club setting. It's comfort and familiarity which makes this a terrific disc to slip into your CD player while you enjoy holiday activities. [©2007 hyperbolium dot com].


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