8 Days Of Christmas |
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Artist:
Destiny's Child
List Price: £4.99
Our Price: £2.39
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Disc 1:
| 1. Winter Paradise - Sample Father Figure | | 2. Santa Claus Is Comin To Town | | 3. Jingle Bells | | 4. Frosty The Snowman | | 5. Have A Holly Jolly Christmas | | 6. Deck The Halls | | 7. Here Comes Santa Claus | | 8. 8 Days of Christmas | | 9. Winter Paradise | | 10. "A ""DC"" Christmas Medley" | | 11. Silent Night | | 12. Little Drummer Boy | | 13. Do You Hear What I Hear? | | 14. White Christmas | | 15. Platinum Bells | | 16. O' Holy Night | | 17. Spread A Little Love On Christmas Day | | 18. This Christmas | | 19. Carol Of The Bells a.k.a Opera Of The Bells | | 20. The Proud Family |
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Product Description
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Amazon.co.uk Review
I'd never want to visit Destiny's Child's homes for the holidays, if their nonsensically named holiday album 8 Days of Christmas is any indication of what they've got under the tree. Chilly, forced and overdone, this mixed bag of modern classics, tarted-up traditional carols and a trio of tunes penned by Beyoncé Knowles doesn't conjure up a single warm-and-fuzzy image of chestnuts roasting on an open fire or Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Rather, it's just another forum to showcase the band's Gucci bag of vocal gymnastics and crass materialism. The Texas trio takes seasonal classics such as Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", "Silent Night" and "Little Drummer Boy" and embellishes them with its own trills and off-kilter harmonies, overwhelming the songs so that their simple beauty is totally obscured. "On the eighth day of Christmas, my baby gave to me, a pair of Chloe shades and a diamond belly ring," brags Knowles in the title song--which is a take-off on the "12 Days of Christmas"--without ever explaining why they loped off four days. In addition, the band are shamelessly self-indulgent throughout the dozen songs found here, taking untold liberties, such as renaming the "Carol of the Bells", "Opera Bells" and recasting "Silver Bells" into "Platinum Bells", to reflect their multi-platinum status. But the low point of the record is when Destiny's Child hawk their own Hasbro Toy manufactured dolls in the intro of "Platinum Bells": "Ladies remember long ago we asked Santa to give us Christmas Dolls? But this year the dolls are you and me under the tree". Humbug. --Jaan Uhelszki
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5099750417027
Label: Sony Music CMG
Manufacturer: Sony Music CMG
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 2001-10-26
Publisher: Sony Music CMG
Release Date: 2005-10-24
Studio: Sony Music CMG |
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