Are you getting tired of those Christmas carols already? The same old songs sung by the same old people over and over and over. It’s positively monotonous. But what can you do? It’s that time of year where you couldn’t escape Christmas music if you tried – it’s everywhere! Ok, but at least you can control what Christmas music you listen to inside your own four walls, right?
The A Very Special Christmas CD (Amazon, $7.99) has all your traditional Christmas favorites, but also a few lesser knowns stuck in there as well. Also, these songs are sung by some of the latest and greatest up and coming stars…of the 80s. Alright, so this may not be the most up to date selection of Christmas songs available, but it is a pretty good mixture. And it’s perhaps for the best that it’s not exactly current – I mean, have you heard some of the “music” that’s out there today? You can’t go wrong with a CD that includes Bryan Adams, U2, Run D.M.C., Bon Jovi, and Bruce Springsteen (to name a few). You’ve got your usual “Silent Night” and “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” but that’s offset by “Christmas In Hollis” and “Gabriel’s Message” which is both different and enjoyable. To top it all off, it comes with beautifully simple iconic 80s cover art from the late Keith Haring.
There are a few more compilation CDs in the A Very Special Christmas series, but they seem to taper off a bit in quality. While I do enjoy the 2nd and 3rd compilations in the series, my favorite has and will always be the original.
5 out 5 stars.
Specs:
-15 song tracks
-Cover art by late Keith Haring
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