Christmas Songs Jars of Clay

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  • Release Date: 10/16/2007
  • Sales Rank: 8,630
  • Label: NETTWERK RECORDS
  • UPC: 067003072526

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Christmas Songs

1LISTENThe Gift of St. Cecilia 1:21
2LISTENWonderful Christmastime 3:37
3LISTENLove Came Down at Christmas 3:02
4LISTENO Little Town of Bethlehem 4:41
5LISTENHibernation Day 2:59
6LISTENWinter Skin 2:59
7LISTENPeace Is Here 4:09
8LISTENGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 3:43
9LISTENEvergreen 2:44
10LISTENChristmastime Is Here 3:21
11LISTENDrummer Boy 4:35
12LISTENGabriel's Message 2:07
13LISTENIn the Bleak Midwinter 4:36
14LISTENI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 5:31

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It's unlikely that this is the holiday album Jars of Clay would have created when they first started asking their record label for the chance. With the band's sound evolving from glossy alternative folk-pop to experimental synth rock, their approach to their first full-length Christmas record evolved as well. Other changes contributed, too. After 12 years, the band fulfilled its contract with Essential Records and parted ways, immediately setting up shop as an indie act under the Nettwerk umbrella. Frontman Dan Haseltine reported that the band had wanted to do a Christmas album ever since 1995's four-song EP Little Drummer Boy, but label execs kept it from materializing. The only limit to their creativity now, it seemed, was deciding how deeply to reach into the repertoire of traditional holiday music and how much original material to infuse. Thankfully, the quartet came up with just the right mix of old and new fare, all thickly coated in textured synth layers and drum loops. The result is a highly nontraditional treatment of holiday themes, though one that will suit fans of the band from almost any era. Jared Johnson, All Music Guide

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Christmas Songsby Anonymous

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January 04, 2008: Modern Christian outfit Jars of Clay waited until the release of their 10th full-length effort to focus on Christmas. But “Christmas Songs” was worth the wait. The group offers up a few artfully-reworked covers into the mix such as "Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” and the traditional “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”", but many of the songs are originals that drive home that the band approached this fantastic project with purpose of their other acclaimed works.

Christmas Songsby Anonymous

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November 23, 2007: I have been a JOC fan from the beginning and have enjoyed watching them experiment with a variety of styles in their music. This Christmas CD is a wonderful example of their versatility. It takes an exceptional musician to take something we have heard over and over again and creatively present something we want to hear again. They have done just that. I have all the Xmas CDs I need, but I found this one refreshing and sometimes haunting. Their unusual instrumentation goes far beyond framing carols in a rock genre. I heard somber, reverent, whimsical, warm romance and "catchy" in this album. It's difficult to characterize the Jars style with this addition to their productions - it's always an interesting surprise. This is one to buy.


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