Christmas with You Rick Springfield

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  • Release Date: 11/06/2007
  • Sales Rank: 3,353
  • Label: GOMER RECORDS
  • UPC: 826948120422

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Christmas with You

1LISTENChristmas with You 2:57
2LISTENThe First Noel 3:22
3LISTENHark the Herald Angels Sing 3:35
4LISTENWhat Child Is This? 2:52
5LISTENGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 3:18
6LISTENIt Came Upon a Midnight Clear 3:09
7LISTENAway in a Manger 3:46
8LISTENO Come All Ye Faithful 3:23
9LISTENCarol of the Bells 2:29
10LISTENDo You Hear What I Hear? 2:58
11LISTENI'll Be Home for Christmas 2:58
12LISTENSilent Night 2:45
13LISTENOh Little Town of Bethlehem 2:54
14LISTENI Saw Three Ships 1:53
15LISTENDeck the Halls (With Boughs of Longboards) 2:12

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It seems that any veteran recording artist eventually winds up recording their own holiday album, so it makes perfect sense that Rick Springfield finally got around to releasing his own in 2007 with Christmas with You. Apart from the original title song, Springfield relies on standards here, with traditional carols far outweighing relatively recent secular holiday tunes; in fact, only "I'll Be Home for Christmas" can qualify in the latter category. Springfield not only sticks to the classics, he gives many of these spare, baroque acoustic treatments that emphasize their folk origin. These stark arrangements combined with the clean production can give Christmas with You almost a new age feel, but Springfield's raspy voice prevents this from getting spacy, and he does cut loose on a surf music version of "Deck the Halls" (thereby earning the subtitle "With Boughs of Longboards") and gives "I'll Be Home for Christmas" a bit of a goofy doo wop feel. The album could use just a little bit more of this dose of fun, but in its measured, inventive way, Christmas with You is far from the standard holiday album, and it's hard not to admire that Springfield opted for something different on his Christmas record than the same warm, toasty arrangements of the same songs that show up on most seasonal albums by veteran artists. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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December 15, 2007: Rick Springfield does a lovely presentation here of traditional holiday songs. It's sweet, mellow and beautiful with an acoustic tone. Title track is a special song from the point of view of our troops and their families. I loved it the 1st time and now for the 100th time I've heard it. The cd is sentimental and sweet and you'll enjoy it for Christmases yet to come - maybe in front of a fireplace!

Outstanding Christmas cd Rick!by Anonymous

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December 02, 2007: Traditional, spiritual, smooth and special. I listen over and over and you will too. Only thing missing is the fireplace. Great soulful, intimate holiday cd by the rock star - shows his great versatility.


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