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BookPrices.net - The Hotel Cafe Presents...Winter Songs
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List Price: $15.98
Our Price: $8.87
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886973611128
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2008-10-14
Studio: Sony
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Summary: December Sounds
Comment: I played this CD everyday from December 1 to Jan 1 and never tired of the music....great soothing sounds
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Summary: Almost awesome album
Comment: Honestly, I bought this album because Ingrid Michaelson sings "Winter Song" with Sara Bareilles. I was pleasantly suprised to find the Priscilla Ahn "Silent Night" - yes, it's that one they played at the beginning of ER. Some other very nice tracks are Meiko's "Maybe Next Year", and Colbie Caillat's "Mistletoe". I did NOT like KT Tunstall's "Sleigh Ride" - very jarring and kind of scary. I wansn't crazy about the oversung "Silver Bells" either. But I disagree with other reviewers about Katy Perry's "White Christmas". I found it quite sweet and a nice take on an old chestnut. I highly recommend this CD, but I'll admit it's very uneven.
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Summary: Interesting interpretations of holiday favorites
Comment: I bought this disc mostly for the first track, but after listening to the whole album, it's really grown on me and introduced me to some artists I hadn't been aware of.
I won't bore anyone with a track-by-track review. Suffice it to say that the entire album has a folksy Lillith Fair type of cadence to it, which is great when you're tired of being beaten to death with the usual holiday fare.
That said, I seriously doubt that this album will have the universal appeal (or staying power) as the Very Special Christmas albums. Nonetheless, it should be a welcome addition to anyone's holiday collection.
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Summary: Naughty? Nice? New? Traditional? It's all here.
Comment: This CD features both new and traditional Yuletide tunes, performed by an impressive all-female lineup of artists. For me, the original standouts are Lenka's "All My Bells Are Ringing", which has a sweet, fifties-era feel to it ("Take my heart this Christmas", she sings, "I'll wrap it in a ribbon and a bow"), and Meiko's "Xmas Song (Maybe Next Year)", which has a sultry, soulful feel ("I don't think Santa's coming this year", she confides, "I've been a bad, bad girl . . .". Standards are not neglected, with fresh versions of "Silver Bells", "Blue Christmas", "White Christmas", "The Christmas Song", among others. Finally, the true "reason for the season" (for me, anyway) is not forgotten with a haunting, meditative "Silent Night". Then it all wraps up with "Auld Lang Syne" to ring in the New Year. All in all, you won't be disappointed if you add this to your holiday CD collection.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Cheers.
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Summary: Nice overall Christmas Album,....but flawed
Comment: Not your traditional X-mas album. Some nice renditions of Christmas classics: Fiona Apple's "Frosty the Snowman" and Holly Conlan's "I'll be home for Christmas" are solid. The real stand-outs on this CD are the non-traditional songs: Colbie Callat's "Mistletoe" and Brandi Carlile's "The Heartache Can Waite", and Sara B's "Winter Song." Most the others are nice, if not unremarkable. A few are absolutely unlistenable: "Silver Bells" (way overwrought), and Katy Perry's "White Christmas" is a mockery. (Why does she do an X-mas song that she carries such obvious disdain for?)
Final note: Just listen to these songs and tell me that I'm not 100% right -
KT Tunstall's "Sleigh Ride" is going to be the soundtrack to the next Gap commercial.
Lenka's "All My Bells Are Ringing" will be the next iTunes commercial (or Target).
And Colbie Callat's "Mistletoe" will be the song playing in the background as Meredith looks pensively at her dying patient on the Christmas "Gray's Anatomy"
I wish Vegas gave odds on these... I'd be a kajillionaire...
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Editorial Reviews:
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Time to check in and check it out with the 2008 arrival of Hotel Cafe Presents ...Winter Songs, an all-female singer-songwriter holiday album which features a collection of the classics as well as brand new originals including a duet by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson. Also includes tracks by Katy Perry, Colbie Caillat, Fiona Apple, KT Tunstall, and Brandi Carlile. In the year of the female singer-songwriter, the timing is prime for this release.
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