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The Manhattan Transfer - The Christmas Album (1992)

Album details

Label: Sony    Ref#: ?-0249
Date: 11/17/1992   Category: christmas
Length: 0:00    
Format: CD    
Audio: Stereo    
Genre:      

Notes/Reviews

With pleasing vocal holiday trimmings from the popular singing quartet, Manhattan Transfer's The Christmas Album seems designed for fans only. Its decidedly safe arrangements and harmony singing yield few surprises, only "Snowfall," the record's first track, and, oddly enough, John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "Goodnight," the album closer (and the very song that finished the Beatles' "White Album"). "Snowfall" acts as a romantic table setter for the cuddly fare that follows across The Christmas Album. "Goodbye," which always threatened to fall apart under the weight of its own brand of lovable Beatles schmaltziness, adds a bit more Christmas color to the instrumentation while letting the vocals lull and caress until a cute kid explains why they should go to sleep and wake up to get presents. Lovable schmaltz alert. --Martin Keller

Songs/Tracks

1.   Snowfall  
2.   Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow  
3.   Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Santa Man (Medley)  
4.   The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)  
5.   Silent Night, Holy Night  
6.   Caroling, Caroling  
7.   Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season (Medley)  
8.   A Christmas Love Song  
9.   It Came Upon A Midnight Clear  
10.   Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas  
11.   Goodnight  

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