专辑回顾- “Christmas”
出色的圣诞专辑 “Christmas” -1999&2000
Christmas albums are difficult to pull off, it’s a crowded market with a limited amount of songs to choose from. To Michael’s credit, he made some excellent selections to set this album apart from being “another Christmas album”.
While it includes obvious cuts like ‘O Holy Night’, ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’ and ‘Silent Night’, choosing Chris Rea’s ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ and David Essex’s ‘A Winters Tale’ adds a nice change of pace and Michael sings them better than both of the original artists. ‘As Long As There’s Christmas’ is a fine duet with Elaine Paige and Michael’s vocal on ‘Ave Maria’ is spine-tingling. There’s even an original thrown in, penned by Michael and Brian Kennedy, called ‘Light A Candle’.
The downside to this lovely album is you can only really play it for a few weeks a year otherwise it just seems a bit weird!
圣诞专辑很难成功，市场上竞争激烈，可供选择的歌曲有限。值得赞扬的是，迈克尔做出了一些出色的选择，使这张专辑不同于“又一张圣诞专辑”。
尽管包括了显而易见的歌曲，如《O Holy Night》、《Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas》和《Silent Night》，但选择克里斯·里亚（Chris Rea）的《Driving Home For Christmas》和大卫·埃塞克斯（David Essex）的《A Winters Tale》为专辑增加了不同的曲风，而迈克尔的演绎比原唱更出色。与伊莲·佩奇（Elaine Paige）合唱的《As Long As There’s Christmas》表现出色，迈克尔在《Ave Maria》中的声音令人毛骨悚然。甚至还包括了一首由迈克尔和布赖恩·肯尼迪（Brian Kennedy）创作的原创歌曲，名为《Light A Candle》。
这张可爱的专辑的缺点是你只能在一年中的几周内真正播放它，否则它会显得有些奇怪！
专辑曲目列表
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Driving Home For Christmas
- O Holy Night
- From A Distance
- A Winters Tale
- As Long As There’s Christmas（feat.Elaine Paige）
- Ave Maria
- River
- Happy New Year
- Light A Candle
- When A Child Is Born
- Silent Night （feat.Brian Kennedy）
- Amazing Grace
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