From Deseret News archives:
It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
Our critics offer their views on newly released holiday albums
Yet, while we all anticipate the gatherings and gift-giving, nothing helps us get into the spirit more than hearing those timeless yuletide carols.
Music is an important part of the Christmas season, so, as in years past, music editor Scott Iwasaki and other Deseret Morning News critics take a look at some of the new seasonal albums.
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS; "Christmas Album" (Shout Factory)
Originally released in 1968, Herb Alpert's "Christmas Album" became the Tijuana Brass' sixth Top 10 album in two years. Aided by a hit single, a Brassy take on Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things," this album would return each holiday season to the top half of the charts. Shout Factory has re-released this album and brought back the samba of "Winter Wonderland" and a crooning version of Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song." "Jingle Bell Rock," "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Jingle Bells" are holiday classics redone with the Latin-jazz feel. Scott Iwasaki
JANEEN BRADY; "Everything Christmas" (BriteMusic)
MELOU STEWART CLINE; "The Sleep of the Child Jesus" (M.S. Cline)
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