The Ventures - Xmas Joy
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Track List: Xmas Joy
- Jingle Bells
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Winter Wonderland
- Joy to the World
- O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)
- Silent Night
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- O Holy Night
- Christmas Song
- Sleigh Ride
- Medley: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree/Here Comes Santa Claus
- We Three Kings
- What Child Is This?
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Deck the Halls
- Feliz Navidad
- Christmas Joy
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Album Details: Xmas Joy
- Release Date:
- 10/15/2002
- Label:
- Varese Sarabande
- UPC:
- 030206640120
User Reviews: Xmas Joy
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My Favorite Christmas CD.........period !
, October 7, 2006Reviewer: kingsimage2001@sbcglobal.net - See all kingsimage2001@sbcglobal.net's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Xmas Joy
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Recorded in 2002, this Ventures Christmas album -- it's not the first -- puts their trademark crisp and stripped guitar instrumental arrangements upon a bountiful helping of Christmas standards. Indeed most of the program is given over to the most overplayed of holiday classics, including "Sleigh Ride," "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Deck the Halls," "Jingle Bells," "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," "Silent Night," and "Winter Wonderland." In its defense, it does stick to the Ventures' traditional signature sound, with lean twangy guitar lines and a no-nonsense, straightahead driving rhythm section, though the keyboards and synths (by guest David Carr) sound a little too slickly modern in places. Occasionally they insert quotes from past hits like "Walk Don't Run" and "Perfidia" into the Christmas tunes to remind you it's the Ventures. Those non-holiday references aren't limited to their own discography: "Deck the Halls" starts with a quote of the Jackie DeShannon/Searchers "Needles and Pins" riff. As for more contemporary material, the disc ends with a cover of Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" (which has some snatches of actual vocals from this usually all-instrumental group) and the sole band original, the moody title track, which has (shaky) vocals throughout. This disc isn't terrible and it's faithful to the sound the Ventures cultivated in the 1960s. But it's not good, either, and if you're looking for just one Ventures holiday record, you might prefer The Ventures' Christmas Album, recorded in the group's 1960s prime. - Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide |
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Not the first but definitely the most popular rock instrumental combo, the Ventures scored several hit singles during the 1960s -- most notably "Walk-Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O" -- but made their name in the growing album market, covering hits of ...Full The Ventures Biography
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Pros: Classic Ventures Style
Cons: your kidding, right, it's the friggin Ventures, need I say more ?
This CD has became my favorite Christmas CD, infact, it is so good, sometimes, I listen to it even when it is not during the Christmas Season, yes you too will find yourself listening to it in July, it really is that good. Brilliant the way they segue from a rock classic seamlessly into a standard Christmas song. Everyone I have turned on to it, has begged me for a copy, infact when I was managing a retail store one year at christmas, and tired of listening to Bing Crosby's White Christmas for the 13,156th time, I put on my Ventures CD, and several customers asked me to help them find it in our Electronics department, then I told them we didn't carry it, asked where they could get a copy.
Buy IT ! ...