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What doesn’t work as well is “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” The duet is already a bit politically incorrect given its leering tone, but getting CeeLo Green – who pleaded no contest to giving a woman ecstasy - to sing on a song that includes the line “what’s in this drink” certainly makes you feel less than warm this holiday season. The album ends with an untraditional song, Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” – it certainly wasn’t written for the holidays - but it still works here, thanks to Fantasia’s powerful voice. She gets particularly and appropriately funky on James Brown’s “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto she soars like a gospel star on “Give Love on Christmas Day” and “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve” is given tender, reserved treatment by Fantasia here. With the barely-there red dress she’s wearing on the cover, the come-hither pose on the back and the suggestive title, one might think Fantasia’s first Christmas album is something to be played after the kids and grandparents have gone to bed.īut “Christmas After Midnight” is your typical, family friendly holiday fare, filled with the traditional songs about the time of year that we’ve come to expect, along with Fantasia’s signature soulful, gritty bent. Here are a new Christmas albums reviewed by the Associated Press:įantasia, “Christmas After Midnight” (Concord Records)
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This weekend kicks off the familiar tunes that signal the season: Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song,” Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” Elvis’s “Blue Christmas,” and The Temptations’ rendition of “Silent Night.” Every year a new crop of singers release their takes on holiday classics.