When I saw a promo for "Have Yourself A Meaty Little Christmas" on Adult Swim, I was optimistically excited. After hearing the album, I can say that it's a pretty entertaining product chock full of the dry humor I've come to expect from the 11 minute show.
The album includes humorous takes on several holiday favorites, but it's the songs from Meatwad that shine amongst the rest. "Feliz Navidad" starts out innocently enough until Meatwad decides to tinker with the lyrics (thus creating "Meat Navi-Wad"). "Little Drummer Machine Boy" goes from humorous techno keyboard beats to a hilarious all-out Neal Peart-esque drum solo. "All I Want for Christmas is my One Front Tooth" lets us in on the secret behind Meatwad only having one tooth.
The standout song though is "Frosty the Red-Nosed Snowman", a gut-busting lyrical mess of Frosty and Rudolph, with additional themes like "Mary Had A Little Lamb", the Batmobile and Lipps Inc's "Funky Town". Not to mention Carl trying to time his part right and failing miserably (twice) to very comical effect.
Unfortunately, there are a few songs that aren't up to par with the rest of the album. Carl's two "I'll Be Home For Christmas" songs entice a few laughs, but overall they left me wanting more "Carl Moments". Also, the album is pretty short. Just 12 songs (13 including the hidden song) that come in at around 37 minutes or so. It would have been nice to see a few more tracks in there, but more may have been too much of a good thing.
These minor qualms aside, the album is sure to make you laugh. Boxy Brown gets to drop some rhymes about Christmas racism, Shake tries to spice up the story of Jesus' birth, and everyone chimes in for an epic "O Holy Tonight". If you don't mind the overall short length, I recommend giving this album a look.
7.5/10