Jingle All the Way [Import]

Crash Test Dummies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Diesel Motor/Ka
• ASIN: B000071WGD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,518 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Anyone familiar with the Crash Test Dummies' 1993 hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm" is apt to agree that, over the course of an entire CD, singer Brad Roberts's froglike baritone is probably an acquired taste. It may also be hard to imagine a Christmas album delivered by that voice, even if a 1991 alternative rock compilation did feature the Dummies performing a version of "The First Noel" (rerecorded here) that still gets plenty of airplay every December. Fortunately, Roberts isn't the band's only vocalist; the soulful, mournful Ellen Reid takes the lead on five tracks, including the gorgeous "In the Bleak Midwinter." Roberts is pretty much the voice on the others, though--and if you can imagine Leonard Cohen crooning "White Christmas" over a skating rink organ, Tom Waits recording "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and a "Jingle Bells" straight out of a German expressionist film, then you have some idea of what's here. This is an acquired taste, perhaps, but it's certainly one of the better idiosyncratic holiday releases of recent times. --Bill Holdship

Product Description

Crash Test Dummies includes: Brad Roberts, Dan Roberts, Ellen Reid. Recorded at The Magic Shop, New York, New York in 2002.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant surprises, December 13, 2003

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Robert W Armstrong (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jingle All the Way (Audio CD)

A year ago, around the beginning of December, I was wondering through a CD shop and decided to glance through the "Holiday Music" Shelf. I spotted this disc and on a lark, purchased it as a goof for my girl friend while we decorated the tree.

When I popped in the CD, I was prepared for just about anything. What I discovered was a warm, entertaining, fun disc of Holiday music. We liked it so much, that the night before we left on our Christmas Holidays, we happened upon an ad for "Crash Test Dummies Holiday Tour" with a stop at a local music hall. We put off packing until after midnight to make the show.

I'm not sure if this disc was produced with tongue planted firmly in cheak, or with the intentions of producing a collection of Holiday material that puts a sincere warm smile on your face. Frankly I don't care. I love this record. It makes me smile every time I hear it. I've given it as a gift...5 times last year and 3 times this year. In my opinion it is a classic...right up there with the Drifter's version of White Christmas. Buy it...it will make you smile. And that's what music...especially around the holidays is supposed to do.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ring in the Holiday Season with Jingle All The Way!, October 12, 2002

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"evil_shannon_b" (WOODBURY, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jingle All the Way (Audio CD)

This year, it'll be a twisted Christmas indeed...
For those of you looking for something different in music for the Holiday Season, you can do no better than The Crash Test Dummies newest album, Jingle All The Way. Taking Christmas music to a whole new level, this CD is guaranteed to delight. True to their tradition, the Dummies are renowned to change their style with every album, and this one is no exception. A mix of mood, country, medieval and jazz, it's a fusion of all styles - there's something for everyone. As always, the music features the talents of Brad Roberts's unbelievably deep voice and his twisted sense of humor. Additionally, the haunting melodies of Ellen Reid are unforgettable. Not your traditional holiday fodder, this CD encompasses all of the strange magic that is the Crash Test Dummies with a new genre of holiday standbys that you will listen to year after year. RECOMMENDED USE: light a fire, turn off all the lights except for those on the tree, make yourself a cocktail, sit back on the couch and experience something new. Buy one for yourself, and get a couple extra to wrap and put under the tree. This is going to be a Christmas you'll never forget.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pour the egg nog...and 'Jingle All The Way...', December 1, 2003

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On Stranger Tides (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jingle All the Way (Audio CD)

Good, fun times will come when you play this collection of christmas tunes from the Crash Test Dummies. The choice of christmas songs are all standards with interesting, twisted, and sinfully yummy musical styles.

'Jingle All The Way...' opens warmly with 'White Christmas' with Brad Roberts musing about being up North while in Beverly Hills. Brad hands off lead vocal duties to the always welcome Ellen Reid, handling 'O Little Town of Bethlehem,' and 'In The Bleak Midwinter' among others.

In spite of the holiday theme, the album is reflective of early Crash Test Dummies good fun. From the menacing and demented 'Jingle Bells,' to the Vegas lounge lizard sound of 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentelmen,' this christmas album is surely to delight even the most rigid musical tastes.

This makes a fun and very merry christmas gift too. Instead of bringing wine for a holiday dinner with friends, bring your hosts this and some brandy and egg nog!!

Enjoy!