Jingle All the Way [Import]

Crash Test Dummies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hunter
• ASIN: B0000CC85O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,098 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Christmas

2. O Little Town of Bethlehem

3. Jingle Bells

4. In the Bleak Midwinter

5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

6. We Three Kings

7. The Little Drummer Boy

8. The First Noel

9. Silent Night

10. Good King Wenceslas

11. The Huron Carol

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

There's more than a bit of delightful holiday camp and irony afoot in the Crash Test Dummies' Jingle All the Way collection, from Brad Roberts' slow-mo delivery of "White Christmas"--with its heavy Hammond Organ--to Ellen Reid's Patsy Cline take of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," done in a convincing country-western style complete with pedal steel guitar. Still, there's serious business in the group's take on "We Three Kings" with the genuine Oriental influence of Ming Xioo-Fen's pipa playing, and Reid's readings of the traditional songs "The Huron Carol" and "In The Bleak Midwinter" are as reverent as standard Christmas songs get. Roberts' basso profoundo, on the other hand, is an acquired taste and he puts it to wickedly good use in "Jingle Bells," which is delivered like a medieval chant or rugby cry that's certain to put the fear in jolly old St. Nick. --Martin Keller

Product Description

Crash Test Dummies includes: Brad Roberts, Dan Roberts, Ellen Reid. Recorded at The Magic Shop, New York, New York in 2002. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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!