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Lovemongers Christmas

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This is a re-release of a previous CD by the Lovemongers. It has 2 new songs "Mary" and "Let's Stay In". This is a must-have CD for the holiday season. It has some beautiful adaptations of Ave Maria and O Holy Night along with original songs by Ann and Nancy. Ann's voice sounds stunning amidst the expert guitar playing of her sister Nancy. This is a great CD to put on sitting by a roaring fire with family and friends. The harmonies are beautiful and some of songs have a folk feeling to them, while others have a bluesy type of sound. Even if you're not a big fan of Christmas songs, this album could be listened to at anytime. Like everything that Ann & Nancy Wilson have done, this one is a gem as well.

Ann and Nancy Wilson and the gang have created a stunning Christmas album. There is a great mix of Wilson originals plus several traditional Christmas songs. Every song here is a winner and Ann and Nancy's vocals shine throughout. Absolute standouts are: "How Beautiful", "The Last Noel" - with lead vocal by Frank Cox, this is the surprise winner of the set: a reflection on the passing of time, the a-capella "Oh Holy Night!", "Christmas Waits", and "It's Christmas Time". The production is lush and soft - - making this a perfect Christmas recording. It's a classic!

It would be great to have all of Ann & Nancy's holiday recordings on one disc at last. While adding 2 new tracks to this reissue, it would have been great if they had added "The River" from their CD "The Road Home," "Blue Christmas" from "a Very Special Christmas volume 2", and Ann's acapella version of "Auld Lang Syne," which I have only seen on a budget MCA holiday CD called "The Holiday Collection volume 3".

A wonderful mix of original and classic holiday tunes from the Wilson sisters. This is a re-issue of the now classic Lovemongers christmas album with 2 brand new tracks. A must have for the holidays!! There is something on this album for everyone - you won't be disappointed.

WOW, that's what I will say first. It doesn't get much better than this. The CD is filled with GREAT NEW ORIGINALS! I'm surprised this CD doesn't get more air-play? There isn't a bad song on this CD.

Keep up the good work Ladies, I will recomend this CD to everyone.

***** 5 stars in my book.*****

I bought this CD because i am a fan of the Wilson sisters music first, and secondly because it was so highly recommended by others. It does not disapoint at all. The original tunes are hauntingly beautiful, with diverse melodies, and of course Ann and Nancy are in a league of their own vocally. The more you listen, the more you want to.

A LOVEMONGERS CHRISTMAS isn't really a HEART album, but rather Ann and Nancy Wilson's collaboration with non-Heart musicians...it's more AOR and folk/pop rather than the familiar hard-edge rock Heart is associated with.
Most tracks are original material, with only 3 traditional songs: a reverent AVE MARIA, a bold a capella O HOLY NIGHT and an instrumental BRING A TORCH. The best tunes are HERE IS CHRISTMAS, LET'S STAY IN and CHRISTMAS WAITS.
The main reason the album works is the powerful vocals of Ann Wilson, who has one of rock's finest female vocalists. Whether on softer material like this collection or rocking out on BARRACUDA, Ann has an impressive voice. This CD is a nice holiday alternative and will please an audience looking for something different.

Im 13. And a HUGE Heat fan. This is what you have to have for not only the holiday season but also for the whole year. I like to listen to all year. ITS THE BEST BUY!

I bought this because of the previous reviews and I am totally impressed with it. It is beautiful music, full of images of the season, both religious & not. This is a very special holiday CD and I highly recommend it.

Being a Heart fan, I always look forward to hearing anything new from these fantastic sisters.
Well, this is new to me.
As a Heart album, this takes all of the weakest material and gloms it onto a CD. As a Christmas album, it just barely hangs in there.
The tone of the record is low key, EXTREMELY low key. There's no excitement of the season, no happiness exhibited through the music, and lastly, no example of what made this band great.
Every song, just sashays along at a stultifyingly slow to moderately slow speed, with the emphasis placed soley upon the lyric. That's great if you're selling a poetry recording, but it lacks, dare I say it, balls.
I didn't come into this expecting "Barracuda" with sleigh bells, but for crying out loud, the record just lays there, barely moving, sort of like hibernating mammal.
Yes, there's romance, but even romance has some sort of life to it. This recording has no life to it.
Without some sort of energy, romance becomes sleep.
I cannot recommend this to anyone with the possible exception of those with insomnia.