Oh Blue Christmas

A Fine Frenzy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records
• ASIN: B002UU00KS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,377 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2009 EP featuring six dazzling, never-before-released holiday songs from A Fine Frenzy.

Track listing:

1. Blue Christmas

2. Winter Wonderland

3. Redribbon Foxes

4. Winter White

5. Wish You Well

6. Christmas Time Is Here

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This Needs To Be Added To Your Holiday Season Mix!, November 12, 2009

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Palmer Sather "Palmer Sather" (Everett, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oh Blue Christmas (Audio CD)

It's Christmas music and it's Alison Sudol....how could this be bad? Well it can't; that's your answer. I only gave it 4 stars not because it isn't good music but because it's only got 6 songs. Then again it's only $6.99 at Target, so I guess 5 stars might be a reasonable grade. 3 of the songs are Christmas classics (1, 2, 6) and 3 of the songs are new originals (3, 4, 5). I would definitely recommend picking this up and additing it to your holiday season compilation.

Tracklist:

01 - Blue Christmas
02 - Winter Wonderland
03 - Redribbon Foxes
04 - Winter White
05 - Wish You Well
06 - Christmas Time Is Here

- This is a Target only release so go to Target now and pick it up. Don't pay one of the fools on here that are trying to charge $10+. It's only $6.99 at Target.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seasonal beauty, November 20, 2009

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Ferdinand von Prondzynski (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oh Blue Christmas (Audio CD)

This is a real treat for A Fine Frenzy Fans. Following the acclaimed album 'One Cell in the Sea', and the hugely successful follow-up 'Bomb in a Birdcage', Alison Sudol and her band have now released this special EP of Christmas songs old and new. How does it compare with what went before? Well, the first thing to note is that this was co-produced by Alison Sudol herself, and in fact the result is particularly pleasing. The production is more under-stated than in the first two albums, giving more space to Sudol's quite extraordinarily beautiful voice; but at the same time the subtle instrumentation creates a particularly lyrical backdrop, and you can hear piano (of course), guitar, mandolin, trumpet, wurlitzer, cornet and French horn, as well as drums and percussion. Her band has been augmented, and the tracks suggest that the new team are working well together.

And the songs? The three 'old' songs will be known to most, but still you will find them different from the classic versions. Listen to 'Winter Wonderland', for example. Of course we all know the song, but have we ever listened to the lyrics, really? Now listen to the way Sudol interprets them, bringing out some perhaps unexpected nuances and under-currents. In fact, under-currents perhaps are the theme of the CD: the ups and downs of Christmas, and the capacity of the season to reinforce sadness and disappointment as well as joy and contentment. Her own two songs 'Winter White' and 'Wish you well' are examples of that.

But even if there were no other reasons for buying this EP (and there are plenty), a clincher is the song 'Redribbon Foxes', which in my opinion is her best song ever, even slightly eclipsing the amazing 'Almost Lover'. This song is not only extraordinarily lyrical and hauntingly beautiful, it expresses all the thoughts and emotions that can make this time of year both special and heart-wrenching. Sudol's soaring voice creates an unforgettable effect.

If you can only afford one Christmas collection of songs this year, this one is it. Trust me.

4.0 out of 5 stars Um....where's the download equipment?, December 22, 2011

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William J. Thibault "beaglesayarf" (Sparks NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oh Blue Christmas (Audio CD)

I figured I'd download this for the holidays, but.....you can't! Hello, Amazon? Are you there? It's me, Margaret! A Very confusing night on Amazon.....