Customer Reviews

This Is the Time: Christmas Album

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I love this Christmas album. It combines two of my favotrite things: Christmas music and Michael Bolton. What a great combination! I feel that Michael Bolton's voice adds to the emotion of some classic Christmas music.

The version of Ave Maria that he sings with Placido Domingo is by far the best I have heard. There are no words that can describe how I feel when he sings Joy to the World. When the first words are sung, I am filled with, well, absolute joy! This is the Time is a wonderfully done song and his duet is great. This song really describes the feelings that surround the Christmas season.

Michael Bolton's albums have never disappointed me, and this one is certainly not and exception. Everyone who loves Christmas and Michael Bolton as much as I do should definitely own a copy of this CD!!!

Michael Bolton has a pleasant enough voice. Certainly this album will be a big hit with his fan base. It is a pretty good "Top 40" type of album. "Silent Night" starts out as a lovely, melodious ballad, but then Michael starts with vocal theatrics, a la Whitney Houston. It detracts from the carol. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is lively. "Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas suits Michael's voice perfectly. This is a good match. "Joy to the World" is not. Michael does this gospel-style and wails in the beginning. Then it goes into a rock and roll/gospel version. This does not work with such a traditional carol. It is rather disconcerting. It is interesting that he should attempt a duet with Placido Domingo on "Ave Maria." He actually does a commendable job. While the blend is not perfect, it is acceptable and you actually hear some depth and power in Bolton's voice that he rarely uses. "The Christmas Song" is another tune well suited for Michael's voice. The drums in "O Holy Night" absolutely ruin the piece. If you didn't know the melody or lyrics you would think you were listening to slow dance music. It certainly does not sound "holy." He actually makes "White Christmas" sound more reverential. This seems rather odd. "White christmas" is another tune suited for Michael's voice, proving once again, that he does best on pop tunes. His versions of more sacred songs range from poor to almost terrible, with the exception of the "Ave Maria." I suspect that Placido Domingo would refuse to do a terrible version of that piece. The last two tracks are typical Bolton, but end the album well, as they are well-suited for him.

Our family just loves Michael Bolton's Christmas CD. It's not the traditional kind of Christmas music but if you like Bolton's voice as we do you'll enjoy the CD.

Michael has done a wonderful job of putting together this album. His duets with Wynonna and Placido Domingo are great. The version of "Ave Maria" is beautiful if you love opera or not. He show's his vocal power to do arias. This is a great CD to own if you like Micheal Bolton.

this is just the one that i'm looking for, a good voice with all the classical x'mas melodies.
"silent night" and "santa claus..." r just great coming out from his mouth and u'll be swinging along with him. this is a mixture of slowies and rock x'mas songs, may be it's better for grannies but i think the young people will enjoy it, too cause it's so good and when i hear his voice, the tears just come like that! share ur x'mas with michael bolton! merry x'mas!

This Christmas album is one of the best I`ve ever heard. Every year I start the Christmas season listening to it and never get sick of it!!! Mr. Bolton`s talents are once again spread all over this album!

I have always loved Michael Bolton anyway, and this Christmas cd is sooo him...
It's like Holiday love songs, his haunting sound makes me FEEL(not just hear)the songs he does.
shirlepete

If you love MB music like I do (have most of his CDs) then you'll like this Christmas CD..enjoyed all the classic songs.

The Christmas Album This is the Time is Fabulous!
I love Michael Bolton very much. I wish he
can produce more albums with all the others
christmas songs.

Well, I have only liked one Michael Bolton song my entire life anyway! I bought this for my wife for Christmas, and, by mistake! Thought she liked him but it was Kenny G! Anyway she DOES like the album, so I guess if your a MB fan, its good.