You're All I Want for Christmas

The Persuasions | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bullseye
• ASIN: B0000004CL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,693 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A cappella harmonies defined by the African-American church, doo wop, and R&B permeate The Persuasions' holiday disc. As singing groups go, these vocal veterans were making memorable music when N Sync and the Backstreet Boys were a twinkle in their parents' eyes. Although one could quibble with the bottom-heavy mix of the sound, You're All I Want for Christmas is a likeable set of tunes that have an audio verité quality; you feel like you could be standing around the fireplace singing the lively "Hey Santa Claus" as well as classics like "White Christmas," sung here by Mr. Bassman Profondo Jimmy Hayes, who applies the absolutely deepest pipes ever to this roasted chestnut. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A nicer Christmas album is hard to find., October 19, 1999

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PJ Corkery - See all my reviews

This review is from: You're All I Want for Christmas (Audio CD)

A delight, start-to-finish. Here's what the L.A. Times' Randy Lewis wrote about this album: "The veteran group's a cappella treatments bring a visceral richness to these 14 tunes. They're all fun, but the best are those that tap the group's gospel roots and its street-corner foundation, which comes roaring through on a scorching version of 'Hey, Santa Claus.'" Listen to how they put a little soul into "Joy to the World," and marvel at the phrasing of Jerry Lawson, perhaps the most under-recognized lead singer of the last fifty years. A nicer Christmas album is hard to find.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Singing and Making Merry-The Persuasions, November 30, 2001

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tommie (new jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You're All I Want for Christmas (Audio CD)

The Persusaions have been the best Christmas present for the last 30++ years. A thoroughly enjoyable album and their first Christmas album. This is sure to become a periennal favorite of so many.Kudos to the obvious Jerry and bassman Jimmy, but they could not soar without the consistency of backups-Sweet Joe and Jayotis and new member on this album BJ et al. Joe has been there always in the background but providing the harmonies to keep the sound alive. A welcome addition to any collector's Christmas treasures.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This should become a holiday perennial., May 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: You're All I Want for Christmas (Audio CD)

I'm not a critic, but I must say this is one lovely album of Christmas songs. The Persuasions are such expressive singers. Highlights: the rousing R&B of the goofy "Hey Santa Claus," a mellower-than-mellow "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and a swinging "Joy to the World." It's the kind of album that you play once, and can't get out of your head---in a good sense. And it was recommended by the New York Times and L.A. Times, too!