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TITLE: Xmas albums have title tracks. This is the default setting for Xmas albums, I’ve ascertained. If you make a Xmas album, you have to click the box to opt-out or else you automatically just have a title track.
COVER ART: Timi is on a chair, but you can barely see the chair, and he’s sitting on it as if he is on a sled. Seriously, he looks like he’s having fun sitting on a chair that does not even look like a fun chair to sit on. It’s a nice effort, but give no credit to that chair: Timi is doing all the heavy lifting here.
LISTENING: One of my favorite classic Xmas lyrics is “Everybody knows… a turkey and some mistletoe,” and then there is a long pause before you realize that the sentence isn’t over. The implication, even once the thought is complete, is that this is a confession that they A) kissed a turkey that they know and B) they think everyone has done this, and that it is normal. The reason I’m telling you this is because most of these songs are the same songs and I am losing my mind.
VERDICT: Timi has a smooth and great big powerful singing voice but the overall sound of this record just isn’t my thing. I am a big believer that almost every sincere Xmas record has its own ideal listener and I am not the one for this. If this had been among the first 20 or 30 albums I was listening to, the few unexpected song choices might’ve caught my ear a little more easily. What can I say? It’s a buyer’s market, there are only so many hours in November/December and it’s getting to the point where there are more holiday albums than their are human ears to listen. I have to keep moving, on to the next title…
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