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For fans of smart, hooky pop who imagine the Carolinas to be the musical center of the universe, the Chris Stamey Group's 1986 holiday EP Christmas Time was a truly happening yuletide gift from the former leader of the dB's, and in 1993 the disc was reissued on CD in expanded form, with the track count jumping from seven to 16 tunes. In 2006, Collectors Choice Music has given this album its third incarnation as Christmas Time Again, with three songs dropped from the 1993 version and eight more added, equaling 21 seasonal tunes from various pop-meisters for the delectation of aging hipsters everywhere. The tunes comfortably move back and forth between the clever and the sentimental, with "You're What I Want for Christmas," "Sha La La," and "Holiday Spirit" (the latter featuring an enthusiastic chorus of "Gimme gimme gimme!") sounding like manna from heaven for power pop fans as Alex Chilton's version of "The Christmas Song" and Don Dixon's soulful take on "I Saw Three Ships" find an ideal middle ground between the traditional and the modern. A number of newer tracks have been added for this edition, including Marshall Crenshaw's great and bluesy "(It's Going to Be A) Lonely Christmas," an alternate version of Whiskeytown's "Houses on the Hill" (which barely has anything to do with Christmas, but sounds fine in this context), a new dB's cut called "Home for the Holidays," and another great song from Dixon, "Christmas Is Saturday." While the ambient and meandering "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Snow Is Falling" close out Christmas Time Again on a less than impressive note, most of this album is good and spirited fun, and who knew the dB's could record a version of "Feliz Navidad" that would rival the seemingly definitive interpretation by El Vez? Good Christmas fun for the new wave guy or gal in your life.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Chris Stamey, Composer - The dB's, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Peter Holsapple, Composer - The dB's, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Marshall Crenshaw, MainArtist - Ralph Freed, Writer - Grace Saxon, Writer
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Skylar Gudasz, MainArtist - Tim Madigan, Composer
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Thad Cockrell, Writer, MainArtist - Roman Candle, MainArtist - Skip Matheny, Writer - Timshel Mathey, Writer
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Peter Holsapple, Composer - The dB's, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Whiskeytown, MainArtist - Ryan Adams/Caitlyn Cary, Composer
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Wes Lachot, Composer, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Lydia Kavanagh, Composer, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Jeff Tweedy, MainArtist - Yo La Tengo, MainArtist - Mort Schuman, Writer - Doc Pumus, Writer
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Traditional, Composer - Don Dixon, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Ted Lyons, Composer, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Birds & Arrows, MainArtist - trad. Arr. By Andrea Connolly/Pete Connolly, Composer
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Mel TORME, Writer - Robert Wells, Writer - Alex Chilton, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Ted Lyons, Composer, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Mike Mills, FeaturedArtist, Featured Performance - Alex Chilton, Composer - Big Star's Third, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Keegan DeWitt, Composer, MainArtist - The Sparrows, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Chris Stamey, Composer, MainArtist - Cathy Harrington, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Jose Feliciano, Composer - The dB's, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Robyn Hitchcock, Composer, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Chris Stamey, Composer, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
HARRY NILSSON, Composer - Brett Harris, MainArtist
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings.
Album review
For fans of smart, hooky pop who imagine the Carolinas to be the musical center of the universe, the Chris Stamey Group's 1986 holiday EP Christmas Time was a truly happening yuletide gift from the former leader of the dB's, and in 1993 the disc was reissued on CD in expanded form, with the track count jumping from seven to 16 tunes. In 2006, Collectors Choice Music has given this album its third incarnation as Christmas Time Again, with three songs dropped from the 1993 version and eight more added, equaling 21 seasonal tunes from various pop-meisters for the delectation of aging hipsters everywhere. The tunes comfortably move back and forth between the clever and the sentimental, with "You're What I Want for Christmas," "Sha La La," and "Holiday Spirit" (the latter featuring an enthusiastic chorus of "Gimme gimme gimme!") sounding like manna from heaven for power pop fans as Alex Chilton's version of "The Christmas Song" and Don Dixon's soulful take on "I Saw Three Ships" find an ideal middle ground between the traditional and the modern. A number of newer tracks have been added for this edition, including Marshall Crenshaw's great and bluesy "(It's Going to Be A) Lonely Christmas," an alternate version of Whiskeytown's "Houses on the Hill" (which barely has anything to do with Christmas, but sounds fine in this context), a new dB's cut called "Home for the Holidays," and another great song from Dixon, "Christmas Is Saturday." While the ambient and meandering "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Snow Is Falling" close out Christmas Time Again on a less than impressive note, most of this album is good and spirited fun, and who knew the dB's could record a version of "Feliz Navidad" that would rival the seemingly definitive interpretation by El Vez? Good Christmas fun for the new wave guy or gal in your life.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:10
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Omnivore Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2015 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC ℗ 2015 Chris Stamey, under exclusive license to Omnivore Recordings
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