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Destiny's Child's holiday album, 8 Days of Christmas, is pretty much what you'd expect -- divided equally between strained hip-hop-soul and smooth adult contemporary pop directly targeted at a crossover paradise. Since holiday albums have to have a hook, or at least one novelty to draw in an audience, there's the title track that recasts "12 Days of Christmas" as a modern, commercialistic, sub-hip-hop rant. Things get better than that, as the tailor-made "Winter Paradise" works much better, as does "A 'DC' Christmas Medley," which may be a little formulaic, but appealing. Then, there's a huge stretch that features the individual members of Destiny's Child singing a carol apiece (plus "Little Drummer Boy," which features Solange, who isn't in the group) -- good way of prepping for the inevitable solo careers, I suppose. Then, the album pretty much runs out with ballads and songs that emphasize some of the more irritating aspects of Destiny's Child (the skittering verses of "Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day," for instance, complete with its chorus of "I got your back on Christmas Day"), as well as their crossover attempts, including a version of "Opera of the Bells." So, yes, this is uneven, as much as any holiday album is uneven, and even if it lacks anything distinctive, it's still Destiny enough to please many hardcore fans. Ultimately, it doesn't really feel all that distinctive one way or another, which may be worse than being really bad or really great.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Beyoncé Knowles, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mathew Knowles, Producer - Errol McCalla, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - David Guerrero, Mixing Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Engineer - John Naslen, Engineer - Matthew Knowles, Executive Producer - Stephen Stephanie, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2000 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Rob Fusari, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Beyoncé Knowles, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Falonte Moore, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE MICHAEL, Composer, Lyricist - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - James Hoover, Engineer - Matthew Knowles, Executive Producer - Flip Osman, Assistant Engineer - Beyonce Knowles, Vocal Arranger
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Rob Fusari, Producer - Beyoncé Knowles, Producer, Arranger, Vocal Arranger, Adapter - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frankie Romano, Guitar - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Johnny Marks, Composer, Lyricist - Gene Autry, Composer, Lyricist - Oakley Haldeman, Composer, Lyricist - Haven Gillespie, Composer, Lyricist - Fred Coots, Composer, Lyricist - Jack Rollins, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - James Hoover, Engineer - Flip Osman, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Beyoncé Knowles, Arranger, Adapter, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Dave Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Beyonce, Producer - Michael Morales, Acoustic Guitar - Destiny's Child feat. Beyoncé Knowles, AssociatedPerformer - Marius Perron III, Engineer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Beyoncé Knowles, Producer, Vocal Arranger - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry V. Onorati, Composer, Lyricist - Alonzo Jackson, Producer - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - HARRY SIMEONE, Composer, Lyricist - KATHERINE DAVIS, Composer, Lyricist - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Vocal Arranger - Asif Ali, Engineer - Solange, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Ramirez, Assistant Engineer - Destiny's Child feat. Solange, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wirlie Morris, Producer - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - Dave Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Noel Regney, Composer, Lyricist - Pablo Arraya, Engineer - Kelly Rowland, Vocal Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Swope, Engineer - Alan Floyd, Producer, Arranger - Gloria Shayne Baker, Composer, Lyricist - Kim Burse, Vocal Arranger - Jaime Gudewicz, Assistant Engineer - Destiny's Child feat. Kelly Rowland, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Beyoncé Knowles, Producer - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Elliott, Producer - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - Irving Berlin, Composer, Lyricist - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Beyonce, Vocal Arranger - Tom Morris, Engineer - Robert Valdez, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Beyoncé Knowles, Producer - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Damon Elliott, Producer - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - Jay Livingston, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Evans, Composer, Lyricist - Beyonce, Vocal Arranger - Tom Morris, Engineer - Robert Valdez, Assistant Engineer - Dave" Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michelle Williams, Arranger, Vocal Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - Erron Williams, Producer, Arranger, Vocal Arranger - Traditional, Composer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Larry Sturm, Engineer - Brian Summer, Assistant Engineer - Sharay Reed, Bass Guitar - Kim Burse, Arranger, Vocal Arranger - Kevin Turner, Acoustic Guitar - Byron Rickerson, Engineer - Derrick Coleman, Background Vocal - Tucker Allen, Engineer - Dylan Dresdon, Engineer - Destiny's Child feat. Michelle Williams, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bernard Edwards, Jr., Composer - Beyoncé Knowles, Lyricist, Producer, Vocal Arranger - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ric Wake, Executive Producer - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer - Focus, Producer - Dan Hetzel, Mixing Engineer - Jim Annunziato, Mixing Engineer - Marc Russell, Coordinator - Ric Wake for W&R Group, Producer - Jennifer Patierno, Coordinator
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Rob Fusari, Producer - Beyoncé Knowles, Producer, Vocal Arranger - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Calvin Gaines, Co-Producer - Donny Hathaway, Composer, Lyricist - TONY MASERATI, Mixing Engineer - Nadine McKinnor, Composer, Lyricist - Bill Lee, Co-Producer - Flip Osman, Assistant Engineer - Ramone Morales, Engineer - Motonori Sasaki, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Beyoncé Knowles, Producer, Vocal Arranger - Destiny's Child, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mykola Leontovich, Composer, Lyricist - David Guerrero, Assistant Engineer - Peter J. Wilhousky, Arranger - Ramone Morales, Engineer - Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2001 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Destiny's Child's holiday album, 8 Days of Christmas, is pretty much what you'd expect -- divided equally between strained hip-hop-soul and smooth adult contemporary pop directly targeted at a crossover paradise. Since holiday albums have to have a hook, or at least one novelty to draw in an audience, there's the title track that recasts "12 Days of Christmas" as a modern, commercialistic, sub-hip-hop rant. Things get better than that, as the tailor-made "Winter Paradise" works much better, as does "A 'DC' Christmas Medley," which may be a little formulaic, but appealing. Then, there's a huge stretch that features the individual members of Destiny's Child singing a carol apiece (plus "Little Drummer Boy," which features Solange, who isn't in the group) -- good way of prepping for the inevitable solo careers, I suppose. Then, the album pretty much runs out with ballads and songs that emphasize some of the more irritating aspects of Destiny's Child (the skittering verses of "Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day," for instance, complete with its chorus of "I got your back on Christmas Day"), as well as their crossover attempts, including a version of "Opera of the Bells." So, yes, this is uneven, as much as any holiday album is uneven, and even if it lacks anything distinctive, it's still Destiny enough to please many hardcore fans. Ultimately, it doesn't really feel all that distinctive one way or another, which may be worse than being really bad or really great.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:31
- Main artists: Destiny's Child
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Music World Music - Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
2000, 2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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