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Sporting nearly identical cover art to Playing with Fire -- the sophomore solo set that appeared a few months earlier in 2016 -- To Celebrate Christmas actually contains more verve than its secular counterpart. Freed from the need of having a hit, Jennifer Nettles plays around, letting "Go Tell It on the Mountain" groove to a hard rock riff and turning "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" into a hot dance shuffle that could've sounded at home during prohibition. Nettles still will play it earnest -- "Circle of Love" is as straight as it gets -- and the record slides into a slow, deliberate march in its back half, heavy on ballads, all of which puts To Celebrate Christmas into the realm of immaculately crafted fireplace music that never quite captures the imagination. That's too bad because early on, To Celebrate Christmas has some attitude -- enough to suggest the album wouldn't be conventional -- but eventually, Nettles finds her own cozy comfort zone, a place that is nothing more than pleasant.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - John Wesley Work, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Andra Day, FeaturedArtist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Idina Menzel, FeaturedArtist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - HARRY SIMEONE, ComposerLyricist - HENRY ONORATI, ComposerLyricist - Katherine K. Davis, ComposerLyricist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - BOB JAMES, ComposerLyricist - KENNY LOGGINS, ComposerLyricist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Dolly Parton, ComposerLyricist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Gloria Shayne, ComposerLyricist - Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Noel Regney, ComposerLyricist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Adolphe Adam, ComposerLyricist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Lee Smiley, ComposerLyricist - Greg Wayne Davis, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Tim Lauer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, MainArtist - Julian Raymond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Borchetta, Producer
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Album review
Sporting nearly identical cover art to Playing with Fire -- the sophomore solo set that appeared a few months earlier in 2016 -- To Celebrate Christmas actually contains more verve than its secular counterpart. Freed from the need of having a hit, Jennifer Nettles plays around, letting "Go Tell It on the Mountain" groove to a hard rock riff and turning "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" into a hot dance shuffle that could've sounded at home during prohibition. Nettles still will play it earnest -- "Circle of Love" is as straight as it gets -- and the record slides into a slow, deliberate march in its back half, heavy on ballads, all of which puts To Celebrate Christmas into the realm of immaculately crafted fireplace music that never quite captures the imagination. That's too bad because early on, To Celebrate Christmas has some attitude -- enough to suggest the album wouldn't be conventional -- but eventually, Nettles finds her own cozy comfort zone, a place that is nothing more than pleasant.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:59
- Main artists: Jennifer Nettles
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Big Machine Records, LLC
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC ℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
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