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If ever there was an idea candidate for a Christmas album, it'd be Rascal Flatts, the sweet and slyly savvy country-pop group who have stayed at the top of the country charts since their debut in 2000. Soft and gentle yet possessing an ear for shifting trends -- witness the R&B undertones on their 2014 album Rewind -- Rascal Flatts offer comfort food with a dash of modern flair. Time can sometimes make that flair dated, but on The Greatest Gift of All, it means that some seasonal warhorses now sound fresh: "Joy to the World" gets a bit of splashy show biz gospel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" receives a funky underpinning, and "Let It Snow!" and "Deck the Hall" simmer to a slow-burning R&B groove. Elsewhere, things are a little more expected: they dig out "A Strange Way to Save the World," a CCM Christmas tune by 4Him, "Silent Night" is treated with gravity and enhanced by a children's choir, while "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is given a still, solemn reading. Such a blend of the secular and the sacred, the new and the old, is a signature for Rascal Flatts, and it works well here, on a holiday album that delivers precisely what fans would expect.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jay DeMarcus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Akers, ComposerLyricist - George Frideric Handel, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist - Isaac Watts, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jay DeMarcus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Akers, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist - Adolphe Adam, ComposerLyricist - John Sullivan Dwight, ComposerLyricist - Placide Cappeau, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jay DeMarcus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Akers, ComposerLyricist - Brian Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Don Koch, ComposerLyricist - Jay DeMarcus, Producer - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist - David Allen Clark, ComposerLyricist - Mark R. Harris, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
John W. Work, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Jay DeMarcus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Akers, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jay DeMarcus, Producer - Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jay DeMarcus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Akers, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist - Joseph Mohr, ComposerLyricist - Franz Xaver Gruber, ComposerLyricist - John Freeman Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Bryan Wells, ComposerLyricist - Jay DeMarcus, Producer - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist - Ronald N. Miller, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jay DeMarcus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Akers, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Rascal Flatts, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Becca Walls, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Jay DeMarcus, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Akers, ComposerLyricist - Felix Mendelssohn, ComposerLyricist - Rascal Flatts, MainArtist - Charles Wesley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Album review
If ever there was an idea candidate for a Christmas album, it'd be Rascal Flatts, the sweet and slyly savvy country-pop group who have stayed at the top of the country charts since their debut in 2000. Soft and gentle yet possessing an ear for shifting trends -- witness the R&B undertones on their 2014 album Rewind -- Rascal Flatts offer comfort food with a dash of modern flair. Time can sometimes make that flair dated, but on The Greatest Gift of All, it means that some seasonal warhorses now sound fresh: "Joy to the World" gets a bit of splashy show biz gospel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" receives a funky underpinning, and "Let It Snow!" and "Deck the Hall" simmer to a slow-burning R&B groove. Elsewhere, things are a little more expected: they dig out "A Strange Way to Save the World," a CCM Christmas tune by 4Him, "Silent Night" is treated with gravity and enhanced by a children's choir, while "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is given a still, solemn reading. Such a blend of the secular and the sacred, the new and the old, is a signature for Rascal Flatts, and it works well here, on a holiday album that delivers precisely what fans would expect.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:24
- Main artists: Rascal Flatts
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Big Machine Records, LLC
- Genre: Country
© 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC ℗ 2018 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
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