Image: Warner Music
On the album cover for “Christmas,” every Christmas tree ball reflects the face of the singer with the big voice, who recorded one of her most successful albums, “Believe,” 25 years ago. The fact that she is now releasing a Christmas album for the first time may have something to do with the fact that as a pop artist you simply have to have made one.
But it wouldn’t be Cher if “Christmas” ostensibly came with plenty of tinsel and spray candle magic. Even the opener “DJ Play A Christmas Song” is more of a pop party than introspective accompaniment to viewing the glowing Christmas tree.
Christmas can be exuberant and cheerful, that’s probably the motto. And it can also rock, like in “Run Rudolph Run”. If it weren’t for the lyrics, “Angels In The Snow” would be perfect for celebrating a warm summer evening.
But even though Cher is known for not making compromises and going her own way, she also has the songs on “Christmas” that you would expect, that invite you to pause. The wonderful “Home” by Michael Bublé becomes a beautiful song for the quiet days in a duet between the two. The duets are actually a poem. “What Christmas Means To Me” with Stevie Wonder gives a soulful feel for what the holiday is supposed to be, and “Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart” with Cyndi Lauper has the fan base dancing collectively on Christmas Eve. Christmas is a celebration of family and friends. This is the soundtrack to it.
In addition to classics like “Please Come Home For Christmas” or “Santa Baby” (in a bluesy swinging dress), there are pop songs like “Christmas Ain’t Christmas Without You,” and somehow that fits. It doesn’t always have to be “Last Christmas”.
Cher “Christmas” (Warner)
Even more Christmas things
- The exceptional singer Gregory Porter fulfilled with “Christmas Wish” (Blue Note Records) the longing of people who want to celebrate the quietest time of the year in exactly the same way. The twelve songs are an expression of a family man who loves the Christmas season and reinterprets classics, but also has his own stories to offer for the holiday of the year. “Someday At Christmas” and “Heart For Christmas” shine particularly brightly on an album that is carried by a great gift for touching people from the first to the last note. Porter has the soul in his voice. It hits the heart. At any time.
- “A Joyful Holiday” (Verve) wishes Samara Joy, which gives her six songs for the Christmas season on the EP a special jazz note. This allows your thoughts to calmly turn to the topics that are important. When the world outside is once again at full volume, a visit to Joy is the guarantee of quickly finding peace and finding yourself.
- The jazz couple Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik shows that even the most classic Christmas songs can be given a lot of new impact. “The snow trickles quietly” turns out to be on the album “It’s Christmas Time” (TOAK music) as a casually grooving piece in which the trumpet and jazz guitar alternately set the tone. And “The bells never sounded sweeter” is a bossa nova here. Christmas can sound like that too.
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