Elaine Paige - Christmas (1986)
Elaine Paige - Christmas (1986)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 219 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | Scans included
Christmas, Holidays, Vocal Pop | Label: WEA | # 242040-2 | Time: 00:40:33
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 219 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | Scans included
Christmas, Holidays, Vocal Pop | Label: WEA | # 242040-2 | Time: 00:40:33
Christmas is an album Elaine Paige, released in 1986, the fifth and final album to be released on the label until the release of Piaf in 1994. The album reached number 27 in the UK album charts. The album was recorded at Visconti's Good Earth Studios in September 1986. In contrast to Paige's musical theatre background, a feature of all her Visconti-produced recordings is the pop arrangements.
Elaine borrowed Tim Rice's Christmas songbook to aid her decision about which songs to record, thus avoiding over-reliance on the obvious songs that everybody has heard so often. Of course, Elaine is such a superb singer that she could have recorded an album filled with standards and it would still have sounded great. Instead, Elaine has selected a mix of familiar and obscure songs, but of the familiar ones, some have not been covered very often.
Two pop songs that aren't actually Christmas songs but which sit comfortably on this album have been included, these being Wishing on a star (Rose Royce) and A winter's tale (David Essex). Also here is Ave Maria, another song that isn't strictly a Christmas song. Two of these three can be found on Elaine's sensational double CD release of 2004, Centre stage.
All the remaining songs are about Christmas including covers of Peace on earth / Little drummer boy (David Bowie and Bing Crosby), Walking in the air (Aled Jones), Light of the stable (Emmylou Harris), I believe in Father Christmas (Greg Lake), Santa Claus is coming to town and Coventry carol. Some of these are better known than others, but all are better known than Father Christmas' eyes (an original song), Coldest night of the year (Jimmy Webb - from his Animals' Christmas project) and Thirty two feet and eight little tails (previously recorded by Dale Evans, also by Gene Autry).Review by Peter Durward Harris
Elaine Paige - Christmas (1986)
Tracklist:
01. Walking in the Air (03:32)
02. Peace on Earth / The Little Drummer Boy (03:04)
03. Father Christmas Eyes (04:20)
04. Ave Maria (03:54)
05. Wishin' on a Star (03:55)
06. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (02:54)
07. Coventry Carol (02:31)
08. The Coldest Night of the Year (Incredible Phat) (04:47)
09. Light of the Stable (03:08)
10. I Believe in Father Christmas (03:30)
11. A Winter's Tale (04:00)
12. Thirty-Two Feet and Eight Little Tails (00:51)
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Elaine Paige / Christmas
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EAC extraction logfile from 15. April 2015, 14:58
Elaine Paige / Christmas
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Elaine Paige - Christmas (1986)
Elaine Paige - Christmas (1986)
