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The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Christmas Rocks! The Best Of Collection (2008)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 19 Dec 2024 17:52:28

The Brian Setzer Orchestra has established a new standard by which holiday albums are judged. They struck a major chord with audiences everywhere and catapulted the super-charged 18 piece Big Band into a Christmas franchise via their annual sold out holiday tour. This magnificent collection is a combination of the very best tracks from their two holiday releases, paired with two previously unreleased tracks plus two seasonal selections from his 2007 materpiece Wolfgang's Big Night Out.

Brian Setzer released Boogie Woogie Christmas in 2002 and the live DVD Christmas Extravaganza in 2005, the same year as his second Christmas LP, Dig That Crazy Christmas – that's a lot of holiday music in a short span of time and it's all condensed on two 2008 compilations, Christmas Rocks! The Best Of Collection and The Ultimate Christmas Collection. Christmas Rocks! is a single-disc collection of 20 highlights from the 2002 and 2005 albums with a couple of unreleased cuts, while The Ultimate Christmas Collection pairs this new comp with the live Christmas Extravaganza. For Setzer fans who don't have any of his holiday albums, this is the way to get them – this is a generous, lively compilation containing all the best moments from the two albums. But if you already have either of the proper albums or the DVD, there's no real reason to repurchase them again, as the bonus material here is slight.

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.com

The Brian Sezter Orchestra have come to associate themselves closely with the Chrismas Holidays, having recorded two Christmas CD's and making an annual Christmas concert tour.

This latest offering is, as the subtitle implies, a "Best Of" collection, along with a couple of new tracks. For those that don't have the BSO's previous two Christmas discs, this is a nice compilation of some of the best of the two.

The whole thing is upbeat fun, with Setzer and the boys delivering updated swing versions of some Christmas chestnuts as well as a few original tracks. Could there have been some changes in the track list? I think so, but overall, this is a solid set. The weakest of the tracks has to be "Baby, It's Cold Outside", which features a well past her prime Ann Margaret, who really detracts from what otherwise is one cool yule tune.

I would have liked to have seen some of the "Bonus Tracks" that were found on subsequent re-issues of the BSO's previous Christmas CDs make their way to this compliation, including "Run, Run Rudolph" and "Cactus Christmas". The version of "Jingle Bells" found on this compilation is the one recorded for "Boogie Woogie Christmas" CD…..The version recorded for the movie Jingle All The Way is the superior version, and that would have been a welcome addition to this CD, as would the instrumental version found on the obsure "Merry Axemas" CD.

Is this disc essential? No, especially if you already have the previous two BSO Holiday discs. With a few changes to the track listing, however, that assessment would be different. That being said, this is a great one disc set that will keep the Christmas Holidays "Wild, Cool, & Swingin'!"

Review by B. Baldwin

Brian Setzer at Allmusic
Brian Setzer at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. Jingle Bells (2:22)
02. Gettin' In The Mood (For Christmas) (3:34)
03. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (3:03)
04. The Nutcracker Suite (7:13)
05. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (2:38)
06. Dig That Crazy Santa Claus (2:15)
07. Winter Wonderland (2:40)
08. (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag (2:49)
09. Angels We Have Heard On High (4:22)
10. White Christmas (5:22)
11. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:47)
12. Baby, It's Cold Outside (3:44)
13. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2:09)
14. My Favorite Things (3:59)
15. Jingle Bell Rock (2:36)
16. Sleigh Ride (2:41)
17. Santa Drives A Hot Rod (4:05)
18. Christmas Island (2:23)
19. Bach's Bounce (3:20)
20. Take A Break Guys (4:30)

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