Songs for Christmas
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曲目リスト
ディスク: 1
1 | Silent Night |
2 | O Come O Come Emmanuel |
3 | We're Goin' To the Country! |
4 | Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming |
5 | It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad! |
6 | Holy Holy, etc. |
7 | Amazing Grace |
ディスク: 2
1 | Angels We Have Heard on High |
2 | Put the Lights on the Tree |
3 | Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing |
4 | I Saw Three Ships |
5 | Only at Christmas Time |
6 | Once in Royal David's City |
7 | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! |
8 | What Child Is This Anyway? |
9 | Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella |
ディスク: 3
1 | O Come, O Come Emmanuel |
2 | Come on! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance! |
3 | We Three Kings |
4 | O Holy Night |
5 | That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! |
6 | Ding! Dong! |
7 | All the King's Horns |
8 | The Friendly Beasts |
ディスク: 4
1 | The Little Drummer Boy |
2 | Away In A Manger |
3 | Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time! |
4 | The First Noel |
5 | Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!) |
6 | The Incarnation |
7 | Joy To The World |
ディスク: 5
1 | Once in Royal David's City |
2 | Get Behind Me, Santa! |
3 | Jingle Bells |
4 | Christmas in July |
5 | Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming |
6 | Jupiter Winter |
7 | Sister Winter |
8 | O Come O Come Emmanuel |
9 | Star of Wonder |
10 | Holy, Holy, Holy |
11 | The Winter Solstice |
商品の説明
内容紹介
In December 2001, Sufjan set out to create a Christmas gift for his friends and family. The result was a seven-song recording that he called NOEL VOL 1. Over the next several years, he created new EPs to add to the collection. This 5-CD box set includes all five volumes.
Amazonレビュー
Every year it's an issue: how does one stomach the onset of holiday music? With an endless stream of overplayed pop stars stirring what Sufjan Stevens calls "That Creepy Christmas Feeling," how does one navigate the sound of the season? Back in 2001, Stevens began making annual EPs of traditional carols and songs mixed with his own holiday-themed tunes. With 2006 and Volume 5, he's compiled a perfect gift for the Christmas-inclined indie rockster: all five EPs in one box, separately slipcased, plus a booklet filled with lyric sheets, chord charts, a Rick Moody essay, and more. Yes, Stevens knows that "Jingle Bells" features him playing (as he notes) "insipid piano," but he also writes gorgeous arrangements. Check out the three versions of "O Come O Come Emmanuel"; each aches. And "O Holy Night" from Volume 3 is lo-fi genius, never mind anyone's resistance to theology; it's a time-stopper. Stevens's own tunes are unmistakably his, hushed vocals highlighting a unique mix of whimsy and yearning--much like the justly-lauded Illinois and Michigan. In the end of the liner essay, Stevens writes that the Christmas story is about love, and on that note, he proclaims that these songs and the "Creepy Christmas Feeling" prompt "a transformation of the heart" for him and bring out affection and reflection. Isn't that a great holiday vibe? --Andrew Bartlett
Product Description
In December 2001, Sufjan set out to create a Christmas gift for his friends and family. The result was a seven-song recording that he called "Noel Vol. 1". Over the next several years, he created new EPs to add to the collection. This 5-CD box set includes all five volumes, plus a 42-page booklet with an original Christmas essay by acclaimed American novelist Ricky Moody, two essays, a short story by Stevens, a holiday sticker, chord charts, lyrics, comic strip, family portrait poster, photos, and an animated video.
登録情報
- メーカーにより製造中止になりました : いいえ
- 製品サイズ : 14.4 x 14 x 2.79 cm; 242.1 g
- メーカー : Asthmatic Kitty
- EAN : 0656605602820
- 商品モデル番号 : 2091821
- SPARSコード : DDD
- レーベル : Asthmatic Kitty
- ASIN : B000HLDF0O
- ディスク枚数 : 5
- Amazon 売れ筋ランキング: - 173,108位ミュージック (ミュージックの売れ筋ランキングを見る)
- - 502位クリスマスの音楽
- - 32,717位ロック (ミュージック)
- - 43,141位輸入盤
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トップレビュー
上位レビュー、対象国: 日本
レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
フリー・フォークの一端を担うような評価が、先行していますが、ブリルビルディングやティン・パン・アレイの系譜を受け継ぐ、普遍でありエバーグリーンなアメリカンポップ。いまでもクリスマスの時期になったらフィル・スペクターのアルバムやビーチボーイズのクリスマスアルバム、いやビング・クロスビーのホワイト・クリスマスに感動してしまうようなアナタには、超然にオススメです。
日本にはマントルピースや暖炉のある家は少ないですが、暖かい飲み物を片手に、このアルバムをゆっくり聴くのも一興ではないでしょうか?
実際聴いてみて、すべての曲を気に入ったわけではないですが、楽しい曲あり、切ない曲あり、美しいピアノ曲ありで、心に響いてくるアルバムだと思います。CDのほかにも、Sufjanのエッセイ、短編小説、ステッカーなどが入っていて、エッセイの中でSufjan自身が書いているように、まさに彼からの“クリスマスギフト”のようです。
ちなみに、収録曲"Sister Winter"をTracey Thornがカバーしたものも、上品なエレクトロニック・アレンジがなされていて秀逸です。
積もり積もって5枚組のボックス・セットとなり、
ブックレットには物語やエセー、さらにはコード進行まで載っている。
そしてステッカーも封入。絶対にボックスで手に入れるべし!
他の国からのトップレビュー
disc 2
Put the Lights On the Tree - this could have come straight from Illinois, a good thing
disc 3
That Was the Worst Christmas Ever - beautifully calming singing about Christmas calamities
disc 4
Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time! - nice guitar driven rock
Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!) - The title alone makes this song worth listening to, and the song lives up to it
disc 5
Get Behind Me Santa - another gem of a title, this one a play on the scripture from Matthew 16:23, get behind me Satan (itself a great album title from the White Stripes). The beginning sounds like a combination of a 70's talk show introduction theme, then morphs into a Broadway show tune, then a Kinks song.
If you love this set, you may be tempted to buy the next one. You will find some of the same Sufjan in there, but also greater adventure, which is a turn off to some. I loved it, but will leave it at that in this review, but covered in greater detail if you find my review there. This review isn't very long compared to the other, because this is a simple set, without much to interpret. Simple does not mean irrelevant. I loved the respectful versions of the classic songs, the thoughtful writing in the new with the reflections of the positives and negatives we experience at Christmas and with loved ones, and the beautiful theme of love and worship for the One responsible for this holiday.
The five discs include Christmas music that runs the gamut from humourous to serious, spiritual to secular, etc. You get a bit of everything, and yet it somehow remains a cohesive unit. The music, while encompassing such a range, all feels at home together. There are, like in every album, a few songs that maybe don't stand up as well as the rest. These songs are few and far between and are a small price to pay for a great album.
One thing I really like about it is that it doesn't steal the show. A lot of Christmas music can get obnoxious and is unable to be played in the background. So much of the holiday season is spent socializing and hanging out with family and friends. What you don't want, in a situation like that, is music that overpowers the conversation. This album does a great job of hanging out in the background and being a solid backdrop to decorating the tree.
J'ai hésité à commander au mois de mai un coffret de ce que je croyais être des chants de Noël.
Et je suis enchantée !
Le coffret est ravissant, un bel objet en soi, dans lequel on découvre 5 CD de chants de Sufjan, en hommage à Noël, bien sûr, mais que l'on peut écouter en plein été, ce dont je ne vais pas me priver !
Des traditionnels "Angels we have heard on high" sont interprétés uniquement avec des cloches et un glockenspiel ! Effet magie assuré !
D'autres surprises dans la coffret : les paroles des chansons et les accords pour les guitaristes... Des auto-collants pour les enfants, un mini-poster rigolo de Sufjan himself...
Un vrai cadeau, pour Noël, ou pour toute l'année.