A Christmas Cornucopia - Annie Lennox
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  • Summary: The Christmas album from the Scottish singer who gained worldwide fame as half of the Eurythmics features a 30-piece orchestra and the African Children's Choir.

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
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  1. The Independent (UK)
    Jan 14, 2011
    80
    Technically unimpeachable, the layered harmonies of songs such as "Angels From The Realms Of Glory" and "The Holly And The Ivy" are rendered with razor-sharp precision, though there's a stridency to her delivery on some pieces.
  2. The New York Times
    Feb 9, 2011
    80
    Annie Lennox is robustly reverent on A Christmas Cornucopia, putting the full and frequently rough power of her voice behind some of the sternest old carols, with devout verses that are often omitted.
  3. Mojo
    Dec 23, 2010
    80
    She was born on Christmas Day, but has an unsentimental take on the holiday. [Jan. 2011, p. 94]
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  4. PopMatters
    Dec 15, 2010
    60
    The results are lush and slick, classy but not over-cautious, and the album fits snugly into Lennox's body of work. And yet, for all of its undoubted strengths, the record only intermittently stirs the soul.

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  1. spenza
    10
    This is so heartfelt and pure. In interviews, Lennox reports how personal this project to her, and it shows. Each arrangement breaths new life into the hymns. The inclusion of the African choir and other various styles, including country dance and folk, work, in a way few other compilations have, to remind us that these songs, like the glorious events and season most of them describe, are meant for all the world. This is simply beautiful, and seemingly more intentionally crafted than anything Ms. Lennox has done so far. Thank you for this!… Expand

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