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- Summary: The first Christmas album for the Monkees features the surviving members Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork as well as vocals of Davy Jones recorded in 1991 with new songs written by Peter Buck, Rivers Cuomo, Scott McCaughey, and Andy Partridge.
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- Record Label: Rhino
- Genre(s): Holiday, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Holidays
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Dec 21, 2018Andy Partridge, Rivers Cuomo, and Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey all deliver new songs--and it has the same feel, blurring the lines between the past and present so thoroughly that it no longer matters to discover where they're separated. Schlesinger's presence is also a tell that Christmas Party leans into power pop. ... [Micky Dolenz's] having a great time, as is everybody else making the record, and it's hard for the listener at home not to smile too.
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Dec 21, 2018Big Star’s “Jesus Christ” and Roy Wood’s “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” are good picks that come of a bit wan compared to the originals; although we can’t resist the novelty of the Monkees covering a Beatle, “Wonderful Christmastime” is exactly as wan as the original.
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Dec 21, 2018Nesmith brings grown-up emotion to his recordings of Mel Tormé and Robert Wells’ “The Christmas Song” and Claude & Ruth Thornhill’s rarely recorded “Snowfall.” But the big calling card may well be two vocals that Davy Jones recorded in 1991 and that are newly outfitted in fresh instrumental accompaniment pulled together by album producer Adam Schlesinger.
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Dec 21, 2018The covers fit into a lineage of classic guitar pop, but are then encumbered by being too tasteful.