This Is Christmas - Emmy the Great
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  • Summary: Ash singer Tim Wheeler and his singer/songwriter girlfriend, Emmy the Great, wrote this album of Christmas songs after being trapped at an airport by a snowstorm.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
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  1. All Music Guide
    Dec 13, 2011
    80
    This Is Christmas is a joyous and affectionate affair that already feels like an instant festive classic.
  2. Uncut
    Dec 16, 2011
    60
    This Is Christmas [is] neither turkey nor cracker but a sweetly silly trifle. [Jan 2012, p.86]
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  3. Mojo
    May 31, 2012
    60
    As seasonal cheer goes it slaps seven sleigh bells out of dreary old Stille Nacht. [Jan 2012, p.90]
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  4. Q Magazine
    Dec 22, 2011
    60
    Breezy sort of fun to be had. [Jan 2012, p.126]
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  1. Ricko
    6
    The only reason I gave this a listen is because I'm a big fan of Ash and rate Tim Wheeler highly as a songwriter. Still though, a Christmas album? Really? All things considered, it's not terrible and certainly adds something different to the Christmas album market. The songwriting is solid but more reminisent of Ash's more recent A-Z stuff than their far superior back catalogue up to that point. The Ash sounding tracks carry the album for me. Zombie Christmas is a great single and has Ash all over it. An interesting release to say the least but if your going to check this out, please go in with your eyes open this is a Christmas album and I seriously doubt Tim Wheeler meant it to be taken seriously. Hopefully anyway … Expand

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