Tinsel And Lights - Tracey Thorn
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  • Summary: The fourth solo release for the Everything But The Girl singer is a Christmas collection with ten cover songs and two original songs. Ben Watt, Leo Taylor, Steve Pearce, and producer Ewan Pearson contribute to the album as guest musicians.

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
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  1. Magnet
    Jan 4, 2013
    90
    Essentially, it's the super-cool but super-classy Christmas record all hipsters hope they'll find under their tree this year. [No. 94, p.61]
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  2. The Independent (UK)
    Dec 21, 2012
    80
    Tracey Thorn takes a wider brief than usual for her Christmas Album Tinsel & Lights, mostly avoiding the routine carols and standards in favour of left-field choices.
  3. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Dec 30, 2012
    80
    In its own downbeat, understated way, Tinsel and Lights does more for festive good cheer than any number of more traditional Christmas albums that go straight for the razzle-dazzle.
  4. Mojo
    Dec 17, 2012
    60
    [A] selection of sparingly produced wistfulness. [Jan 2013, p.95]
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