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- Summary: The R&B singer worked with David Foster on her first Christmas album featuring guest appearances by Marc Anthony, Chris Botti, The Clark Sisters, Jessie J, and Barbra Streisand.
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- Record Label: Verve
- Genre(s): Adult Contemporary, Holiday, Adult Contemporary R&B, Holidays, Christmas
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Dec 12, 2013A Mary Christmas won't likely reach the high status of, say, Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas, but it's a full-effort holiday release that many of her fans should be able to enjoy for several years.
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Dec 12, 2013A Mary Christmas is an undeniably listenable but sadly too-safe hodgepodge of department-store standards, kid-friendly showtunes given glockenspiel-enriched arrangements to seem more festive, and one or two white-elephant gifts from out of leftfield.
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Dec 12, 2013Mostly, however, she's operating in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir end of the musical spectrum, with arrangements emphasizing massed orchestral and choral forces often overwhelming the songs.
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Dec 12, 2013[The album] fails to deviate from the X Factor formula of dousing festive standards (When You Wish Upon a Star; The First Noel) with slushy strings and choirs.
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Dec 30, 2013One hardly looks to Mary J Blige for restraint, but here the combination with David Foster’s orchestrations adds an extra layer of icing to an already sickly cake
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