The Holiday CD is fun for the whole family... Brings life to traditional Christmas Hymes. With a touch of Four Seasons originality..
**** stars
This CD features two albums by the 4 Seasons.
First, is their
. Side one featured traditional carols about the birth of Jesus, and Side two featured contemporary secular Christmas songs. It is a very enjoyable album, with the more traditional sounding first half, mixed with the "4 Seasons" sound of the second half.
Second, is
. This is the 4 Seasons idea of a "folk" album. But only about half the songs here can really be called "folk" songs. The covers of Pete Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" and Phil Ochs' "New Town" are, of course, folk songs (although these aren't very good versions of them). And there are a few originals here that could be called folk songs, the best of which is the title song. But the very best song on the album is the not-folk-at-all "Silence is Golden". This is unquestionably one of the finest 4 Seasons recordings ever. But the album itself is pretty uneven, with some not particularly good songs on it.
Anyway, 4 Seasons fans should enjoy this CD.
