Mp3-Codes.com Blog

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:26 PM PST

It's 16 years since Mariah Carey's first Christmas album, and there's nothing here to suggest she's developed significantly since then. Indeed, the addition of an "Extra Festive" mix of that album's All I Want for Christmas Is You rather shames the newer material, little of which challenges it for sheer exuberance. The best new tracks are those helmed by Jermaine Dupri, the skipping-song-style single "Oh Santa!" and a "Here Comes Santa Claus". Elsewhere, ill-fitting carols are clumsily medleyfied together, lush strings swamp breathy balladry, and a children's choir gives "One Child" a Jackson-esque glutinous quality. It now comes with so many added (sleigh) bells and whistles even Santa would find it excessive. Credit to Carey, she wrote a great Christmas pop tune whose annual royalties must be almighty.

List of available free MP3s by Mariah Carey.

Posted By: MusicGeek | 0 comments