Great Sounds
January 9, 2009
I really enjoyed the Christmas music by TSO...And Beethoven's Last Night, too. I hope they take on other great composers ... it'll resurrect the classics.
Metalhead review...not worth it.
December 24, 2008
This is just not what I expected. Over the years I've heard TSO played on the radio, and I really liked what I heard. INSTRUMENTALS! However, this is just weak. The instrumentals are really great, but there are only like two or three on the whole CD. The vocalist is crap, and just ruins the album. The lead singer of Dragonforce is a better singer than this guy! I'm not joking either. If you like showtunes this is up your alley. This is just poor. Metalheads should get Ho Ho Huey instead! That is a real rocking Christmas album!
Great
December 22, 2008
Thoroughly enjoyed the music and enjoyed their interpretation. Would happily recommend all their albums
Unusual but Not Quite Up to Expectations
November 26, 2008
I love the Christmas Canon but the rest of the songs didn't measure up. I should have investigated it better before purchasing it. I think if this was a live performance it would be worth it, but the CD just doesn't cut it.
TSO is a tradition now
November 18, 2008
I have been a fan since 1999 and only started going to their concerts in 2006. I wish I wouldn't have waited so long. They are absolutely amazing to see live.
If you are expecting "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas" or "I'll Be Home for Christmas".......look other places....TSO is not that all. There music envokes emotion of what Christmas is/was or should be.
***WARNING***
There concerts are pretty much the same from year to year. They pretty much do the first album from start to finish....it tells a story...AMAZING.
If you are going to expect to see them preform songs off this album, they do...but, not the whole album. They finish the first album, introduce the band, then for another hour they jam on the other songs...some chritmas, some not (They did "Layla" one year). They also do "Borina" (sp).....WOW!.
Get all 3 albums (XMAS) and the non XMAS one and you will be a fan immediately. I start listening to the XMAS CD's the day after Halloween!
