A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector

The best Xmas album by far. Phil can suck it though. What an awful human. So 5 stars but I'm ignoring PS and the final track lol

Mange af sangene er i mit hoved blevet en reference af julesangene. Heldigt at kunne høre den her plade mens der er sne udenfor!

Pretty good as Christmas albums go. Darlene Love is the star.

For what it is this is one of the best of all time. I didn’t know how many definitive versions of classic Christmas songs originated on this album.

I probably should have listened to this about a month ago during the full swing of Christmas spirit. But anyway, this would be a fine listen for the month of December. Nothing special, nothing bad. It's Christmas music, whaddya want.

Apologies in advance for what is going to be a very "Bah Humbug!" review.

I don't particularly like Christmas music. It's the same eight songs covered by 93,765 artists -- most songs sound the same, though some artists want to put their own "spin" on the song. I'm not sure which strategy is more annoying.

I don't particularly like 50s pop. This album is filled with, what I presume to be, big-time 50s pop stars. The Ronettes & Darlene Love do most of the lifting here, and it's...sigh.

Look, I don't want to give it one star, but there's nothing here for me. I don't know who these artists are, and the songs I do know I've heard a million times, and most of these songs are essentially indistinguishable from anything I've ever heard before. I'll give it 2 stars because I feel guilty giving it 1 star, but, yeah.

Not bad. The Phil Spector spoken word thing at the end is... ironic? Cool Christmas album for Christmas day! Some really fun uptempo high-energy stuff, lacking in sentimentalism, which I appreciate in a Christmas album.

I mean. It's Christmas music. Good for you popping up on Christmas, but still

Ooh sweet! I get a Christmas gift from Phil Spector. I wonder what it could be! Anyways, all Phil Spector jokes aside, A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector is all and all, a pretty good Christmas album. The vocals from every band in this album did a really good job singing. I did feel that the drums were utilized a little too heavily. Aside from that slight blunder. I feel that these songs are really iconic for a reason.
Best Song: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Worst Song: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

One of the great Christmas albums. I have this on vinyl.

¡Feliz Navidad! (Escuchado el 3 de enero)

Phil Spector was undoubtedly a great music producer, but also seems to have been a crappy human being. Long before he killed Lana Clarkson, he imprisoned his wife for two years and sexually assaulted at least one of his children, allegedly.

Still, the music on this album is very good and we shouldn't hold the producer's indiscretions against the musician's performance.

Decent Christmas music, which is not my favorite. 3 stars for the timing.

Very well performed, nice Christmas tunes expertly produced by a monster. Minus one star for murder.

Actually a pretty good collection of Christmas songs. Perfect for Christmas yesterday. 4/5

I fucking LOVE Christmas music. I know most musicians hate it (and probably for good reason) but there's just something about it that gets me every time.

When I was younger, I was never really interested in the hits from this album when they'd come on the radio. It wasn't until I listened to this with headphones that I could tell the huge power behind the procuction. And any album that originates Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) has to be an easy 5 stars.

Merry xmassss

What a festive album to get on Christmas Day. I am familiar with a few of these renditions of some Christmas classics, but not all of them.

Phil Spector was known for his production style known as the "wall of sound" which was an "unusually dense orchestral aesthetic that came across well through radios and jukeboxes of the era." Later, in the 2000's, he would become well known as a murderer too, so there's that.

All said and done though, this is a great compilation of classic 60's artists (The Ronettes, The Crystals, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, and Darlene Love). Darlene Love, Mariah Carey, and many others have been in a constant feud every year over who Queen of Christmas is, and in my mind, it's no comparison, Darlene Love is amazing, I hate Mariah Carey's poppy Christmas garbage. I especially love Darlene's original Christmas classic: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) which reminds me of the movie The Night Before now every time I hear it.

Overall, a warm, festive listen today! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Favourite song: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Least favourite songs: The Bells of St. Mary, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

3/5

Not much to say about this one really, full of classics! Had it on in the background on Christmas Day. "Baby, Please Come Home" is one of my faves.

I absolutely adore Darlene Love's voice, it's magnificent, and I assume that's why of all the songs on here, hers are the ones I know the best. Sadly I'm not as crazy for the rest of the album. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), specifically this version, is one of my favorite songs. It's a shame it's produced by a murderer, but considering he doesn't actually sing in any of these (although he does talk like a weasel near the end) and it doesn't detract from the album. I think I would've adored this with just Love, but instead we'll have to keep it in the middle. Still pretty good for a Christmas album, I'd say. Also, again, very funny, giving this on Christmas. It's like the Queen Is Dead all over again.