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Baby, It's Cold Outside
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Track Listing
- Christmas Time Is Here
- Baby It's Cold Outside
- Christmas Song
- Santa Baby
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
- Zat You Santa Claus
- If We Make It Through December
- Christmas Is
- Wildwood Carol
- Sleigh Ride
- What Is This Lovely Fragrance
- Never No
- What About Me
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #61396 in Music
- Released on: 2008-11-10
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Recorded in Toronto at Inception Sound Studios and McClear Digital Studios Baby, It's Cold Outside was co-produced by Cole and her long-time accompanist, pianist Aaron Davis who also provided the dazzling orchestral arrangements for the 27-piece orchestra featured on four selections: Zat You Santa Claus, Santa Baby, Wildwood Carol, and the title track. Also appearing on the album as core members backing Cole are: David Piltch and George Koller (bass), Mark Kelso (drums), and Brian Barlow (percussion). Baby, It's Cold Outside possesses a diverse spectrum of seasonal emotions. It is not just Christmas favourites. It is not a bunch of chestnuts roasting on the open fire. It's obvious by listening to it that Cole likes to poke fun at Christmas; likes to poke fun at the notion of Santa Claus; and really likes to swing with songs that have bit of sexual innuendo. There's a lot of give-me-a-break about the album.
Cole chose Christmas songs with the same critical ear as all of her previous recordings. Not only did she take care in selecting the repertoire, but she set out to interpret them in such a fashion that they effectively are her own.
Customer Reviews
Typical Holly Cole - great Christmas album
Holly has developed a style all her own - one which relies heavily on covers, but interpreted differently from the original.
So it is with this Christmas album, although Holly has not changed anything really dramatically. Even so, Holly's versions of Baby it's cold outside, The Christmas song, Santa baby, I'll be home for Christmas, If we make it through December and Sleigh ride could never be mistaken for any other.
The other songs are all new to me, though I know that most of them are also covers - for example, Zat you Santa Claus? is associated with Louis Armstrong.
This is a wonderful, relaxing, Christmas album which may not suit everybody - you have to allow it to grow on you, but it's well worth the effort.
