![]() This cutesy mid-tempo ballad is ploddingly simple, but it’ll rot your teeth if you listen to it a second time.ĭon’t get confused with Mariah Carey’s masterpiece, this is All I Want Is You This Christmas. The saccharine lyrics are a plenty here – ‘ and we’ll all join hands to celebrate the goodness that shines in everyone‘ as the group sing about little children’s faces. I Guess It’s Christmas Time follows, and this is another original. His sugary vocals manage to carry the song well, but it’s not a patch on the earlier, deeper-voiced recordings, like the Nat King Cole original. I think it’s Justin Timberlake who delicately opens Christmas classic The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire). This results in quite a catchy song, which is why it found itself as the one and only single released from this album – but in the US only, where it stumbled at #37. There’s quite a hard beat to this, and the piano dances along effortlessly throughout. Piano ushers in the more up-beat Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays(clearly an attempt to reach out to more fans!). There’s also some lovely ‘ faa la laa‘ moments too (there’s not enough of those in Christmas songs). ![]() This is quite a nice song – musically and lyrically. The guitar really helps this song, whilst the beats gently tap out a rhythm. The group show off their rich, warm, harmonies again. Up next is another original, I Never Knew The Meaning Of Christmas, which has some wonderful acoustic guitar and string sections. I could easily imagine Blue singing this song too. Nat King Cole gets a name drop, as the lyrics take a sentimental tone reminiscing about Christmases past. This is another slow number, again with loads of ooh-ing vocal harmonies. The song takes an almost gospel turn as it builds up for the final push. The beat is gentle, much like the vocals and the end result is a light little song synonymous with late 90’s boyband pseudo-ballads. Soon, the vocals begin as sleigh bells gently jingle in the background as a keyboard plays. This 14 track album opens with title track Home For Christmas, itself starting with lots of harmonious ‘oohs’ from the guys as bells gently clang. Today’s POP RESCUE from a roaring fire, is the 1998 Christmas album Home For Christmas by * NSYNC, but would this be a welcome visitor? Read on… NSYNC’s 1998 album ‘Home For Christmas’ ![]()
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