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2007-09-25 - Jim Brickman - Homecoming

今年聽到的第一張"鋼琴耶誕專輯
去年Jim Brickman 也出了張耶誕專輯Christmas Romance
主題皆圍著"耶誕，但Suda 比較喜歡今年的這張
因為曲目沒有過多耳熟能詳的旋律
Vocal 也加入了Richie McDonald, Anne Cochran
並邀請了Suda 喜愛的爵士吉他手Peter White，還有David Klinkenberg, Gerald LeVert 等的助陣
更是讓這張耶誕專輯增色不少

推薦給大家... ^^

Amazon.com
Homecoming, pianist Jim Brickman's 16th career release (his third with a holiday theme, joining The Gift and Peace), is an unerringly pleasant, gently uplifting package that delivers what most listeners probably want--a smart-sounding, family-friendly audio backdrop suited for any December gathering. Brickman's mix of nine instrumentals and four vocal tracks (seven are rearranged traditional works) carefully straddles a fine line between sophistication and sentimentality. Happily, other than a few heavily star-dusted moments (the final note of "I Saw Three Ships" sparkles as though it was touched by Tinkerbell's wand), the schmaltz factor is acceptably modest. More demanding Brickman listeners will probably wish he had dug deeper into the richer emotional terrain he visits on "Thanksgiving," the disc's opening track, and his ruminating interpretation of "Still Nacht." But holiday discs are audience-builders, so we instead get a double dose of former Lonestar vocalist Richie McDonald (with two nearly identical versions of "Coming Home for Christmas," an eyes-to-the-sky heart-clutcher), and the late Gerald Levert crooning a holiday version of "My Angel," a parent-to-child love song that originally appeared on Brickman's Escape disc. Not a flawless release, but definitely a cut above most easy-listening holiday fare. --Terry Wood

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Track Listings

01. Thanksgiving
02. Good King Wenceslas
03. Coming Home for Christmas - Jim Brickman, Richie McDonald
04. Gathering
05. Deck the Halls
06. Joy - Jim Brickman, David Klinkenberg
07. I Heard the Bells of Christmas Day - Jim Brickman, Anne Cochran, , Peter White
08. Still Nacht
09. I Saw Three Ships
10. Bethlehem
11. My Angel (Christmas) - Jim Brickman, Gerald LeVert
12. Auld Lang Zyne
13. Coming Home for Christmas [Bonus Mix][*] - Jim Brickman, Richie McDonald

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