Come Darkness Come Light Twelve Songs of Christmas
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : いいえ
- 製品サイズ : 14.91 x 12.6 x 0.99 cm; 102.06 g
- メーカー : Zoe Records
- EAN : 0601143112324
- 製造元リファレンス : CDZOE1123
- オリジナル盤発売日 : 2008
- 時間 : 48 分
- レーベル : Zoe Records
- ASIN : B001EOQTZG
- ディスク枚数 : 1
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Finally, a Christmas album worth listening to all year long. When Mary Chapin Carpenter set out to create Come Darkness, Come Light, she took a far different approach to recording a holiday album than most artists do. Rather than simply lending her voice to time-worn Christmas standards, Mary Chapin wrote her own set of heartfelt songs which explore the many meanings and emotions that Christmas evokes in each of us. These songs, mixed with a few hand-picked gems from other writers and rarely heard traditional tunes, will speak directly to the hearts of all Mary Chapin Carpenter fans. These are not merely holiday songs, they are simply great Mary Chapin Carpenter songs, both warm and intimate. And while they artfully capture the spirit of the season, this is a rare Christmas album that doesn't feel like it needs to be kept on the shelf between New Year's and Thanksgiving. With stellar support from longtime musical partners Jon Carroll (piano) and co-producer John Jennings (guitars), Mary Chapin's voice goes down as warmly as hot cider on a cold winter's night.
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Finally, a Christmas album worth listening to all year long. When Mary Chapin Carpenter set out to create Come Darkness, Come Light, she took a far different approach to recording a holiday album than most artists do. Rather than simply lending her voice to time-worn Christmas standards, Mary Chapin wrote her own set of heartfelt songs which explore the many meanings and emotions that Christmas evokes in each of us. These songs, mixed with a few hand-picked gems from other writers and rarely heard traditional tunes, will speak directly to the hearts of all Mary Chapin Carpenter fans. These are not merely holiday songs, they are simply great Mary Chapin Carpenter songs, both warm and intimate. And while they artfully capture the spirit of the season, this is a rare Christmas album that doesn't feel like it needs to be kept on the shelf between New Year's and Thanksgiving. With stellar support from longtime musical partners Jon Carroll (piano) and co-producer John Jennings (guitars), Mary Chapin's voice goes down as warmly as hot cider on a cold winter's night.
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Well I'm pleased to say that it is actually possible to deliver an album that is worth the time and effort invested in it. Unusually MCC actually wrote original seasonal material and the standard of MCC's performance and production quality is of the usual (exemplary) standard.
Not a single reference to red nose reindeer or jingle bells here, but a warm wintry atmosphere and a thoughtful reflection on Christmas. It is one of MCC's best albums? I suspect not (but it is still very good), Is it one of the few Christmas albums worth buying ? Most definitely and it provides an enjoyable break from traditional Christmas carols.
If, like me, you really enjoyed this you may want to try one of Kate Rusby Christmas albums, Kate's are the only ones I can think of in this league.

1. Once In Royal David's City
2. Hot Buttered Rum
3. Still Still Still
4. On a Quiet Christmas Morn
5. Come Darkness Come Light
6. Christmas Time In The City
7. Candlelight Carol
8. The Longest Night Of The Year
9. Thanksgiving Song
10. Bells Are Ringing
11. Christmas Carol
12. Children, Go Where I Send Thee
This is quite simply my favourite Christmas album. I am a Mary Chapin Carpenter fan so it goes without saying that I am going to enjoy this, but it really is exceptionally appealing. If you are looking for traditional carols or 1950s-style crooners then you won't get them here, apart from a superbly evocative rendition of "Once In Royal David's City" and a gentle, atmospheric "Candlelight Carol". What you get are Mary's attempts to write Christmas songs/carols, not an easy thing to do at all. She manages it extremely impressively, I have to say. It has a great cover too.
Her version of "Once In Royal David's City" is always the first Christmas carol I play every year, around December 20th. It is just lovely. Mary's voice is sumptuous on it, so understated and moving. The same applies to the warming "Hot Buttered Rum" (what exactly is that, by the way?). The title track is just so uplifting. It just makes your spirits raise listening to it, although, as with all MCC songs, there is a melancholy hiding just beneath the surface - a knowing, wise sadness and awareness of mortality. "Christmas Time in The City" is full of atmosphere, describing all the shops, the lights and so on, making it sound so magical, whether you are a big Christmas fan or not.
"The Longest Night Of The Year" is such a great song for a dark December night and on "Christmas Carol", Mary's very own carol, she recalls getting The Beatles' "White Album" in 1968. MCC has such a skill for expressing nostalgic minutiae, making the mundane seem magical.
If you are a bit worn out every year by traditional Christmas musical fare and "party" songs and want to indulge in some genuinely sensitive, alternative Christmas songs, then you may enjoy this. You have to have an open mind, though and leave Mariah Carey, Slade, Bing Crosby and Wham! out in the snow for just a little while as you immerse yourself in this.

"Come Darkness" is an anthem, suitable to add to every Christmas repertoire, but we also found ourselves subtly wooed by "Hot Buttered Rum" (nice to have liner notes to tell me that was by Tommy Thompson) and Carpenter's "Longest Night of the Year," making contemporary connections via the more private side of folk. This is the kind of album that reminds you why albums are made.

Mary's understated but heartful readings truly complement this collection of mostly new songs, and are in complete contrast to the strident over-emoting of so many of today's female singers. Four songs including the title track were written by Mary, with a further two co-written with the ever-dependable John Jennings. Two familiar though not currently over-exposed traditional songs bookend the album, and I particularly liked this version of John Rutter's Candlelight Carol. The title track and Hot Buttered Rum (oh, yes please!) are other favourites for me, but really there are no misses here. The arrangements are in keeping with the overall mood of the album, enhanced by some lovely, simple piano touches on, for example, the above-mentioned Come Darkness, Come Light, Hot Buttered Rum, On A Quiet Christmas Morn and Thanksgiving Song.
Whether you are familiar with Mary's other albums and are wondering about this one, or are looking for something that reflects the less commercial side of Christmas, this could be for you. I can highly recommend it.
You could also find that Sarah McLachlan's beautiful album Wintersong is also well worth checking out.

The mood is laid back and as comforting as a raging log fire on a winter's night. Mary is a great story teller, with each of the 12 songs painting pictures of snowy landscapes and childood Christmas memories.
"I really don't remember much of Christmas growing up, except the year the Beatles came to play on my record player that came from Sears. That White Album filled my ears in 1968 on Christmas Day" sings Mary on a ' Christmas Carol'.
Highlights include the title track, 'Come Darkness, Come Light', 'On A Quiet Christmas Morn' and John Rutter's 'Candlelight Carol' - truly sublime.
If you are a fan of singer songwriters and want something different from the usual Christmas fare that is churned out year after year then this is the album for you. The best stocking filler you could buy someone this year.
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