Best holiday albums of all time2/15/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Track them down on Spotify, Rhapsody, MOG or other streaming services.īrave Combo, “It’s Christmas, Man” (Rounder, 1992) This absurdly eclectic quartet from Texas puts its manic stamp on classics (such as “O, Christmas Tree,” which gets the samba treatment, and Mel Torme’s “The Christmas Song ,” done up in a ska version) and four original tunes a la “Santa’s Polka.” They’re delivered with the wide-eyed joy of a kid who got a chemistry set from Santa and spends Christmas morning seeing what happens when you throw sulfur, calcium carbonate and vinegar into the same test tube. For Christmas Eve, Pop & Hiss offers up a selection of offbeat holiday albums guaranteed to break up the monotony of the same-old, same-old holiday songs and arrangements being piped into malls and over the airwaves of Yuletide-music centered radio stations. ![]()
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