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 small treasure Oct 28, 2009
I bought this last year to add to my Christmas collection of background music for the holidays, and added it to my 300+ song selection rotation mix. Her warm vocals drew the most inquiries and plenty of favorable comments (as in, ooo where did you get that?).
"Angels We Have Heard On High" and "Christmas for Two" were well received. Personally I found "Christmas Island" to be the weakest track.
Still, 5 stars and my best wishes to the duo (yes they read these reviews). Can we expect another mix this year just in time for Christmas? :)
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 some really good songs, but they can do better May 17, 2009
I don't like to write this....
Sixpence have always been really good kids... they have made some great music...
they have taken some difficult and hard professional hits, and i do not blame them for making this record when it was offered to them...
but overall, the record lacks vision of an entire album...
the packaging is just poor, it looks rushed- using an old stock photo...
it doesn't feel much like a "new" record...
but it is enjoyable
and i do like it...
i just hoped for more of a focused record,-
---> they can do better.
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The Dawn of Grace Mar 03, 2009
Outstanding effort by Sixpence None the Richer. Their take on Silent Night is the best I've ever heard.
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 Welcome return of Sixpence on this outstanding "modern Christmas" album Feb 09, 2009
After their 2002 album "Divine Discontent" did not do as well commercially as hoped for, Sixpence None the Richer called is a day in 2003, and lead singer Leigh Nash and guitarist-songwriter Matt Slocum went their separate ways. Leigh released a decent solo album in 2006 ("Blue on Blue") but it clearly lacked the spark that Matt's songs have provided for her before. In 2008 the news circulated that Leigh and Matt were once again recording together, and this album is the first result from that.
"The Dawn of Grace" (10 tracks; 35 min.) is another one of what I'll call modern Christmas albums (more on that later). The album is a mix of traditional Christmas songs and newly written Christmas songs and covers. The album's opener "Angels We have Heard on High" is simply stunning, a lush audio landscape with Leigh's warm vocals, wow. It is followed by "The Last Christmas", penned by Matt, and it;s another favorite of mine on here. The only song on the first half of the album that misfires for me (and hence 'only' 4 stars for this album) is "Silent Night", one of those Christmas songs that is so well known that you really can't add anything creatively to it. The second half contains one more traditional song, the pleasant "Carol of the Bells". The album then closes out with 4 modern songs, including the deliciously tongue-in-cheek "Christmas Island" (reminding me of Over the Rhine), the Joni Mitchell cover "River" which is done beautifully, "Christmas for Two", co-written by Leigh, and the album closer "Come Children See Him", an obscure Christmas song form the 50s.
In all, I can't emphasize enough how I really like this album. At 35 min., it clips by in no time and you'll find yourself playing this again. There are a couple of other so-called modern Christmas albums I heartily recommend: Over the Rhine's 2007 "Snow Angels" (all-original tunes) and 1996's "The Darkest Night of the Year" (mix of originals and traditionals), as well as Aimee Mann's 2006 "One More Drifter In the Snow". As to Sixpence, this Christmas album is supposedly just a teaser for the release of a proper album sometime in 2009. Can't wait for that. I've seen Sixpence in concert a number of times before their 2003 hiatus, and I'll go see them again anytime, anywhere.
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So Glad I Bought This CD Dec 21, 2008
I almost didn't purchase this. I love SNTR, but I just wasn't too much into Christmas this year. I'm so glad I changed my mind. The CD is just perfection - there's really nothing else to say.
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