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Buy Ultimate Christmas

Andy | Kent, OH United States | 12/28/2001

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The Beach Boys create some great Christmas music. But this is not a real album. It's a budget CD compilation and not from Capitol Records. Buy Ultimate Christmas. You get the original 1964 Christmas album in its entiriety plus GREAT extra tracks from the unreleased 1977 album and others."

Not much to it...

Andy | 12/14/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I bought the CD in a shop as an impulse buy (I was somewhat seduced by the corny cover photo). The CD is only about 21 minutes long and, as a previous reviewer says, no liner notes whatsoever. The Beach Boys' harmonic vocals are great, but this is a recent cheapie compilation and I'd say it's a bit of a ripoff. The songs are a mix of rock tunes and traditional Christmas songs. I only found two to be unpalatable: the overly corny arrangement of "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" and the novelty rock tune "Santa's Beard". They just weren't my cup of tea. "Little Saint Nick" on the other hand is always a fun one."

Avoid At All Cost

John Peterson | Marinette, WI USA | 04/10/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This is purely a ripoff from start to finish. While I agree with the other reviewer that the songs here are great this package is not; weird song sequencing, absolutely no liner notes to speak of, and mediocre sound quality reign supreme here. (...) You're paying twice as much as this substandard Beach Boys Christmas CD, but you're getting three times as many songs (in superior sound quality), which is a bargain in my book.Peace."