"Played this CD as part of our office Christmas music for 1997. Everone raved about it and wanted to know where to get it. I have since transfered to another office but stopped in the old place last week to wish everyone a Merry Christmas; what was playing "Roomful of Christmas"."
Add a little R&B to your Christmas
Charles R. Bender | Jacksonville, N.C. United States | 07/17/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"For not being nationally known these guys have sustained for a very long time. You won't hear me complain about their longevity. If you just want to stick this disk in your machine and listen intently, or turn it down and have it as background music, it's just good to hear. When it's Roomful of Blues, you can count on some great sounds."
Best Holiday CD!!!!
Aidea | Tucson, AZ United States | 12/17/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is the CD I dust off every year and play as long as I possibly can! Sugar Ray Norcia and band are just fabulous! You'll be wishin' Christmas lasted longer too! Buy it, play it and you'll enjoy the holiday shopping and stress much more! And don't forget the champagne and egg nog! Cozy up by the fireplace with this hot CD and it'll be the best blues Christmas ever!"
A Rockin' Blues Christmas
Aidea | 11/24/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a fantasic holiday album by Roomful Of Blues-you'll never tire of hearing it even long after the Christmas season. Whether they are playing their own versions of classics like The Christmas Song; White Christmas; etc. or their own tunes such as Christmas Celebration & I Want To Spend Christmas With You; this cd rocks!"
Have Yourself A Bluesy Little Christmas!!!
chris meesey Food Czar | The Colony, TX United States | 12/23/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Roomful of Christmas is Roomful of Blues at their best---full of soul, full of horns, full of sound--and the incomparable Sugar Ray Norcia is singing lead!!! How good can it get? Just start with "The Christmas Song", quiet and ever so soulful, the famous horns giving Sugar Ray and his silken vocals all the room they need. Fabulous!! Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run" is given a fresh, new workout, while "Christmas Celebration" features the classic Roomful arrangements and sounds as if it's been taken straight from their classic 1994 release Turn It On! Turn It Up!! Outstanding! "Let It Snow..." finds Sugar Ray and Co. at their most romantic and funloving, while "White Christmas" is given a New Orleans style treatment and a falsetto intro. (The falsetto is unnecessary; I think the song works better without it.) Best of all is Roomful's cover of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," first sung by Judy Garland in the movie Meet Me in St. Louis and featuring Sugar Ray crooning with all his might (and considerable polish, to boot!). Wonderful, simply wonderful!!! So, get Roomful of Christmas quickly before the holidays end, and fill up your rooms with their soulful yuletide sound!!!"