I cannot say that I believe in life after love because God is love, and there is no life after God.
When you consider that this album features fellow superstars such as Stevie Wonder, Darlene Love, Michael Bublé and Cyndi Lauper, and when some of these songs, featuring the first two artists mentioned, are Christmas classics re-recorded as duets, it helps. The duet with Bublé tweaks his song "Home" slightly to become easier to recognize as a Christmas song, again. The duet with Lauper suggests you "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart," and it not only puts a spring in the listener's step but raises the tempo to what I thought was a mere revision of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," it's not.
I gotta say that liked her original songs more than I expected, "DJ Play a Christmas Song" can serve as a dance anthem for those music fans that listen to Christmas music outside of advent, or people that aren't even fans of Christmas music. "Angels In the Snow" is a tune more fit for the dancer or prancer of the crew. "Drop Top Sleigh Ride" features Tyga as co-pilot, and after a few listens may sleigh your distaste for his reindeer games.
"I Like Christmas," but maybe not as much as I used to. Not that I am not grateful for the time spent with loved ones, but I digress. As for the song, it sounds like a half-hearted statement. While "Christmas Ain't Christmas Without You" starts the trek on candy cane lane, then it sprinkles its own crushed peppermint to differentiate the two
So after mentioning all that could be appealing to others when listening to Cher's first festive flip, "This Will Be Our Year" may be the most charming of the songs I haven't heard, even if it's not the most catchy.
To answer my own question, did this album make the nice list? There is enough to like here, but I don't plan to make it a tradition to hear it more than once a year.
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