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 | Title : The Christmas Attic
Author : Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Release Date : 19981013
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $15.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber will discover he has a soul mate in one Paul O'Neill, the 'conductor' of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. A dyed-in-the-wool sentimentalist, O'Neill presents this pop-rock tale from 1998 with all the glitz and glory of a Lloyd Webber Broadway show. Playing to the common themes of the season through a tale about a little angel sent to Earth to leave behind a gift, O'Neill creates a big-sounding production heavy on lead guitars and orchestral filigree. There are pieces of familiar Christmas carols and hymns and a handful of unembellished acoustic numbers to offset the brighter parts of the musical melodrama. While his singers and players are all professional sounding, O'Neill often mistakes sentiment as a grand gesture when it needs to be something less ambitious or noticeable. Nonetheless, there's a TV special or Broadway show wrapped up in this attic and it won't go away until it gets done.
Buyer Reviews :
Admittedly not quite as dynamic as their first album, however, it rapidly grows on you. Another masterpiece by Paul O'Neill. From his early days in Savatage to the inception of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, his genius only gets better and better. A definite follow up need for your CD collection. In combination with 'Christmas Eve and Other Stories', one doesn't need any other Christmas music... other Christmas music doesn't really exist when these two albums are around.
(by James D. Hanson)
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