Libera Dreams

EMImusic wrote:Unfortunately, it seems Billboard no longer puts up the Classical Traditional chart on their public website (sigh)...we've put it up on our site here: http://www.emiclassicsus.com/press_medi ... al-charts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

JimmyRiddle wrote: The Philippines has us all beat though. Three weeks at overall No1 and still inside the top 10 of many charts some 5-6 weeks later.

hannah_kirstin wrote:

JimmyRiddle wrote: The Philippines has us all beat though. Three weeks at overall No1 and still inside the top 10 of many charts some 5-6 weeks later.

Yayyy for Philippine fans! Hope EMI goes through with the advertising campaign like they promised. The boys need all the exposure they can get!

JimmyRiddle wrote: The Philippines has us all beat though. Three weeks at overall No1 and still inside the top 10 of many charts some 5-6 weeks later.

paul30003 wrote:

EMImusic wrote:Unfortunately, it seems Billboard no longer puts up the Classical Traditional chart on their public website (sigh)...we've put it up on our site here: http://www.emiclassicsus.com/press_medi ... al-charts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Don't think Yorkie's going to be to happy that Mormon Tabernacle's are holding Libera from top spot :/


Wks On TW RK Artist Title
25 1 MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR THIS IS THE CHRIST
4 2 LIBERA CHRISTMAS ALBUM

BruceH wrote:Libera has indicated that The Christmas Album will be featured on Classic FM in the UK.

Libera features a bunch of hand-picked choirboys, assembled, you have to imagine, to inject a bit of fresh-faced charm into the fusty world of the choral tradition.

Their Christmas offering tackles a handful of the usual festive suspects, from carols old and new – O Holy Night, Joy To The World, Once in Royal David’s City – to familiar pop songs – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas – and delivers them in a soft and breathy style that makes the Choir of King’s College sound like Extreme Noise Terror. The arrangements have been thoroughly Enya-ised too, with an unconvincing ‘cathedral reverb’ effect.

This is all fine if the Christmas story that plays out in your head has Herod proclaiming, “A new king? I’ll get me coat”, but even the most misty-eyed sentimentalist will think these songs deserve a bit more gusto.

At its best, like on the twinkle-toed Still, Still, Still, the angelic sparkle recalls the heavenly magic of Danny Elfman’s famously swoonsome soundtrack for Edward Scissorhands, but most of the time The Christmas Album has as much depth as a frosting of icing sugar. With all the othery sugary goodies you’re liable to be consuming over the holiday, it’s liable to leave you feeling a little queasy.

fan_de_LoK wrote:On the (Yorkshire) Evening Post, a dynamic review of the the Christmas Album

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Libera features a bunch of hand-picked choirboys, assembled, you have to imagine, to inject a bit of fresh-faced charm into the fusty world of the choral tradition.

Their Christmas offering tackles a handful of the usual festive suspects, from carols old and new – O Holy Night, Joy To The World, Once in Royal David’s City – to familiar pop songs – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, White Christmas – and delivers them in a soft and breathy style that makes the Choir of King’s College sound like Extreme Noise Terror. The arrangements have been thoroughly Enya-ised too, with an unconvincing ‘cathedral reverb’ effect.

This is all fine if the Christmas story that plays out in your head has Herod proclaiming, “A new king? I’ll get me coat”, but even the most misty-eyed sentimentalist will think these songs deserve a bit more gusto.

At its best, like on the twinkle-toed Still, Still, Still, the angelic sparkle recalls the heavenly magic of Danny Elfman’s famously swoonsome soundtrack for Edward Scissorhands, but most of the time The Christmas Album has as much depth as a frosting of icing sugar. With all the othery sugary goodies you’re liable to be consuming over the holiday, it’s liable to leave you feeling a little queasy.

danieb88 wrote:I didnt think it was a very good review at all :S maybe im miss-reading it but it sounds like they think its generally a bad album? sorry maybe im wrong?

but most of the time The Christmas Album has as much depth as a frosting of icing sugar. With all the othery sugary goodies you’re liable to be consuming over the holiday, it’s liable to leave you feeling a little queasy.