A Very Special Christmas Live!

Fans of the Very Special Christmas albums will get few surprises with this in-concert follow-up to the three studio compilations. Only 2 of the 11 songs have never appeared on one of the previous editions; one of those, Eric Clapton's "Christmas Tears," is a fiery performance with Blues Traveler head John Popper guesting, while the other is a collaboration between Clapton and Tracy Chapman on "Give Me One Reason," not exactly a Yuletide standard. That mix of the useful and the puzzling is typical of the whole CD. It's good to hear Mary J. Blige's force encouraging Sheryl Crow to push her vocal limit, even on a tune as lightweight as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." But why doesn't Blige, the 1990s' preeminent female R&B voice, get to work out on, say, Phil Spector's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"? Mainly because Jon Bon Jovi is instead called upon to lamely replicate Bono's vocal from the first Very Special disc. This too-often calcified offering is hardly this charity series' finest. --Rickey Wright more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-26-2008; Year 'round compilation album - not just for Christmas!; I bought this CD for the Tracy Chapman/Eric Clapton "Give Me One Reason" rendition. This is a great CD! Tracy Chapman's "O Holy Night" is beautiful, non traditional but sung like a loving lullaby, just lovely, one of the nicest...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-22-2004; shame on the person to use lame and bon jovi in the sentence; Bon Jovi is instead called upon to lamely replicate Bono's vocal ....I dont think so....; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-24-2003; My Favorite; This is absolutely my favorite Christmas CD. Whenever I need a pick-me-up I pop it in and I'm dancing away. My only regret is that it's not available on DVD. I'd love to see the artists performing and President and Hillary Clinton...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-30-2003; Very upbeat; I enjoyed every song on this 38 minute CD. I have a pretty good collection of various types of Christmas music and I consider this to be a great addition. I didn't realize this was part of a series and plan to purchase at least one...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-26-2008; Year 'round compilation album - not just for Christmas!; I bought this CD for the Tracy Chapman/Eric Clapton "Give Me One Reason" rendition. This is a great CD! Tracy Chapman's "O Holy Night" is beautiful, non traditional but sung like a loving lullaby, just lovely, one of the nicest...; read full review | report as inappropriate