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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Dec 6, 2023 10:20:09 GMT -5
I'd argue this one is in a league of its own  But what are some other just really badly executed holiday albums? |
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Dec 6, 2023 10:56:09 GMT -5
Christina’s scream-fest
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Post by colson on Dec 6, 2023 11:21:01 GMT -5
^I absolutely agree. Horrible.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Dec 6, 2023 11:22:30 GMT -5
This list wouldn't be complete without (2)3LW's Christmas album. They said it best... ahh hell nah.
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Post by dbhmr on Dec 6, 2023 12:42:09 GMT -5
With the exception of "Snowman," Sia's was Aguilera-levels unlistenable to me.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Dec 6, 2023 13:07:54 GMT -5
With the exception of "Snowman," Sia's was Aguilera-levels unlistenable to me. Sia's diction is always atrocious, like demo vocal fill nonsense syllables bad. But they took it to another level on her Christmas album. |
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Post by Ezekiel 23:20–21 on Dec 6, 2023 22:35:41 GMT -5
With the exception of "Snowman," Sia's was Aguilera-levels unlistenable to me. "Puppies Are Forever" is amazing though. |
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Dec 6, 2023 22:47:27 GMT -5
I was actually listening to 8 Days of Christmas album the other day, and I didn't think it was all that bad. They just liked to put a hip hop twist to the songs. Kinda feels like a Christmas version of the "Survivor" album, but I understand it may not be to anyone's liking..
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Dec 7, 2023 9:50:03 GMT -5
The problem with 8 Days of Christmas is that it is so 2001 in it's production and just overall vibe that you can't listen to it today as anything other than a relic of a bygone time. All holiday albums are at their core cash grabs, but 8 Days of Christmas feels like they just cranked that up to 11.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Dec 7, 2023 10:42:09 GMT -5
Xtina’s album for sure.
Her ‘O Holy Night’ rendition is an unlawful (Xmas) act that should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The amount of runs she unnecessarily uses in that song is mind-boggling. And the instrumentation is bizarre.
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Post by Dreams on Dec 7, 2023 14:16:56 GMT -5
The first that instantly came to mmind was DC's. Truly god-awful.
Faith Evans' is also pretty bad.
Brandy released her first this year and it stinks.
Christina's is an abomination due to the oversinging. The original songs were absolute duds, too.
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Post by johnm1120 on Dec 7, 2023 14:49:14 GMT -5
Bob Dylan
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Dec 7, 2023 17:44:56 GMT -5
I don't really listen to many Holiday albums but I remember doing so for some country rankdown series. I recall one of them being horrific and it was by an artist I typically love.... bboat11 help me out here, I wanna say it was Lee Ann Womack or Jo Dee Messina? Deana Carter's is odd, but I kinda enjoyed it for trying something different. |
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Post by Landmarx on Dec 7, 2023 23:05:11 GMT -5
I love Deana Carter’s Christmas album, and Jo Dee Messina’s is an all-time great. Not a fan of Lee Ann Womack’s.
As for the question at hand- I hate Clay Aiken’s. Not really sure why. I agree that, outside of one or two tracks, Xtina’s is an abomination. Train’s is unlistenable to me, but that is the case for their non-holiday music as well.
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Post by Ginger Spice on Dec 8, 2023 15:51:20 GMT -5
Oh, I love DC's, Christina's, and 3LW's albums (although the latter deserves to be here. That's definitely a so-bad-it's-good moment for me).
This one has to be the worst I've ever heard, and it's not even entertainingly bad, it's just... something that exists.
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Post by Jack on Dec 10, 2023 11:27:39 GMT -5
Carrie's, Hallelujah aside, is abysmal. Don't get me started on that Stretchy Pants song.
Mariah's second, Oh Santa aside, is pretty bad.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 10, 2023 18:47:52 GMT -5
I don't really listen to many Holiday albums but I remember doing so for some country rankdown series. I recall one of them being horrific and it was by an artist I typically love.... bboat11 help me out here, I wanna say it was Lee Ann Womack or Jo Dee Messina? Deana Carter's is odd, but I kinda enjoyed it for trying something different. It was probably Lee Ann, lol. Her Christmas album is soooooo mellow and subdued, but not like in a relaxing seasonal way. Outside of "The Man With The Bag", which has great energy, the entire rest of the album probably has a collective speed of 30 Beats Per Minute, lmao. And most of them are forgettable originals or the most boring options of the classics.
Jo Dee's Christmas album is pretty bad as well, but that's mostly because it sounds like they couldn't find a producer so they just told the custodian to go in and mix it after he finished mopping up the studio. I don't think I've ever heard a more dated album from a modern artist in my life!!!! Which is so confusing when you consider how well her music from the '90s has aged otherwise. For some reason the Christmas album sounds like she borrowed Garth Brooks' palm pilot and went and sat in a cardboard box while she sang.
Pam Tillis' was pretty bad too, tbh.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Dec 11, 2023 9:07:39 GMT -5
 I forgot the Pistol Annies christmas album even existed...which as probably a good thing |
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Post by Jack on Dec 11, 2023 12:28:03 GMT -5
I forgot the Pistol Annies christmas album even existed...which as probably a good thing I thought this was going to be SO good. |
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Post by dbhmr on Dec 11, 2023 15:15:04 GMT -5
Don't get me started on that Stretchy Pants song. This, Sia's "Santa's Coming For Us," and Katy Perry's H&M jingle are the most atrocious new Christmas originals of the century. Trifecta of trash. |
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Post by Joe1240 on Dec 11, 2023 17:13:21 GMT -5
Jessica Simpson’s 2nd Holiday album Happy Christmas! Just forgettable album.
Willa Ford’s Christmas single from the MTV TRL Christmas album “Santa Baby[Gimme Gimme Gimmie]” is just awful in terms of modern Christmas music.
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Post by divasummer on Dec 11, 2023 20:24:56 GMT -5
I knew this would be all over this thread. Yes there’s lots of hollering and too many runs on some tracks, but I love a lot of the songs on there. Lol My favorites are: “Christmas Time” “This Year” (I think those songs were new) “These are The Special Times” and “This Christmas”. I thought she did a good job on to. I can see your point on the classics though. Lol On a sidenote I don’t find DC3’s Christmas album as offensive as many do here either. Lol. I mean I guess they didn’t need to put their stamp on just about every track, but I liked a few songs on there. “8 Days Of Christmas, Spread A Little Love On Christmas and A DC Christmas medley” gets some love from me… |
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Dec 12, 2023 15:03:45 GMT -5
Don't get me started on that Stretchy Pants song. Sia's "Santa's Coming For Us," Somehow a song that is saccharine fluff and ominous at the same time |
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