MT shows great vocals with no soul

Review Score: (2/10)
Manhattan Transfer tries so hard to be their cool, jazzy selves, that they completely missed the emotion and power Silent Night and It Came Upon an Midnight Clear. And the CD's light hearted songs like Let it Snow and Santa Claus is Coming To Town don't have a very festive feel to them. Even Tony Bennett can't seem to save The Christmas Song. Their version is a shadow of Nat King Cole's or even Frank Sinatra's version of that standard. I Love Manhattan Transfer, their lively vocals and their great arrangements, but this is an empty feeling album that I won't be putting on my Christmas standards list.

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