Vonda Shepard

A Very Ally Christmas

Great Christmas CD for fans of the show!

Review Score:

(8/10)
A VERY ALLY CHRISTMAS echoes the show almost perfectly -- it's bittersweet and full of laughs and longing in equal doses. It's really a Vonda Shepard Christmas album with some of the actors past renditions of Christmas songs thrown in for good measure. I've seen some comments complaining these actors can't sing well enough to carry off the songs, but I found Calista Flockhart doing "Santa Baby" fun! I'm a fan of the show, and I can see her in my mind in that great Santa outfit flirting with the whole audience. It's not Eartha Kitt, but come on! What were you expecting? Lisa Nicole Carson's song is very short, and I wished for more from her (great voice). Jane Krakowski's contributions are taken from Elaine's first two scene-stealing performances at the annual Cage and Fish Christmas party -- "Run Rudolph Run" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (complete with Ikettes!). Both of these are great! Robert Downy JR gets to do a couple of songs including Joni Mitchell's "River" and a duet with Vonda that was with Ally in the show. His voice is not professional, but he puts some heart into it. Macy Gray is also on here doing "Winter Wonderland"! That's a nice touch, and something different than the rest of the CD. The Vonda songs are a little more jazzy than usual, she uses a lot of brass from the very start of the CD "This Christmas". It's brighter in tone than what you will find on previous ALLY recordings (both great as well!). Should be a nice addition to anybody's Christmas celebration, but seems most appropriate for anybody out there who is single and longs to celebrate with someone special! Basically -- if you're a fan you are gonna love this! If you're not...you'll be wondering why everybody likes the actors doing Christmas songs, and enjoying the Vonda and Macy songs.

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