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What a marketing scam!

Hank | Alpharetta, GA United States | 11/28/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

"If the record comapny's going to re-package Clint Black's "Looking For Christmas" CD with 2 new tracks, then I wish they'd call it "Looking For Christmas - Expanded Edition" (or something like that) so as not to mislead buyers into thinking that it's a whole new collection of Clint Black Christmas songs. It's really ashame that this is basically the same CD as "Looking For Christmas" because I thought that original CD was pretty lame. Others apparently share this perception as well since it's available used on Amazon for less than the shipping charge! Oh- but now with this really cool (sarcasm) expanded edition with 2 new songs and a new title, you get maybe 35 minutes of music instead of just 30. Evidently Clint didn't have time to record enough songs for a whole new CD. What a joke!"

Country's top Christmas album re-released with two new songs

James E. Bagley | Sanatoga, PA USA | 11/02/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have always enjoyed Clint Black's music since his first album Killin' Time was released in 1989. When this CD came out a few years ago under the title Looking For Christmas, I picked it up immediately since that is my tendency with new Black releases.



Since Black wrote all of the songs, I wasn't sure what to expect. Thankfully, it was as good as I'd hoped it would be with not a dud in the lineup. My favorite tune "Christmas For Every Boy & Girl" has an epic feel to it, the London Symphony orchestra helping Black create new age music that John Tesch could only dream about making. The thought-provoking "Looking For Christmas" is almost as grand, with a renaissance sound not usually (ok, not ever) heard in country music. The multi-layered religious ode "Birth Of A King" is choir-style singing at its best.



Lest you think Black is all serious about this special holiday, it should be pointed out that about half of the CD is devoted to fun numbers like "Slow As Christmas" and the harmonica featured "Til Santa Comes (Milk & Cookies)" that will appeal to the kid in everyone. A little romance gets it turn with "Under The Mistletoe" as well.



To sum it all up, this was one of the best balanced, most creative, musical tributes to Christmas ever. Now, it is even better, as Black has re-released it on his own label with two strong new tracks: the humorous romp "Santa's Holiday Song" and the yearn-filled ballad "Christmas With You." Get it today!"

Original Christmas music

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 09/07/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Clint's first Christmas album Lookin' for Christmas comprised all-original Christmas songs. This album is a straight re-issue and re-packaging of that album with two additional tracks including the new title track. Some reviewers, having bought the original album, were correspondingly unimpressed at this album and I can understand that. I never got around to buying the original album although I thought about it. On reflection, I'm glad I didn't because while I enjoy this album, I wouldn't buy it just to get the two extra tracks. If you have the original, you may consider looking to see if the new tracks are available as downloads. Right, so what if you haven't got the album at all? The rest of this review discusses the music on its merits.



This is a mellow, relaxing collection of songs, best listened to during the quieter moments during the festive period; it won't work as a party album. Typical of the album is the opening cut, The finest gift, in which Clint tells us that his woman's love is the finest gift that he can have, regardless of whatever she may buy him. He continues this theme with the next track, Under the mistletoe. Clint switches the focus to Santa on the next track, The kid, first reflecting on what it was like being a child looking forward to what Santa brings, then describing being the father of such a child.



Clint fantasises about Rudolph, Frosty and Santa in The coolest pair. The original title track, Lookin' for Christmas, finds Clint thinking about the very first Christmas. Clint reverts to the Santa and Rudolph theme in the next track, Christmas for every boy and girl. Clint sings from the perspective of a five-year-old boy in Milk and cookies, in which he leaves a snack for Santa so that he remembers to come back the next year, although he`s worried about how Santa will get in without a chimney to come down. No, Clint doesn't tell us how he solves that problem because that is Santa's secret.



Slow as Christmas, a misleadingly-titled song, actually is about how Christmas makes every other day seem slow. The original album is completed by The birth of the king and a reprise of Lookin' for Christmas. The new title track is about missing Christmas at home because of other commitments, so it's based on the same basic idea as the standard I'll be home for Christmas, but it's a very different song. The other track new for this release, Santa's holiday song, is back to the Santa and Rudolph theme, but this time pointing out that they, too, need a holiday.



As I bought it, this album contains the lyrics for each song, though if this is eventually released at a budget price, I doubt that you'll get those. Personally, I love this album, but I can imagine that it won't suit everybody. You really do need a quiet period in which to really appreciate the music here.

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