When I was in grade school, Christmas officially kicked off when<\/p>\n
A Chipmunk Christmas<\/i> hit the record player. Extra grooves
\nwere dug into the vinyl as I kept playing their rendition of “Deck
\nthe Halls” and “Sleigh Ride.”<\/p>\n
I didn’t realize that by doing this, I probably drove my older
\nsister nuts. Once you listen to the Chipmunk’s original Christmas
\node (“Chipmunk Song”), the song lodges in your head like a fishhook
\nin a sweater. “We can’t hardly stand to wait, please Christmas
\ndon’t be late,” the three helium-heavy voices croon.<\/p>\n
John Waters loved
\nA Chipmunk Christmas<\/i> so much that he included it in his
\nrecent ‘best of’ collection
\nA John Waters Christmas<\/i>. Of course, the album is rife with
\nenough tacky numbers to fill a
\nSonny & Cher Variety Hour<\/i> marathon.<\/p>\n
\nA Chipmunk Christmas<\/i> is one of those albums that your
\n50-year-old co-worker, who is way more into the Christmas spirit
\nthan anyone that age should be, gush over. The album is supposed to
\nmake you grin, laugh and think of simpler times. But unfortunately,
\nthe tunes are so Q-tip-in-the-brain annoying that the album doesn’t
\neven function as a nostalgia piece.<\/p>\n
The songs are definitely immortal. The producers deserve serious
\npraise for the production. So, I definitely can’t give the album a
\n‘D’ or a ‘C.’ Unfortunately, the album is such a sore thumb that
\nregardless of what’s going on in your household, it seems the music
\nin
\nA Chipmunk Christmas<\/i> can drown out even the loudest of
\nconversations due to their high-pitched squeals. At least Mannheim
\nSteamroller can effortlessly serve as background music while you
\nopen presents, cook Christmas breakfast or down a glass of wine and
\nwait for the bars to open and swap stories with other folks who are
\nescaping family gatherings.<\/p>\n
Still, as a critic, it’s a well-produced album. The songs are
\nimmortal. And it’s one of the staples of the holiday season. Thus
\nexplaining the grade I’m giving it. Just don’t expect me to listen
\nto the album if I can help it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7100],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-38205","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-chipmunks","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38205"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38205"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}