Search results
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Volume 4 is the seventh and final extended play (EP) by the cast of the American musical television series Glee. It features six songs from the fifth season . It was released on December 3, 2013.
- Pop
Dec 3, 2013 · Listen to Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Vol. 4 - EP by Glee Cast on Apple Music. 2013. 6 Songs. Duration: 16 minutes.
Listen to Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Vol. 4 - EP on Spotify. Glee Cast · Ep · 2013 · 6 songs.
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album, Vol. 4 is the seventh and final extended play (EP) from the cast of Glee, released on December 3, 2013. It features six songs from the...
- Overview
- Critical Reception
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album is the fourth (non-EP) soundtrack album (after Glee: The Music volumes 1-2-3), and first Christmas album released by Glee. The album was released on November 16, 2010, with 7 songs featured in the Season Two episode A Very Glee Christmas, which aired on December 7, 2010. It was produced by Adam Anders, Peer Åstr...
Writers for The Detroit News praised the "underappreciated" opening track We Need a Little Christmas and gave a B rating for what they opined as Glee's best album hitherto. Andrew Leahey of allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, unsurprised by the songs being "performed in Glee's familiar Broadway-pop style." He enjoyed Baby, It's Cold Outside and its unorthodoxy of being duetted between two males as "a refreshingly risqué move for Fox TV."
Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly noted it as a standout track on the album, as did About.com's Bill Lamb, calling it "charm-filled," and E! Online's Jennifer Arrow, using the word "marvelous." Stransky gave The Christmas Album a B+ rating, calling it "plenty joyful, in that silly, Kidz Bop-for-adults way." He also called Amber Riley's rendition of Angels We Have Heard on High "soaring" while Arrow deemed it "amazing." Lea Michele's vocals on O Holy Night were complimented by both Arrow and Leahey; the latter compared them to those of Kristin Chenoweth.
Bruce Ward writing for the Ottawa Citizen, however, didn't like the track, and thought the song was uncomfortably slow. Lamb gave the album a four-star rating, calling it "an enduring collection" of "solid holiday music," and was delighted by the animated Deck the Rooftop, a blend of Deck the Halls and Up on the Rooftop. Ward agreed, but Leahey questioned the arrangement of this "urban mash-up," likening it to a song that would be performed by a Disney actress. Vanity Fair's Brett Berk decided the record was "not able to be categorized as good or bad," leaving it open for the listener to decide on the "twelve candy cane-sweetened tracks."
Writing for the New York Post, Jarett Wieselman thought the album overall sounded like the soundtrack of an advertisement for Gap, but praised the vocal work of Colfer, Michele, and Riley. Jonathan Takiff of the Philadelphia Daily News felt the tracks were too artificial and was disappointed the cast didn't cover more songs outside the realm of pop music.
Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 4 is a Glee music album. It features all songs from the episode Previously Unaired Christmas. The album was officially released on December 3, 2013, following the release of the digital-exclusive Movin' Out on November 19, 2013.
Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 4 by Glee Cast. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
