Oak Ridge Boys - Christmas Again

4 years have passed since that unspeakable winter night of 1982. All across the country, people slowly picked up the shattered remnants of their lives, villages rebuilt, children learned to laugh and play again. 4 years have softened our memories of the nightmares that await us, should they ever return.

This snowy night, all is peaceful, all is quiet. Too quiet. Suddenly, far off in the distance, right on the edge of hearing, the faint sound of an electric piano floats on the wind like the scent of a thousand dead muskrats. The memories cascade, fear grabs you, and one terrible thought consumes your whole being. Oh no. Oh NO. OH NO! IT'S CHRISTMAS AGAIN, AND THE OAK RIDGE BOYS HAVE COME TO FEAST UPON OUR SOULS!!!

I'm joking. It's significantly better than their first Christmas album. This really is just an Oak Ridge Boys album that happens to be Christmas oriented. They aren't trying to be cute, or funny, they're just being a "country choir," and i don't really have anything bad to say about that.

Obviously, I hate it. I don't like the synth parts at all, and the songwriting is still awkward and emotionally incomprehensible at times, but this album is not for me. I am not their intended audience. I do legitimately like their chorale style intros, and if that were the album i'd be writing a completely different review. As a choir they sound really cool. But that's not what this album is. "Santa Bring Your Elves" is a much better attempt at lighthearted sarcasm than anything on the first one, but i specifically warned you not to let them ad lib. You didn't listen, and they hit on Mrs. Claus. I hope your're happy.

Dear God, thanks for Jesus. Your friends, The Oak Ridge Boys. P.S. Tell Santa we're sorry for petting his reindeer too hard. We just get carried away sometimes.

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