1

I'm not sure how I feel about Waits' "John the Revelator".

Posted by: nosflow | Link to this comment | 03- 9-16 7:55 PM

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A Christmas or two ago I bought a Peggy Lee Xmas album because hey that should be *awesome* but actually it was awful. Crystalline example of phoning it in.

Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 03- 9-16 9:37 PM

3

Just read the New Yorker article about it, was unsure what to think. I'll take your recommendation.

2: probably a giveaway that not a single track from it became even a minor classic. At least, I can't think of her performance of an Xmas song that I hear a lot. Anyway, a shame.

Posted by: JRoth | Link to this comment | 03-10-16 6:22 AM

4

There's a New Yorker article about this album?

Posted by: | Link to this comment | 03-10-16 6:42 AM

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There is. Not a very interesting one, alas.

Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 03-10-16 7:52 AM

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5: Yeah, it sort of petered out after the opening Sinead anecdote, which itself turned out to be pointless.

Posted by: JRoth | Link to this comment | 03-10-16 8:23 AM