Day 38: Xmas

We are officially in the midst of December, which means I can finally talk about Taylor Swift's 2007 Christmas album. I'm not going to dive too deep today since I'll be reviewing each song in greater depth throughout the rest of the month. Today I just want to talk about the album as a whole.

This album's release was between Taylor Swift and Fearless, and that's exactly how it sounds. Everything about her voice is, in general, very similar to how it appears in it's predecessor. The albums track listing is featured below. 

1. Last Christmas

2. Christmases When You Were Mine

3. Santa Baby

4. Silent Night

5. Christmas Must Be Something More

6. White Christmas

Four of these songs are well known Christmas songs, while two of them, Christmases When You Were Mine and Christmas Must Be Something More are original tracks. It's a shame the album is so short; mostly this album leaves me unsatisfied and wanting more Taylor Swift Christmas music.

The other major aspect of this album that I can't help noticing is how many risks it takes. This is especially odd, considering how releasing a Christmas album is usually considered to be a relatively safe, low effort cash grab. But Taylor decided to have a third of album be completely original songs, with her rendition of Silent Night being highly unorthodox as well. This means that half of the album will be novel to listeners, a staggeringly high percentage for an album of this nature. Like I said, I'll be going into the details of each song at later dates, but for now I'd recommend listening to this album a couple times to get into that holiday spirit.

See you tomorrow,

-C