I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas music. This isn't going to go vry well, is it? I tried to listen this through the prism of the production alone. The way the sounds attacks you like a tidal wave is fantastic. But they're singing about Christmas. I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas songs.
THE Christmas album. From the time before Phil Spector was stomping all over The Beatles and also ended up in jail. This is perfect pop music and worth all of the control freakery in the studio. I dig this out every Christmas and give it a good few spins. There is nothing that I don't love about this album, even (not so) old Phil at the end wishing everyone a very Merry. Brilliant.