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Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas | 
 enlarge | Artist: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Label: Universal Classics
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1316
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 48
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 431123
UPC: 601143112324
EAN: 0601143112324
ASIN: B001EOQTZG
Release Date: November 17, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Once In Royal David's City | | • | Hot Buttered Rum | | • | Still Still Still | | • | On A Quiet Christmas Morn | | • | Come Darkness, Come Light | | • | Christmas Time In The City | | • | Candlelight Carol | | • | The Longest Night Of The Year | | • | Thanksgiving Song | | • | Bells Are Ringing | | • | Christmas Carol | | • | Children, Go Where I Send Thee |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Lovely collection of thoughtful songs for the festive season December 18, 2008
This is a lovely, reflective and thoughtful Christmas album from Mary Chapin Carpenter, far removed from the jingle-jangle razzmatazz that can so blight the festive season.
Mary's understated but heartful readings truly complement this collection of mostly new songs, and are in complete contrast to the strident over-emoting of so many of today's female singers. Four songs including the title track were written by Mary, with a further two co-written with the ever-dependable John Jennings. Two familiar though not currently over-exposed traditional songs bookend the album, and I particularly liked this version of John Rutter's Candlelight Carol. The title track and Hot Buttered Rum (oh, yes please!) are other favourites for me, but really there are no misses here. The arrangements are in keeping with the overall mood of the album, enhanced by some lovely, simple piano touches on, for example, the above-mentioned Come Darkness, Come Light, Hot Buttered Rum, On A Quiet Christmas Morn and Thanksgiving Song.
Whether you are familiar with Mary's other albums and are wondering about this one, or are looking for something that reflects the less commercial side of Christmas, this could be for you. I can highly recommend it.
You could also find that Sarah McLachlan's beautiful album Wintersong is also well worth checking out.
Mary Chapin Carpenter At Her Very Best December 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was a big fan of Mary's earlier albums such as 'Come On Come On' and 'Stones In The Road' but have to admit my interest waned somewhat until 2004's excellent 'Between Here and Gone' which I considered a real return to form. I'm pleased to say this latest outing continues in much the same vein with the emphasis on heart felt ballads which I've always preferred to her more uptempo country rock numbers.
The mood is laid back and as comforting as a raging log fire on a winter's night. Mary is a great story teller, with each of the 12 songs painting pictures of snowy landscapes and childood Christmas memories.
"I really don't remember much of Christmas growing up, except the year the Beatles came to play on my record player that came from Sears. That White Album filled my ears in 1968 on Christmas Day" sings Mary on a ' Christmas Carol'.
Highlights include the title track, 'Come Darkness, Come Light', 'On A Quiet Christmas Morn' and John Rutter's 'Candlelight Carol' - truly sublime.
If you are a fan of singer songwriters and want something different from the usual Christmas fare that is churned out year after year then this is the album for you. The best stocking filler you could buy someone this year.
 All Darkness - No Light December 2, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Disappointing in the extreme.I am an MCC fan but I'm afraid that I find the music on this CD boring.In fact at times I was left wondering whether the tracks had actually changed so alike one another do they sound.
I realise that not all Christmas songs need to be of the 'Jingle Bells' variety but interspersing the occasional 'lighter' track among the slow,nay dreary ones,wouldn't go amiss.
Beautiful, thoughtful Christmas album - Recommended November 19, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I haven't been a particular fan of Mary Chapin Carpenter in the past but this album of Christmas songs is a real gem. It is really different to your usual "Jingle Bells" and "White Christmas" festive fare, although there are traditional songs in this collection such as the lovely "Once in Royal David's City" which opens the album, and the absolutely gorgeous performance of "Children Go Where I Send Thee". The rest of the material is new (at least to me, although I understand that a couple of tracks were included on an earlier Mary Chapin Carpenter album)and it is wonderful. The lyrics are thoughtful and really do get to the heart of what Christmas is like (and what it should be about) in 2008. Some of these reflect the spiritual side of Christmas, and, cleverly at the same time, also mirror the hustle and bustle of a modern Christmas in a western industrialised nation ("Christmas Time in the City" is wonderful!) and there is a touch of Christmas romance too. The performances by Chapin Carpenter are really superb, that wonderful deep alto voice really putting meaning and wonderful expression into every note. The musical accompaniment is quite simple country fare, nothing techno here, and it suits the material perfectly.
If you are looking for some Christmas music but want something a bit more reflective, and just a bit different, then you really should buy this album straight away. There is proper Christmas feeling here but it is done with real class and subtlety. I haven't been able to stop playing it since I got it and I have a feeling it will be revisted regularly throughout the year and not just at Christmas.
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