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Album Review: Aretha Franklin - This Christmas, Aretha

Tuesday November 25, 2008
Aretha Franklin - This ChristmasBelieve it not, throughout her 50-plus year career The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, had never recorded a full Christmas album until This Christmas, Aretha, which was released to Borders Books stores in the U.S. on Oct. 14, 2008. So after all this time, the question is: was the album worth the half-century wait? The answer: Yes and no. There's no doubt that hearing Miss Aretha belt out timeless Christmas classics plus a few lesser-known holiday tunes is a beautiful thing, but her tame performance on a few of the tracks kind of makes you wonder what it would have been like if she had recorded this album back when she was in her prime. For more, check out the full critique of This Christmas, Aretha.

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