Christmas From The Heart
Posted on Friday, December 4, 2009 in Music
Album Description
Christmas From The Heart is the second studio album, and first Christmas album by David Archuleta.The album features collaboration with Charice Pempengco (an international Philippines singer who rose to popularity through YouTube) on ” Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and a brand new track “Melodies of Christmas”, co-written by David…. More >>
Sorry but I don’t like this. My friend gave me this as a present. I never heard of this person before but she told me I wold enjoy it, but I didn’t. I have heard better Christmas albums. This is just plain awful.
Rating: 1 / 5
I am a big David Archuleta fan. I watched him every week on American Idol, and even voted for him, which I had never done before or since for any other American Idol contestant. Since the time I first heard him, I looked forward to the day he would release a Christmas album. However, I must say, that I’m totally disappointed. This is simply the most boring and karaoke sounding Christmas album that I’ve ever heard!
Rating: 1 / 5
David’s new album, “Christmas from the Heart” is much better than his last album, “Thanksgiving from the Lower Intestine.” I get the idea, that we eat allot at thanksgiving, and that causes many people stomach discomfort, but what is the point of writing music about it. The whole time I kept thinking, “I hope those are trumpet’s in the back ground.” I think David is a good guy, and it was more than likely the idea of his producers rather than him.
Rating: 1 / 5
Although I love his first album, cheezy but addictive, this one is not. Mediocre vocals, overall nothing impressive. Plus horrible picture of David as if he just had botox. The person who chose this picture should be fired. Sorry DAVID FANS, but there are a lot more better christmas albums than this one! To all people who call me names, such as hater and ignorant, chill out, it is not the end of the world for us or for david LOL, it is just my opinion and that is all that matters to me. ACTUALLY when the only impressive voice here is CHARICE and her duet with david. She really has improved a lot and her voice has matured compared to her live performance on the OPRAH show. She should have a Christmas Album for sure. Awesome voice!! Regards to all and Happy Holidays!!
Rating: 1 / 5
It certainly didn’t surprise me that David 2 would churn out a Christmas album just in time to cash in on the holiday music season, and while I’m far from the gushing fan, I thought I would give it a try. Even I must admit that despite his schmaltzy demeanor (on American Idol and off) which lends so well to his frothing fanbase, I can’t deny that this kid has SOME talent. He has decent tone, fairly good pitch and a pleasant enough vibrato, which made this album somewhat bearable. But as young as he is, he certainly doesn’t have a lot of life mileage under his belt, which gravity a lot of these classic carols require, and it shows on these tracks. It sounds at times like a kid who sang in church decided to record a Christmas album, found a backup singer or two and someone with a drum machine, and put it out there. The songs chosen are standard Christmas fare, and include one original selection (which tries really hard, but ultimately sounds like an overproduced, sparkly, digital winter wonderland, rather than anything really original and memorable), and while, in the end, the lovely tunes are hard to mess up, he manages to make them sound like little more than elevator music regardless. It’s not THAT bad, really (though some of his more nasal held-out notes and poor pronunciation truly were pretty hard to listen through), but it’s certainly no 5-star offering and doesn’t warrant the gushing praise it’s receiving: It’s a quickly-produced and -released bunch of Christmas tracks that appeals primarily to fangirls, teeny-boppers and their moms. Kudos, though, for choosing an almost entirely Christ-centered repertoire, though, since most Christmas albums are filled primarily with songs about Santa Claus, toys and falling snow. I have nothing against those songs, really, but let’s not forget the reason for the season.
As a side note, whoever was responsible for choosing the photo for the cover art should be dismissed forthwith. Surely this gooby expression couldn’t have been his best shot.
Rating: 2 / 5