8 days of Christmas --- Destiny's Child --- 2001 (Sony)
Just on the cusp of their breakup to allow Beyonce Knowles to take the world by storm, Destiny's Child came together in 2001 to record this pile of muck. You want Christmas songs with an "orr an bee" flavour? You got it! You want original songs, written by the girls? You got it. You want Christmas medleys? Hell, you got that too! You want a loaded gun?
I can't for the life of me work out what the significance of "8 days of Christmas" is. The song is "12 days of Christmas". There aren't only eight tracks (unfortunately) so where does the title come from? More to the point, who really cares?
Featuring some of the most popular Christmas songs --- "Silent night", "Little drummer boy", "Winter wonderland" and so on --- the album also has three original songs, all written by Beyonce, and that Christmas medley just rounds things off making you wonder why anyone in their right mind would buy this album. The girls try to claim writing credits, it would seem, to such standards as "O holy night" and the 1962 hit "Do you hear what I hear", but though they may have arranged them they certainly didn't compose them. I think the turkey's about ready now, girls.
TRACKLISTING
1. 8 Days of Christmas
2. Winter Paradise
3. A 'DC' Christmas Medley ("Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"/"Jingle Bells"/"Frosty the Snowman"/"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas"/"Deck the Halls"/"Here Comes Santa Claus")
4.Silent Night
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. Do You Hear What I Hear
7. White Christmas
8. Platinum Bells
9. O Holy Night
10. Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day
11. This Christmas
12. Opera of the Bells