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Rejoyce: The Christmas Album | 
| Artist: Jessica Simpson
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 86931
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 92880
UPC: 827969288023
EAN: 0827969288023
ASIN: B00062X5E0
Publication Date: 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | | • | Christmas Song | | • | Baby, It's Cold Outside - Nick Lachey, , Jessica Simpson | | • | O Holy Night | | • | Little Drummer Boy - Ashlee Simpson, , Jessica Simpson | | • | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | | • | What Child Is This | | • | What Christmas Means to Me | | • | Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) | | • | It's Christmas Time Again | | • | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Jessica Simpson, Tye Tribbett |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Not only does Jessica Simpson know how to light up a room (and a TV series, various awards shows, and a flurry of magazine covers), she's also got a gift for warming up rooms. If you have yet to feel the heat, look no further than Re-Joyce, on which things get roasty-toasty in the space of a few tracks. Simpson's is a crooning style that's carol-ready--she toboggans her way through opener "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" effortlessly enough to make us wish we were riding shotgun; vamps it up on "Baby It's Cold Outside," a duet with husband Nick Lachey; and pounds out the rum-pa-pum-pums impressively with sister Ashlee on "Little Drummer Boy." On more heartfelt numbers like "O Holy Night" and "What Child Is This" the odd vocal quirk that makes it sound as though she's choking back a song rather than singing it surfaces, and at times her singing is a little too Amy Grant-clean, but on balance Re-Joyce, named for Simpson's late grandmother, supplies welcome kindling in a winter wonderland overgrown with deadwood. --Tammy La Gorce
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| Customer Reviews: Read 117 more reviews...
 Not worth the money. November 27, 2004
Lori (New York)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I love Christmas Music. I own about 25 different christmas CD's and I am also a big fan of Jessica Simpson. I own two of her albums and was very disappointed in the quality of this CD. she has an amazing voice and doesn't use it. Too many songs are sung in a breathy, little girl voice. She has amazing vocal capabilities why doesn't she use them? I ended up giving it to my niece who gave it back to me because she liked Mariah Carey's Christmas CD better. Can't say I blame her.
 Trying Too Hard, but Decent Christmas Album. November 23, 2004
J. Martin (Woodside, NY)
35 out of 42 found this review helpful
I've always been a fan of Jessica Simpson, and have always thought she was a wonderful singer. However, lately she has gotten in the habit of singing in a breathy child-like voice, riffing way too much, even for her, and not announcing her consanants. She continues this on her new Christmas album. I wish she would just sing these classic Christmas songs they way they were suppose to be sung. I truly believe she has an amazing voice and she would be so much better if she didn't over do everything. On a positive note, she does have some of my favorite Christmas songs on here and they are the strongest songs on the album. She goes all out for O Holy Night, turning in a rich powerful vocal performance. What Child is This is stunning, and Hark the Herald Angels Sing has a gospel choir backing which adds alot to the song. She does sound like shes having fun on such tracks as Let it Snow and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Her duet with Nick, Baby It's Cold Outside, is OK but nothing memorable. She also does a duet with sister Ashlee, and surprisingly the two's voices blend well together. Finally, there is one song that I've never heard before. Breath of Heaven. It's a beautiful song. I do recommend this for Jessica Simpson fans, but if you're not, then I'de look for something else.
Wow Couldnt Believe My Ears! December 12, 2004
Lil Lady (Louisiana)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
All singers make Christmas CDs and some are really good and some make you think what they were thinking making that! And well, Jessica Simpson falls in that last one! I love the songs she picked but after what I heard I cant get it out of my head! She has an excellent voice but not for Christmas songs! This literally hurt my hears, and I had to turn it off! It is so not what i or anyone would expect from her! This CD is one shortage away from blowing up and i dont mean that in a good way!
 .......She, of all people, released a Christmas album....? December 14, 2004
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I can't stand mainstream Christmas albums, it is such a worn-out trend and I wish big artists would just stop doing it. Jessica's voice was alright in her first album or two, but at this point she's like losing her voice or something....it's becoming mind-numbingly aggravating to listen to. She painfully warbles her way through the opener, "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow," starting the disc on a sour note to begin with. She can't hit high notes anymore; listening to her embarrassingly strain her voice through the higher notes is just annoying. 'I'll be waaaaaahhhhhhuuuuuuuuaaaahhhrrruum,' she breathily screeches, as hokey-sounding, swing-influenced horn solos fumble along in the background. This is a horrible Christmas album.....and a horrible album period. I do not recommend it at all. If you must get a Christmas album done by a mainstream singer, then may I suggest Christina Aguilera's 'My Kind Of Christmas' or the 'Totally Christmas' compilation?
Skip this one November 23, 2004
Music Fan in NY (New York, NY USA)
21 out of 27 found this review helpful
Unless you're a Jessica Simpson fan who must own everything she appears on, I suggest skipping this CD. Jessica has a good voice when she decides to really sing, but like her last CD, here she has decided to forego real singing and opted instead to do whispery, breathy, childish, trying-to-sound-sexy interpretations of her songs. That may work in pop music, but it is the opposite of the way classic holiday songs should be song. It is obvious that Mrs. Simpson has no idea of the meaning and emotion that underlies these classics. O Holy Night in particular is just an atrocious rendition. On more lighthearted fare such as "Let It Snow" she does an OK if rather unremarkable job, which is the reason I gave her two stars instead of just one (I would really have given it 1.5 stars), but the more solemn songs are destroyed almost beyond recognition, and the duet with her sister is particularly cringe-worthy.
If you absolutely adore Jessica Simpson, then this may be for you. If you're looking for a classic Christmas CD or a fun holiday album for the whole family to enjoy, you should save your money and buy something else instead.
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