Oh Blue Christmas

Oh Blue Christmas
Oh Blue Christmas
EP by A Fine Frenzy
Released November 2009
Genre Holiday
Length 21:49
Label Virgin
Producer David Bianco, Alison Sudol
A Fine Frenzy chronology
Bomb in a Birdcage
(2009)
Oh Blue Christmas
(2009)
N/A

Oh Blue Christmas is an EP by A Fine Frenzy, released through Virgin Records in November 2009 in the United States.[1] Released just two months following the band's previous studio album, Bomb in a Birdcage, the EP contains three cover versions of holiday classics as well as three original tracks.[2]

Contents

Songs

The EP contains three holiday classics, including "Blue Christmas", "Winter Wonderland", and "Christmas Time Is Here" (from the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas). Sudol said the following about "Redribbon Foxes", one of three original tracks created for the collection:

"... when I was writing it, I was in a cabin covered with snow and it was very quiet outside. This was all in my head, of course. Down a hill there's a little town, all lit up, carolers singing. It's a little bit sad, although it's very beautiful. There's a little fox creeping through the snow, a fox that's very hard to catch."[2]

Sudol stated that "Winter White" was the "first genuinely heart-achy song" that she had ever written, and revealed that "Wish You Well" is about a family member.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

In his review for Allmusic, Andrew Leahey wrote that the cover songs are "perfectly pleasant", but insisted that Sudol's original songs were the highlight of the collection. Leahey complimented Sudol's "lilting, whimsical" performance, and mentioned that songs like "Redribbon Foxes" have a broader appeal.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) – 3:20
  2. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 3:43
  3. "Redribbon Foxes" (Alison Sudol) – 5:01
  4. "Winter White" (Sudol) – 2:55
  5. "Wish You Well" (Sudol) – 3:53
  6. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 2:57

Chart performance

Oh Blue Christmas managed to chart in the United States, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard 200, number 3 on the Top Holiday Albums chart, and number 28 on the Top Rock Albums chart.[3]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 87
Top Holiday Albums 3
Top Rock Albums 28

Personnel

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