You Make It Feel Like Christmas [Deluxe Edition]

You Make It Feel Like Christmas (Deluxe Edition)

“The luxurious retro treatment of last year’s You Make It Feel Like Christmas gets five songs appended in this deluxe edition. Gwen Stefani’s vibrato still sounds energized and comfortable among the Wall of Sound-style live instrumentation, yet the selection of covers still skews too hard on the obvious yuletide choices. I’ll trade you another version of “Winter Wonderland” and “Silent Night” for her to bring her just a girl sass to say, “Sleigh Ride” or “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Yet her version of “Feliz Navidad” is a delight with assist from Chilean artist Mon Laferte adding some cute back-and-forth girl power to the song. The two new songs, “Cheer for the Elves” and “Secret Santa,” are cute bits of retro kitsch-pop and make far more sense” read more