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 A
pleasant little record, Yuletunes:
A Collection Of Alternative Pop Christmas Songs (1991)
isn't quite the power pop slam dunk I imagined when I first heard about it.
Released on the Shoes' Black
Vinyl Records and featuring Shoe wunderkind Jeff Murphy throughout, Yuletunes sets
a mood more congruent with an indolent Big Star ballad than a Raspberries rocker. While a few cuts
work up a pretty good head of steam, most dwell on the melancholy aspects of the holiday season, and
the music inevitably reflects it. That's not a bad thing, necessarily, but it casts a certain pall
on the proceedings that prevents any one track from delivering a knockout punch - not even Material
Issue, whom I all but worship. In the end, Yuletunes is
a record for made for acolytes (like me) but which will leave the uninitiated supplicant mystified.
 Albums
Songs
- Christmasland
(Spongetones)
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A God Of My Own (92 Degrees)
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It's About That Time (The Idea)
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It's Not Christmas (Kelley Ryan)
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Merry Christmas Will Do (Material Issue)
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Santa Stole My Baby (Leroy)
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She Feels Like Christmas Day (Critics)
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The Saddest Time Of The Year (Spooner)
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This Christmas (Shoes)
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Three Wise Men & A Baby (Cavedogs)
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Underneath The Christmas Tree (Bill Lloyd)
Further
Listening
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