Over the Rhine - Darkest Night of the Year
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Artist: Over the RhineEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-10-19
Music Label: Great Speckled Dog
Soundtracks:
- The First Noel
- Silent Night
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Greensleeves
- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- Coal Train
- Thank You My Angel
- Mary's Waltz
- Up North Here Where the Stars
- Silent Night [Duet] [Version]
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel
- Amelia's Last
- A Little Lower Than the Angels
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Music Review: One of the best Christmas albums ever recorded, period
Rating: 5 Stars
1996 was the last year of the original line-up of Over the Rhine: Linford Detweiler, Karin Bergquist, Ric Hordinksi and Brian Kelly, and they went out with a bang, releasing 2 albums that year: "Good Dog Bad Dog" (considered by many OtR fans--but not me--to be the ultimate and essential OtR album) and at the tail end of the year this non-traditional Christmas album. Some years before, the band had started a tradition of holding a year-end holiday show in their hometown of Cincinnati (a tradition that continues to this day), and out of those concerts grew the idea that they band should record a Christmas album. If you know much of Over the Rhine, you knew it wouldn't be your standard holiday collection (first clue: title of the album).
"Darkest Night of the Year" (13 tracks; 44 min.) is a mix of Over the Rhine originals and covers of traditional songs, and it works beautifully. The album starts off with an instrumental cover of "The First Noel", which sets the tone for the album: reflective, pensive. Lead singer Karin Bergquist sounds great on tracks like "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" and the gentle "Mary's Waltz", one of the best tracks on here with just Karin and Linford on piano. Linford's piano is intimate on "O Little Town of Bethlehem". "Coal Train" is short interlude from Ric Hordinski. "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" is another beautiful Detweiler-penned instrumental. What works so well is the sequencing of the songs on the album (sadly, an art that seems to be vanishing more and more). In the end, it all leads towards the closing track, a 7+ min. instrumental from guitarist Ric Hordinski, painting a dark but mesmerizing soundscape that is the perfect way to close out this gorgeous album.
A decade later, the band (by now just Linford and Karin, with assorted extras) released a second Christmas album "Snow Angels", which is quite nice on its own but slightly more traditional and, yes, more upbeat. I have heard many, many Christmas albums over the years, and "Darkest Night of the Year" is truly one of the most unusual, original, and very rewarding collections you will ever encounter. The album is now approaching 15 years, and it aging gracefully and beautifully, sounding richer with each Christmas that comes and goes. Highly, highly recommended.
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