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Christmas After Midnight
R&B / Soul · 2017 · 12 tracks · 39m

Christmas After Midnight

Fantasia

A smoky, late-night jazz club interpretation of holiday classics. Fantasia trades her usual R&B fire for a sophisticated, velvet-draped vocal performance.

October 6, 2017 · Concord Music Group

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Christmas After Midnight is a masterclass in atmospheric soul, trading the typical tinsel-bright pop of holiday albums for the amber glow of a jazz lounge. Fantasia Barrino utilizes her signature raspy texture not for the high-octane drama of her contemporary R&B hits, but for a nuanced, crooning intimacy that feels deeply rooted in the Great American Songbook. The production is lush and organic, favoring live-sounding big band arrangements, walking basslines, and sophisticated brass swells that place the listener in a timeless, urban winter setting.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 39m
01
This Christmas
3:23
02
Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
3:21
03
The Snow Is Falling
2:55
04
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
2:54
05
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
2:57
06
Give Love on Christmas Day
4:05
07
Merry Christmas, Baby
2:35
08
Silent Night
3:51
09
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
3:19
10
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
3:09
11
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
2:28
12
Hallelujah
4:24
Moments Worth Listening For
The playful, growling vocal chemistry between Fantasia and CeeLo Green on Baby, It's Cold Outside
The moment the brass section swells during the climax of What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
The stripped-back, soulful vulnerability in the opening bars of Silent Night where her rasp is most intimate
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How does Christmas After Midnight sound next to the rest of Fantasia's catalogue?

Late Night+4.0σ

Late Night saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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