Customer Reviews

The Christmas Attic

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

See this group in person and you will be hooked for life! This music is poerful and moving and the concerts are pyrotechnic!

while not as much of the leaning towards the traditional music, this CD still does have some beautiful music to listen to. Looking forward to the Lost Christmas Eve, the 3rd in the series.

If you haven't heard of Trans Siberian Orchestra you must give them a listen. They bring a fresh take on Christmas music. I just love their work.

When I was five, I fell in love with Pachelbel's Canon in D doing a dancing recital to the tune. Three decades later when I first heard the CHRISTMAS CANON on the radio, it happened to me again. Thanks to google search and amazon, I was able to locate this song produced by Trans-Siberian Orchestra within minutes. The children's angelic voice transforms ordinary place and sight into a heavenly, peaceful realm. I would recommend this album simply for the merit of this Christmas Canon version but there are many great hits inside CHRISTMAS ATTIC as well. My children enjoy the new rock-opera twist added to the traditional holiday classics and the story-line unfolded through versatile array of instrumental music and songs. May all that are searching for this song find this pretty glorious album soon!

I really love the more upbeat tunes on the CD, they are so very different & yet just seem to get you in the Christmas Spirit. A great change from the same old-same-old.

Last year I purchased the CD. But....this year we saw the orchestra perform in Indy, IN.
The performance took our breathe away! So many different "things" happening at one time, plus the music! Like I said took our breathe away. Laser, spotlights, fire, fire balls, and of course REAL SNOW! The music got your heart beating, the sights made you feel like a child on Christmas waiting to see what was next. Thank you so much and we will definitely see you next year!

The high point of this album is the in-your-face version of "Deck the Halls." Its biggest flaw, in comparison with "Christmas Eve" (which was great) is that it's BLEAK. There just doesn't seem to be as much hope or affirmation in the lyrics, and the music is more repetitive and less original.

One of the things I love so much about the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is that they give you a complete experience that encompasses a full range of emotions. There are the "purely fun" songs, the tearjerkers, the thought-provokers, the nostalgia-inducers, etc, etc.

Some people here have complained about the mix of genres included on this album. It's true, if you like albums that sound exactly the same from one song to the next, forget this one. On the other hand, if you like great variety, then click "ADD TO SHOPPING CART" right now. Almost every song is in a different style, and sung by different singers, and yet it all gels together extremely well to feel like one coherent performance. The musicianship is first-rate throughout (though I'll admit some of the vocalists feel the need to "act" their parts a little too... um... "operatically"?)

Others have complained that it's too sugar-coated. Well, duh, it's a Christmas album-- sugar is pretty much mandated-- and if you're the sort of person who would even consider buying a Christmas album, then you're obviously not opposed to sentimentality. If you want to hear this band doing some music with more of an edge, go out and buy any of the albums they released under the name "Savatage." The fact that they're able to release TSO albums AND the hard-rock/metal albums of Savatage is a true testament to this band's versatility.

Unfortunately, this album is not quite as strong as TSO's first Christmas album, "Christmas Eve And Other Stories," mostly because it feels a bit too much like it's trying to redo that one. Certain songs are almost direct equivalents, and I often found myself thinking, "Ah, this songs is this album's version of that other song from their first album." Still, it's a great album, and well worth having for anyone who enjoys holiday music. With the vast variety of music styles, there's something for everybody on this CD.

Again Trans Siberina Orchestra amaze us with this album called The Christmas Attic, like "Christmas Eve & Other Stories" this album does have the same structure:A summary of the story, and a bit of the whole story before every song wich will help you to understand better. But talking about the music, they have made some changes, this album sounds different than the previous; this one have different styles inside it like blues and rock. Is not better than CE&OS but sure is good. I recommend you to hear some samples before buy it, or download some song (not the whole album) from a P2P program and if you like it then BUY it.

REMEMBER: This album is from a band called Trans Siberian Orchestra wich is a side project of a Power Metal Band called Savatage so if you like power metal it's sure you love this piece of art BUT if you don't like power metal maybe you won't like this album 'cause they put their unique style in the whole album. Of course you don't need to be a metallian to hear this album, my mother like it and she is 52 years old.
So my final quote is: If you like power metal BUY IT, else Try Amazon's music sampler to hear song samples from this album.

I would like to hear the "Christmas Canon" (not available for listening). A lovely rendition of Pachelbel's Canon in D is playing daily on my local radio station. This rendition consists of the Boys Trans-Siberian choir singing along with the orchestra. If the "Christmas Canon" listed is the same , I would purchase the CD without question.