Darius Rucker leaves his newly adopted country home behind for a bit of uptown swinging swagger on 2014's Home for the Holidays. This 12-track collection of standards -- apart from "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful," they're all secular; apart from the nondescript original "What God Wants for Christmas," they're all well-known -- is all delivered in the mock-Sinatra style that has come to suggest Christmas in popular culture. The production is clean and unfussy, sparkling just enough to suggest new-fallen snow but not enough to be tacky, and Rucker is amiable, perhaps a bit too digitally polished but possessing enough good charm to keep things moving at a nice clip. Consequently, Home for the Holidays winds up as a perfectly fine Christmas record, suited for those Rucker fans who have stuck with him from Hootie to R&B to country.
Darius Rucker
Home for the Holidays
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing
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| 2 | 3:39 | Amazon | |||||
| 3 | 3:38 | Amazon | |||||
| 4 | 3:28 | Amazon | |||||
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feat: Sheryl Crow
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| 6 | 3:53 | Amazon | |||||
| 7 | 4:05 | Amazon | |||||
| 8 | 2:48 | Amazon | |||||
| 9 | 3:23 | Amazon | |||||
| 10 | 4:11 | Amazon | |||||
| 11 | 3:52 | Amazon | |||||
| 12 | 3:39 | Amazon |
