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.
Home for the Holidays
Darius Rucker
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Home for the Holidays Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Darius Rucker | 02:56 | Amazon | ||||
2 | Darius Rucker | 03:39 | Amazon | ||||
3 | Darius Rucker | 03:38 | Amazon | ||||
4 | Darius Rucker | 03:28 | Amazon | ||||
5 | Darius Rucker feat: Sheryl Crow | 03:46 | Amazon | ||||
6 | Darius Rucker | 03:53 | Amazon | ||||
7 | Darius Rucker | 04:05 | Amazon | ||||
8 | Darius Rucker | 02:48 | Amazon | ||||
9 | Darius Rucker | 03:23 | Amazon | ||||
10 | Darius Rucker | 04:11 | Amazon | ||||
11 | Darius Rucker | 03:52 | Amazon | ||||
12 | Darius Rucker | 03:39 | Amazon |