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Perhaps Lincoln Brewster's most theatrical album in his repertoire, Joy to the World is a classic Christmas album with a twist in accordance to Brewster's style. Brewster makes use of a lot of strings, and bells, and other Christmas sounds to craft songs that allow for his usual guitar work to fit in nicely. He recently stated that this album was the beginning of a new project in music for him, working to combine a more pop sound with his usual electric guitar sound. The result is a very good Christmas album.
Joy to the World contains an excellent balance of fast, medium, and slower paced songs. The trick to making a good Christmas album is including good original Christmas material. Brewster does a great job with this task, including a version of his worship hit Shout for Joy, and the highlight of the album; an instrumental solo riddled song titled Miraculum. He also adds an original version of the song Our God, again attempting to balance the album. His upbeat Christmas songs definitely have the upper hand over his slower ones. Along with Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Drummer Boy, the best carol has to be Brewster's amped up version of Joy to the World. His slower material is also decent, but definitely not as good as the upbeat ones. Brewster includes O Come O Come Emmanuel, Do You Hear What I Hear?, Silent Night, and O Holy Night.
Overall, this album is a must have for Lincoln Brewster fans, and a few select songs are must haves for Christmas song fans.
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