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Typically Christmas albums have been marginalized with an artist either fulfilling their recording contract with a quick easy fix or a shortcut in filling your stocking with a simple understated seasonal gift. So when Jennifer Thomas announced that her new project was going to be a Christmas album on the tail of her epic album Illumination this reviewer had significant reservations. Well just one listen of the opening track of Winter Symphony eradicated any doubt that this recording was going to be a letdown as it is as magical and special as the season it represents.

The Boomtown Rats were an Irish rock band that scored a series of British hits between 1977 and 1980, and were led by singer Bob Geldof, who organized the Ethiopian relief efforts Band Aid and Live Aid. Collection includes: A Tonic for the Troops (1978); The Fine Art Of Surfacing (1979); Mondo Bongo (1981); V Deep (1982).