Vanessa Williams – Silver & Gold

Vanessa Williams
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Title: Silver & Gold
Label: Lava
Rating: 6/10

CORPORATE LINE: Throughout her illustrious career Vanessa Williams maintained a reputation as one of the most respected and multifaceted entertainers into the world amassing accomplishments and accolades one after another. She has conquered the musical charts, Broadway, music videos, television and motion pictures. Now Vanessa fans can catch spirit of the holidays with her new release, Silver and Gold, an intimate collection of Holiday favorites and original compositions. Silver and Gold features the single of the same name and a stirring rendition of Joy to the World featuring Brian McKnight.

THE ALBUM: “Silver & Gold” was originally sung by Burl Ives in the Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer show that has played for the last 40 years and now Vanessa Williams has updated in a way that is both classy but timeless. “Joy To the World” featuring Brian McKnight is a lovely duet that combines Williams and McKnight like the red and white on a candy cane. Blissful and deliciously soulful.

Williams takes on many standards such as “Silent Night” and “Little Drummer Boy.” “The Holly and the Ivy” has a wonderful folk feel to it that is a surprisingly good fit for Williams. ”Winter Weather” is a sexy jazz track that proves Williams is more than an R&B/pop diva. The originals “Christmas Is” and “December Lullaby” aren’t quite as strong however.

FRANKLY: Vanessa Williams has a lovely voice and “Silver & Gold” may not be a classic album however tracks “Silver & Gold” and “Joy To The World” are certain to be listened to for years to come.

+ Rae Gun


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