Crate Digging is our recurring series that delves into music history to feature several albums that every music fan should know about. In this edition, SNL alum and tonight's show Host Jimmy Fallon offers us six albums perfect for the Christmas and holiday season.
by MariahNovember 1 is the first day on which you are allowed to start listening to Christmas music. And to start, tonight's show Host Jimmy Fallon has some picks for the best Christmas music albums of all time, a genre he has hands-on experience with, after creating his own album of original songs for the season. Christmas seasoning.
For Fallon, a great album for the holiday season is “something you can put on and take off, and something that entertains the whole family. You don't have to skip a track or go to something else: it's setting the tone for decorating or sitting down to cocktails, cookies, and hot chocolate with the family on Christmas Eve. It becomes part of your traditions.” Growing up, he says, his family was passionate about music, and during the holidays, he and his sister would DJ their parents' vinyl collection, and their albums would be played so much that the cardboard sleeves were about to collapse. crumble.
Fallon began working on his own album three years ago, after Universal Music Group's Michele Anthony suggested he explore the idea. “I recorded one, I don't remember which one I did, but it sounded Well“, says. “It wasn't great. It was a little cheesy. I was like, I don't know if I'm as good as [Michael] Bublé or Kelly Clarkson or Mariah Carey… they are good at this. That's your lane. “I think I should do something else.”
So, he focused on creating a family comedy album, with a mix of genres and guest artists, including the Jonas Brothers, LL Cool J, Meghan Trainor, Will Ferrell, Dolly Parton and, of course, The Roots. Christmas seasoning It even includes a New Year's Eve song, specifically a polka co-written by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Why polka? “I thought, what genre makes you happy? And that’s polka,” Fallon laughs. “From now on, New Year's Eve will change.”
As for her favorite Christmas albums, Fallon arrived with a few pages of handwritten notes, having found the challenge of choosing just a few to be “almost impossible.” But I think I have some good answers.” Check out their picks below.
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