Chicago: O Christmas Three (Chicago Records)
THEY were the smooth operators of rock back in the Seventies and Eighties, which is why the clunkiness of this album comes as something of a surprise.
However if you can ignore the Status Quo-sounding guitars on tracks such as Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree there are more mellow tracks and some not-half-bad collaborators, such as Dolly Parton on Wonderful Christmas Time.
Despite being produced by none other than the legendary Phil Ramone it’s just not really a Christmas album.
You need more bells, boys.