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Nice one.

Maybe there's some hope for Al.  :-D

I am Very surprised. A really nice number.

It's kind of whiny but I really like the production.

Thanks for the nice free gift Al and Co!!!  Loaded it onto my ipod right away!

Much appreciated.

The song is pleasant enough, but the selling point for me is Al's great vocals.  That guy still sounds so good vocally.  I will happily buy Al's new cd when it comes out (hopefully soon...) and look forward to hearing more solid and satisfying vocal work.

Merry Christmas Al and family!

This song was written and produced by Stevie Heger.

Oh, I missed the writing credit. This track is more about the performance than composition, anyway.

My "nice one" still stands!  ;D

I could hardly sit through it....

Wow, another Music Tapes fan. If I was ever in a profession where I had my own lobby for guests to wait, "In an Ice Palace" would be on constant repeat.

Mystical.

The song is just OK... But his voice sound better than ever...

Al's voice is great but the song is just painful...

Agreed 100%.

I've heard worse songs. I like it ok.

ick.

Seems Al just can't win.  If he had remade "Little Saint Nick", he'd get roasted.  Something new - "Yuck".

I agree, it's not the best song.  On the bright side;  It's an original song and new, it's FREE, and Al sounds great!

Al will never be a Brian Wilson but I'm thankful for whatever new material we get!

Happy Holidays to all!

He could win by doing something good, be it new or old.

BURN!

Agree a 100%. It's a gift, people. Even if don't like it, we can appreciate the gesture.

And in my ears at least it sounds better than "Santa's Goin' To Kokomo"

Hard for me to argue with you Luther as you are a superb singer/musician.  For those of you that haven't heard Luther's arrangement of "I bet he's nice", check it out.  (top notch!)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/l70jtp

I still say that Brian would be a lot better off having Al sing on his material.  He's still got his voice.

I love 'Drivin' with Brian and Al trading lead vocals.

 :lol That's what I was gonna say. :rock

The website is nice.


When I first heard Al was releasing a Christmas I jokingly said it would be A Big Sur Christmas........

I like it...as well as somww of the other music....really not bad......

could have used some fresher material........I like the live stuff on the site.....did you all find it?

Garbage.

Hmmm. I have to agree with the general sentiments being expressed here that Al's voice sounds really great, but the song isn't that great. I don't think the song is bad, it's just sort of bland. It is sort of interesting to hear Al sing that slightly sort of R&B sort of vibe. I don't think it's the style of song that his voice sounds best on, but his voice still sounds really great, if that makes any sense. It's kind of like hearing Al sing "Soul Searchin'" a little bit (although "Soul Searchin'" is a much, much better song of course).

I just hope when/if his album finally comes out, it's not so filled with guest vocalists that we don't even get to hear enough of Al's singing. I don't mind some guest spots from other Beach Boys ("Don't Fight the Sea" sounds awesome with Carl and Al trading lead vocals), but like listening to that "Drivin'" sample a while back, I think having Brian sing some lead and David Marks play guitar is enough in terms of guest spots. I don't really need the America guys singing nasaly vocals instead of just more Al and/or Brian. I also remember probably a couple of years ago now when Al first put up a sample of the song "Postcard from California", and it sounded like he had layered all the backing vocals himself, and it sounded good. Now he's got other vocalists on backing vocals, not to mention Glen Campbell singing some of the lead.

This just reminded me I read this on the BBBritain site this week. True? Who..eh..nose! ;D

Great quote from a Glen Campbell interview in the new ESQ.
ESQ - "Any memories come to mind about some of the other individual Beach Boys?"
Glen - " Carl Wilson was a really nice guy and a good player, good singer, good everything. He was just an all around musician. And the guy who sings through his nose - what's his name?"
ESQ - Mike Love
Glen - Mike Love, yeah. I always said to him 'If you ever hurt your nose, man, you'll be out of a job'"

Glen, I think your memory is getting senile. :smokin

I thought this was funny, but having seen Glen recently, you may be right, sadly.

Jingle, jingle....  ;D ;D