A Supervox Christmas, Brook Batteau (Supervox)

Hard to scare up much more background info than what we get on the cover of this 2001 EP. This is your basic bunch of Boston studio bums led by studio owner Chris Madsen and Brook Batteau doing a holiday CD, probably a limited release since my copy is on CD-R. Good playing and singing, but not a lot of planning went into this; the overall sound is your basic "tasteful rock" approach to six traditional carols. The reggae "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Phillips Brooks and Louis H. Redner is the breakout cut from this set, although some might like the Soggy Mountain Boys-style treatment they give "Silent Night," and the thrashed-out "O Come All Ye Faithful" that concludes the set is pretty good too. UPDATE: Originally listed this as a various artists collection, but subsequent research attributes the album to Batteau as lead artist, so that's what we'll go with. Click the cover, it remains available through Amazon.