The charm of Santa Baby isn’t just the range of material, but how well that range captures Alicia Keys’ appeal. She’s playful (“Santa Baby”), she’s seductive (a lounge-y, downtempo revision of “Favorite Things”), she’s sophisticated (“Please Come Home for Christmas”) and earnest (John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas ”). And in a turn that’ll surprise anyone who’s heard their share of Christmas pop albums, two of the best tracks are Keys originals: the jazzy, Jackson 5-ish soul of “December Back 2 June” and the piano ballad “Not Even the King”, a track from Keys’ Girl on Fire that captures the gratitude and humility of the holiday without even mentioning snow. The charm of Santa Baby isn’t just the range of material, but how well that range captures Alicia Keys’ appeal. She’s playful (“Santa Baby”), she’s seductive (a lounge-y, downtempo revision of “Favorite Things”), she’s sophisticated (“Please Come Home for Christmas”) and earnest (John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas ”). And in a turn that’ll surprise anyone who’s heard their share of Christmas pop albums, two of the best tracks are Keys originals: the jazzy, Jackson 5-ish soul of “December Back 2 June” and the piano ballad “Not Even the King”, a track from Keys’ Girl on Fire that captures the gratitude and humility of the holiday without even mentioning snow. false 2024-12-17 03:13:46 2022 2022-11-04 2022-11-04 36 Christmas Music 112518 2394740 f3cce5b8-51b3-43d8-b9b6-80c9b3c2c056 8ef1df30-ae4f-4dbd-9351-1a32b208a01e 9d885dbc-3f35-43ad-8e2c-2a3d537e80e4 /config/metadata/library/e3/e34a5a37024c01c7fb57fae8b82427d5/folder.jpg Alicia Keys Alicia Keys 1 1 03:53 1 2 03:26 1 3 03:54 1 4 02:43 1 5 03:17 1 6 04:05 1 7 02:19 1 8 02:47 1 9 02:59 1 10 03:00 1 11 03:46