I asked Santa for this disk and he delivered (that Santa is a good man!). Having only heard two songs from this disk, one of them being the 1234 iPod commercial that I've grown sick of, I was expecting something a little poppy and radio friendly. But I've read so many good reviews that had made me curious about this CD that I decided it was worth asking Santa to take a risk.

This CD is not at all what I expected. It is so much better!!! The songs are much more mellow and complex. The melodies are very nice. Feist's voice is much better than I expected it to be. Overall, after one spin I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. After the second spin, the hooks were setting in. 1234 is the song on the disk that is getting the most attention due to the iPod commercial, yet I think that its one of the weakest songs on the disk (it could just be that I feel that way because I am so damn tired of it).

I posted my top CDs of 2007 and said that the list was fixed unless I got something that really stands out for Christmas. This CD might just become that stand out disk to make me change my list.

Also from Santa is the new Bedouin Soundclash CD, Street Gospels. But I haven't had a chance to listen to that one yet.