Joy Electric is Christmas. Well, Christmas meets candyland with candy canes, lollipops and the electric joy toy company. It is surprising that Ronnie Martin has not done a Christmas album before.
As for The Magic of Christmas, it features one Joy Electric original and nine covers including "Deck the Halls," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "Winter Wonderland."
It seems like Ronnie should have done "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," "Jingle Bells," and "Jingle Bell Rock." Also of all the Christmas carols there are only two about Christ: "Angels We Have Heard on High" and "What Child is This?"
Although the CD is possibly the shortest 10-song CD ever--timing in at just over 20 minutes, Ronnie manages to take the genre of dark gothic techno and bring hope through positive music. The Magic of Christmas is a synth-pop delight that may be the thing since Amy Grant's A Christmas Album.
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