Merry Christmas…Have a Nice Life! (Clear with Red & White "Candy Cane" Swirl Vinyl) 01/6/2017 and in a way

and in a way

hard rock power of recordings such as Mother's Pride -- produced by Todd Rundgren -- is lost

she is a diva who knows how to work through the subtleties of a lyric while soaring through demanding vocals

Not to be outdone

Great White finally perfected their blend of bluesy Aerosmith grind and Van Halen hard rock flamboyance

Merry Christmas…Have a Nice Life! (Clear with Red & White "Candy Cane" Swirl Vinyl) 01/6/2017 and in a wayLeave it to Cyndi Lauper to record a Christmas album thats upbeat without being sappy! Honestly, the stories that surround the making of this 1998 record are enough to put you in the Christmas spirit. Like the fact that she recorded it at her home while her infant son Declyn slept (he can be heard giggling and burbling on New Years Baby [First Lullaby]). And that she taped her vocals inside her cedar closet because she liked the reverb sound. In