Date: 30 October 2013
Published in: Noise11 website (Australia)
Written by: Paul Cashmere
Kim Wilde has included the family and friends on her new Christmas album.
âWilde Winter Songbookâ, Kimâs first album of Christmas tunes features her friends Rick Astley and Nik Kershaw, her father, 60s pop star Marty Wilde and her brother Ricky Wilde. Kim and Nik perform âRockinâ Around The Christmas Treeâ, Rick Astley sings âWinter Wonderlandâ and the family Marty and Ricky perform on the Fleet Foxes âWhite Winter Hymnalâ. About Rick she said, âI think Rick Astleyâs and my voice go perfectly together; like a hot cup of tea and a digestive biscuitâ.
The album features six new, original songs âHopeâ, âOneâ, âNew Lifeâ, âBurn Goldâ, âSong For Berylâ and âHey Mister Snowman’. Kim Wildeâs âWilde Winter Songbookâ will be released in Australia on Public Opinion Music/Wildeflower Records.
The tracklisting is:
Winter Wonderland (with Rick Astley)
Hope
One
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Winter Song
New Life
White Winter Hymnal (with Marty and Ricky Wilde)
Burn Gold
Song For Beryl
Let It Snow
Hey Mister Snowman
Rockinâ Around The Christmas Tree (with Nik Kershaw)
