Our Review
Many of the tunes on The Best of Ho! Ho! Hoey have been reviewed here, here, and here. And they're all great. Everyone knows that. Collect the entire set.
But there are also four new songs on this Best of sampler: Carol of the Bells, God Rest, Ave Maria, and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. All are keepers.
Carol of the Bells and God Rest are arranged as hard-driving rock anthems, while Ave Maria is almost baroque, if you can imagine someone playing baroque Stratocaster. And closing out the record, Hoey performs 'Twas the Night Before Christmas as a rap. Yo.
If you like listening to incredible rock guitar leads, one after another, you won't be disappointed with The Best of Ho! Ho! Hoey.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 2002)
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From the liner notes:
During the 1990s Gary Hoey established himself as one of the premier rock guitarists of his generation. Able to adopt the styles of all of the great rockers, he has established himself particularly in the "surf guitar" genre, so much so that he was chosen to score Bruce Brown's Endless Summer II in 1994. He also has made something of a cottage industry of rock Christmas recordings, having recorded Ho! Ho! Hoey (1995), Ho! Ho! Hoey II (1997), Ho! Ho! Hoey 3 (1999), and The Best of Ho! Ho! Hoey (2001).
The Best of Ho Ho Hoey includes four tunes not included on his three previous Christmas releases: Carol of the Bells, God Rest, Ave Maria, and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Gary Hoey
The Best of Ho! Ho! Hoey
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Label: Surfdog
Length: 53 minutes
Genre: Rock
Release: 2001
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree |
| Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow |
| The First Nöel |
| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |
| Jingle Bells |
| Greensleeves |
| Jingle Bell Rock |
| The Twelve Days Of Christmas |
| Little Drummer Boy |
| Carol The Bells |
| Away In A Manger |
| You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch |
| Frosty The Snowman |
| God Rest |
| O Come All Ye Faithful |
| Ave Maria |
| "Twas The Night Before Christmas |