Music Review

Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life! (1998)

Cyndi Lauper
Reviewed by Beth Johnson | Dec 04, 1998
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Cyndi Lauper; Genres: Holiday, Pop

And Santa brings you...the many musical styles of Ms. Cyndi Lauper with Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life! There's the ska-flavored ''Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,'' and the zydeco-funk of ''Feels Like Christmas.'' On a terrific ''Three Ships,'' a throaty Lauper offers holiday cheer for those allergic to holiday sap. And as heartrending chanteuse on ''In the Bleak Midwinter,'' she reminds us she's more than just a campy cutie pie. B+

Originally posted Dec 04, 1998 Published in issue #461 Dec 04, 1998 Order article reprints

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