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Strange Communion

Thea Gilmore

Strange Communion

Tenth studio album from English folk-rock singer-songwriter, this time of Christmas themed tunes

Label
Fruitcake
UK Release date
02/11/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    ...a brandy-butter-fuelled duet with Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe (really) on Elvis Costello's The St Stephen's Day Murders would, in a just universe, supplant Fairytale of New York as everyone's favourite Yuletide drinking song
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  2. 8.0 |   Blurt

    ...we should celebrate an undertaking as poised and thoughtful as Thea Gilmore's Strange Communion, the best of this year's batch of seasonal offerings
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  3. 8.0 |   The Sunday Times

    It’s not quite up there with Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl doing Fairytale of New York, but it’s a worthy addition to the catalogue of songs aimed at those who don’t find the season quite as magical as some Christmas songs suggest it is
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Thea Gilmore: Strange Communion

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