have always been up for some dancing and some romancing, so it makes perfect sense that they'd want to throw a little party for the holiday season. Released in 2018, is the first seasonal album from the group, featuring nine original tunes that celebrate Yuletide in their trademark retro-pop-Latin-roots music style, along with two familiar numbers from days gone by. have long shown a fondness for pop music's past, and they put their skills to good use on "Santa Wants to Take You for a Ride" is a slinky R&B number with a hint of double entendre in the lyrics, "Christmas Time Is (Coming 'Round Again)" and the title cuts are rockin' numbers suitable for dancing, "Santa Does" and "One More Christmas" merge upbeat lyrics with good-natured sentimentality, and if their version of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" doesn't match the brilliance of 's classic recording, 's big-as-all-outdoors voice was made to order for this music. It wouldn't be a album if didn't get to wrap his vocal cords around something romantic and something sad, and "I Have Wanted You (For Christmas)" and "Christmas for Me (Is You)" fill the bill in the former category, while "It's Christmas Without You" is just rueful enough to qualify for the latter. 's voice may headline this show, but guitarist , keyboard man , and percussionist certainly give him all the support he needs and more, generating a wall of groovy sounds, and producers and give the audio a big vintage sound with modern-day clarity. delivers a solid shot of good cheer for the holidays, and if this doesn't get a party started when you put it on, you and your friends need to ask Santa to bring you some coolness. ~ Mark Deming