Yes, of course it's too soon to say, but still, to me, Christmas albums are a sign of musical irrelevance.
Usually, artist who release Christmas albums are at a point in their career that, apart from their core fan base, they might as well never produce anything new at all. I mean, sure, Bob Dylan and Sting have released Christmas albums, Carole King is about to, but—apart from their core audience—who really needs any new music by them? They can cruise along on their old stuff, and everybody's happy.
At least, that's how I see it.
Now, where did I leave my flame shield?
