''Celestial'' is a solo studio album by British heavy metal singer
Rob Halford
Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English heavy metal singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed in 1969 and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Perform ...
recorded with his family and friends.
His previous solo album ''
Winter Songs'' was released in 2009.
The album is a collection of traditional Christmas carols interpreted by Halford and several originals written by bandmembers.
Reception
Guy Oddy of ''
The Arts Desk
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'' stated, "...on ''Celestial'', Rob Halford has proved himself to be the one man who can out-camp The Darkness, even with a complete lack of fruity humour and innuendo, but by somehow throwing all self-consciousness aside. For this is an album that doesn’t so much straddle the line between genius and insanity but gamely embraces both, and could just be the greatest rock’n’roll Christmas album ever because of it."
Jay H. Gorania of
Blabbermouth.net
''Blabbermouth.net'' is a website dedicated to metal and rock news, as well as album and music DVD reviews. It is run by the website's founder Borivoj Krgin. The first version of the website was launched in March 2001. In October 2001, the rec ...
wrote, "There is an undeniable sense of self-awareness throughout "Celestial" as he performs family-friendly classics with heavy metal's fist-to-the-face approach, which highlights his banshee-like wailing, crooning, screeching and growling. The irony is not lost on our favorite hell-raiser at all."
Track listing
Personnel
*Rob Halford – vocals, percussion
*Alex Hill - bass guitar, vocals
*Robert Jones - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals, programming
*Nigel Halford – drums, percussion
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Mike Exeter – keyboards
*Jon Blakey – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
*Phil Ridden – percussion
*Sue Halford - percussion
Charts
References
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2019 albums
Halford (band) albums
Albums produced by Mike Exeter