Christmas In Harmony, Wilson Phillips (Sony Masterworks)

Not quite one-hit wonders from the early 90s, but pretty much done after a couple of albums, the group came back together to cut a Christmas disc for 2010. And if you remember their original recordings, well, this is pretty much that with a Christmas overlay. No surprise, since it was produced by hitmaker Glen Ballard, who was responsible for the group's original success. The sunny California pop that's in this group's DNA (their fathers were the leaders of the Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas, in case you've forgotten) is even a little sunnier given that they're working with mostly familiar holiday tunes. There are three originals, the uptempo "Warm Lovin' Christmastime" and "Christmastime" and the ballad "Joy," and for Beach Boys obsessives, Brian Wilson led the girls in a performance of "Our Prayer" from Smile to close the album. I'm giving the group extra points for covering the Roy Wood classic "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day," although I favor the grittier sound of the original. Barnes and Noble puts four additional songs on their version, though three of them are "singalong" versions of songs from the album, with the fourth being "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." More pop than rock, but who didn't know that going in?