Songs for Christmas

Sufjan Stevens
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
Number of Discs: 5
Format: Audio CD
Release date:21st November 2006

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Track Listing

1. Silent Night
2. O Come O Come Emmanuel
3. We're Goin' To the Country!
4. Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming
5. It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!
6. Holy Holy, etc.
7. Amazing Grace
8. Angels We Have Heard on High
9. Put the Lights on the Tree
10. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
11. I Saw Three Ships
12. Only at Christmas Time
13. Once in Royal David's City
14. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
15. What Child Is This Anyway?
16. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
17. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
18. Come on! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!
19. We Three Kings
20. O Holy Night
21. That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
22. Ding! Dong!
23. All the King's Horns
24. The Friendly Beasts
25. The Little Drummer Boy
26. Away In A Manger
27. Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time!
28. The First Noel
29. Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)
30. The Incarnation
31. Joy To The World
32. Once in Royal David's City
33. Get Behind Me, Santa!
34. Jingle Bells
35. Christmas in July
36. Lo! How A Rose E'er Blooming
37. Jupiter Winter
38. Sister Winter
39. O Come O Come Emmanuel
40. Star of Wonder
41. Holy, Holy, Holy
42. The Winter Solstice

Album Description

In December 2001, Sufjan set out to create a Christmas gift for his friends and family. The result was a seven-song recording that he called "Noel Vol. 1". Over the next several years, he created new EPs to add to the collection. This 5-CD box set includes all five volumes, plus a 42-page booklet with an original Christmas essay by acclaimed American novelist Ricky Moody, two essays, a short story by Stevens, a holiday sticker, chord charts, lyrics, comic strip, family portrait poster, photos, and an animated video.

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Every year it's an issue: how does one stomach the onset of holiday music? With an endless stream of overplayed pop stars stirring what Sufjan Stevens calls "That Creepy Christmas Feeling," how does one navigate the sound of the season? Back in 2001, Stevens began making annual EPs of traditional carols and songs mixed with his own holiday-themed tunes. With 2006 and Volume 5, he's compiled a perfect gift for the Christmas-inclined indie rockster: all five EPs in one box, separately slipcased, plus a booklet filled with lyric sheets, chord charts, a Rick Moody essay, and more. Yes, Stevens knows that "Jingle Bells" features him playing (as he notes) "insipid piano," but he also writes gorgeous arrangements. Check out the three versions of "O Come O Come Emmanuel"; each aches. And "O Holy Night" from Volume 3 is lo-fi genius, never mind anyone's resistance to theology; it's a time-stopper. Stevens's own tunes are unmistakably his, hushed vocals highlighting a unique mix of whimsy and yearning--much like the justly-lauded Illinois and Michigan. In the end of the liner essay, Stevens writes that the Christmas story is about love, and on that note, he proclaims that these songs and the "Creepy Christmas Feeling" prompt "a transformation of the heart" for him and bring out affection and reflection. Isn't that a great holiday vibe? --Andrew Bartlett

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