Now That’s What Seb Calls A Christmas Album!

For those not around last time, this is something that started a couple of years back when I put the call out to my LiveJournal friends to suggest decent Christmas songs – I wanted to put together a festive compilation of my own since (I suspect like many) I like Christmas songs in theory, but in practice find myself getting sick of the same old five or six being constantly repeated (although even then, I don’t outright hate most of them like some do). The rough theme was that the majority of tracks would be on the indie/obscure side, but I threw in a few more obvious ones as well – really just based on personal preference more than anything (this explains why, yes, there are two versions of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” – DEAL WITH IT).

Anyway, it seemed to go down quite well, and again when I reposted it last year. So this year, I’m getting it posted nice and early – and I’ve also made some alterations, removing one track and adding in a couple. I’m posting it on my webspace for now, so please help yourselves (yes, I know it’s technically illegal filesharing, but I don’t think it’s particularly harmful, and hopefully there won’t be so many people that my paid-for bandwidth would get caned) between now and Christmas (it’s perhaps a little early – but what the heck, it’s advent now, and I’ve been waiting to post this for a while), and hope you enjoy!

Now That’s What Seb Calls A Christmas Album! (2009)

1. Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here (2:44)
2. Murray Gold & Neil Hannon – Song For Ten (3:29)
3. Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You (4:01)
4. Fountains of Wayne – I Want an Alien For Christmas (2:19)
5. Loudon Wainwright III – Christmas Morning (3:49)
6. Low – Just Like Christmas (3:08)
7. The Ronettes – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2:41)
8. The Ventures – Sleigh Ride (2:22)
9. Grandaddy – Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland (2:59)
10. Bright Eyes – Blue Christmas (2:19)
11. Eels – Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas (2:48)
12. The Vandals – Oi To The World (2:15)
13. The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick (2:10)
14. Zombina & The Skeletones – A Chainsaw For Christmas (3:11)
15. The Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight) (2:06)
16. The Kinks – Father Christmas (3:43)
17. Rilo Kiley – Xmas Cake (5:24)
18. The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York (4:33)
19. Spitting Image – Santa Claus Is On The Dole (3:48)
20. The Long Blondes – Christmas is Cancelled (4:29)
21. Half Man Half Biscuit – It’s Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas (3:48)
22. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Christmas Eve (1:51)
23. Badly Drawn Boy – Donna and Blitzen (4:19)
24. My Chemical Romance – All I Want For Christmas Is You (3:45)