Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas
| Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 15 December 2009 |
| Genre | Alternative rock, Christmas music |
| Label | Avalanche Records |
Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas is a Christmas album made up of contributions from various Scottish bands and musicians. Released by Avalanche Records in Edinburgh, it raised money for charities Street Invest and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.[1][2]
Reception
Both The List and The Skinny awarded the album four stars out of five.[3][4]
Track listing
- "In Excelsis Deo" - There Will Be Fireworks
- "Christmastime in the Mountains" - The Savings & Loan
- "December & Whisky" - Rob St John
- "It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop" - Frightened Rabbit
- "But Once a Year" - Pictish Trail
- "Sleep the Winter" - Eagleowl
- "It’s a Wonderful Lie" - Withered Hand
- "Christmas in Kirkcaldy" - Meursault
- "Holy" - Emily Scott
- "Atoms" - Money Can’t Buy music
- "Xmas in New York" - Saint Jude’s Infirmary
- "All So Tired" - Broken Records
- "Shallow Footprints in the Snow", Ballboy
- "Little Drum Machine Boy" X-Lion Tamer
- "In Scotland it Never Snowed, In Canada it Did" - Zoey Van Goey
"Christmas in Kirkcaldy" is a cover of No Christmas in Kentucky by Phil Ochs.[4]
References
- ^ "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas CD – out of stock". Avalanche Records. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas (2009, CDr)". Discogs. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Sawers, Claire (7 January 2010). "Non-Tat Xmas: Various Artists, Alternative Christmas (Avalanche Records)". The List. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b Buckle, Chris (22 December 2009). "Various - Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas". The Skinny. Retrieved 10 September 2019.