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Punk Goes Christmas is the fourteenth compilation album of the Punk Goes... series. It was released on 5 November 2013, through Fearless Records.

Background and release

This album, compared to the other albums in the Punk Goes... series received little press. The album was announced in a trailer posted online by Fearless Records in October 2013, along with the album's artwork and full track listing.[1] The album was released and available to stream online on November 4 the same year.[2] It is also one of the Punk Goes... albums to contain original songs, however still contains cover songs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Alter the Press4/5[4]

Mark Deming from AllMusic praised the album's range of sounds, ranging from pop punk to metalcore, but gave it a moderate 3 of 5 stars.[3] Edward Strickson of Alter the Press! gave the album a 4/5 score, praising its surprisingly festive characteristics and went on to say that "Fool's Holiday" by All Time Low may be one of the best songs they have made.[4]

Track listing

# Title Artist Original Artist(s) Length
1. "Nothing for Christmas" New Found Glory 3:36
2. "Fool's Holiday" All Time Low 3:43
3. "I Had a Heart" Real Friends 2:39
4. "Father Christmas" Man Overboard The Kinks 3:29
5. "This Christmas" The Summer Set Donny Hathaway 3:03
6. "There Will Be No Christmas" Crown the Empire 3:08
7. "Christmas Lights" Yellowcard Coldplay 4:02
8. "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays" Issues 'N Sync 3:48
9. "All I Can Give You" Jason Lancaster 4:02
10. "I Don't Wanna Spend Another Christmas Without You" The Ready Set 3:19
11. "This Christmas Day (I'll Burn It To The Ground)" Set It Off 3:27
12. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" William Beckett The Harry Simeone Chorale 3:11
Deluxe Edition
# Title Artist Original artist(s) Length
4. "12 Days of Pop-Punk Christmas" Jarrod Alonge 3:27
9. "Home Alone Theme" August Burns Red John Williams 3:50
12. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Being as an Ocean Judy Garland 2:37
14. "Sleigh Ride" This Wild Life Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra 2:56

Charts and release history

Charts[5]

Chart Peak position
US Billboard 200 95
US Alternative Albums 16
US Rock Albums 22
US Independent Albums 15
US Top Holiday Albums 9

Release history[6]

Region Date Format
World Wide November 4, 2013 CD, digital

References

  1. ^ Horanksy, TJ. "Fearless Records release 'Punk Goes Christmas' commercial". AltPress.com. AltPress. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Fearless Records stream 'Punk Goes Christmas' in full". Rocksound.com. Rocksound. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Various Artists Punk Goes Christmas Overview". AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  4. ^ a b Strickson, Edward. "ATP! Album Review: Punk Goes Christmas". AlterthePress.com. Alter the Press. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Various Artists Punk Goes Christmas Awards". AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Various Artists Punk Goes Christmas Releases". AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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