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| A Christmas Kind of Town | ||||
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| Released | 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Brooklyn, NY | |||
| Genre | Rock, Christmas | |||
| Length | 41:28 | |||
| Label | Yep Roc | |||
| Producer | Marah | |||
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A Christmas Kind of Town is a Christmas album released by the band Marah in 2005.
Tim Sendra of Allmusic called A Christmas Kind of Town an "utterly heartwarming and joyous album". [1] Jim Musser of the Iowa City Press-Citizen called the album "upbeat, inclusive and downright irresistible". [2] Jay Lustig of The Star-Ledger wrote that the song "New York Is a Christmas Kind of Town" is "a thoroughly modern Christmas song, but one with a classic feel". [3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro-Curtain Rises" | 0:14 |
| 2. | "Christmas Time Is Here" | 2:00 |
| 3. | "New York Is a Christmas Kind of Town" | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Baby It's Cold Outside" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Boozing It Up with Friends" | 0:21 |
| 6. | "Holly Jolly Christmas" | 2:16 |
| 7. | "Here We Come a Wassailing (#1)" | 0:21 |
| 8. | "Christmas Time's a Comin'" | 1:56 |
| 9. | "Let It Snow" | 1:59 |
| 10. | "Quithmith Pudding (Skit)" | 0:37 |
| 11. | "Counting the Days ('Til Christmas)" | 3:03 |
| 12. | "Here We Come a Wassailing (#2)" | 0:24 |
| 13. | "Silver Bells" | 3:06 |
| 14. | "Christmas with the Snow" | 2:36 |
| 15. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas" | 2:29 |
| 16. | "Handsome Santa" | 0:41 |
| 17. | "Auld Lang Syne" | 3:01 |
| 18. | "Here We Come a Wassailing (#3)" | 0:25 |
| 19. | "Outro-Curtain Call" | 0:31 |
| 20. | "Counting the Days, A Christmas Polka" | 7:24 |
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