| It's a Cool, Cool Christmas | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | November 21, 2000 |
| Genre | Alternative rock, Christmas music |
| Length | 72:11 |
| Label | Jeepster Records |
| Producer | Various |
It's a Cool, Cool Christmas is a Christmas charity compilation album released in 2000 by Xfm on Jeepster Records in aid of The Big Issue. [1] The album includes a mixture of traditional Christmas songs and original songs with a Christmas theme.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| BBC | (favorable) [1] |
| RTÉ | [3] |
Allmusic writer Tim DiGravina described the album as "inspired good fun", calling it "without a doubt, one of the better alternative, holiday collections." [2]
According to DiGravina, Grandaddy's "Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland," with its lyric about building a snowman and pretending that it is Alan Parsons, "might be the funniest song from 2000". [2] The BBC's Richard Banks called "Alan Parsons" "a stroke of comedy genius". [1] Scott Miller, in his book Music: What Happened? , suggested that Grandaddy "probably deserve immortality" just for this song. [4] Ireland's public broadcasting network, RTÉ, called the Grandaddy song "downright silly", [3] while Exclaim! called it "one of our favourite indie rock Christmas tunes ever". [5]
Six By Seven's "I Believe in Father Christmas" was described by DiGravina as "some sort of post-modern classic". [2]
"O Come, O Come Emmanuel", contributed by Belle and Sebastian, was described by RTÉ as a "beautiful ethereal version". [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Alan Parsons In A Winter Wonderland" | Dick Smith, Felix Bernard | Grandaddy | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Little Drummer Boy" | Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, Katherine Davis | The Dandy Warhols | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Every Day is Christmas" | Kevin Junior | The Webb Brothers | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" | E | Eels | 2:48 |
| 5. | "Feliz Navi-nada" | Jim Walker, John Lydon, John Wardle, Jose Feliciano, Keith Levine | El Vez | 2:32 |
| 6. | "Christmas In Waikiki" | Morgan Nicholls | Morgan | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Maybe At Christmas Time" | Isabel Monteiro | Drugstore | 3:14 |
| 8. | "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" | Traditional (Arranged By Belle and Sebastian) | Belle and Sebastian | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Thank You Dreaded Black Ice, Thank You" | Howe Gelb | Giant Sand | 3:30 |
| 10. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | The Flaming Lips | 3:43 |
| 11. | "My Christmas Prayer" | Billy Fury | Saint Etienne | 3:25 |
| 12. | "Christmas Downer" | Anderson, Kyle, Jamieson, Keegan | Departure Lounge | 3:14 |
| 13. | "I Believe In Father Christmas" | Serge Prokofiev, Greg Lake, Peter Sinfield | Six By Seven | 4:35 |
| 14. | "When I Get Home For Christmas" | Snow Patrol | Snow Patrol | 4:17 |
| 15. | "Spiritual Guidance" | DJ Akira Honda, Emilio Acevedo, Jay De La Cueva, Julian Lede | Titán | 3:56 |
| 16. | "Christmas Boogaloo" | Nasser Bouzida | Big Boss Man | 4:20 |
| 17. | "Christmas Eve" | Euros Childs | Teenage Fanclub | 2:01 |
| 18. | "Gift X-change" | Joey Burns | Calexico | 3:08 |
| 19. | "Hwiangerdd Mair" | Haydn Morris, Nantlais Williams | Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | 3:06 |
| 20. | "Just Like Christmas" | Sparhawk, Parker, Sally | Low | 3:06 |
| 21. | "In The Bleak Midwinter" | Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst | Lauren Laverne | 4:02 |
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