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.
The album was reissued on vinyl by Jeepster Records in November 2021 in aid of War Child (charity) in the UK, with the blessing of all original artists.
Review scores | |
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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 |
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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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