Maybe This Christmas Tree

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Maybe This Christmas Tree
Maybe This Christmas Tree album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedOctober 5, 2004
Genre Holiday, pop rock [1]
Length44:21
Label Nettwerk Records
Producer Monica Seide
Maybe This Christmas chronology
Maybe This Christmas Too?
(2003)
Maybe This Christmas Tree
(2004)

Maybe This Christmas Tree is a holiday compilation album released in October 2004 through Nettwerk Records featuring contemporary musicians performing both classic and original Christmas songs. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic's MacKenzie Wilson awarded the compilation four out of five stars and called it Nettwerk's "finest yuletide compilation yet". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" (John Lennon, Yoko Ono), performed by The Polyphonic Spree – 4:18
  2. "The Christmas Song" (Sune Rose Wagner), performed by The Raveonettes – 2:15
  3. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector), performed by Death Cab for Cutie – 3:05
  4. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", performed by Pedro the Lion – 4:40
  5. "Bittersweet Eve" (Brett Detar, Chris Evenson), performed by Belasana – 4:51
  6. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson), performed by Ivy – 2:56
  7. "Baby It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser), performed by Royal Crown Revue and Vicky Tafoya – 3:25
  8. "Wonderful Christmastime" (Paul McCartney), performed by Tom McRae – 4:10
  9. "Fairytale of New York" (Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan), performed by Pilate – 4:56
  10. "Jingle Bells", performed by Lisa Loeb – 3:21
  11. "Christmas for Cowboys" (Steve Weisberg), performed by Jars of Clay – 2:52
  12. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Noël Regney), performed by Copeland – 3:32

Track listing adapted from Allmusic. [1]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wilson, MacKenzie. "Maybe This Christmas Tree". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved July 31, 2012.