Merry Christmas (Leningrad Cowboys album)

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Merry Christmas
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ReleasedDecember 2013 [1]
Label Leningrad Cowboys Ltd.
Leningrad Cowboys chronology
Buena Vodka Social Club
(2011)
Merry Christmas
(2013)
Those Were the Hits
(2014)

Merry Christmas is a 2013 studio album by the Leningrad Cowboys. Released exclusively in December 2013 in a box set with their book PRAVDA - The Truth About the Leningrad Cowboys, a Finnish chocolate bar, postcard, and pin. [1] It was announced that it would be made available on its own in 2014. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John Lennon/Yoko Ono  
2."Jingle Bell Rock"Joe Beal/Jim Boothe 
3."Little Saint Nick" Brian Wilson/Mike Love  
4."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" John Frederick Coots/Haven Gillespie  
5."Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" Joey Ramone  
6."Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector  
7."Merry Xmas Everybody" Noddy Holder/Jim Lea  
8."The Little Drummer Boy" Katherine Kennicott Davis  
9."Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Johnny Marks  
10."Christmas in Hollis" Joseph Simmons/Darryl McDaniels/Jason Mizell  
11."Last Christmas" George Michael  
12."White Christmas" Irving Berlin  

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References

Merry Christmas (CD notes). Leningrad Cowboys. Leningrad Cowboys Ltd. 2013. LC006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

Merry Christmas at Discogs

  1. 1 2 "Official Store of Leningrad Cowboys - XMAS BOXSET". Leningradcowboys.fi. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  2. "LENINGRAD COWBOYS -SPECIAL XMAS BOXSET... - Leningrad Cowboys Official". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-12-15.