The Gift of Rock

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The Gift of Rock
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Studio album by
Released2005
Studio
  • The Hearse (Berkeley, CA)
  • The Club House (New York, NY)
  • Sound Management Studios (Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia
Genre
Length26:25
26:07 (reissue)
Label Beautiful Bomb
Producer
Smash Mouth chronology
All Star Smash Hits
(2005)
The Gift of Rock
(2005)
Summer Girl
(2006)

The Gift of Rock is the fifth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth. Released in 2005 through Beautiful Bomb Records, the album contains mostly covers of Christmas songs by various artists including Louis Armstrong, Ringo Starr, the Kinks, and the Ramones. It was reissued in 2012 by 429 Records, replacing the original song "Baggage Claim" with the Pretenders' "2000 Miles".

Contents

The band's second Christmas album, Missile Toes , was released in 2023.

Track listing

2005 release
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Father Christmas" Ray Davies The Kinks 3:38
2."Baggage Claim" Greg Camp Smash Mouth3:31
3."Don't Believe in Christmas"Gerald W. Roslie The Sonics 1:47
4."Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Darlene Love 3:14
5."Zat You, Santa Claus?"Jack Fox Louis Armstrong 2:19
6."The Christmas Song"Sune Rose Wagner Sune Rose Wagner 2:34
7."Snoopy's Christmas" The Royal Guardsmen 2:15
8."Christmas Ain't Christmas"Buck OwensBuck Owens2:03
9."Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On" Ringo Starr 2:23
10."Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" Jeffrey Hyman Ramones 2:36
Total length:26:25
2012 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Father Christmas"DaviesThe Kinks3:38
2."Don't Believe in Christmas"RoslieThe Sonics1:47
3."Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
  • Barry
  • Greenwich
  • Spector
Darlene Love3:14
4."Zat You, Santa Claus?"FoxArmstrong2:19
5."The Christmas Song"WagnerSune Rose Wagner2:34
6."Snoopy's Christmas"
  • Weiss
  • Hugo & Luigi
The Royal Guardsmen2:15
7."Christmas Ain't Christmas"Buck OwensOwens2:03
8."Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On"
  • Starkey
  • Hudson
  • Grakal
Ringo Starr2:23
9."Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)"HymanRamones2:36
10."2000 Miles" Christine Hynde The Pretenders 3:25
Total length:26:07

Personnel

Smash Mouth [1]

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. The Gift of Rock (liner notes). Smash Mouth. 429 Records. 2012. FTN17916.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)