Comments on: Pop List: 5 Christmas Albums you may not have heard of yet but which are definitely worth checking out.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:50 +0000

I’ve got a couple to add:

Jon Anderson (of Yes) released a Christmas album in 1985 called 3 Ships which had some rearranged traditionals and some originals. This has been out of print for years, but I think it was re-released recently (unfortunately, I seem to recally that there was some quibble about it being badly remastered.)

Steeleye Span also released a Christmas album in 2004 called Winter. Also contains a mix of rocked-up traditional songs (punked up version of Good King Wenceslas) and some originals.

By: Tanner

Tanner — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:28:03 +0000

no worries 655321

By: 655321

655321 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:49:14 +0000

Add The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York and Fear’s F**k Christmas to the singles list

Also, sorry about the repeat.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:25:00 +0000

Nice List. I have a surprising amount of Christmas music for someone who never got a visit from Santa. My favorite is definitely the James Brown Christmas album, though A John Waters Christmas – especially the song Happy Birthday Jesus by Little Cindy because it is so incredibly creepy.
The Sufjan’s lovely. & I didn’t know about the Dylan one. That’s hilarious.
And everyone and his brother has an individual Christmas song, the originals being (to my mind) more interesting since no one can top time life comps for the tradition. Like Okkervil River’s Listening to Otis Redding at Home during Christmas, Of Montreal’s Christmas Isn’t Safe for Animals, The Waitresses’ Christmas Wrapping (classic), or Lou Reed’s Xmas in Febuary, etc. But seriously, I’ve got more Christmas music than you can shake a three-tiered shrine at. Lemme know if you ever wanna compare collections, or if you just happen to not have the Star Wars Christmas album & you feel your life is lacking without it.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:09 +0000

There’s a Jethro Tull Christmas Album! How did I not know this?!?!

By: Tanner

Tanner — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:40:33 +0000

lol – thanks for pointing that out twice “655321″ i’ll fix it up.

By: 655321

655321 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:35:46 +0000

Re: the Tull album, did you mean paupers instead of poppers (or does Amyl Nitrate have a place in holiday celebration)?

By: 655321

655321 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:35:28 +0000

Re: the Tull album, did you mean paupers instead of poppers (or does Amyl Nitrate have a place in the holiday season)?