Songs for Christmas

~ Release by Sufjan Stevens (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

All songs recorded at home Brooklyn, New York, December 2001, by Santa Sufjan and Matt Morgan. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side. Cover illustration by Stephen Halker.

All songs recorded at home in Brooklyn, New York, November 2002, by Santa Sufjan, with Vito & Monique Aiuto. Drums on "Put The Lights on the Tree," recorded at The Buddy Project, 2006. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side. Cover illustration by Stephen Halker.

Recorded at home in Brooklyn, New York, and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 2003, by Santa Sufjan with Denison Witmer, Shara Worden, Laura Myers, Colin Stevens, and Vito & Monique Aiuto. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side. Cover illustration by Stephen Halker.

All songs recorded at home in Brooklyn, New York and at the Buddy Project in Astoria, Queens, December, 2005, by Santa Sufjan, with Bridgit DeCook. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side. Cover illustration by Stephen Halker.

All songs recorded at home in Brooklyn, New York, and at Atlantic Sound Studios in DUMBO, and at the Buddy Project in Astoria, Queens, June 2006, excpet auxiliary drums and percussion on track 7, engineered by Casey Foubert at Home, Seattle, WA. Cover illustration by Stephen Halker.

Annotation last modified on 2012-11-20 05:18 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Noel
▶ CD 2: Hark!
▶ CD 3: Ding! Dong!
▼ CD 4: Joy
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1The Little Drummer Boy
acoustic guitar, bell [sleigh bells], electric guitar and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Bridgit DeCook and Sufjan Stevens
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
3:44
2Away in a Manger
acoustic guitar, banjo and electric guitar:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Bridgit DeCook and Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
2:54
3Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!
bass, bell [sleigh bells], electric guitar, membranophone and percussion:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Bridgit DeCook and Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
4:41
4The First Noel
acoustic guitar, banjo and electric guitar:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
Sir John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
version of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
0:53
5Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)
acoustic guitar, banjo, bell [sleigh bells], electric guitar, keyboard [electronic keyboard], shakers and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Bridgit DeCook and Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
Did I Make You Cry on Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:22
6The Incarnation
electric guitar:
Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
The Incarnation
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:23
7Joy to the World
acoustic guitar, bell [sleigh bells], electric guitar and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Bridgit DeCook and Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
4:21
▶ CD 5: Peace