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!
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1O Come O Come Emmanuel
piano:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens
cover recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861 edition (first edition)) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
1:04
2Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!
banjo, bass, bell [sleigh bells], flute, glockenspiel, guitar, membranophone, piano, recorder, shakers and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
background vocals and other vocals [Christmas cheer]:
Laura Myers and Colin Stevens
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens and Denison Witmer
recording of:
Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:50
3We Three Kings
acoustic guitar:
Denison Witmer
banjo, bass, electric piano [electronic piano], electronic organ [electric organ], glockenspiel, recorder [funny recorders] and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens and Denison Witmer
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
2:59
4O Holy Night
acoustic guitar:
Denison Witmer
background vocals:
Colin Stevens
other vocals [Christmas cheer]:
Shara Nova and Colin Stevens
other vocals [high notes]:
Shara Nova
vocals:
Shara Nova and Denison Witmer
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
4:04
5That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
acoustic guitar, banjo, piano and other vocals [earthly vocals]:
Sufjan Stevens
other vocals [angelic vocals]:
Shara Nova
recording of:
That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:18
6Ding! Dong!
bell, glockenspiel and recorder:
Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
Ding! Dong!
composer:
Sufjan Stevens
0:56
7All the King’s Horns
acoustic guitar, banjo, bass, electric piano [electronic piano], glockenspiel, membranophone, piano and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
other vocals [creepy vocals]:
Monique Aiuto and Vito Aiuto
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
All the King’s Horns
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:59
8The Friendly Beasts
banjo, bass, electric piano [electronic piano], glockenspiel, guitar, membranophone, oboe, piano, recorder, shakers, tambourine and other vocals [The Narrator]:
Sufjan Stevens
other vocals [The Cow]:
Laura Myers
other vocals [The Donkey]:
Denison Witmer
other vocals [The Doves]:
Monique Aiuto and Vito Aiuto
other vocals [The Sheep]:
Shara Nova
cover recording of:
The Friendly Beasts
lyricist:
Robert Davis (lyricist, 1881-1950)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:42
▶ CD 4: Joy
▶ CD 5: Peace