Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas is a Christmas album, in CD-R format, made up of contributions from Scottish bands and musicians. Released by Avalanche Records in Edinburgh, it raised money for charities Street Invest and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.[1][2]
| Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 15 December 2009 |
| Genre | Alternative rock, Christmas music |
| Label | Avalanche Records |
Reception
editBoth The List and The Skinny awarded the album four stars out of five.[3][4]
Tracklisting
edit- "In Excelsis Deo" - There Will Be Fireworks
- "Christmastime in the Mountains" - The Savings & Loan
- "December & Whisky" - Rob St John
- "It’s Christmas So We'll Stop" - Frightened Rabbit
- "But Once a Year" - Pictish Trail
- "Sleep the Winter" - Eagleowl
- "It's a Wonderful Lie" - Withered Hand
- "Christmas in Kirkcaldy" - Meursault
- "Holy" - Emily Scott
- "Atoms" - Money Can't Buy music
- "Xmas in New York" - Saint Jude's Infirmary
- "All So Tired" - Broken Records
- "Shallow Footprints in the Snow" - Ballboy
- "Little Drum Machine Boy" - X-Lion Tamer
- "In Scotland It Never Snowed, In Canada It Did" - Zoey Van Goey
- "Christmas in Kirkcaldy" is a cover of "No Christmas in Kentucky" by Phil Ochs[4]
References
edit- ^ "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas CD – out of stock". Avalanche Records. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas (2009, CDr)". Discogs. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Sawers, Claire (7 January 2010). "Non-Tat Xmas: Various Artists, Alternative Christmas (Avalanche Records)". The List. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b Buckle, Chris (22 December 2009). "Various - Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas". The Skinny. Retrieved 10 September 2019.