The Gift of Rock

The Gift of Rock
The Gift of Rock
Studio album by Smash Mouth
Released	2005
Studio	The Hearse (Berkeley, CA); The Club House (New York, NY); Sound Management Studios (Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia;
Genre	Alternative rock; Christmas;
Length	26:25; 26:07 (reissue)
Label	Beautiful Bomb
Producer	Greg Camp; Michael Urbano;
Smash Mouth chronology

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".

Track listing

2005 release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Father Christmas"	Ray Davies	The Kinks	3:38
2.	"Baggage Claim"	Greg Camp	Smash Mouth	3:31
3.	"Don't Believe in Christmas"	Gerald W. Roslie	The Sonics	1:47
4.	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector	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"	George David Weiss Hugo & Luigi	The Royal Guardsmen	2:15
8.	"Christmas Ain't Christmas"	Buck Owens	Buck Owens	2:03
9.	"Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On"	Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Father Christmas"	Davies	The Kinks	3:38
2.	"Don't Believe in Christmas"	Roslie	The Sonics	1:47
3.	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Barry Greenwich Spector	Darlene Love	3:14
4.	"Zat You, Santa Claus?"	Fox	Armstrong	2:19
5.	"The Christmas Song"	Wagner	Sune Rose Wagner	2:34
6.	"Snoopy's Christmas"	Weiss Hugo & Luigi	The Royal Guardsmen	2:15
7.	"Christmas Ain't Christmas"	Buck Owens	Owens	2:03
8.	"Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On"	Starkey Hudson Grakal	Ringo Starr	2:23
9.	"Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)"	Hyman	Ramones	2:36
10.	"2000 Miles"	Christine Hynde	The Pretenders	3:25
Total length:				26:07

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Additional musicians

Dave Palmer – keyboards
Sunshine F. Becker, Joey Blake, Vernon Bush, Brian Dyer, Zoe Lynne Ellis, Leah Tysse, Ellen Van Den and James White – choir

^ 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)