Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas

Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas is a Christmas album made up of contributions from various 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
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released15 December 2009
GenreAlternative rock, Christmas music
LabelAvalanche Records

Reception

Both The List and The Skinny awarded the album four stars out of five.[3][4]

Track listing
  1. "In Excelsis Deo" - There Will Be Fireworks
  2. "Christmastime in the Mountains" - The Savings & Loan
  3. "December & Whisky" - Rob St John
  4. "It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop" - Frightened Rabbit
  5. "But Once a Year" - Pictish Trail
  6. "Sleep the Winter" - Eagleowl
  7. "It’s a Wonderful Lie" - Withered Hand
  8. "Christmas in Kirkcaldy" - Meursault
  9. "Holy" - Emily Scott
  10. "Atoms" - Money Can’t Buy music
  11. "Xmas in New York" - Saint Jude’s Infirmary
  12. "All So Tired" - Broken Records
  13. "Shallow Footprints in the Snow", Ballboy
  14. "Little Drum Machine Boy" X-Lion Tamer
  15. "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
  1. "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas CD – out of stock". Avalanche Records. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  2. "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas (2009, CDr)". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. Sawers, Claire (7 Jan 2010). "Non-Tat Xmas: Various Artists, Alternative Christmas (Avalanche Records)". The List. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. Buckle, Chris (22 Dec 2009). "Various - Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas". The Skinny. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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