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Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released15 December 2009
Genre Alternative rock, Christmas music
Label Avalanche Records

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]

Reception

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

Tracklisting

  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

References

  1. ^ "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas CD – out of stock". Avalanche Records. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas (2009, CDr)". Discogs. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ Sawers, Claire (7 January 2010). "Non-Tat Xmas: Various Artists, Alternative Christmas (Avalanche Records)". The List. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b Buckle, Chris (22 December 2009). "Various - Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas". The Skinny. Retrieved 10 September 2019.