This is a collection of every single holiday song I have ever released to date, including the entirety of both of my old Christmas EPs (Uke-tide Greetings EP and Stocking Stuffers EP) and every song I released through Friends Friends Records and A Raw Rock Christmas compilations.
Here is a list of their original appearances:
-Track 1: (2020) new, released for the first time on this album
-Track 2: (2019) originally appeared on the Last Christmas Party on the Left from Friends Friends Friends Records
-Tracks 3, 5, 11: (2013) these songs make up the Uke-tide Greetings EP; 3 & 5 also appeared on A Raw Rock Christmas IV: Christmas Business (2013)
-Track 4: (2014) originally appeared on A Raw Rock Christmas V: Our Newest Christmas Ever
-Track 6: (2016) originally appeared on Revenge of the Christmas/Son of the Christmas/The Christmas Walks Among Us from Friends Friends Friends Records
-Track 7: (2018) originally appeared on The Chvrch of Santa from Friends Friends Friends Records
-Track 8: (2015) originally appeared on Play It Again, Santa! from Friends Friends Friends Records
-Track 9: (2017) originally appeared on 2 Xmas 2 Furious from Friends Friends Friends Records
-Track 10: (2014) originally appeared on A Raw Rock Christmas V: Our Newest Christmas Ever
-Track 12: (2015) originally appeared on Play It Again, Santa! from Friends Friends Friends Records
-Tracks 13-15: (2012) these songs (and track 16) make up the Stocking Stuffers EP released in 2012; track 14 also appeared on A Raw Rock Christmas III: Christmas With Strangers
-Track 16: (2011) originally appeared on A Raw Rock Christmas 2: Electric Boogaloo
For other great artists from around the world that contributed to these compilations, go here:
friendsmakemusic.bandcamp.com
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THANK YOU:
Mom, Nick, Josh, and the rest of my family for dealing with me writing a Christmas song or two every year for a decade and stressing about it when I've visited home for the holidays...
Chloë for making this album cover look exactly how I imagined it (just like you do every time), and for everything you've ever done with me for Up N Adam, from album covers to beach tours to opinions on songs, and of course the unending, unconditional love and support.
Jeremy Waterman, Seth Thompson, and the rest of the Friends Friends Friends Records/Raw Rock Christmas artists -- we had a good run! Thanks for letting me be a part of it every year!
Tayson Ingersoll for suggesting I release every Christmas song in one big album for the past couple years...this one's for you, my dude.
Any friends who listened to this stuff as I was making it, shared the tracks as they were released, and put up with me making bad holiday music to force into your ears whether you wanted to hear it or not!
And finally, thank you to anyone who has ever listened to anything I've put out, attended a show, bought a CD or a poster or a sticker or a magnet, or has allowed this project to be in your life in any capacity at all...it means more than I could ever say...
Merry Christmas,
Happy holidays,
Immanuel,
Alleluia,
lovelovelove
released December 15, 2020
all songs arranged, performed, recorded, mixed, and (sometimes) mastered by Adam Stutsman
all songs written by Adam Stutsman, except tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 11-ish, 13-ish, and 16. most of them are classic holiday tunes that I can't be bothered to google their original writers right now, except track 13 which is a rip-off of the Adventure Time theme song by Pendleton Ward and track 16 which was originally by Mariah Carey
track 6 features a sample from Steven Universe
track 11 features a sample from The O.C.
track 14 features a sample from Avatar: The Last Airbender
(please don't sue me)
album cover photo by probably my mom or dad when I was a kid
album cover design by Chloë Malmquist & Adam Stutsman