Christmas With The Smithereens (CD)

Limited Edition: "Christmas with The Smithereens” is more than a Christmas-time cover album. This quartet does an impressive job of channeling the spirt of 1960s rock, and solidly interpreting each memorable tune. The band's originals add a nice twist to the disc and are written with such '60s-savviness that without prior knowledge it would almost be difficult to decide which songs were covers and which were originals. Lead singer Pat DiNizio wraps his husky voice around a smartly selected collection of classic seasonal rockers such as "Run Rudolph Run" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," along with more obscure fare. It's the latter that makes this such a delight, as the band tears into rugged re-workings of the Ramones' "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)," the Who's crunchy "Christmas" (from Tommy) and even a rare Beatles track grabbed from the Liverpool band's '60s fan club only discs.

A1. Waking Up On Christmas Morning A2. Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) A3. Merry Christmas, Baby A4. Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree A5. Christmas Time All Over The World A6. Christmas B1. ’Twas The Night Before Christmas B2. Run Rudolph Run B3. Merry Christmas (I Don’ Want To Fight Tonight) B4. Christmas (I Remember) B5. Auld Lang Syne B6. Christmas Time Is Here Again

• Format Detail: CD Digipack, Limited Edition / 2500 units
• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock