Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas Explained

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

• "Christmas in Kirkcaldy" is a cover of "No Christmas in Kentucky" by Phil Ochs^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas CD – out of stock . Avalanche Records . 2012-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501132806/http://www.avalancherecords.co.uk/products-page/cd/avalanche-records-alternative-christmas-cd/ . 2012-05-01 .
2. Web site: Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas (2009, CDr) . Discogs . 2019-09-10.
3. Web site: Sawers . Claire . Non-Tat Xmas: Various Artists, Alternative Christmas (Avalanche Records) . The List . 2019-09-10 . 7 Jan 2010.
4. Web site: Buckle . Chris . Various - Avalanche Records Alternative Christmas . The Skinny . 2019-09-10 . 22 Dec 2009.