2012 box set by Sufjan Stevens
Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6–10 is a five-EP box set of Christmas -related songs and carols recorded by Sufjan Stevens between 2006 and 2012.[12] It is a follow-up to Songs for Christmas , which was released six years prior. On October 2, 2012, it was announced that Stevens would release Silver & Gold on November 13, 2012 in digital format, CD and LP boxset.[13] On October 24, 2012, a claymation music video, animated by Lee Hardcastle, was released for "Mr. Frosty Man".[14]
Reception [ edit ] The album has received mostly positive reviews from critics, with Pitchfork giving it a 7.8 out of 10. As Keelan H. of Sputnikmusic writes,"[T]he album exists on [a] plane where introspection meets with group sing-a-longs, depression meets with joyous outbursts, traditional meets with left-field kookiness."[11] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
Track listing [ edit ] Gloria: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VI Recorded December 2006 "Silent Night " - 2:26 (words by Joseph Mohr ; melody by Franz Xaver Gruber ; English translation by John Freeman Young ) "Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You from Christmases Past" - 3:22 (music by Aaron Dessner , Bryce Dessner , and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens) "Coventry Carol " - 2:54 (featuring Marla Hansen) (16th-century English Carol) "The Midnight Clear" - 2:49 (music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens) "Carol of St. Benjamin the Bearded One" - 3:32 (music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens) "Go Nightly Cares" - 1:44 (music by John Dowland ) "Barcarola (You Must Be a Christmas Tree)" - 7:03 (music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens) "Auld Lang Syne " - 1:35 (words by Robert Burns; music: traditional Scots folk melody) I Am Santa's Helper: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VII Recorded December 2007 "Christ the Lord Is Born" - 0:49 (music by Leoš Janáček ) "Christmas Woman" - 5:33 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light" - 1:09 (music by Johann Schop ; harmony by J.S. Bach ) "Happy Family Christmas" - 1:23 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "Jingle Bells " - 1:19 (words & music by James Lord Pierpont ) "Mysteries of the Christmas Mist" - 2:10 (music by Sufjan Stevens) "Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates" - 1:20 (words by Georg Weissel ; translated by Catherine Winkworth ; music by Thomas Williams ) "We Wish You a Merry Christmas " - 1:16 (16th-century English Carol) "Ah Holy Jesus" - 2:42 (words by Johann Heermann : music by Johann Crüger ) "Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory" - 1:09 (music by Sufjan Stevens) "Ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling" - 1:50 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?" - 2:09 (music by J.S. Bach ; adapted by J. Troutbeck) "Mr. Frosty Man" - 1:50 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "Make Haste to See the Baby" - 1:23 (music by Sufjan Stevens) "Ah Holy Jesus" - 1:29 (with reed organ) "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing " - 1:51 (words by Charles Wesley ; music by Felix Mendelssohn ) "Morning" - 2:28 (Sacred Harp ) (music by Amos Pilsbury) "Idumea " - 3:50 (Sacred Harp) (words by Charles Wesley ; music by Ananias Davisson ) "Eternal Happiness or Woe" - 1:23 (music by Sufjan Stevens) "Ah Holy Jesus" - 1:00 (a capella) "I Am Santa's Helper" - 1:52 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "'Ma'oz Tzur ' (Rock of Ages)" - 0:42 (traditional Jewish hymn) "Even the Earth Will Perish and the Universe Give Way" - 2:01 (music by Sufjan Stevens) Christmas Infinity Voyage: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VIII Originally recorded December 2008, as "Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas Infinity Voyage: Songs for Christmas Vol. 8"; box set version re-recorded 2011–2012 "Angels We Have Heard on High " - 4:04 (music & words by Sufjan Stevens [based on the original hymn]) "Do You Hear What I Hear? " - 9:14 (words by Noël Regney ; music by Gloria Shayne ) "Christmas in the Room" - 4:23 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear " - 0:48 (words by Edmund Sears ; music by Richard Storrs Willis ) "Good King Wenceslas " - 4:18 (words by John Mason Neale ; music: 13th Century carol) "Alphabet St. " - 1:36 (words & music by Prince ) "Particle Physics" - 1:04 (music by Sufjan Stevens) "Joy to the World " - 5:25 (words by Isaac Watts ; music by Lowell Mason ) "The Child with the Star on His Head" - 15:30 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) Let It Snow: Songs for Christmas, Vol. IX Recorded December 2009 "I'll Be Home for Christmas " - 3:22 (words & music by Walter Kent , Kim Gannon , Buck Ram ) "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " - 2:41 (words & music by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie ) "The Sleigh in the Moon" - 1:44 (featuring Cat Martino) (words & music by Cat Martino) "Sleigh Ride " - 2:28 (words & music by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish ) "Ave Maria " - 2:09 (featuring Cat Martino) (words by God Himself; music by Franz Schubert ) "X-mas Spirit Catcher" - 3:31 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! " - 2:17 (words & music by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn ) "A Holly Jolly Christmas " - 2:27 (words & music by Johnny Marks ) "Christmas Face" - 0:40 (featuring Sebastian Krueger ) (words & music by Sebastian Krueger ) Christmas Unicorn: Songs for Christmas, Vol. X Recorded December 2010 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " - 3:42 (words & music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear " - 0:40 (words by Edmund Sears ; music by Richard Storrs Willis ) "Up on the Housetop " - 4:21 (featuring Vesper Stamper) (words & music by Benjamin Hanby ; arr. by Sufjan Stevens) "Angels We Have Heard on High " - 0:52 (traditional French carol) "We Need a Little Christmas " - 2:03 (words & music by Jerry Herman ) "Happy Karma Christmas" - 3:36 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens) "We Three Kings " - 0:52 (music by John Henry Hopkins Jr. ) "Justice Delivers Its Death" - 3:16 (var. & arrangement by Sufjan Stevens; based on the song "Silver & Gold" by J. Marks ) "Christmas Unicorn" - 12:28 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens; "Love Will Tear Us Apart " used by permission, written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner ) Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
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