The Edge Of Christmas
various artists
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Compared to Oglio Records' other yuletide offering
(The Coolest
Christmas, 1994), The
Edge Of Christmas (1995) has a reasonably well-defined
theme - alternative and classic rock holiday songs.
Most of these songs show up routinely on other compilations,
but a couple of them (the Cocteau Twins and Payolas
selections) are rather hard-to-find. I consider all
but one of the twelve cuts (Pat Benatar's pedestrian
take on Charles Brown's "Please Come Home For Christmas")
essential, so The
Edge Of Christmas is a good value unless you already
own most of these songs. Certainly, these songs portray
a view of Christmas quite outside the norm, but if you've
dug this far into Hip Christmas, that's probably exactly what you've been looking
for.
Albums
- The Edge Of Christmas (1995)
Essential Songs
- Christmas Is Coming (Payolas, 1983)
-
Christmas Wrapping (Waitresses, 1981) Top 100 Song [close]
- December Will Be Magic Again (Kate Bush, 1980)
- A Fairy Tale Of New York (The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl, 1987)
- Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight) (Ramones, 1989)
- Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (David Bowie & Bing Crosby, 1977)
- Please Come Home For Christmas (Pat Benatar, 1991)
- Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Smithereens, 1992)
- Run Rudolph Run (Dave Edmunds, 1982)
- Thank God It's Christmas (Queen, 1984)
- 2000 Miles (Pretenders, 1983)
- Winter Wonderland (Cocteau Twins, 1993)
Further Listening
- Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Xmas (various artists, 1996)
- A Christmas Record (various artists, 1982)
- Sleighed: The Other Side Of Christmas (various artists, 2000)