It's Finally Christmas!
various artists
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Very, very independent label Tim/Kerr cobbled this record
together from their stable of artists, and the overall
tone of It's
Finally Christmas! (1994) is atonal irreverence. This can
be quite grating - it's the kind of mewling irony that
wouldn't seem like such a good idea by the end of the
nineties. Nevertheless, several diamonds emerge from these lumps
of coal (usually the more straightforward numbers),
though none could be considered an unqualified classic.
The nearest miss is "Little Drummer Boy" from
the Dandy Warhols, a pop-psych-drone band who went on
to greater things several years later. The best song
title, "Shoplifting You Something For Christmas"
is, unfortunately, not one of the better tracks.
The origins of the album go back just a little further, by the way. In 1992, the label released a 7-inch called Single At Christmas featuring hardcore band Poison Idea's mauling of Elvis Presley's "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" b/w Dave Ray & Tony Glover's original blues song "I'm Mad At The Fat Man." The photo from the picture sleeve would be recycled for It's Finally Christmas! two years later.
Albums
- It's Finally Christmas! (1994)
Essential Songs
- Ave Maria (Sugarboom)
- Christmas Dressed In Blue (Iceberg Slim)
- Christmas Time Is Here (Meg Hentges)
- Hey Santa (Flaps Down)
- I'm Mad At The Fatman (Ray & Glover, 1992)
- Little Drummer Boy (Dandy Warhols)
- Merry Christmas To Me (Swoon 23)
- Rebel Jesus (Violets)
- The Grinch (Whirlees)
Further Listening
- Merry Mex-mas (El Vez, 1994)
- Christmas Cracker (Graham Parker, 1994)
- Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus (various artists, 1995)
- Midnight Christmas Mess (various artists, 1984)