Smithereens Christmas With The Smithereens

"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.

Side 1
Waking Up On Christmas Morning
Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)
Merry Christmas, Baby
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
Christmas Time All Over The World
Christmas

Side 2
’Twas The Night Before Christmas
Run Rudolph Run
Merry Christmas (I Don’ Want To Fight Tonight)
Christmas (I Remember)
Auld Lang Syne
Christmas Time Is Here Again