Ding! Dong! Songs for Christmas, Volume III

~ Release by Sufjan Stevens (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Released commercially as part of a box set, this was originally only privately released to family and friends.
Please do not add box set cover art.

Annotation last modified on 2022-12-13 22:12 UTC.

Tracklist

CD-R 1
#TitleRatingLength
1O Come O Come Emmanuel
piano:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens
cover recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861 edition (first edition)) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
1:04
2Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!
banjo, bass, bell [sleigh bells], flute, glockenspiel, guitar, membranophone, piano, recorder, shakers and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
background vocals and other vocals [Christmas cheer]:
Laura Myers and Colin Stevens
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens and Denison Witmer
recording of:
Come On! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance!
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:50
3We Three Kings
acoustic guitar:
Denison Witmer
banjo, bass, electric piano [electronic piano], electronic organ [electric organ], glockenspiel, recorder [funny recorders] and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens and Denison Witmer
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
2:59
4O Holy Night
acoustic guitar:
Denison Witmer
background vocals:
Colin Stevens
other vocals [Christmas cheer]:
Shara Nova and Colin Stevens
other vocals [high notes]:
Shara Nova
vocals:
Shara Nova and Denison Witmer
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
4:04
5That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
acoustic guitar, banjo, piano and other vocals [earthly vocals]:
Sufjan Stevens
other vocals [angelic vocals]:
Shara Nova
recording of:
That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
3:18
6Ding! Dong!0:56
7All the King’s Horns
acoustic guitar, banjo, bass, electric piano [electronic piano], glockenspiel, membranophone, piano and tambourine:
Sufjan Stevens
other vocals [creepy vocals]:
Monique Aiuto and Vito Aiuto
vocals:
Sufjan Stevens
recording of:
All the King’s Horns
lyricist and composer:
Sufjan Stevens
2:59
8The Friendly Beasts
banjo, bass, electric piano [electronic piano], glockenspiel, guitar, membranophone, oboe, piano, recorder, shakers, tambourine and other vocals [The Narrator]:
Sufjan Stevens
other vocals [The Cow]:
Laura Myers
other vocals [The Donkey]:
Denison Witmer
other vocals [The Doves]:
Monique Aiuto and Vito Aiuto
other vocals [The Sheep]:
Shara Nova
cover recording of:
The Friendly Beasts
lyricist:
Robert Davis (lyricist, 1881-1950)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:42