The Gift of Rock
2005 studio album by Smash Mouth
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The Gift of Rock is the fifth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth. Released in 2005 through the band’s own Beautiful Bomb Records, the album contains mostly covers of Christmas songs by various artists including Louis Armstrong, Ringo Starr, the Kinks, and the Ramones. It was reissued in 2012 by 429 Records, replacing the original song "Baggage Claim" with the Pretenders' "2000 Miles".
Released2005
Studio
- The Hearse (Berkeley, CA)
- The Club House (New York, NY)
- Sound Management Studios (Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia
Length26:25
26:07 (reissue)
26:07 (reissue)
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This is the band's first Christmas album, with the second one, Missile Toes, being released in November 2023.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Father Christmas" | Ray Davies | The Kinks | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Baggage Claim" | Greg Camp | Smash Mouth | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Don't Believe in Christmas" | Gerald W. Roslie | The Sonics | 1:47 |
| 4. | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | Darlene Love | 3:14 | |
| 5. | "Zat You, Santa Claus?" | Jack Fox | Louis Armstrong | 2:19 |
| 6. | "The Christmas Song" | Sune Rose Wagner | Sune Rose Wagner | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Snoopy's Christmas" | The Royal Guardsmen | 2:15 | |
| 8. | "Christmas Ain't Christmas" | Buck Owens | Buck Owens | 2:03 |
| 9. | "Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On" |
| Ringo Starr | 2:23 |
| 10. | "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | Jeffrey Hyman | Ramones | 2:36 |
| Total length: | 26:25 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Father Christmas" | Davies | The Kinks | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Don't Believe in Christmas" | Roslie | The Sonics | 1:47 |
| 3. | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" |
| Darlene Love | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Zat You, Santa Claus?" | Fox | Armstrong | 2:19 |
| 5. | "The Christmas Song" | Wagner | Sune Rose Wagner | 2:34 |
| 6. | "Snoopy's Christmas" |
| The Royal Guardsmen | 2:15 |
| 7. | "Christmas Ain't Christmas" | Buck Owens | Owens | 2:03 |
| 8. | "Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On" |
| Ringo Starr | 2:23 |
| 9. | "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)" | Hyman | Ramones | 2:36 |
| 10. | "2000 Miles" | Christine Hynde | The Pretenders | 3:25 |
| Total length: | 26:07 | |||
Personnel
Smash Mouth[1]
- Steve Harwell – vocals
- Greg Camp – guitars, backing vocals
- Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
- Michael Urbano – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Dave Palmer – keyboards
- Sunshine F. Becker, Joey Blake, Vernon Bush, Brian Dyer, Zoe Lynne Ellis, Leah Tysse, Ellen Van Den and James White – choir
Production
- Greg Camp – producer
- Michael Urbano – producer
- Reto Peter – engineer, mixing
- Michael Rodriguez – engineer
- Brad Kobylczak – additional engineer
- Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Kelly Castro – art direction, design, photography
- Robert Hayes for Sound Management, Inc. – management