Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life
1998 studio album by Cyndi Lauper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life is the sixth studio album and first Christmas album released by Cyndi Lauper. It combines original compositions by Lauper and collaborator Jan Pulsford with traditional Christmas songs. "Feels Like Christmas" previously appeared on Lauper's 1993 album Hat Full of Stars. The album has sold 26,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[3] The album was released for the first time on (limited green) vinyl, 1,000 pressings, in November 2019.[4]
| Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 27, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1998 | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Length | 41:59 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producers |
| |||
| Cyndi Lauper chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [2] |
Track listing
- "Home on Christmas Day" (Rob Hyman, Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman) – 4:06
- "Early Christmas Morning" (Lauper, Jan Pulsford) – 5:07 (Previously released on Sisters of Avalon Japanese Edition, this version uses different backing vocals)
- "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Johnny Marks) – 2:45
- "Christmas Conga" (Lauper, Pulsford) – 3:31
- "Minnie and Santa" (Lauper, Pulsford) – 3:55
- "Feels Like Christmas" (Eric Bazilian, Hyman, Lauper) – 4:30 (Previously released on Hat Full of Stars)
- "Three Ships" (Traditional) – 2:08
- "New Year's Baby (First Lullaby)" (Lauper) – 4:27
- "December Child" (Lauper, Pulsford) – 3:11
- "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Gustav Holst, Christina Rossetti) – 4:02
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 4:18
All tracks produced by Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford and William Wittman except:
- "Early Christmas Morning" produced by Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford and Mark Saunders
- "Home on Christmas Day" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" produced by Cyndi Lauper and William Wittman
- "Feels Like Christmas" produced by Cyndi Lauper and Junior Vasquez
Personnel
|
Chatterton Elementary School Choir, Merrick, NY
|
Charts
Release history
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Cat No. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 21 October 1998 | Sony Music Japan | CD | ESCA 7362 | [6] |
| United States | 27 October 1998 |
|
|
[6] | |
| Austria | 2 November 1998 | CD | 492544 2 | [6] | |
| United Kingdom | 16 November 1998 |
|
|
[7] | |
| Australia | 23 November 1998 | CD | [6] | ||
| Brazil | November 1998 | CD | 758.498/2-492544 | [6] | |
| Japan | 20 November 2002 | Sony Music Japan | CD | EICP-7081 | [6] |
| United States | 25 May 2004 | CD | 92714 | [6] | |
| Japan | 3 November 2004 | Sony Music Japan | CD | MHCP-512 | [6] |
| United States | 25 October 2005 | Sony BMG | CD | 94340 | [6] |
| 1 November 2019 |
|
LP (Green vinyl) |
|
[8] | |
| LP (Red vinyl) |
|
||||
| 2020 | LP (White vinyl) |
|
|||
| 5 November 2021 | LP (Clear vinyl with red and white swirl) |
|
|||