Just Say Noel

Just Say Yes (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B000000OW1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,229 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Little Drum Machine Boy - Beck

2. Christmastime - Aimee Mann With Michael Penn

3. Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope - Sonic Youth

4. Christmas - The Posies

5. Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa - The Roots

6. Merry Christmas Baby - Southern Culture On The Skids

7. Christmas - Remy Zero

8. Gloria - Elastica

9. Christmas Is Quiet - Wild Colonials

10. Thanks For Christmas - XTC

11. The Closing Of The Year - The Musical Cast Of Toys Featuring Wendy And Lisa

12. Amazing Grace - Ted Hawkins

Editorial Reviews

VARIOUS Just Say Noel (1996 US 12-track compilation CD album includes Aimee Mann - Christmastime Sonic Youth - Santa Doesnt Cop Out On Dope Beck - The Little Drum Machine Boy Elastica - Gloria XTC - Thanks For Christmas and more complete with picture sleeve GEFD-25107)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than it sounds, December 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Just Say Noel (Audio CD)

Better than it has any right to be, this collection of unusual Xmas songs by Beck, Sonic Youth, Xtc and others puts the SPECIAL CHRISTMAS cd's for Special Olypmics to shame. Be forewarned, though--you need a sense of humor to appreciate these sometimes twisted Christmas songs.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worst than a skiing holiday, better than socks, December 12, 2005

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Shanky (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Say Noel (Audio CD)

This was recommended to me by a friend with unusual taste in music and, given that, I wasn't suprised by the truly bizarre mix of tracks here. Its not consistently festive, conistently alternative, consistently good, or consistently anything else to be honest, but there are some gems buried here. The Beck opener is a solid track, not one of his best but no embaressment. The Sonic Youth track (a cover) is...interesting. Not one of their most tuneful, and thats saying something. The rest vary between cheesy 70s-style pop (XTC), mournful wrist-slitters (Remy Zero) and some delicately beautiful melodies (especially the dated but brilliant Posies number). Definitely worth a look if you can get it cheap, and a nice alternative to the usual Christmas suspects - just don't expect any miracles.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Merry Christmas, David Geffen!, December 6, 2007

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Say Noel (Audio CD)

This is another Christmas compilation album. It is an odd mixture of tunes. There are a couple of great songs; those being "Christmastime" by Aimee Mann & Michael Penn and "Thanks For Christmas" by XTC. Also notable is "The Little Drum Machine Boy" by Beck, which starts off well but runs too long at seven minutes length. The rest of the songs are not really anything special. Particularly bad is Wendy & Lisa's awful song from that awful movie Toys. But the good songs I mentioned save it from being a complete disaster.