Maybe This Christmas Too

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nettwerk Records
• ASIN: B0000AM6O3
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,254 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #53 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Chamber Pop

Track Listings

1. Spotlight On Christmas - Rufus Wainwright

2. The Winter Song - Eisley

3. O Holy Night - Avril Lavigne & Chantal Kreviazuk

4. Xmas Cake - Rilo Kiley

5. Silent Night - Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan

6. Donde Esta Santa Claus? - Guster

7. Rudy - The Be Good Tanyas

8. Christmas Song - Dave Matthews Band

9. Go Tell It On The Mountain - Oh Susanna

10. Green Christmas - Barenaked Ladies

11. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Martina Sorbara

12. Donna & Blitzen - Badly Drawn Boy

13. White Christmas - The Flaming Lips

14. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Sixpence None The Richer

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 37 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Go for Maybe This Christmas first... November 10, 2003

By Katy

Format:Audio CD

I love indie rock/indie pop Christmas, and was a fan of "Maybe This Christmas." The Paul Frank album art was cool, followed up by the fairly hip Oopsy Daisy art this time around.

But the tunes of "Maybe This Christmas Too" are taking a little longer to grow on me. I thought I would like it better than the first, as it has a nice assortment of cool artists - Rufus Wainwright, The Flaming Lips, Badly Drawn Boy. I would say the songs don't always fit together as well as they might.

The drawback is the relatively high ratio of bad tracks:
3. O Holy Night - Avril Lavigne & Chantal Kreviazuk
This is a BAD song. I even like tone deaf Avril, at least in her heavily produced album "Let Go." Here, she sounds like your 11 year old niece at her school Christmas recital. She is usually off key, and against a strong singer like Chantal, sounds dismal. She should have chosen a more rockin' track to suit her voice. The song is painful. Very painful. Plan on using your Skip button on the CD player. If only I could engineer out Avril to listen to Chantal.

4. Silent Night - Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan
You are getting sleepy...very sleepy. Singing is too weak to sustain an a cappella version.

5. Xmas Cake - Rilo Kiley
Wow. This is a really dreary song. Not necessarily offensive, just a little sad and depressing for a Christmas track. And what the heck is Christmas cake?

The standout tracks?
6. Donde Esta Santa Claus? - Guster
This has a very happy retro feel, with funny lyrics like in the Ben Folds track on MTC, but with much better harmony and instruments. I love the song.

10. Green Christmas - Barenaked Ladies
I had heard this one before, but it's a nice, catchy tune.... With last year's killer BNL/McLachlan song (perhaps the best modern Christmas song), it makes me think BNL should sing only Christmas tunage.

11. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Martina Sorbara
I don't LOVE it, but it is oddly endearing.

13. White Christmas - The Flaming Lips
There is something entertaining to me about the Lips doing Christmas. The song is very much what you might expect, with the lead vocals sounding a lot like the Martian in Looney Tunes cartoons.

14. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Sixpence None The Richer
I hate the band, but the song isn't bad. Very much of the aesthetic of MTC1.

Final verdict:
I would recommend the album to others. It has more lows that MTC1, but also more standout tracks. Read more ›

25 of 33 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Preview November 25, 2003

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album! - nice change for Christmas music! December 16, 2003

By Craig Ellis

Format:Audio CD

My wife and I love this album! - I recently purchased it, and can't stop listening to it!

I ESPECIALLY loved Avril Lavigne's "O Holy Night" - While I am not a Christian, I was VERY moved by the passion I felt from her and Chantal Kreviazuk. It reminded me of how I felt about Christmas many years ago.

If you want a little diversity in your Christmas album collection, purchase this album!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Alt Christmas music October 17, 2012

By R. Gomez

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I really enjoy modern, alternative Christmas music and this one hits the spot. I highly recommend this to everyone's play list.

2.0 out of 5 stars Even more Hit and Miss than the Previous One October 19, 2008

By gokinsmen

Format:Audio CD

I'll quick this simple. There are two gems on this collection: "Spotlight On Christmas" by Rufus Wainwright and "Donde Esta Santa Claus?" by Guster. Sixpence None The Richer's "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" is also enjoyable enough due to Leigh Nash's patented vocals.

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, and different - not as good as earlier albums in this series January 15, 2007

By Todd Zebert

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

My favorites would be: "Donde Esta Santa Claus?", "Green Christmas", "Donna & Blitzen", and "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear".

4.0 out of 5 stars surprisingly good November 18, 2003

By "cmw79"

Format:Audio CD

I bought this CD for the Rilo Kiley track and that track only. Rilo Kiley did not let me down. Xmas Cake is another great song with a distinct tone unusual for a Christmas tune. The surprising thing is I like a lot of the other stuff, and some of it is by artists I would have claimed to hate or at least never listen to. I would give this CD 5 stars, but its all wrapped up in that awful, awful Oopsy Daisy art...Paul Frank is fun, cool, well-designed, but the Oopsy is that sort of art which initially attracts me before I quickly avert my eyes in seach of something visually appealing and pleasing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe this Christmas too? November 11, 2003

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

I enjoy the variety of independent styles and the unique nature of the Christmas music. The instrumental touches on the Wainwright track and the Rilo Kiley track are fantastic, on their own worth the price of the CD. Harps and banjos, wow.