New Wave Xmas: Just Can't Get Enough

Various Artists - Miscellaneous - Holiday

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 15, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033W7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,409 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Thanks for Christmas - The Three Wise Men

2. Christmas Day - Squeeze

3. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues,

4. Rudolph the Manic Reindeer - Los Lobos

5. 2000 Miles - The Pretenders

6. Santa Claus - Throwing Muses

7. Little Drummer Boy [#] - Miracle Legion

8. Xmas at K-Mart [#] - Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band, Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band

9. Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie, Bing Crosby

10. One Christmas Catalogue - Captain Sensible

11. All I Want for Christmas - Timbuk 3

12. Shouldn't Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas - Wall of Voodoo

13. Santa's Beard - They Might Be Giants

14. Christmas - Buzz of Delight, Buzz of Delight

15. Christmas Time [#] - Chris Stamey Group

16. Mary X-Mess [#] - Sun-60

17. Careless Santa - Mono Puff

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This seasonal adjunct to Rhino's 15-volume proto-alternative series of '80s favorites is characterized as much by sweetness as wigginess: check out XTC's "Thanks for Christmas" and Squeeze's "Christmas Day," the latter of which name-checks everything from tree lights to British comedy team Morecambe and Wise. Closest to true new-wave sound and spirit is They Might Be Giants' Farfisa-driven "Santa's Beard," but this eclectic mix's stretches generally succeed. Still, a couple of complaints: why a dreary "Little Drummer Boy" by Miracle Legion instead of the turbocharged one from Joan Jett's I Love Rock n' Roll? But it's churlish to complain about a record so well-meaning that it stacks up a blindingly good "Rudolph" by Los Lobos, a vintage single by Matthew Sweet's early Buzz of Delight, and "Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl--what a tearjerker. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Captain Sensible Captures The New Age Christmas Spirit, August 27, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews

I would rate this X-Mas compilation a 5+ on the strength of track #10 alone. Captain Sensible's 1984 single, "One Christmas Catalogue" is one of the best pop songs I have ever heard. It's synth pop intermingled with overdubs of sound bytes from distant Christmas movies of the past, create a nostalgic overload. I first heard this song on the radio in December of 1995 while attending Brigham Young University. And up until just recently I was finally able to locate this CD and buy it. "One Christmas Catalogue" is a classic 80's hit that deserves much more airplay during the holidays. It isn't every day you stumble onto a song this good! This is a must have single for any 80's alternative pop fan!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not Christmas until I've listened to this one!, November 23, 2002

By A Customer

This is one of my favorite Christmas CDs! I play it over and over every year. Some of the rock n roll Christmas CDs seem to have the same songs, but this one has quite a few I haven't heard anywhere else. Christmas Day by Squeeze is probably my favorite, but I also love Santa's Beard by They Might be Giants, Santa Claus by Throwing Muses, Careless Santa by Mono Puff, and Mary XMess by Sun 60. And thrown in to round it out are some perennial favs like Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy by David Bowie and Bing Crosby, the great Fairytale of New York by the Pogues with the sadly deceased Kirsty MacColl, and 2000 Miles by the Pretenders. If you're looking for an alternative to tradition but only want to buy one or two CDs, this should definitely be one of them!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why is this not for sale as Mp3's ?, December 3, 2008

By	Brian Brady (Castro Valley, CA) - See all my reviews

For the last 30 years I've been searching my local record stores at Christmas time for this CD, and I've yet to find a used copy, why ? because it's such great Christmas fun, you'll want to keep it. What criteria does Amazon.com use for converting CD's to Mp3's ??? I'd pay $10 for this CD in a store just for 'X-mas at K-Mart' by Root Boy Slim, so why can't I find it for 99 cents as an Mp3 ? maybe Santa will leave me a copy this year. Happy Holidays !