THE MONKEES
To Release
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Their First Ever Holiday Album
On October 12
.
.
.
AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW
The Monkees will celebrate the season with their first holiday album, Christmas Party, which features new vocals by Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork. The late Davy Jones’ unmistakable voice – taken from vintage recordings – also appears on two songs. Christmas Party will be available on CD, digital download and streaming services on October 12 and is available to pre-order now.
On Christmas Party, The Monkees put their unmistakable vocal stamp on a wide array of classic Christmas tracks, from the R&B holiday standard Merry Christmas, Baby to Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime and Wizzard’s yuletide classic I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.
After helming The Monkees’ critically acclaimed studio album Good Times! in 2016, Grammy® and Emmy®-winning songwriter Adam Schlesinger reprises his role as producer on Christmas Party. All of the album’s 13 songs were recorded this year, with Silver Bells and Mele Kalikimaka using classic Davy Jones’ vocals from the archives combined with newly recorded music.
Much like Good Times!, Christmas Party features songs newly written for the band by a group of talented songwriters, including Rivers Cuomo of Weezer (What Would Santa Do) and Andy Partridge of XTC (Unwrap Me At Christmas). Schlesinger and celebrated author Michael Chabon teamed up to write House Of Broken Gingerbread. Guitarists Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Scott McCaughey of The Minus 5 play on two songs – a cover of Big Star’s Jesus Christ and the album’s title track, which they wrote together.
Christmas Party also includes two songs with Michael Nesmith on lead vocals, with each track being produced by one of his sons. His take on the yuletide classic The Christmas Song was produced by Christian Nesmith, while Snowfall was helmed by Jonathan Nesmith.
Over the years, The Monkees’amassed a dozen Top 40 hits in the U.S., including a trio of tunes that soared to #1. Between September 1966 and December 1967, Last Train To Clarksville, I’m A Believer and Daydream Believer collectively occupied the top position for 12 weeks. Sales of their LPs were more phenomenal still: The Monkees occupied the #1 position for 13 consecutive weeks and More Of The Monkees for 18 weeks. Both Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.went to the top as well, for a four-in-a-row feat in the incomprehensible space of 13 months. The final tally: 16 million albums and 7.5 million singles sold in a mere 21/2 years.
.
.
Christmas Party track listing:
1. Unwrap Me At Christmas
2. What Would Santa Do
3. Mele Kalikimaka
4. House Of Broken Gingerbread
5. The Christmas Song
6. Christmas Party
7. Jesus Christ
8. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
9. Silver Bells
10. Wonderful Christmastime
11. Snowfall
12. Angels We Have Heard On High
13. Merry Christmas, Baby
.
Follow The Monkees
Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram
.
.
amnplify EH
