Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand

{{Infobox album|

| name = Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand

| type = Studio

| artist = Relient K

| cover = Relient K - Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 4, 2003

| recorded = 2003

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, christmas

| length = 27:03

| label = Gotee

| producer = Mark Lee Townsend

| prev_title = The Vinyl Countdown

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Mmhmm

| next_year = 2004

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Jesus Freak Hideout

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|rev2=Cross Rhythms |rev2Score={{rating|8|10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Relient_K/Deck_The_Halls_Bruise_Your_Hand/12420/ |title=Relient K - Deck The Halls Bruise Your Hand |last1=Cummings |first1=Tony |date=19 January 2005 |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=21 December 2011}}}}

Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand is the first Christmas album released by Christian rock band Relient K. It was released in many stores as a combo pack with later copies of their previous full-length album, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do.

On October 23, 2007, the band re-released this album with seven new songs, and the new title of Let it Snow, Baby... Let it Reindeer.{{cite web |url=http://www.relientk.com/news.aspx#10143 |title= |website=www.relientk.com |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061123080753/http%3A//www.relientk.com/news.aspx |archive-date=2006-11-23}}

Track listing

All tracks public domain unless otherwise noted. New verses on tracks 3 and 6 written by Matt Thiessen.

  1. "Angels We Have Heard on High" – 1:53
  2. "Deck the Halls" – 1:20
  3. "12 Days of Christmas" – 3:30
  4. "Silent Night / Away in a Manger" – 2:18
  5. "I Celebrate the Day" (Matt Thiessen) – 3:18
  6. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" – 2:11
  7. "Santa Claus Is Thumbing to Town" (Thiessen) – 2:47
  8. "Handel's Messiah (The Hallelujah Chorus)" – 1:09
  9. "I Hate Christmas Parties" (Thiessen) – 4:34‡
  10. "Auld Lang Syne" – 4:05 (Later versions)  – 1:59)

‡Performed by Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes

Personnel

Relient K

= Production =

  • Mark Lee Townsend – producer
  • Matt Thiessen – co-producer
  • J.R. McNeeley – mixing

Notes