The Gift of Rock
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox album
| name = The Gift of Rock
| type = studio
| artist = Smash Mouth
| cover = Giftcover2.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2005
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|The Hearse (Berkeley, CA)|The Club House (New York, NY)|Sound Management Studios (Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia}}
| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|Christmas}}
| length = 26:25
26:07 {{Small|(reissue)}}
| label = Beautiful Bomb
| producer = {{hlist|Greg Camp|Michael Urbano}}
| prev_title = All Star Smash Hits
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Summer Girl
| next_year = 2006
}}
The Gift of Rock is the fifth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth. Released in 2005 through the band’s own Beautiful Bomb Records, the album contains mostly covers of Christmas songs by various artists including Louis Armstrong, Ringo Starr, the Kinks, and the Ramones. It was reissued in 2012 by 429 Records, replacing the original song "Baggage Claim" with the Pretenders' "2000 Miles".
This is the band's first Christmas album, with the second one, Missile Toes, being released in November 2023.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 2005 release
| extra_column = Original artist
| title1 = Father Christmas
| writer1 = Ray Davies
| extra1 = The Kinks
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = Baggage Claim
| writer2 = Greg Camp
| extra2 = Smash Mouth
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = Don't Believe in Christmas
| writer3 = Gerald W. Roslie
| extra3 = The Sonics
| length3 = 1:47
| title4 = Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
| writer4 = {{hlist|Jeff Barry|Ellie Greenwich|Phil Spector}}
| extra4 = Darlene Love
| length4 = 3:14
| title5 = Zat You, Santa Claus?
| writer5 = Jack Fox
| extra5 = Louis Armstrong
| length5 = 2:19
| title6 = The Christmas Song
| writer6 = Sune Rose Wagner
| extra6 = Sune Rose Wagner
| length6 = 2:34
| title7 = Snoopy's Christmas
| writer7 = {{hlist|George David Weiss|Hugo & Luigi}}
| extra7 = The Royal Guardsmen
| length7 = 2:15
| title8 = Christmas Ain't Christmas
| writer8 = Buck Owens
| extra8 = Buck Owens
| length8 = 2:03
| title9 = Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On
| writer9 = {{hlist|Richard Starkey|Mark Hudson|Dean Grakal}}
| extra9 = Ringo Starr
| length9 = 2:23
| title10 = Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
| writer10 = Jeffrey Hyman
| extra10 = Ramones
| length10 = 2:36
| total_length = 26:25
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2012 reissue
| extra_column = Original artist
| title1 = Father Christmas
| writer1 = Davies
| extra1 = The Kinks
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = Don't Believe in Christmas
| writer2 = Roslie
| extra2 = The Sonics
| length2 = 1:47
| title3 = Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
| writer3 = {{hlist|Barry|Greenwich|Spector}}
| extra3 = Darlene Love
| length3 = 3:14
| title4 = Zat You, Santa Claus?
| writer4 = Fox
| extra4 = Armstrong
| length4 = 2:19
| title5 = The Christmas Song
| writer5 = Wagner
| extra5 = Sune Rose Wagner
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Snoopy's Christmas
| writer6 = {{hlist|Weiss|Hugo & Luigi}}
| extra6 = The Royal Guardsmen
| length6 = 2:15
| title7 = Christmas Ain't Christmas
| writer7 = Buck Owens
| extra7 = Owens
| length7 = 2:03
| title8 = Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On
| writer8 = {{hlist|Starkey|Hudson|Grakal}}
| extra8 = Ringo Starr
| length8 = 2:23
| title9 = Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
| writer9 = Hyman
| extra9 = Ramones
| length9 = 2:36
| title10 = 2000 Miles
| writer10 = Christine Hynde
| extra10 = The Pretenders
| length10 = 3:25
| total_length = 26:07
}}
Personnel
Smash Mouth{{Cite AV media notes |id=FTN17916 |title=The Gift of Rock |others=Smash Mouth |publisher=429 Records |type=liner notes |year=2012}}
- Steve Harwell – vocals
- Greg Camp – guitars, backing vocals
- Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
- Michael Urbano – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Dave Palmer – keyboards
- Sunshine F. Becker, Joey Blake, Vernon Bush, Brian Dyer, Zoe Lynne Ellis, Leah Tysse, Ellen Van Den and James White – choir
= Production =
- Greg Camp – producer
- Michael Urbano – producer
- Reto Peter – engineer, mixing
- Michael Rodriguez – engineer
- Brad Kobylczak – additional engineer
- Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Kelly Castro – art direction, design, photography
- Robert Hayes for Sound Management, Inc. – management
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpbEBCQfpmYGR5g0RpU58dLlarxpqp5Z4 The Gift of Rock] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
- {{Discogs master|master=1410549|name=The Gift of Rock|type=album}}
{{Smash Mouth}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gift Of Rock, The}}
Category:2005 Christmas albums
Category:Christmas albums by American artists
Category:Rock Christmas albums