Silver & Gold * by Sufjan Stevens (Vinyl, Nov-2012, Asthmatic Kitty)

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Gloria: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VI

    "Silent Night" - 2:26 (words by Joseph Mohr; melody by Franz Xaver Gruber; English translation by John Freeman Young)
    "Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You From Christmases Past" - 3:22 (music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Coventry Carol" - 2:54 (featuring Marla Hansen) (16th-century English Carol)
    "The Midnight Clear" - 2:49 (music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Carol Of St. Benjamin The Bearded One" - 3:32 (music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Go Nightly Cares" - 1:44 (music by John Dowland)
    "Barcarola (You Must Be A Christmas Tree)" - 7:03 (music by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Sufjan Stevens; words by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Auld Lang Syne" - 1:35 (words by Robert Burns; music: traditional Scots folk melody)

I Am Santa's Helper: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VII

    "Christ The Lord Is Born" - 0:49 (music by Leoš Janá?ek)
    "Christmas Woman" - 5:33 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light" - 1:09 (music by Johann Schop; harmony by J.S. Bach)
    "Happy Family Christmas" - 1:23 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Jingle Bells" - 1:19 (words & music by James Lord Pierpont)
    "Mysteries Of The Christmas Mist" - 2:10 (music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates" - 1:20 (words by Georg Weissel; translated by Catherine Winkworth; music by Thomas Williams)
    "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" - 1:16 (16th-century English Carol)
    "Ah Holy Jesus" - 2:42 (words by Johann Heermann: music by Johann Crüger)
    "Behold! The Birth Of Man, The Face Of Glory" - 1:09 (music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling" - 1:50 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?" - 2:09 (music by J.S. Bach; adapted by J. Troutback)
    "Mr. Frosty Man" - 1:50 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Make Haste To See The Baby" - 1:23 (music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Ah Holy Jesus" - 1:29 (with reed organ)
    "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - 1:51 (words by Charles Wesley; music by Felix Mendelsshon)
    "Morning" - 2:28 (Sacred Harp) (music by Amos Pilsbury)
    "Idumea" - 3:50 (Sacred Harp) (words by Charles Wesley; music by Ananias Davisson)
    "Eternal Happiness Or Woe" - 1:23 (music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Ah Holy Jesus" - 1:00 (a capella)
    "I Am Santa's Helper" - 1:52 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "'Maoz Tzur' (Rock Of Ages)" - 0:42 (traditional Jewish hymn)
    "Even The Earth Will Perish And The Universe Give Way" - 2:01 (music by Sufjan Stevens)

Christmas Infinity Voyage: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VIII

    "Angels We Have Heard On High" - 4:04 (music & words by Sufjan Stevens [based on the original hymn])
    "Do You Hear What I Hear?" - 9:14 (words by Noël Regney; music by Gloria Shayne)
    "Christmas In The Room" - 4:23 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" - 0:48 (words by Edmund Sears; music by Richard Storrs Willis)
    "Good King Wenceslas" - 4:18 (words by John Mason Neale; music: 13th Century carol)
    "Alphabet St." - 1:36 (words & music by Prince)
    "Particle Physics" - 1:04 (music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Joy To The World" - 5:25 (words by Isaac Watts; music by Lowell Mason)
    "The Child With The Star On His Head" - 15:30 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)

Let It Snow: Songs for Christmas, Vol. IX

    "I'll Be Home For Christmas" - 3:22 (words & music by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram)
    "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" - 2:41 (words & music by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie)
    "The Sleigh In The Moon" - 1:44 (featuring Cat Martino) (words & music by Cat Martino)
    "Sleigh Ride" - 2:28 (words & music by Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish)
    "Ave Maria" - 2:09 (featuring Cat Martino) (words by God Himself; music by Franz Schubert)
    "X-mas Spirit Catcher" - 3:31 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - 2:17 (words & music by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn)
    "A Holly Jolly Christmas" - 2:27 (words & music by Johnny Marks)
    "Christmas Face" - 0:40 (featuring Sebastian Krueger) (words & music by Sebastian Krueger)

Christmas Unicorn: Songs for Christmas, Vol. X

    "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - 3:42 (words & music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane)
    "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" - 0:40 (words by Edmund Sears; music by Richard Storrs Willis)
    "Up On The Housetop" - 4:21 (featuring Vesper Stamper) (words & music by Benjamin Hanby; arr. by Sufjan Stevens)
    "Angels We Have Heard On High" - 0:52 (traditional French carol)
    "We Need A Little Christmas" - 2:03 (words & music by Jerry Herman)
    "Happy Karma Christmas" - 3:36 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens)
    "We Three Kings" - 0:52 (music by John Henry Hopkins, Jr.)
    "Justice Delivers Its Death" - 3:16 (var. & arrangement by Sufjan Stevens; based on the song "Silver & Gold" by J. Marks)
    "Christmas Unicorn" - 12:28 (words & music by Sufjan Stevens; "Love Will Tear Us Apart" used by permission, written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner)