The Gift of Rock

The Gift of Rock is the fifth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth. Released in 2005 through 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".

The Gift of Rock
Studio album by Smash Mouth
Released	2005
Studio	The Hearse (Berkeley, CA) The Club House (New York, NY) Sound Management Studios (Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia
Genre	Alternative rock Christmas
Length	26:25 26:07 (reissue)
Label	Beautiful Bomb
Producer	Greg Camp Michael Urbano
Smash Mouth chronology
All Star Smash Hits (2005) The Gift of Rock (2005) Summer Girl (2006)

The band's second Christmas album, Missile Toes, was released in 2023.

Track listing

2005 release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Father Christmas"	Ray Davies	The Kinks	3:38
2.	"Baggage Claim"	Greg Camp	Smash Mouth	3:31
3.	"Don't Believe in Christmas"	Gerald W. Roslie	The Sonics	1:47
4.	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector	Darlene Love	3:14
5.	"Zat You, Santa Claus?"	Jack Fox	Louis Armstrong	2:19
6.	"The Christmas Song"	Sune Rose Wagner	Sune Rose Wagner	2:34
7.	"Snoopy's Christmas"	George David Weiss Hugo & Luigi	The Royal Guardsmen	2:15
8.	"Christmas Ain't Christmas"	Buck Owens	Buck Owens	2:03
9.	"Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On"	Richard Starkey Mark Hudson Dean Grakal	Ringo Starr	2:23
10.	"Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)"	Jeffrey Hyman	Ramones	2:36
Total length:				26:25

2012 reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Father Christmas"	Davies	The Kinks	3:38
2.	"Don't Believe in Christmas"	Roslie	The Sonics	1:47
3.	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Barry Greenwich Spector	Darlene Love	3:14
4.	"Zat You, Santa Claus?"	Fox	Armstrong	2:19
5.	"The Christmas Song"	Wagner	Sune Rose Wagner	2:34
6.	"Snoopy's Christmas"	Weiss Hugo & Luigi	The Royal Guardsmen	2:15
7.	"Christmas Ain't Christmas"	Buck Owens	Owens	2:03
8.	"Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On"	Starkey Hudson Grakal	Ringo Starr	2:23
9.	"Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)"	Hyman	Ramones	2:36
10.	"2000 Miles"	Christine Hynde	The Pretenders	3:25
Total length:				26:07

Personnel

Smash Mouth^[1]

• 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

1. The Gift of Rock (liner notes). Smash Mouth. 429 Records. 2012. FTN17916.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• The Gift of Rock at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
• The Gift of Rock at Discogs (list of releases)