Christmas (Low EP)

1999 EP by Low

Christmas

EP by

Low

Released| November 16th 1999
Genre| Indie rock, slowcore
Length| 29:45
Language| English
Label| Kranky
Low chronology
| Secret Name
(1999)  | Christmas
(1999)  | Bombscare EP
(2000)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [2]
NME| 9/10[3]
PopMatters| 8/10[4]

Christmas is an EP by the indie rock band Low. It was released in 1999 on Kranky. A Christmas album, it was released as a gift to fans. In 2013, the A.V. Club's Josh Modell described it as "the religious album even heathens can love".[5]

"If You Were Born Today" and "Blue Christmas" was released as a single in 1997.

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and Zak Sally except where noted.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Just Like Christmas"|  | 3:08
2.| "Long Way Around the Sea"|  | 4:38
3.| "The Little Drummer Boy"| Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, Katherine Davis| 4:52
4.| "If You Were Born Today (Song for Little Baby Jesus)"|  | 4:50
5.| "Blue Christmas"| Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson| 3:22
6.| "Silent Night"| Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr| 4:23
7.| "Taking Down the Tree"|  | 2:44
8.| "One Special Gift"|  | 1:48

## "If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Baby Jesus)"

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"If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Baby Jesus)"

Single by Low
Released| 1997
Genre| Indie rock
Label| Wurlitzer Jukebox
Songwriter(s)| Alan Sparhawk
Low singles chronology
| "'Transmission (EP)'"
(1996)  | "If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Baby Jesus)"
(1997)  | "'Songs for a Dead Pilot'"
(1997)

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"If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Baby Jesus)" was released as a 7-inch single from the EP with "Blue Christmas" as a B-side.

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "If You Were Born Today" (Song For Little Baby Jesus)|
2.| "Blue Christmas"|

## References

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1. ^ Lashley, Sanz. "Low - Christmas". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington - Morphine. MUZE. p. 355\. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
3. ^ "Christmas". NME. September 12, 2005. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
4. ^ Sharpe, Sarah. "Low: Christmas". PopMatters. Archived from the original on August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
5. ^ Modell, Josh (December 19, 2013). "Low's Christmas is the religious album even heathens can love". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 2, 2017.

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Low

* Alan Sparhawk
* Mimi Parker
* John Nichols
* Zak Sally
* Matt Livingston
* Steve Garrington

Studio albums|

* I Could Live in Hope
* Long Division
* The Curtain Hits the Cast
* Secret Name
* Things We Lost in the Fire
* Trust
* The Great Destroyer
* Drums and Guns
* C'mon
* The Invisible Way
* Ones and Sixes
* Double Negative
* Hey What

Other albums|

* Paris '99: "Anthony, Are You Around?"
* A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities

EPs|

* Finally...
* Transmission
* Songs for a Dead Pilot
* Christmas
* The Exit Papers
* Tonight the Monkeys Die: Low Remixed
* Murderer

Related articles|

* Slowcore
* Solo Guitar
* The Seer
* Black Eyed Snakes
* Retribution Gospel Choir
* White Roses, My God
* Your Voice Is Not Enough

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