The Monkees have announced their first holiday album, Rolling Stone reports. It’s called Christmas Party and arrives October 12. The 13-track record features contributions from Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, XTC’s Andy Partridge, and The Minus 5’s Scott McCaughey, and novelist Michael Chabon. Though Christmas Party consists largely of vocals from the Monkees’ Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, it also includes old recordings of the late Davy Jones. It was produced by Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger.
The holiday album is a mix of new tracks (like the Cuomo-written “What Would Santa Do”), Christmas standards, and covers such as Big Star’s “Jesus Christ,” Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime,” and “Merry Christmas, Baby.” See the tracklist below.
The Monkees’ last album was 2016’s Good Times!, which featured tracks written by Cuomo, Noel Gallagher, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, and others. Since then, Nesmith has made his case for vaporwave.
Christmas Party:
01 Unwrap You at Christmas
02 What Would Santa Do
03 Mele Kalikimaka
04 House of Broken Gingerbread
05 The Christmas Song
06 Christmas Party
07 Jesus Christ
08 I Wish it Could Be Christmas Every Day
09 Silver Bells
10 Wonderful Christmastime
11 Snowfall
12 Angels We Have Heard on High
13 Merry Christmas, Baby
