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2011 compilation album
RocKwiz Christmas Album
Released 2011
Label Liberation Music
RocKwiz Christmas Album is a compilation album of songs recorded for
Rockwiz Christmas specials at the Palais Theatre in 2007 and 2009.
[1] It was released on
vinyl and cd.
[2]
Reception
Sally Browne of the Sunday Mail wrote "With loads more cool Yule songs to unwrap, there's plenty here to make you say 'Christmas rocks!' and not 'Bah humbug!'."
[3] The Age's Michael Dwyer gave it 3½ stars saying "RocKwiz presses its real-deal difference with this gritty cull from two past Christmases at the Palais."
[4]
Accolades
Album track listing
Christmas Medley '07 - The Wolfgramm Sisters,
Jade Macrae ,
Joe Camilleri
Fairytale Of New York -
Tex Perkins ,
Clare Bowditch
River -
Tim Freedman ,
Angie Hart
Maybe This Christmas - Tim Freedman
Christmas Wrapping -
Chelsea Wheatley , The Wolfgramm Sisters
How to Make Gravy -
Paul Kelly
Merry Christmas Everybody -
Liam Finn , Jade Macrae, Tex Perkins, Clare Bowditch, Chelsea Wheatley, Angie Hart, Tim Freedman, Paul Kelly, The Wolfgramm Sisters
Little Drummer Boy - Tex Perkins,
Tim Rogers
Christmas Medley '09 - The Wolfgramm Sisters,
Paris Wells ,
Abby Dobson
2000 Miles -
Adalita
Christmas Time -
Kasey Chambers ,
Bill Chambers
Just Like Christmas -
Glenn Richards ,
Holiday Sidewinder
The Christmas Song -
Sarah Kelly ,
Toby Martin
Hey Guys! It's Christmas Time -
Dan Kelly ,
Sally Seltmann
Blue Christmas - Tex Perkins, Paris Wells
Christmas Train -
Vika Bull ,
John Paul Young
Christmas (From Tommy) - Tim Rogers
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding - Joe Camilleri, Tim Rogers, The Wolfgramm Sisters
Track 1 is a medley of
All Alone On Christmas ,
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love),
Run Rudolph Run and
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Track 9 is a medley of What Christmas Means to Me,
This Christmas , Who Took the Merry Out Of Christmas,
Last Christmas
Tracks 8, 9, 11, 15 and 16 are omitted from the vinyl version.
References
^ Jansen, Ara (9 December 2011), Rocking Christmas , The West Australian
^ Travel back in time with RocKwiz vinyl , The Daily Mercury, 24 November 2011
^ Browne, Sally (18 December 2011), Playlist , Sunday Mail
^ Dwyer, Michael (10 December 2011), Album reviews , The Age
^ McCabe, Kathy (24 September 2012),
Gotye and father Frank in the first round of ARIA Award nominees unveiled for Fine Arts and Artisan categories , news.co.au