The Gift of Rock is the fifth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth. Released in 2005 through the band’s own 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".
This is the band's first Christmas album, with the second, Missile Toes, being released in November 2023.
Track listing
Personnel Smash Mouth 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
External links
The Gift of Rock at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)