Punk Goes Christmas


Punk Goes Christmas is the fourteenth compilation album of the Punk Goes... series. It was released on 5 November 2013, through Fearless Records.

Background and release

This album, compared to the other albums in the Punk Goes... series received little press. The album was announced in a trailer posted online by Fearless Records in October 2013, along with the album's artwork and full track listing. The album was released and available to stream online on November 4 the same year. It is also one of the only Punk Goes... albums to contain original songs, however it does still contain cover songs.

Critical reception

Mark Deming from AllMusic praised the album's range of sounds, ranging from pop punk to metalcore, but gave it a moderate 3 of 5 stars. Edward Strickson of Alter the Press! gave the album a 4/5 score, praising its surprisingly festive characteristics and went on to say that "Fool's Holiday" by All Time Low may be one of the best songs they have made.

Deluxe edition

In November 2015 it was announced that Fearless Records would release a deluxe edition of Punk Goes Christmas with 4 additional songs added to the original Punk Goes Christmas album that was released back in 2013. The songs on the album that were added were three additional covers and one new original song titled "12 Days of a Pop-Punk Christmas" performed by YouTube comedian Jarrod Alonge though it was really credited to his fictitious YouTube band Sunrise Skater Kids. With the addition of the four new songs added to the deluxe edition of Punk Goes Christmas. Punk Goes Christmas had 16 songs total with both an even amount of covers and original songs both of which had 8 each. The first song off of the deluxe edition was August Burns Red's cover of the Home Alone Theme originally composed by John Williams. The song was released on November 24, 2015. The rest of the songs were released on November 27, 2015 each with an accompanied lyric video.

Track listing

;Deluxe Edition
#TitleArtistOriginal artistLength
4."12 Days of Pop-Punk Christmas"Sunrise Skater Kids3:27
9."Home Alone Theme"August Burns RedJohn Williams3:50
12."Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"Being as an OceanJudy Garland2:37
14."Sleigh Ride"This Wild LifeArthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra2:56

''Sampler'' Track listing

Punk Goes Christmas also included a sampler CD containing 8 previous released songs by bands from the Fearless Record label.
#TitleArtistAlbumLength
1."Déjà Vu"BlessthefallHollow Bodies4:17
2."Lightning in a Bottle"The Summer SetLegendary4:07
3."Haters Gonna Hate"Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!Pardon My French3:21
4."Told Ya So"Get ScaredEveryone's Out To Get Me3:31
5."I Won't Lie"Go RadioClose the Distance3:38
6."Nikki"Forever the Sickest KidsJ.A.C.K.3:43
7."Mark My Words"For All Those SleepingOutspoken3:30
8."12 Through 15"Mayday Parade Monsters in the Closet4:58

Charts and release history

Charts
ChartPeak position
US Billboard 20095
US Alternative Albums16
US Rock Albums22
US Independent Albums15
US Top Holiday Albums9

Release history
RegionDateFormat
World WideNovember 4, 2013CD, digital