Silver & Gold (Sufjan Stevens album)


Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6–10 is a five-EP box set of Christmas-related songs and carols recorded by Sufjan Stevens between 2006 and 2012. It is a follow-up to Songs for Christmas, which was released six years prior.
On October 2, 2012, it was announced that Stevens would release Silver & Gold on November 13, 2012 in digital format, CD and LP boxset. On October 24, 2012, a claymation music video, animated by Lee Hardcastle, was released for "Mr. Frosty Man".

Reception

The album has received mostly positive reviews from critics, with Pitchfork giving it a 7.8 out of 10. As Keelan H. of Sputnikmusic writes,"he album exists on plane where introspection meets with group sing-a-longs, depression meets with joyous outbursts, traditional meets with left-field kookiness." At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

;Gloria: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VI
  1. "Silent Night" - 2:26
  2. "Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You from Christmases Past" - 3:22
  3. "Coventry Carol" - 2:54
  4. "The Midnight Clear" - 2:49
  5. "Carol of St. Benjamin the Bearded One" - 3:32
  6. "Go Nightly Cares" - 1:44
  7. "Barcarola " - 7:03
  8. "Auld Lang Syne" - 1:35
;I Am Santa's Helper: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VII
  1. "Christ the Lord Is Born" - 0:49
  2. "Christmas Woman" - 5:33
  3. "Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light" - 1:09
  4. "Happy Family Christmas" - 1:23
  5. "Jingle Bells" - 1:19
  6. "Mysteries of the Christmas Mist" - 2:10
  7. "Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates" - 1:20
  8. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - 1:16
  9. "Ah Holy Jesus" - 2:42
  10. "Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory" - 1:09
  11. "Ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling" - 1:50
  12. "How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?" - 2:09
  13. "Mr. Frosty Man" - 1:50
  14. "Make Haste to See the Baby" - 1:23
  15. "Ah Holy Jesus" - 1:29
  16. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" - 1:51
  17. "Morning" - 2:28
  18. "Idumea" - 3:50
  19. "Eternal Happiness or Woe" - 1:23
  20. "Ah Holy Jesus" - 1:00
  21. "I Am Santa's Helper" - 1:52
  22. "'Ma'oz Tzur' " - 0:42
  23. "Even the Earth Will Perish and the Universe Give Way" - 2:01
;Christmas Infinity Voyage: Songs for Christmas, Vol. VIII
  1. "Angels We Have Heard on High" - 4:04
  2. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" - 9:14
  3. "Christmas in the Room" - 4:23
  4. "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" - 0:48
  5. "Good King Wenceslas" - 4:18
  6. "Alphabet St." - 1:36
  7. "Particle Physics" - 1:04
  8. "Joy to the World" - 5:25
  9. "The Child with the Star on His Head" - 15:30
;Let It Snow: Songs for Christmas, Vol. IX
  1. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - 3:22
  2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - 2:41
  3. "The Sleigh in the Moon" - 1:44
  4. "Sleigh Ride" - 2:28
  5. "Ave Maria" - 2:09
  6. "X-mas Spirit Catcher" - 3:31
  7. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - 2:17
  8. "A Holly Jolly Christmas" - 2:27
  9. "Christmas Face" - 0:40
;Christmas Unicorn: Songs for Christmas, Vol. X
  1. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - 3:42
  2. "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" - 0:40
  3. "Up on the Housetop" - 4:21
  4. "Angels We Have Heard on High" - 0:52
  5. "We Need a Little Christmas" - 2:03
  6. "Happy Karma Christmas" - 3:36
  7. "We Three Kings" - 0:52
  8. "Justice Delivers Its Death" - 3:16
  9. "Christmas Unicorn" - 12:28