A Twisted Christmas
A Twisted Christmas is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on 17 October 2006 through Demolition Records. It arrived two years after Still Hungry, and it takes a left turn from the band's earlier run of records by giving familiar Christmas songs a heavy metal and glam metal makeover, often with reworked lyrics.
The standout is "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", the carol that heavily inspired the band's own hit "We're Not Gonna Take It". Here they play it in a style exactly like that song, closing the circle neatly. It has become one of their best-known tracks since their 1980s heyday, helped by a comic video in which the band gatecrash a holiday gathering in a bickering couple's home. It's a playful seasonal curiosity for anyone who loved their big-chorus style.
A Twisted Christmas: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 41:50Tracklist
- 1Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasHugh Martin and Ralph Blane4:48
- 2Oh Come All Ye FaithfulJohn Francis Wade4:40
- 3White ChristmasIrving Berlin3:57
- 4I’ll Be Home for ChristmasKent, Gannon, Ram4:08
- 5Silver BellsRay Evans and Jay Livingston5:05
- 6I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa ClausTommie Connor3:39
- 7Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It SnowJule Styne and Sammy Cahn3:10
- 8Deck the Halls[traditional] and Thomas Oliphant2:52
- 9The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)Mel Tormé and Robert Wells3:40
- 10Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas)[traditional] and Dee Snider5:15
- 11We Wish You a Twisted Christmas[traditional]0:36
- Produced by
- Mark Mendoza, Jay Jay French
- Recorded at
- Audio Magick, West Babylon, New York
- Recorded
- June–August 2006
- Labels
- Demolition Records, Razor & Tie
- Length
- 41:50
Line-up
- Eddie Ojeda · guitar
- Jay Jay French · guitar
- Mark Mendoza · bass · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 2006 | 147 |
| US Holiday · 2006 | 27 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 17 October 2006 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 17 October 2006 | |
| Wikidata | 17 October 2006 | |
| US release | 17 October 2006 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 2006 | earliest UK or European date |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | GB | Demolition Records | 5060011191598 | other |
| 17 October 2006 | DE | Razor & Tie | 886977046827 | original |
| 17 October 2006 | US | Razor & Tie | 793018296427 | original |
| 24 November 2017 | — | Rhino | 081227932930 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1185, upscaled to 1500 (x1.27)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1200×1185 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1185, upscaled to 1500 (x1.27) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |