Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You From Christmases Past

from Silver & Gold by Sufjan Stevens

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Tesla The incredible essay that accompanies this album is more eloquent than I, but it touches on the tinselly profanity of Christmas, a solemn worship usurped by overeating and the tearing of shiny papers, and how welcome, how joyous, it often is.

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LP Box Set
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Originally released in 2012 as a follow-up to 2006's Songs For Christmas: Vols 1-5, this pressing of Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10 features nearly 60 tracks spanning traditional hymns and holiday pop songs, as well as numerous original songs from Sufjan Stevens and a long list of collaborators. The album includes collaborations with artists such as Aaron and Bryce Dessner (The National), Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), among others.

Box set includes:

- 5 EPs on 6 vinyl records
- Christmas sticker sheet
- Temporary tattoo sheet
- Three paper ornaments (self-assembly with directions)
- An apocalyptic pull-out poster
- A 44-page songbook with lyrics and chord charts (sing along with your friends and enemies)
- A 20-page Christmas coloring book by Stephen Halker
- Hallucinogenic photographs and psychedelic graphic design
- Extensive liner notes (introductory salutations and an essay on the Christmas tree by Sufjan Stevens, and a few theological words on the End Times by Pastor Vito Aiuto)

NOTE: LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER.

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. ORDERS WILL SHIP IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

Includes unlimited streaming of Silver & Gold via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Originally released in 2012 as a follow-up to 2006's Songs For Christmas: Vols 1-5, this edition of Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols. 6-10 features nearly 60 tracks spanning traditional hymns and holiday pop songs, as well as numerous original songs from Sufjan Stevens and a long list of collaborators. The album includes collaborations with artists such as Aaron and Bryce Dessner (The National), Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), among others.

Box set includes:

- 5 CDs
- Christmas sticker sheet
- Temporary tattoo sheet
- A paper ornament (self-assembly with directions)
- An apocalyptic pull-out poster
- Song lyrics and chord charts
- Hallucinogenic photographs and psychedelic graphic design
- Extensive liner notes (introductory salutations and an essay on the Christmas tree by Sufjan Stevens, and a few theological words on the End Times by Pastor Vito Aiuto)

Includes unlimited streaming of Silver & Gold via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
... more

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.

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credits

from Silver & Gold, released November 13, 2012
music by Aaron Dessner (©2012 ABD13 Music/ASCAP),
Bryce Dessner (©2012 Cortelyou Publishing/ASCAP), and
Sufjan Stevens (©2012 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP);
words by Sufjan Stevens