Alternative Christmas Albums

List of all Christmas Alternative music albums; Christmas Alternative songs for the holidays. Every Christmas Alternative song you need is on one of these albums. List is alphabetical but you can sort by any column.

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Skankin' Up Xmas

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Compilation album

Joy to the World,The First Noel,O Little Town of Bethlehem,Away in a Manger,Angels We Have Heard on High,God Rest Ye Gerry Mentlemen
2

Xmas '98

Saint Etienne

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Single
3

Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part 3

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Compilation album

2005-09-27
4

Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails

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5

I Was Born on Christmas Day: Xmas '93

Saint Etienne

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Single
6

My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style

My Morning Jacket

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Rock music

2000-10

Darla Records
7

Special X-Mas Single

The Dandy Warhols

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Single

The Little Drummer Boy,(It Dosen't Take A) Genius
8

Everything You Want For Christmas

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

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Album

2004

2282.04
9

Amrep Xmas

Unsane

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Noise rock

1997

Man's Ruin Records
10

Does Xmas Fiasco Style

My Morning Jacket

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EP

2000-10

Xmas Curtain,I Just Wanted to Say,Xmas Time Is Here Again,New Morning,Santa Claus Is Back in Town,[untitled]
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11

Whatchu' Want for Christmas?

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

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Rock-a-Billy Christmas,You & Me & the Bottle Make 3 Tonight (baby),Zat You Santa Clause,I Wanna Be Just Like You (the monkey song),Christmas in Tinseltown (again),Go-Daddy-O

1369.827
12

Happy Holidays

Billy Idol

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Christmas music,Rock music

2006-10-23
13

A Christmas Album

Bright Eyes

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Album

2002-12-01

Away in a Manger,Oh Little Town of Bethlehem,God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,The First Noel,Little Drummer Boy,White Christmas,Silent Night,Silver Bells,Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,The Night Before Christmas,Blue Christmas

Saddle Creek Records

1925.027
14

Jingle All the Way

Crash Test Dummies

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Album

Christmas music

2002-10-08

White Christmas,O Little Town of Bethlehem,Jingle Bells,In the Bleak Midwinter,God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,We Three Kings,The Little Drummer Boy,First Noel,Silent Night,Good King Wenceslas,The Huron Carol
15

Christmass

Frank Black

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Alternative rock

Cooking Vinyl
16

A Snowflake Fell

Glasvegas

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Album

Alternative rock,Christmas music

Columbia Records
17

It's a Cool Cool Christmas

Grandaddy

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Compilation album

Alternative rock,Christmas music

2000

Jeepster Records
18

Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas

Harvey Danger

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Alternative rock,Pop punk

2004-12

John Goodmanson
19

Christmas

Jimmy Eat World

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Alternative rock,Pop punk

2004-12-07

Geffen Records
20

Christmas Spirit... in My House

Joey Ramone

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EP

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight),Spirit in My House,Don't Worry About Me,What a Wonderful World
21

God Made Me Do It- The Christmas EP

John Wesley Harding

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EP

Here Comes The Groom,Talking Christmas Goodwill Blues,Like a Prayer,The Rent,A Cosy Promotional Chat
22

Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas

KT Tunstall

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Alternative rock

2007-10-14
23

Sounds of the Season: The KT Tunstall Holiday Collection

KT Tunstall

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Alternative rock,Christmas music,Pop music

Relentless Records
24

Christmas

Low

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Album

Indie rock,Sadcore

1999-11-16

Just Like Christmas,Little Drummer Boy,If You Were Born Today,Blue Christmas,Silent Night,Taking Down the Tree,One Special Gift,Long Way Around the Sea

1790.36
25

A Christmas Kind of Town

Marah

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Album

2005-11-01

Yep Roc Records
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26

Wintersong

Sarah McLachlan

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Album

Christmas music

2006-10-17

Arista Records,Nettwerk
27

All I Want For Christmas

Shonen Knife

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Pop music,Punk rock

1999-12-16
28

The Gift of Rock

Smash Mouth

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Christmas music,Rock music

2005-12-01
29

The Christmas EP

Suggs

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EP

1995

The Tune,Sleigh Ride,Alright
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Boogie Woogie Christmas

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

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Album

2002

Jingle Bells,Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,Winter Wonderland,Blue Christmas,Santa Claus Is Back in Town,Baby It's Cold Outside (feat. Ann-Margret),The Nutcracker Suite,(Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With the Bag,Sleigh Ride,So They Say It's Christmas,O Holy Night,The Amens,Cactus Christmas
31

Dig That Crazy Christmas

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

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Album

2005-10-24

2674.813
32

Rock 'n' Roll X-mas

The Refreshments

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Album

Rock 'n' Roll X-mas,I'm the real Santa,Blue christmas,Rockin' around the Christmas tree,I can't have a merry Christmas,The Billy goat,I want a new baby for Christmas,Santa Claus is back in town,Run Rudolph run,Pretty paper,It's not Christmas (in my house),Jingle bell rock,The time I miss you the most,Christmas time,White Christmas
33

Merry Crassmas

Crass

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Single

1981
34

We Three Kings

The Reverend Horton Heat

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Album

Christmas music,Psychobilly

2005-10-04

Yep Roc Records
35

Christmas with the Vandals: Oi to the World!

The Vandals

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Album

1996-11-19

1880.093
36

Winter Weezerland

Weezer

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Alternative rock,Christmas music

2005-12-13

Geffen Records
37

Alternative Rock Xmas

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38

It's a Cool, Cool Christmas

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Compilation album

2000-11

Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland,Little Drummer Boy,Every Day Is Christmas,Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas,Feliz Navi-Nada,Christmas in Waikiki,Maybe at Christmas Time,O Come, O Come Emmanuel,Thank You Dreaded Black Ice, Thank You,White Christmas (demo for Tom Waits),My Christmas Prayer,Christmas Downer,I Believe in Father Ch

4338.36
39

Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas

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Alternative rock,Christmas music,Pop punk,Punk rock

2006-12-10
40

Kindercore Records Christmas, Volume 2

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Compilation album

All the Right Reasons,Hyun's Snowy Night,Rockefeller Tree,Deilig Er Jorden,Always After Christmas, Boring,Secret Santa (You Could Be the One)
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KROQ Kevin & Bean: Last Christmas 1999

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Compilation album

1999-11-30

Merry Christmas From Sam Weiser,Please Come Home for Christmas,Christmas Blues (Are Getting Me Down),Listen to the Angels,A Very Heston Christmas,Christmas Wrapping

4312.96

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