Misplaced Pages

Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
1998 studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life
Studio album by Cyndi Lauper
ReleasedOctober 27, 1998 (1998-10-27)
Recorded1993–1998
GenreChristmas music
Length41:59
LabelEpic
Producer
Cyndi Lauper chronology
Sisters of Avalon
(1996) 		Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life
(1998) 		Shine
(2002)
Singles from Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life
  1. "Early Christmas Morning"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Los Angeles Times

Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life is the sixth studio album and first Christmas album released by Cyndi Lauper. It combines original compositions by Lauper and collaborator Jan Pulsford with traditional Christmas songs. "Feels Like Christmas" previously appeared on Lauper's 1993 album Hat Full of Stars. The album has sold 26,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album was released for the first time on (limited green) vinyl, 1,000 pressings, in November 2019.

Track listing

  1. "Home on Christmas Day" (Rob Hyman, Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman) – 4:06
  2. "Early Christmas Morning" (Lauper, Jan Pulsford) – 5:07 (Previously released on Sisters of Avalon Japanese Edition, this version uses different backing vocals)
  3. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Johnny Marks) – 2:45
  4. "Christmas Conga" (Lauper, Pulsford) – 3:31
  5. "Minnie and Santa" (Lauper, Pulsford) – 3:55
  6. "Feels Like Christmas" (Eric Bazilian, Hyman, Lauper) – 4:30 (Previously released on Hat Full of Stars)
  7. "Three Ships" (Traditional) – 2:08
  8. "New Year's Baby (First Lullaby)" (Lauper) – 4:27
  9. "December Child" (Lauper, Pulsford) – 3:11
  10. "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Gustav Holst, Christina Rossetti) – 4:02
  11. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 4:18

All tracks produced by Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford and William Wittman except:

  • "Early Christmas Morning" produced by Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford and Mark Saunders
  • "Home on Christmas Day" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" produced by Cyndi Lauper and William Wittman
  • "Feels Like Christmas" produced by Cyndi Lauper and Junior Vasquez

Personnel

  • Cyndi Lauper – lead vocals, background vocals (4, 8), rhythm guitar (1), dulcimer (1, 7), omnichord banjo (5), drums (5), clogging (7), tin whistle (7, 10), recorder (7, 9), slide baritone ukele (8)
  • Rob Hyman - synths (1), backing vocals (1), organ (3), melodica (3), beatbox (3), accordion (4, 7)
  • William Wittman - 12-string guitar (1), electric bass guitar (1, 3, 5, 8), backing vocals (1, 3), organ (1), drums (1), omnichord (3), additional recording (11)
  • Jan Pulsford - loops (1, 4, 8), synths (4, 8, 9, 10) organ (5), harp (5), digital editing (7, 10), transcription (2), additional keys (11), sampling (11)
  • Catherine Russell - background vocals (4)
  • The Inquisitors - background vocals (4, 5, 8)
  • Tom Malone - trombone (4)
  • Jim Hynes - trumpet (4)
  • Peter Eldridge - transcription (5, 11)
  • David Schnaufer - dulcimer (7, 10), Tennessee music box (7, 10)
  • Declyn Wallace Lauper-Thornton - baby gurgling (8)

Chatterton Elementary School Choir, Merrick, NY
("Early Christmas Morning" and "Silent Night")

  • Justine Lane
  • Alexandra Thornton
  • Jessica Haviland
  • Julianna Cohen
  • Liza Witmer
  • Marti Gruber
  • Christopher Safrath
  • Brian Zagon
  • Stefanie Salino
  • Caroline Walker
  • Sheahan Brown
  • Gregory Meditz
  • Erica Leigh Meditz
  • Julia Kelsey
  • Claudia Greenspan (Choir Mistress)

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 75

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalog
Japan 21 October 1998 CD Sony Music Japan ESCA 7362
United States 27 October 1998 Sony Music, Epic Records EK 69611
Cassette ET 69611
Austria 2 November 1998 CD 492544 2
United Kingdom 16 November 1998
Australia 23 November 1998
Brazil November 1998 758.498/2-492544
Japan 20 November 2002 Sony Music Japan EICP-7081
United States 25 May 2004 Sony Music, Epic Records 92714
Japan 3 November 2004 Sony Music Japan MHCP-512
United States 25 October 2005 Sony BMG 94340
1 November 2019 LP Sony, Real Gone Music

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Cyndi Lauper: Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life" at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. Lewis, Randy (1998-12-03). "Choose Your Artist for the Season". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  3. Barth, Keith. "Ask Billboard | Billboard.com". billboard.com. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  4. Murphy, Thom (12 September 2019). "FALL ARTS 2019: ALBUMS — 'Judy' soundtrack, Lana, Taylor and more". Washington Blade. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  5. シンディ・ローパーのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "Cyndi Lauper - Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life!". Archived from the original on 2005-03-13.
  7. "Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life! Limited Green Vinyl Edition". Amazon.
Cyndi Lauper
Studio albums
Compilations
Tours
Related articles
Categories: