Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand explained

Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Relient K
Cover:	Relient K - Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand.jpg
Released:	November 4, 2003
Recorded:	2003
Genre:	Rock, christmas
Length:	27:03
Label:	Gotee
Producer:	Mark Lee Townsend
Prev Title:	The Vinyl Countdown
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Mmhmm
Next Year:	2004

Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand is the first Christmas album released by Christian rock band Relient K. It was released in many stores as a combo pack with later copies of their previous full-length album, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do.

On October 23, 2007, the band re-released this album with seven new songs, and the new title of Let it Snow, Baby... Let it Reindeer.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks public domain unless otherwise noted. New verses on tracks 3 and 6 written by Matt Thiessen.

1. "Angels We Have Heard on High" – 1:53
2. "Deck the Halls" – 1:20
3. "12 Days of Christmas" – 3:30
4. "Silent Night / Away in a Manger" – 2:18
5. "I Celebrate the Day" (Matt Thiessen) – 3:18
6. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" – 2:11
7. "Santa Claus Is Thumbing to Town" (Thiessen) – 2:47
8. "Handel's Messiah (The Hallelujah Chorus)" – 1:09
9. "I Hate Christmas Parties" (Thiessen) – 4:34‡
10. "Auld Lang Syne" – 4:05 (Later versions)  – 1:59)

‡Performed by Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes

Personnel

Relient K

• Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitars, acoustic piano
• Matt Hoopes – guitars, backing vocals
• Brian Pittman – bass
• Dave Douglas – drums, backing vocals

Production

• Mark Lee Townsend – producer
• Matt Thiessen – co-producer
• J.R. McNeeley – mixing

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.relientk.com/news.aspx#10143 . www.relientk.com . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061123080753/http%3A//www.relientk.com/news.aspx . 2006-11-23.