The Gift of Rock
The Gift of Rock is the fifth studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth. Released in 2005 through the band’s own Beautiful Bomb Records, the album contains mostly covers of Christmas songs by various artists including Louis Armstrong, Ringo Starr, the Kinks, and the Ramones. It was reissued in 2012 by 429 Records, replacing the original song "Baggage Claim" with the Pretenders' "2000 Miles".
This is the band's first Christmas album, with the second one, Missile Toes, being released in November 2023.
Track listing
Personnel
Smash Mouth- Steve Harwell – vocals
- Greg Camp – guitars, backing vocals
- Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
- Michael Urbano – drums, percussion
- Dave Palmer – keyboards
- Sunshine F. Becker, Joey Blake, Vernon Bush, Brian Dyer, Zoe Lynne Ellis, Leah Tysse, Ellen Van Den and James White – choir
Production
- Greg Camp – producer
- Michael Urbano – producer
- Reto Peter – engineer, mixing
- Michael Rodriguez – engineer
- Brad Kobylczak – additional engineer
- Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Kelly Castro – art direction, design, photography
- Robert Hayes for Sound Management, Inc. – management