Silver & Gold

~ Release by Sufjan Stevens (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Silent Night recording of: Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) lyricist: Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816) composer: Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818) translator: John Freeman Young (in 1859) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088) translated version of: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht	Sufjan Stevens		2:26
2	Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You From Christmases Past recording of: Lumberjack Christmas / No One Can Save You From Christmases Past lyricist: Sufjan Stevens composer: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner (North American composer and guitarist) and Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		3:22
3	Coventry Carol cover recording of: Coventry Carol lyricist: Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)	Sufjan Stevens feat. Marla Hansen		2:54
4	The Midnight Clear recording of: The Midnight Clear lyricist: Sufjan Stevens composer: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner (North American composer and guitarist) and Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		2:49
5	Carol of St. Benjamin the Bearded One recording of: Carol of St. Benjamin the Bearded One lyricist: Sufjan Stevens composer: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner (North American composer and guitarist) and Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		3:32
6	Go Nightly Cares cover recording of: A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 9. Goe nightly cares, the enemy to rest composer: John Dowland (English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer) (in 1612) part of: A Pilgrimes Solace	Sufjan Stevens		1:44
7	Barcarola (You Must Be a Christmas Tree) recording of: Barcarola (You Must Be a Christmas Tree) lyricist: Sufjan Stevens composer: Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner (North American composer and guitarist) and Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		7:03
8	Auld Lang Syne cover recording of: Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns) lyricist: Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist) (in 1788) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6294)	Sufjan Stevens		1:35
9	Christ the Lord Is Born engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: Narodil se Kristus Pán (Christ the Lord Is Born) composer: Leoš Janáček (Czech composer) part of: Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček (number: JW VIII/20) part of: Intimní skici	Sufjan Stevens		0:48
10	Christmas Woman engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Christmas Woman lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		5:33
11	Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: “Break forth, O beauteous, heavenly light” additional lyricist: Fred Pratt Green lyricist: Johann von Rist (in 1641) composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Johann Schop translator: John Troutbeck (clergyman and translator) (in 1885) translated version of: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, XII. Choral „Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht“	Sufjan Stevens		1:09
12	Happy Family Christmas engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Happy Family Christmas lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:23
13	Jingle Bells engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Jingle Bells lyricist and composer: James Lord Pierpont (in 1850) publisher: Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) composed at and lyrics written at: Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)	Sufjan Stevens		1:19
14	Mysteries of the Christmas Mist engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Mysteries of the Christmas Mist lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		2:10
15	Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer)	Sufjan Stevens		1:20
16	We Wish You a Merry Christmas engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: We Wish You a Merry Christmas lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)	Sufjan Stevens		1:16
17	Ah Holy Jesus engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: Ah Holy Jesu, how hast thou offended? (Hymn) lyricist: Johann Heermann composer: Johann Crüger translator: Robert Bridges (poet) part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 62) is based on: Herzliebster Jesu (Hymn tune)	Sufjan Stevens		2:42
18	Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Behold! The Birth of Man, the Face of Glory composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:09
19	Ding‐A‐Ling‐A‐Ring‐A‐Ling engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Ding‐A‐Ling‐A‐Ring‐A‐Ling lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:50
20	How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee? engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee? lyricist: Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer) composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) translator: John Troutbeck (clergyman and translator)	Sufjan Stevens		2:09
21	Mr. Frosty Man engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Mr. Frosty Man lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:50
22	Make Haste to See the Baby engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Make Haste to See the Baby composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:23
23	Ah Holy Jesus (with reed organ) engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: Ah Holy Jesu, how hast thou offended? (Hymn) lyricist: Johann Heermann composer: Johann Crüger translator: Robert Bridges (poet) part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 62) is based on: Herzliebster Jesu (Hymn tune)	Sufjan Stevens		1:29
24	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) additional lyricist: George Whitefield (in 1753) lyricist: Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739) composer: Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840) arranger: William H. Cummings (in 1855) part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)	Sufjan Stevens		1:51
25	Morning (sacred harp) engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Morning lyricist: Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1709) composer: Amos Pilsbury (composer) (in 1799) part of: The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 163t)	Sufjan Stevens		2:28
26	Idumea (sacred harp) engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: Idumea (Sacred Harp hymn 47b) lyricist: Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1763) composer: Ananias Davisson (shape note songster) (in 1816) part of: The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 47b) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6678) is based on: Am I Born to Die? (catch-all for hymn with lyrics beginning with "And am I born to die? / To lay this body down?") is based on: Idumea (traditional Southern-American tune for multiple hymns)	Sufjan Stevens		3:50
27	Eternal Happiness or Woe engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Eternal Happiness or Woe composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:23
28	Ah Holy Jesus (a cappella) engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: Ah Holy Jesu, how hast thou offended? (Hymn) lyricist: Johann Heermann composer: Johann Crüger translator: Robert Bridges (poet) part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 62) is based on: Herzliebster Jesu (Hymn tune)	Sufjan Stevens		1:00
29	I Am Santa’s Helper engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: I Am Santa’s Helper (You Are Santa’s Slave) lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:51
30	“Maoz Tzur” (Rock of Ages) engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) cover recording of: Ma’oz Tzur writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)	Sufjan Stevens		0:42
31	Even the Earth Will Perish and the Universe Give Way engineer: Daniel Smith (engineer) recording of: Even the Earth Will Perish and the Universe Give Way composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		2:01
32	Angels We Have Heard on High recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Angels We Have Heard on High (Sufjan Stevens re‐work) lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens is based on: Angels We Have Heard on High	Sufjan Stevens		4:04
33	Do You Hear What I Hear? recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens cover recording of: Do You Hear What I Hear? lyricist: Noël Regney (in 1962) writer: Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker composer: Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962) publisher: Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Campbell Connelly and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	Sufjan Stevens		9:14
34	Christmas in the Room recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Christmas in the Room lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		4:23
35	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens cover recording of: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) lyricist: Edmund Sears (American church author) composer: Richard Storrs Willis part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29) is based on: CAROL (hymn tune) is based on: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)	Sufjan Stevens		0:48
36	Good King Wenceslas recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens cover recording of: Good King Wenceslas lyricist: John Mason Neale (in 1853) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301) arranger: Thomas Helmore (in 1853) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754) is based on: Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)	Sufjan Stevens		4:18
37	Alphabet St. recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens cover recording of: Alphabet St. lyricist and composer: Prince Rogers Nelson (Prince, “The Artist Formerly Known as…”) publisher: Controversy Music	Sufjan Stevens		1:36
38	Particle Physics recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Particle Physics composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		1:04
39	Joy to the World recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Joy to the World (Christmas carol) lyricist: Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719) composer: George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) arranger: Lowell Mason (in 1839)	Sufjan Stevens		5:25
40	The Child With the Star on His Head recording engineer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: The Child With the Star on His Head lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		15:30
41	I’ll Be Home for Christmas cover recording of: I’ll Be Home for Christmas lyricist: James Kimball Gannon additional writer: Buck Ram composer: Walter Kent publisher: Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) sub-publisher: ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)	Sufjan Stevens		3:22
42	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town cover recording of: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town lyricist: Haven Gillespie (in 1932) composer: J. Fred Coots (in 1932) publisher: EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Haven Gillespie Music Publishing, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Leo Feist Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., SBK United Partnership and The Songwriters Guild sub-publisher: フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)	Sufjan Stevens		2:41
43	The Sleigh in the Moon recording of: The Sleigh in the Moon lyricist and composer: Cat Martino (US singer-songwriter)	Sufjan Stevens		1:44
44	Sleigh Ride cover recording of: Sleigh Ride lyricist: Mitchell Parish (in 1950) composer: Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10) publisher: EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!) and Woodbury Music (aka Woodbury Music Company) version of: Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)	Sufjan Stevens		2:28
45	Ave Maria cover recording of: Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) lyricist: [anonymous] (special purpose artist) composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853) is based on: Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach is based on: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude	Sufjan Stevens		2:09
46	X‐mas Spirit Catcher recording of: X‐mas Spirit Catcher lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		3:31
47	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! cover recording of: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! lyricist: Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07) composer: Jule Styne (in 1945-07) publisher: Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)	Sufjan Stevens		2:17
48	A Holly Jolly Christmas cover recording of: A Holly Jolly Christmas lyricist and composer: Johnny Marks (American songwriter) publisher: Audiam Publishing, Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (in 1964)	Sufjan Stevens		2:27
49	Christmas Face recording of: Christmas Face lyricist and composer: Sebastian Kruger (Musician from Brooklyn, NY)	Sufjan Stevens		0:40
50	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas mixer: Sufjan Stevens cover recording of: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas lyricist: Ralph Blane (in 1943) composer: Hugh Martin (in 1943) publisher: EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972) sub-publisher: ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) part of: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)	Sufjan Stevens		3:42
35	It Came Upon a Midnight Clear mixer: Sufjan Stevens cover recording of: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) lyricist: Edmund Sears (American church author) composer: Richard Storrs Willis part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29) is based on: CAROL (hymn tune) is based on: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)	Sufjan Stevens		0:39
52	Up on the Housetop mixer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		4:21
32	Angels We Have Heard on High mixer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Angels We Have Heard on High (Sufjan Stevens re‐work) lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens is based on: Angels We Have Heard on High	Sufjan Stevens		0:52
54	We Need a Little Christmas mixer: Sufjan Stevens cover recording of: Mame: We Need a Little Christmas lyricist and composer: Jerry Herman part of: Mame (full musical)	Sufjan Stevens		2:03
55	Happy Karma Christmas mixer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Happy Karma Christmas lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens	Sufjan Stevens		3:36
56	We Three Kings mixer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: We Three Kings lyricist and composer: John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)	Sufjan Stevens		0:52
57	Justice Delivers Its Death mixer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Justice Delivers Its Death arranger: Sufjan Stevens revision of: Silver and Gold (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)	Sufjan Stevens		3:16
58	Christmas Unicorn mixer: Sufjan Stevens recording of: Christmas Unicorn lyricist and composer: Sufjan Stevens partial cover recording of: Love Will Tear Us Apart lyricist: Ian Curtis composer: Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner publisher: Fractured Music (publisher) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)	Sufjan Stevens		12:28

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purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/us/album/571955371 [info] https://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/silver-gold [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/6144671 [info] https://www.discogs.com/release/9572814 [info]
stream for free:	https://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/silver-gold [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/us/album/571955371 [info]

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includes:	Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas Infinity Voyage: Songs for Christmas, Volume 8 Christmas Unicorn: Songs for Christmas, Volume 10 Gloria: Songs for Christmas, Volume 6 I Am Santa’s Helper: Songs for Christmas, Volume 7 Let It Snow! Songs for Christmas, Volume 9

part of:	Songs for Christmas (order: 2)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/490613 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Sufjan-stevens/Silver-gold [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/sufjan-stevens/silver-and-gold/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/569071/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002439869 [info]
Wikidata:	Q7515775 [info]

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