Album artwork
The Christmas Attic is the second studio album by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It was released in 1998.
Songs[]
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" | 2:15 | |
| 2. | "Boughs of Holly" (instrumental) | 4:24 | |
| 3. | "The World That She Sees" | 6:00 | |
| 4. | "Midnight Christmas Eve" (instrumental) | 4:21 | |
| 5. | "The March of the Kings / Hark the Herald Angel" (instrumental) | 3:52 | |
| 6. | "The Three Kings and I (What Really Happened)" | 6:29 | |
| 7. | "Christmas Canon" | 4:19 | |
| 8. | "Joy/Angels We Have Heard on High" | 3:55 | |
| 9. | "Find Our Way Home" | 3:45 | |
| 10. | "Appalachian Snowfall" (instrumental) | 4:12 | |
| 11. | "The Music Box" | 3:00 | |
| 12. | "The Snow Came Down" | 5:43 | |
| 13. | "Christmas in the Air" | 4:12 | |
| 14. | "Dream Child (A Christmas Dream)" | 7:04 | |
| 15. | "An Angel's Share" | 3:05 | |
| 16. | "Music Box Blues" | 5:36 |
Reception[]
On September 5, 2019, The Christmas Attic was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Trivia[]
- The album was re-released in 2002 with a companion track to "The World That She Sees" (which was shortened from 6 minutes to just 3) called "The World That He Sees" inserted into the track listing directly after "She Sees" and having a length of 4:45. The last track "Music Box Blues" was also truncated to 4:57; this version was previously used in the TSO film The Ghosts of Christmas Eve.
- "Boughs of Holly" is a reworking of "Deck the Halls".
- "March of the Kings/Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," besides the obvious carol, is also a rock version of the Farandole from Bizet's L'Arlésienne's Suite No. 2.
- "The Three Kings and I (What Really Happened)" briefly quotes "O Holy Night" and the "Hallelujah" chorus.
- "Christmas Canon" is based on Pachelbel's Canon.
- The "Joy" section of "Joy/Angels We Have Heard on High" is a reworking of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."