I don't believe in Santa Claus
| I don't believe in Santa Claus | ||||
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| Uncle Tom's studio album | ||||
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Publication |
November 20, 2000 |
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admission |
September 2000 |
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| Label (s) | Drakkar Entertainment | |||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
16 |
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running time |
43:08 |
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Studio (s) |
Spiderhouse Studio, Lütte |
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I don't believe in Santa Claus is the fourth studio album by Tom Angelripper from Sodom under his alias Uncle Tom. The Christmas album was released on November 20, 2000 via Drakkar Entertainment .
History of origin
The album was recorded in September 2000 at Spiderhouse Studios in Lütte under the direction of Harris Johns . In addition to a number of traditional Christmas carols, all of which were rearranged by Tom Angelripper and Alex Kraft , two original compositions by Tom Angelripper are also featured on the album. This is the title track and Frohes Fest . The text has been changed for Am Weihnachtsbaume and Leise der Schnee trickles . There is also a spoken intro entitled Home with Uncle Tom . In addition to Alex Kraft ( Dezperadoz ), the then Sodom drummer Bobby Schottkowski and Oliver Jochim participated in the album.
Track list
| number | title | Authors | time |
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| 1. | At home with Uncle Tom | Thomas Such | 1:19 |
| 2. | Silent Night Holy Night | traditional | 2:58 |
| 3. | Come ye Ye Children | traditional | 1:56 |
| 4th | I don't believe in Santa Claus | Thomas Such | 4:09 |
| 5. | Every year again | traditional | 2:00 |
| 6th | O you happy | traditional | 2:06 |
| 7th | At the Christmas tree | traditional / Text: Thomas Such | 3:04 |
| 8th. | American Christmas medley | various | 4:06 |
| 8a | White Christmas | Irving Berlin | |
| 8b | Winter wonderland | Felix Bernard , Richard B. Smith | |
| 8c | Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn | |
| 8d | Santa Claus is coming to town | John Frederick Coots , Haven Gillespie | |
| 8e | We Wish You a Merry Christmas | traditional | |
| 9. | tomorrow Santa Claus is Coming | traditional | 3:21 |
| 10. | Jingle Bells | traditional | 2:57 |
| 11. | Merry Christmas | traditional | 2:14 |
| 12. | Ring, bell, ring | traditional | 2:10 |
| 13. | Tomorrow, children, there will be something | traditional | 2:51 |
| 14th | O Christmas Tree | traditional | 2:31 |
| 15th | Happy Holiday | Thomas Such | 2:11 |
| 16. | Let it snow | traditional / Text: Thomas Such | 3:15 |
Music style and lyrics
As is customary on his solo albums, which previously included mostly drinking songs and hits , all songs are played in the typical Thrash Metal style by Tom Angelripper's main band Sodom. The text on I don't believe in Santa Claus treats the disappointment in a humorous way when you don't get the right gift. In Merry Christmas is a self-written song by Tom Angelripper that mimics a really typical Christmas song in the text, but mixed with motifs of the drinking song. The lights on on the Christmas tree will be a song about a suicide and when the snow is falling softly , the text became a drug hymn, the snow stands for cocaine . At the beginning this is indicated by a sniffing noise. The album ends with Tom Angelripper's spoken Christmas wishes:
"I wish you a merry and peaceful Christmas and a happy new year, we'll see you again soon, your Uncle Tom!"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Häfner: ONKEL TOM - I don't believe in Santa Claus. (No longer available online.) Metal-district.de, archived from the original on December 27, 2013 ; Retrieved December 26, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thorsten Lammel: CD Review: Uncle Tom Angelripper - I don't believe in Santa Claus. Metal1.info, April 5, 2013, accessed December 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Uncle Tom: The snow falls softly . In: I don't believe in Santa Claus . Drakkar Entertainment , 2000.
