Crackers: The Party Album

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Crackers!: The Christmas Party Album
Studio album by Slade
Released	November 13, 1985
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:00
Label	Telstar/Castle Music
Producer	Slade
Slade chronology
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Crackers!: The Christmas Party Album was an album by the British glam/hardrock group Slade. It was released on November 13, 1985, and reached number 68 in the UK charts.

The album is a compilation of Christmas classics, including "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town", performed in true Slade fashion - loud, scrappy and suited for a holiday full of liquor and good friends. The Slade "classics" included on the album are live-in-studio versions and not the more familiar studio/hit versions of the songs.

Crackers! - The Slade Christmas Party Album was a sizeable hit throughout Europe. The CD was not issued in the United States until many years later. The band also enjoyed a minor Christmas hit in the UK with "Do You Believe In Miracles", a track from Crackers!.

Over the years, as the album has been re-issued the track listing has varied.

[edit] Original track listing

1. "Let's Dance"
2. "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"
3. "Hi Ho Silver Lining"
4. "Cum on Feel the Noize"
5. "All Join Hands"
6. "Okey Cokey"
7. "Merry Xmas Everybody"
8. "Do You Believe In Miracles?"
9. "Let's Have A Party"
10. "Get Down And Get With It"
11. "Here's To... (The New Year)"
12. "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
13. "My Oh My"
14. "Auld Lang Syne/You'll Never Walk Alone"