Eric Clapton has a holiday album on tap

Surfdog

Eric Clapton will release his first full-length studio holiday album, Happy Xmas, on Oct. 12 via Bushbranch/Surfdog Records.

It follows 2016’s “I Still Do,” mixing holiday classics with lesser-known titles along with an original new song “For Love On Christmas Day.” The album also features cover art illustration by Clapton.

"I had in my head that these holiday songs could be done with a slight blues tinge, and I started to figure out how to play the blues lines in between the vocals,” said Clapton, who co-produced Happy Xmas with longtime music producer Simon Climie. “I got it down and one of the most identifiable songs on the album, the one that became the foundational style, is ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’.”

Pre order links:
Amazon – LP: http://a.co/adE2Y37
Amazon – CD: http://a.co/7id8PgS
Deluxe Box Set: https://bit.ly/2MSXt89

Track listing:

White Christmas
Away In A Manger (Once In Royal David’s City)
For Love On Christmas Day
Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday
Christmas Tears
Home For The Holidays
Jingle Bells (In Memory Of Avicii)
Christmas In My Hometown
It’s Christmas
Sentimental Moments
Lonesome Christmas
Silent Night
Merry Christmas Baby
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas