Album of the Day

On CHRISTMAS PARTY, The Monkees put their unmistakable vocal stamp on a wide array of classic Christmas tracks, from the R&B holiday standard “Merry Christmas, Baby,” to Paul McCartney's “Wonderful Christmastime” and Wizzard's yuletide classic “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.” The group's first holiday album was produced by Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who paired sessions featuring Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork with archival recordings of Davy Jones. A group of talented songwriters, including Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and Andy Partridge of XTC, penned new songs for CHRISTMAS PARTY, and guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. appears on two songs.