Special: Christmas CD 2021

2021 may have been a strange year overall but as much as things change some stay the same, hence we got a new What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree compilation for you as it's time for volume 13! The new album tracklisting is listed below as well as a mediafire link to go along with all past volumes. More of a Spotify guy? Well good news every song on one of these comps that is up on Spotify is in a handy playlist HERE and I also have a playlist of other music I tend to pull from for these comps right HERE

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Volume 13:

1. Mayday Parade - I'm With You
2. Capital Lights - His Favourite Christmas Story
3. Butch Walker - Walking In A Winter Wonderland
4. Settle Your Scores - Xmas Exile
5. MxPx - Christmas Party
6. Reel Big Fish - Skank For Christmas
7. August Burns Red - Home Alone Theme
8. Golden Gate - Christmas Without You
9. BoyMeetsWorld - Home For The Holidays
10. Loveless & Downer Inc. - Last Christmas
11. Jaret & Kelly - Get Christmas Right
12. New Found Glory - Holiday Records
13. Descendants - Christmas Vacation
14. The Offspring - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
15. Janick Thibault - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
16. blink-182 - Boxing Day
17. Stellar Kart - Punk The Halls
18. Skatune Network - This Christmas
19. Simple Plan - Christmas Everyday
20. Green Day - Xmas Time Of Year

Link

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Volume 12:

1. Dallon Weekes - Sickly Sweet Holiday
2. blink-182 - Not Another Christmas Song
3. Patent Pending - Jingle Bells Mazel Tov (Dreidel Song)
4. Bowling For Soup - Father Christmas
5. Relient K - Silver Bells
6. Senses Fail - Donde Esta Santa Claus
7. Story Untold - Silent Night
8. Butch Walker - Last Christmas
9. Jonas Brothers - Like It's Christmas
10. Dropkick Murphys - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
11. Goldfinger - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
12. New Found Glory - December's Here
13. We The Kings - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)
14. Reel Big Fish - Mele Kalikimaka
15. Taylor Swift - Christmases When You Were Mine
16. Good Charlotte - Let The World Be Still
17. Plain White T's - That Christmas Feeling
18. Dave Melillo - All I Want For Christmas Is You
19. MxPx - Punk Rawk Christmas
20. The Rocket Summer - O Holy Night

Link

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Volume 11:

1. Aly & AJ - Greatest Time Of Year
2. Goldfinger - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Echosmith - Baby Don't Leave Me (All Alone At Christmas)
4. Panic! At The Disco - Feels Like Christmas
5. Butch Walker - Frosty The Snowman
6. I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Merry Christmas Everybody
7. Set It Off - This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground)
8. Creeper - Fairytale Of New York
9. Plain White T's - Do You Hear What I Hear
10. Patent Pending - A Better New Year
11. Fight Fair - Going Nowhere
12. Relient K - O Holy Night
13. Bowling For Soup - Miss You Most On Christmas
14. Taylor Swift - Christmas Must Be Something More
15. Carousel Kings - We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Auld Lang Syne
16. The Rocket Summer - Elf Creep
17. The Summer Set - This Christmas
18. Broadside - Wish List
19. MxPx Ft. Emily Whitehurst & Pierre Bouvier - December
20. Reel Big Fish - Whatever U Celebrate

Link

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Greatest Hits Volume 1:

1. Anberlin - Baby Please Come Home
2. From The Top - Hot Chocolate Stains And Candy Canes
3. All Time Low - Fool's Holiday
4. A Change Of Pace - Christmas On The Coast
5. Plain White T's - Christmas Won't Be The Same Without You
6. Sunrise Skater Kids - 12 Days Of A Pop Punk Christmas
7. These Kids Wear Crowns Ft. Vital - You're My Mrs. Claus
8. Artist Vs. Poet - Airplanes And Candy Canes
9. Man Overboard - Decemberism
10. Unwritten Law Ft. Sum 41 - Unwritten Christmas
11. The Matches - December Is For Cynics
12. Relient K - Santa Claus Is Thumbing To Town
13. Divided By Friday - All I Want For Christmas Is You
14. The Summer Set - Love By Our Side
15. Bayside - Angels We Have Heard On High
16. Suckerpunch - This December
17. .fun. - Sleigh Ride
18. All These Lights - Christmas Wish
19. Hawk Nelson - Up On The Housetop
20. Good Charlotte - Last Christmas

Link

First 10 Volumes

Special: 2020 In Review: Top 100 Singles Of 2020: 70 - 61

PREVIOUS

70. Architects - Animals

69. You Me At Six - Suckapunch

68. Less Than Jake - Lie To Me

67. Point North Ft. DE'WAYNE - Brand New Vision

66. MxPx - Worries

65. Mayday Parade - I Can Only Hope

64. The Wonder Years - Out On My Feet

63. Broadside - Foolish Believer

62. State Champs - Crying Out Loud

61. Juice Wrld & Marshmello - Come & Go

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Special: Christmas CD 2020

2020 has been some kind of year but it's almost done so let's enjoy the holiday season with some holiday tunes. I've linked previous installments of my What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Compilations below. As always I claim no ownership to the music listed.

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Volume 12:

1. Dallon Weekes - Sickly Sweet Holiday
2. blink-182 - Not Another Christmas Song
3. Patent Pending - Jingle Bells Mazel Tov (Dreidel Song)
4. Bowling For Soup - Father Christmas
5. Relient K - Silver Bells
6. Senses Fail - Donde Esta Santa Claus
7. Story Untold - Silent Night
8. Butch Walker - Last Christmas
9. Jonas Brothers - Like It's Christmas
10. Dropkick Murphys - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
11. Goldfinger - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
12. New Found Glory - December's Here
13. We The Kings - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)
14. Reel Big Fish - Mele Kalikimaka
15. Taylor Swift - Christmases When You Were Mine
16. Good Charlotte - Let The World Be Still
17. Plain White T's - That Christmas Feeling
18. Dave Melillo - All I Want For Christmas Is You
19. MxPx - Punk Rawk Christmas
20. The Rocket Summer - O Holy Night

LINK

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Volume 11:

1. Aly & AJ - Greatest Time Of Year
2. Goldfinger - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Echosmith - Baby Don't Leave Me (All Alone At Christmas)
4. Panic! At The Disco - Feels Like Christmas
5. Butch Walker - Frosty The Snowman
6. I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Merry Christmas Everybody
7. Set It Off - This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground)
8. Creeper - Fairytale Of New York
9. Plain White T's - Do You Hear What I Hear
10. Patent Pending - A Better New Year
11. Fight Fair - Going Nowhere
12. Relient K - O Holy Night
13. Bowling For Soup - Miss You Most On Christmas
14. Taylor Swift - Christmas Must Be Something More
15. Carousel Kings - We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Auld Lang Syne
16. The Rocket Summer - Elf Creep
17. The Summer Set - This Christmas
18. Broadside - Wish List
19. MxPx Ft. Emily Whitehurst & Pierre Bouvier - December
20. Reel Big Fish - Whatever U Celebrate

LINK

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Greatest Hits Volume 1:

1. Anberlin - Baby Please Come Home
2. From The Top - Hot Chocolate Stains And Candy Canes
3. All Time Low - Fool's Holiday
4. A Change Of Pace - Christmas On The Coast
5. Plain White T's - Christmas Won't Be The Same Without You
6. Sunrise Skater Kids - 12 Days Of A Pop Punk Christmas
7. These Kids Wear Crowns Ft. Vital - You're My Mrs. Claus
8. Artist Vs. Poet - Airplanes And Candy Canes
9. Man Overboard - Decemberism
10. Unwritten Law Ft. Sum 41 - Unwritten Christmas
11. The Matches - December Is For Cynics
12. Relient K - Santa Claus Is Thumbing To Town
13. Divided By Friday - All I Want For Christmas Is You
14. The Summer Set - Love By Our Side
15. Bayside - Angels We Have Heard On High
16. Suckerpunch - This December
17. .fun. - Sleigh Ride
18. All These Lights - Christmas Wish
19. Hawk Nelson - Up On The Housetop
20. Good Charlotte - Last Christmas

LINK

Previous 10 Volumes

Top 10 Countdown: July 25, 2020

10. I Prevail Ft. Joyner Lucas - DOA
Last week: NEW!


9. MxPx - Worries
Last week: 9.


8. The Used Ft. Mark Hoppus (blink-182) - The Lighthouse
Last week: 10.


7. Weezer - Hero
Last week: 7.


6. Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
Last week: 8.


5. A Day To Remember - Mindreader
Last week: 5.


4. Neck Deep - When You Know
Last week: 4.


3. Silverstein Ft. Princess Nokia - Madness
Last week: 3.


2. blink-182 - Happy Days
Last week: 2.


1. All Time Low - Getaway Green
Last week: 1.

Top 10 Countdown: July 18, 2020

10. The Used Ft. Mark Hoppus (blink-182) - The Lighthouse
Last week: NEW!


9. MxPx - Worries
Last week: 10.


8. Machine Gun Kelly - My Bloody Valentine
Last week: 9.


7. Weezer - Hero
Last week: 8.


6. Four Year Strong - Get Out Of My Head
Last week: 1.


5. A Day To Remember - Mindreader
Last week: 6.


4. Neck Deep - When You Know
Last week: 5.


3. Silverstein Ft. Princess Nokia - Madness
Last week: 4.


2. blink-182 - Happy Days
Last week: 3.


1. All Time Low - Getaway Green
Last week: 2.

Top 10 Countdown: July 11, 2020

10. MxPx - Worries
Last week: NEW!


9. Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
Last week: NEW!


8. Weezer - Hero
Last week: 9.


7. Hot Mulligan - *Equip Sunglasses*
Last week: 1.


6. A Day To Remember - Mindreader
Last week: 7.


5. Neck Deep - When You Know
Last week: 6.


4. Silverstein Ft. Princess Nokia - Madness
Last week: 5.


3. blink-182 - Happy Days
Last week: 4.


2. All Time Low - Getaway Green
Last week: 3.


1. Four Year Strong - Get Out Of My Head
Last week: 2.

Special: First Listen Thoughts: All Time Low "Wake Up, Sunshine", Courage My Love "Spectra", MxPx "MxPx (Deluxe)"

All Time Low - Wake Up Sunshine

Label: Fueled By Ramen

Press release: The Baltimore pop-punk kings will be releasing Wake Up, Sunshine – the follow-up to 2017’s Last Young Renegade – on April 3 via Fueled By Ramen, with frontman Alex Gaskarth explaining of how it came about: “We got back to how we started. It had been a long time since the four of us made a record under one roof. That became a central theme. We’ve been a band for 17 years. Everybody brought something to the table. A lot of what you’re hearing came from those magic moments together.”

My thoughts: This is definitely a throwback as they've backed away from the sound found on their previous record with the exception of a few tracks (which are generally the worst ones, no offence). It's still a mature record for a formerly immature band but they kept the sound their fans love from their earlier releases and mixed in the strong lyrics we've become used to from ATL over their last handful of albums. Most of these songs will end up on heavy rotation for me which I can not say about LYR.

Courage My Love - Spectra

Label: Mutie Productions

Press release: None found.

My thoughts: Courage My Love has definitely gone underground with this EP after releasing their last full length on a major labe. This 7 song EP is listed as from Mutie Productions which I found no references about. This EP continues to build on the sound the band found on the aforementioned full length (2017's Synethesia). Everybody's Lonely and Teenagers are among the highlights found on this seven track release. Built on strong 80's vibes including catchy melodies and synths this is a strong release from the band even if they will never go back to their pop punk roots.

MxPx - MxPx (Deluxe)

Label: Self-Released

Press release: Pop-punk mavericks MxPx are doing their part to keep your lockdown as adrenaline-charged as possible. The long-running band will be streaming a deluxe edition of their 2018 self-titled record Tuesday April 14th (Monday night at midnight EST). This edition will include the full original 11-song album, four bonus tracks and five acoustic versions. “We always expected to release the rest of these songs when the time was right,” says vocalist/bassist Mike Herrera. “I think with an almost full industry shutdown, this makes the most sense.”

My thoughts: So basically this album contains both MxPx's 2018 releases, the 11 self titled tracks as well as the Best Life EP which featured 2 songs and 2 accoustic versions of songs from the self-titled. The Deluxe gives us 3 more accoustic renditions and 2 brand new songs. I'll focus on the brand new songs as the self-titled was fine upon first listen in 2018 but the songs have really grown on me since. The 2 brand new songs are along the same vein. That's Life is the stronger of the two with a bouncy chorus that's bound to get stuck in your head.

Special: 2019 In Review: Best Songs of 2019: 80 - 71

PREVIOUS

80. Simple Creatures - Strange Love


79. Eat Your Heart Out - Closer To The Sun


78. Rarity - Drown Me Out


77. MxPx - San Dimas High School Football Rules


76. Sleeping With Sirens - Agree To Disagree


75. Set It Off - Dancing With The Devil


74. The Damned Things - Cells


73. Too Close To Touch - F.I.N.E.


72. Fall Out Boy - Bob Dylan


71. I Prevail - Bow Down


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Special: Christmas CD 2019

What's up everyone, it's almost Christmas so you know I got some jams for you to check out. Last year was the first year in a decade I didn't do a new Christmas CD because I decided to instead focus on a Greatest Hits compilation chosen by me and my fiancee Tawnya (you can find that HERE). For the previous 10 volumes click HERE now let's get on to Volume 11 but first the obligatory I own nothing.

What's A Partridge? What's A Peartree? Volume 11:

1. Aly & AJ - Greatest Time Of Year
2. Goldfinger - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Echosmith - Baby Don't Leave Me (All Alone At Christmas)
4. Panic! At The Disco - Feels Like Christmas
5. Butch Walker - Frosty The Snowman
6. I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Merry Christmas Everybody
7. Set It Off - This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground)
8. Creeper - Fairytale Of New York
9. Plain White T's - Do You Hear What I Hear
10. Patent Pending - A Better New Year
11. Fight Fair - Going Nowhere
12. Relient K - O Holy Night
13. Bowling For Soup - Miss You Most On Christmas
14. Taylor Swift - Christmas Must Be Something More
15. Carousel Kings - We Wish You A Merry Christmas/Auld Lang Syne
16. The Rocket Summer - Elf Creep
17. The Summer Set - This Christmas
18. Broadside - Wish List
19. MxPx Ft. Emily Whitehurst & Pierre Bouvier - December
20. Reel Big Fish - Whatever U Celebrate

LINK

Special: Top 10 "This Christmas" songs

Alright so there is a large amount of different songs in the scene that are titled "this Christmas" or a variation there of. So what better time than to count down those songs then to cap off this first week in December?

10. MxPx - You're The One I Miss (This Christmas)

9. Every Avenue - This Christmas

8. Set It Off - This Christmas (I'll Burn It To The Ground)

7. Fireworks - Maybe This Christmas

6. The Summer Set - This Christmas

5. The Click Five - My Girlfriend (Forgot Me This Christmas)

4. The Fold - This Christmas

3. For All Those Sleeping - Maybe This Christmas

2. I Call Fives - This Xmas

1. July - This Christmas

Top 10 Countdown: February 23, 2019

10. MxPx - San Dimas High School Football Rules
Last week: 10.


9. As It Is - The Fire, The Dark
Last week: NEW!


8. Roam - The Rich Life Of A Poor Man
Last week: 5.


7. With Confidence - Icarus
Last week: 8.


6. Green Day - Youngblood
Last week: 7.


5. Beartooth - Fire
Last week: 6.


4. Good Charlotte - Self-Help
Last week: 2.


3. Our Last Night - Soul Speak
Last week: 4.


2. Grayscale - Fever Dream
Last week: 3.


1. Fever 333 - Burn It
Last week: 1.

Top 10 Countdown: February 16, 2019

10. MxPx - San Dimas High School Football Rules
Last week: NEW!


9. Against The Current - The Fuss
Last week: 9.


8. With Confidence - Icarus
Last week: 10.


7. Green Day - Youngblood
Last week: 8.


6. Beartooth - Fire
Last week: 7.


5. Roam - The Rich Life Of A Poor Man
Last week: 3.


4. Our Last Night - Soul Speak
Last week: 5.


3. Grayscale - Fever Dream
Last week: 4.


2. Good Charlotte - Self-Help
Last week: 1.


1. Fever 333 - Burn It
Last week: 2.

Special: 2018 In Review: Best Songs Of 2018: 90 - 81

PREVIOUS

90. Weezer - Africa


89. Broadside - Summer Stained


88. I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Do It All The Time


87. Homesafe - Run


86. Paramore - Rose-Colored Boy


85. Like Pacific - In Spite Of Me


84. Story Untold - Chasing Feelings


83. Arkells - Relentless


82. MxPx - Best Life


81. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood


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Special: Christmas CD 2016

Hey everyone!! It's another holiday season which means another edition of "What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree?" the annual Christmas compilation I create. Here's this year's CD (volume 9) (LINK) and the tracklisting is below. If you want past years click HERE which is a link to last years Volume 8 as well as a link to volume 7 and prior. And again the obligatory "I own none of this music or ones in linked articles"

1. Suckerpunch - This December
2. The Matches - Happy New Year
3. Go Radio - O Holy Night
4. The Downtown Fiction - Forgot It Was Christmas
5. The Holidaze - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
6. Divided By Friday - All I Want For Christmas Is You
7. Hawk Nelson - Silent Night
8. All Hands On Deck - Snowflakes & Heartbreaks
9. Courage My Love - Last Christmas
10. Bowling For Soup - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
11. Alcoa - Blue Christmas
12. Sophomore - Wonderful Christmastime
13. Count Your Blessings - Too Much Eggnog
14. Shelbyville - Leave It To Christians To Ruin A Perfectly Good Holiday
15. Relient K - Handel's Messiah
16. Less Than Jake - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
17. Taking Back Sunday - Merry Christmas, I Missed You So Much
18. In Her Own Words - Yule Shoot Your Eye Out
19. Lee Corey Oswald - A Chill Time To All And To All A Chill Time
20. MxPx - Auld Lang Syne

Special: Christmas CD

Howdy folks! With every holiday season that comes you get treated to a new volume of the hit Christmas compilation, which I make every year, "What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree?". We're at volume 8 this year and the information for download and tracklist is below, but before we get into that, here is the link to last year's post which has last year's CD (volume 7) and a direct link to the previous years article which has volumes one through six. (LINK IS HERE) And now here's the obligatory "I own none of the music listed here or in previous articles" quote.

What's A Partridge? What's A Pear Tree? Volume 8

http://www.mediafire.com/download/qj8hn5hcu3ucla9/What%27s_A_Partridge_What%27s_A_Pear_Tree_Volume_7.zip

1. Relient K - Angels We Have Heard On High
2. Seasons Change - Holidays
3. Count Your Blessings - Round Up The Christmas Tree
4. Jason Lancaster - All I Can Give You
5. Issues - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
6. It's Only A Story - I'm Coming Home
7. Amely - Christmas Time Again
8. William Beckett - Do You Hear What I Hear?
9. State Faults - Mookie's Last Christmas
10. Automatic Habit - Merry Christmas, Don't Come Home
11. Divide & Conquer - I Sat On Santa's Lap And All I Got Was This Restraining Order
12. Metro Station - Last Christmas
13. This Wild Life - Sleigh Ride
14. MxPx - 2005
15. Sunrise Skater Kids - 12 Days Of A Pop Punk Christmas
16. Sherri Dupree & Max Bemis - White Christmas
17. Hawk Nelson - Up On The Housetop
18. illScarlett - Christmas Vacation
19. Daisyhead - Silent Night
20. A Rocket To The Moon - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town