All is Bright is a digital holiday playlist that was curated by Amazon and was initially made available on November 20, 2014 to customers who subscribed to their Amazon Prime program.
Among the many holiday classics featured, there were also original tracks featured—one such being Liz Phair’s “Ho Ho Ho.”
The playlist is currently available to stream here. You can also purchase individual tracks, including “Ho Ho Ho.”
I’ve always wanted to write a dystopian Christmas song. Holidays are a time of emotional turbulence, of unpredictable highs and lows. The retail and advertising sectors bill it as the greatest time of the year, but some seasons you are saddled with a real clunker! I find that both touching and funny. I tried to contrast chirpy, cheery elements with a depressing story line, a là David Sedaris’s “SantaLand Diaries,” the Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping,” and that timeless classic, “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.”
Liz Phair on “Ho Ho Ho”
All is Bright
Released: November 20, 2014
Label:
Format: Digital
Country: US
Availability: Common
“Ho Ho Ho” written by Liz Phair
Playlist tracklisting as of 2021
| No. | Artist | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | Leona Lewis | One More Sleep (Amazon Original) | 4:26 |
| 02. | Lucinda Williams | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | 4:05 |
| 03. | Yoko Ono & Flaming Lips | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | 3:27 |
| 04. | Ladyhawke | All is Bright (Merry Xmas Everyone) | 3:02 |
| 05. | Liz Phair | Ho Ho Ho | 3:21 |
| 06. | Hannah Georgas | This Christmas | 3:10 |
| 07. | Brandi Carlile | O Holy Night (Amazon Original) | 1:40 |
| 08. | Heartless Bastards | White Christmas | 5:05 |
| 09. | This Is The Kit | Christmas Time Is Here | 3:42 |
| 10. | Anna Nalick | Till The End Of The Year (Bye Buy By) | 4:39 |
| 11. | Ashley Monroe | Tennessee Christmas (Amazon Original) | 4:44 |
| 12. | Ruby Jane | Make a Wish | 2:20 |
| 13. | Shelby Earl | We Three Kings | 4:00 |
| 14. | Houndmouth | Blue Christmas (Amazon Original) | 3:22 |
| 15. | Jillian Edwards | O Come, All Ye Faithful | 3:06 |
| 16. | Laura Gibson | Wonderful Christmastime | 4:06 |
| 17. | No Sinner | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Amazon Original) | 3:01 |
| 18. | Ceci Bastida | Todo Encontre (Amazon Original) | 3:28 |
| 19. | Beth Orton | River | 3:47 |
| 20. | Little & Ashley | Someday at Christmas | 3:25 |
| 21. | Julian Moon | Best Christmas Ever (Single Version) | 3:23 |
| 22. | Jessie Baylin | Purple Snowflakes | 3:00 |
| 23. | Kelly Hogan | Blue Snowfall | 2:40 |
| 24. | PHOX | The Christmas Song | 2:53 |
| 25. | Sinclair | This Christmas | 2:56 |
| 26. | Shaprece | Carol of the Bells | 1:21 |
| 27. | Natalia Clavier | My Favorite Things (Amazon Original) | 3:00 |
| 28. | Tal Wilkenfeld | All I Want for Christmas | 3:34 |
| 29. | Paper Bird | Merry Christmas Baby | 2:30 |
| 30. | Selena Garcia | Hold Up Holidays | 2:53 |
| 31. | Amanda Palmer | The Angel Gabriel | 2:43 |
| 32. | Emi Meyer | Everything This Christmas | 4:17 |
| 33. | Escort | Last Christmas | 4:04 |
| 34. | Kate Davis | Greensleves (feat. Gabe Schnider) | 2:40 |
| 35. | Ruthie Foster | Amazing Grace | 3:58 |
| 36. | She Keeps Bees | Winter’s Love | 2:32 |
| 37. | Kat Parsons | I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Amazon Original) | 2:37 |
| 38. | Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas | I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas | 2:36 |
| 39. | Natalia Zukerman | What Are You Doing New Years Eve (Amazon Original) | 3:26 |
| 40. | Mia Doi Todd | The Cherry Tree Carol (Amazon Original) | 4:38 |
| 41. | Hero Fisher | Pretty Paper | 4:11 |
Press
Amazon.com, Inc. today announced the availability of All Is Bright, an exclusive playlist of newly-recorded holiday songs available for listening on Amazon’s Prime Music service. All Is Bright features performances of holiday favorites, rarities and newly-written songs from extraordinary artists including Ashley Monroe, Brandi Carlile, Jessie Baylin, Liz Phair, Lucinda Williams, Yoko Ono with the Flaming Lips and many more. This first-ever exclusive holiday playlist from Amazon is available for unlimited ad-free listening on Prime Music for Amazon Prime members at no additional cost to their membership.
“Holiday music is part of what makes this time of year so great, and we’re excited today to unveil a unique mix of completely new holiday songs for Prime members to enjoy throughout the season,” stated Steve Boom, VP of Digital Music for Amazon. “From popular classics re-recorded to newly-written songs from some of today’s best artists, the All Is Bright playlist gives a fresh take on holiday music and we’re thrilled to have each track available for our Prime members and customers.
Newly-written holiday songs for All Is Bright:
Anna Nalick — “Till the End of the Year (Bye Buy By)”
Blondfire — “Christmas Lights”
Emi Meyer — “Everything this Christmas”
Jenn Bostic — “Light a Candle For You”
Julian Moon — “Best Christmas Ever”
Liz Phair — “Ho Ho Ho”
Ruby the RabbitFoot — “Under Any Limb”
Selena Garcia — “Hold-up Holidays”
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