It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for rock legend Brian Wilson.   
   The former Beach Boy will release What I Really Want for Christmas, his   
   first holiday-themed solo album, on October 18th.   
   "Christmas has always been a special time for me and my family," Wilson   
   says. "And this year will be even more special because I'll have a new album   
   of songs to celebrate the holiday season. I hope the music means as much to   
   other people as it does to me."   
      
   The title track features lyrics by longtime Elton John collaborator Bernie   
   Taupin, while Jimmy Webb ("Wichita Lineman," "Up-Up and Away") penned the   
   words to "Christmasey." Wilson, who produced and arranged the album,   
   revisits "Little Saint Nick" and "The Man With All the Toys," two chestnuts   
   from 1964's The Beach Boys' Christmas Album, and tackles standards like   
   "Auld Lang Syne," "Deck the Halls" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."   
      
   The What I Really Want for Christmas track listing:   
      
   What I Really Want for Christmas   
   Christmasey   
   Little Saint Nick   
   The Man With All the Toys   
   The First Noel   
   Hark, the Herald Angels Sing   
   It Came Upon a Midnight Clear   
   Oh Holy Night   
   We Wish You a Merry Christmas   
   Auld Lang Syne   
   Deck The Halls   
   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   
      
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