Track Listing
| # | Title | Writer/s | Notes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fruitcake | Ely Buendia | The song starts with the album's final track played in backwards masking. Fruitcake comes in two versions; the album version and the standard version The standard version, which is slightly shorter, is what's used in the band's compilations, radio broadcasts, and videoke entrees | 5:00 |
| 2. | Shadow | E. Buendia | 2:37 | |
| 3. | Flat Tire | Raimund Marasigan, Jeng Tan | 4:10 | |
| 4. | Shadow Boxes Accountants | Hector Zabala | Piano instrumental by Buddy Zabala | 1:02 |
| 5. | Gatekeeper | R. Marasigan | 2:43 | |
| 6. | Old Fashioned Christmas Carol | E. Buendia | Some lyrics borrowed from "Silver Bells", "Jingle Bells", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Joy to the World", "Silent Night", "Whispering Hope" and "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" | 4:38 |
| 7. | Styrosnow | E. Buendia | 2:15 | |
| 8. | Trip to Jerusalem | E. Buendia | In Philippine culture, "Trip to Jerusalem" is an alternative name to musical chairs.
This song has a music video |
6:15 |
| 9. | Shadow Reads the News Today, Oh Boy | H. Zabala | Second piano solo by Zabala. The title is a reference to a line from the Beatles song "A Day in the Life" | 0:27 |
| 10. | Fruit Fairy | H. Zabala, Earnest Mangulabnan, R. Marasigan | 2:49 | |
| 11. | The Fabulous Baker Boy | H. Zabala | 5:00 | |
| 12. | Lord of the Rhum | Marcus Adoro | The only song on the album written by Marcus Adoro. The title is probably a parody of Lord of the Rings | 4:02 |
| 13. | Lightyears | E. Buendia | The words "north of nowhere" and "south of somewhere" in the lyrics are the names for the sides of the album's cassette | 4:18 |
| 14. | Christmas Ball | R. Marasigan, J. Tan | 3:19 | |
| 15. | Mono Virus | R. Marasigan | 4:28 | |
| 16. | shadow@buttholesurfs.com | H. Zabala | Third and last piano solo by Zabala | 1:04 |
| 17. | Rise and Shine | E. Buendia | 3:32 | |
| 18. | Santa Ain't Comin' No Mo' | E. Buendia | The idea of using "mo'" instead of "more" was probably inspired by "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'", a 1930s American song | 2:53 |
| 19. | Christmas Party | E. Buendia | 4:04 | |
| 20. | Hitchin' a Ride | R. Marasigan, J. Tan | Contains a slight sample of Fruitcake near the end | 3:38 |
| 21. | Christmas Morning | E. Buendia | 4:06 | |
| 22. | Merry Christmas Everybody Happy New Year Too | E. Buendia | The album's closing track. Its title is also the chorus of the sixth track | 0:57 |
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