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The Christmas singles shimmy into view this week, with both The Wombats' Les Dennis-featuring offering ('Is This Christmas') and this year's 'X Factor' winner Alexandra Burke's cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' being released.

Peter Kay's character Geraldine McQueen also releases her 'X-Mas Song'.

Non-festive singles come from Portishead ('Magic Doors'), Razorlight ('Hostage Of Love') and Kaiser Chiefs ('Good Days Bad Days').

Albums released in the UK today:

Carter Burwell - 'Twilight The Score'
Jamie Foxx - 'Intuition'
Anthony Hamilton - 'The Point Of It All'
Son Of Dave - 'Wild West Show'


Singles released in the UK today:

The Boy Least Likely To - 'The First Snowflake'
Alexandra Burke - 'Hallelujah'
Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves - 'Am I Wasting My Time?'
Fields - 'Are You Ready Yet?'
Iron & Wine - 'Flightless Bird, American Mouth'
Kaiser Chiefs - 'Good Days Bad Days'
Kitty Daisy & Lewis - '(Baby) Hold Me'
Geraldine McQueen - 'X-Mas Song'
Portishead - 'Magic Doors'
Razorlight - 'Hostage Of Love'
Snow Patrol - 'Crack The Shutters'
The Wombats - 'Is This Christmas'

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