| Product Summary | | Label: ASTRALWERKS RECORDS/EMI | | UPC: 05099969429927 | | Release Date: 2/24/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 210674536 | | Item#: M4KJEJ | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - Beck ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Victoria - The Kooks ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Atlantic City - The Hold Steady ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Transmission - Hot Chip ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Straight To Hell - Lily Allen - (featuring Mick Jones) ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Yeah Yeah Yeahs ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Call Me - Franz Ferdinand ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Live And Let Die - Duffy ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Superstition - Estelle ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Medley From Smile - Rufus Wainwright ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Do The Strand - Scissor Sisters ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Search And Destroy - Peaches ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Take This Waltz - Adam Cohen ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Running To Stand Still - Elbow ~ Various Artists | | | 15. You Belong To Me - The Like ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Heroes - TV On The Radio ~ Various Artists | |
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| War Child: Heroes is an unprecedented collaboration between music's most heralded legends and the finest current artists. We asked 16 ultimate icons to select a favorite song from their classic back catalogue and to nominate the new act they most trust to create a unique interpretation of that hand-picked track. This album is the result: 16 exclusive and breathtaking cover versions. Track Listing
1. Beck - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob Dylan)
2. The Kooks - Victoria (The Kinks)
3. The Hold Steady - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen)
4. Hot Chip - Transmission (Joy Division)
5. Lily Allen feat. Mick Jones - Straight to Hell (The Clash)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena is a Punk Rocker (The Ramones)
7. Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (Blondie)
8. Duffy - Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney)
9. Estelle - Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
10. Rufus Wainwright - Wonderful / Song for Children (Brian Wilson)
11. Scissor Sisters - Do the Strand (Roxy Music)
12. Peaches - Search and Destroy (Iggy Pop)
13. Adam Cohen - Take This Waltz (Leonard Cohen)
14. Elbow - Running to Stand Still (U2)
15. The Like - You Belong to Me (Elvis Costello)
16. TV on the Radio - Heroes (David Bowie)
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | About as fun and interesting an album as one could hope for considering the overall subject matter of the project (War Child is a charitable organization that provides relief to children suffering in conflict stricken regions around the globe), WAR CHILD PRESENTS HEROES pairs rock icons with current artists covering classic songs from the former's catalogs. The results are an understandably mixed bag, yet consistently enjoyable. The Scissor Sisters' clubby synth-pop take on Roxy Music's "Do the Strand" is utterly delightful; the Hold Steady tackle Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City" with a subtlety not often associated with them; the Yeah Yeah Yeahs offer an appropriately giddy take on "Sheena is a Punk Rocker"; and TV on the Radio deliver perhaps the most radical and inspired reworking of the set with its version of Bowie's title anthem. An interesting concept done for an undeniably good cause, WAR CHILD PRESENTS HEROES has much to appreciate on numerous levels. | | War Child Presents Heroes isn't a typical benefit album. Compilations filled with covers are nothing new, of course, but in this case, marquee artists were asked to handpick younger artists to cover them, in addition to choosing the songs to be covered. Some of the match-ups -- the Hold Steady on Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City," the Kooks on the Kinks' "Victoria" -- are too natural to produce anything but easily predictable and faithful results. In several other cases, the contributors could have just as easily made the cover choices on their own -- Franz Ferdinand doing Blondie's "Call Me" is no stretch; ditto Peaches' taking on Iggy & the Stooges' "Search and Destroy" -- so it's not as if there are any truly off-the-wall pairings. The highlights tend to come from those who sound as if they're truly having fun, most evident on Beck's "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" (Bob Dylan), which packs an irresistible, fuzzy punch. ~ Andy Kellman |
Musical Guests | | Mick Jones |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 02/24/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : ASW 94299 | | Label : Astralwerks (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 05099969429927 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Rolling Stone (p.73)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Beck bounces through Dylan's 'Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat' with blazing distortion, while Peaches strips the Stooges' 'Search and Destroy' down to sexy bass and krautrock beats."Mojo (Publisher)
(p.101)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Hot Chip, Peaches, TV On The Radio and Elbow all go that extra mile to create something new, unique and often quite wonderful." Pitchfork (Website)
- "Duffy transforms Wings' 'Live and Let Die' into a smoky soul number about the curdling of youthful idealism, opting for seductive rather than ominous or threatening." Clash (magazine)
(p.99)
- "Some play it relatively straight, while others breathe fresh life into the classic. A fun listen with some great result for an excellent -- and very worthy -- cause." |
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