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"War Child: Heroes" is the ultimate covers album: an unprecedented coming together of music's greatest ever legends and today's best artists to support a great cause.
The album concept sees the biggest heroes in music history select a personal favourite track from their own back catalogue, and nominate an act from the next generation to create a modern reworking of that classic song.
The 15 legends supporting the projects - including Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, U2, Stevie Wonder and David Bowie - have combined global album sales of over 1.4bn
The new acts they have chosen to cover the classic tracks include the UK's biggest selling album artist of 2008, Duffy; the current Mercury prize winners, Elbow; and the act behind the most critically acclaimed album of 2008, TV On The Radio.
Some legends selected one of their all-time classic standards like Stevie Wonder's `Superstition', covered by Estelle, and Blondie's `Call Me', covered by Franz Ferdinand. Some selected favourite tracks that deserve to be rediscovered as in Scissor Sister's exhilarating version of Roxy Music's `Do The Strand' (not released as a single in the UK) and Lily Allen's stunning new take on The Clash's `Straight To Hell' (originally the b-side of `Should I Stay, Or Should I Go).
The album was recorded over six months in studios in London, Manchester, Paris, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles. It was mastered at Abbey Road studios in London.
"Heroes" is War Child's fifth album, dating back to 1995's legendary "Help" album. War Child's albums have won awards at the Brit Awards, as well as from Q and NME.
The album is in support of the real heroes - children who live with the brutal affects of war.
Tracklist:
1. Beck - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Bob Dylan cover)
2. The Kooks - Victoria (The Kinks cover)
3. The Hold Steady - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen cover)
4. Hot Chip - Transmission (Joy Divion cover)
5. Lilly Allen feat. Mick Jones - Straight To Hell (The Clash cover)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones cover)
7. Franz Ferdinand - Call Me (Live)(Blondie cover)
8. Duffy - Live And Let Die (Paul McCartney cover)
9. Estelle - Superstition (Stevie Wonder cover)
10. Rufus Wainwright - Wonderful - Song For Children [Brian Wilson's Smile medley](The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson cover)
11. Scissor Sisters - Do The Strand (Roxy Music cover)
12. Peaches - Search And Destroy (Iggy Pop cover)
13. Adam Cohen - Take This Waltz (in Spanish)(Leonard Cohen cover)
14. Elbow - Running To Stand Still (U2 cover)
15. The Like - You Belong To Me (Elvis Costello cover)
16. TV On The Radio - Heroes (David Bowie cover)
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VA-WarChild Presents Heroes (2009)
