Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International)

 
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Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International)

[ Universal Music U.K. / 4 CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 2 February 2012

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The cream of the world's music talent cover 73 Bob Dylan songs over 4 CDs - featuring Adele, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend, Ke$ha, Sting, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, Kris Kristofferson, Bad Religion, Marianne Faithfull, My Chemical Romance, Bryan Ferry, Pete Seeger and many many more.

Amnesty International commemorates its 50th anniversary with the release of an album featuring the cream of the world's music talent covering Bob Dylan songs - with contributions from a huge variety of artists including Adele, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend, Ke$ha, The Gaslight Anthem, Sting, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, Kris Kristofferson, Bad Religion, Marianne Faithfull, My Chemical Romance, Bryan Ferry, Pete Seeger and many many more.

'Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International)' features 73 tracks on 4 CDs. All artists have donated their tracks for free. The album has been executive produced by Jeff Ayeroff and Julie Yannatta and follows up 2007's 'Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur' (Amnesty's biggest music fundraiser to date), which featured U2, Green Day, R.E.M., Black Eyed Peas, Christina Aguilera, Jack Johnson, The Flaming Lips and many more.

Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace-Prize winning organization, with more than 3 million supporters in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. In the 50 years since Amnesty International was born, the organization and its members worldwide have helped win the freedom of tens of thousands of prisoners of conscience, shut down torture chambers, halted executions and established treaties and laws to protect the freedom and dignity of millions of people. Amnesty International has shown that our collective efforts can build a better world.

Tracks:

Disc 1:
Johnny Cash featuring The Avett Brothers - One Too Many Mornings
Raphael Saadiq - Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Patti Smith - Drifter's Escape
Rise Against - Ballad of Hollis Brown
Tom Morello The Nightwatchman - Blind Willie McTell
Pete Townshend - Corrina, Corrina
Bettye LaVette - Most of the Time
Charlie Winston - This Wheel's On Fire
Diana Krall - Simple Twist of Fate
Brett Dennen - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Mariachi El Bronx - Love Sick
Ziggy Marley - Blowin' in the Wind
The Gaslight Anthem - Changing of the Guards
Silversun Pickups - Not Dark Yet
My Morning Jacket - You're A Big Girl Now
The Airborne Toxic Event - Boots of Spanish Leather
Sting - Girl from the North Country
Mark Knopfler - Restless Farewell

Disc 2:
Queens Of The Stone Age - Outlaw Blues
Lenny Kravitz - Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35
Steve Earle Lucia Micarelli - One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
Blake Mills - Heart Of Mine
Miley Cyrus - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Billy Bragg - Lay Down Your Weary Tune
Elvis Costello - License to Kill
Angelique Kidjo - Lay, Lady, Lay
Natasha Bedingfield - Ring Them Bells
Jackson Browne - Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Joan Baez - Seven Curses
The Belle Brigade - No Time To Think
Sugarland - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Live)
Jack's Mannequin - Mr. Tambourine Man
Oren Lavie - 4th Time Around
Sussan Deyhim - All I Really Want To Do
Adele - Make You Feel My Love (Live)

Disc 3:
K'NAAN - With God On Our Side
Ximena Sariñana - I Want You
Neil Finn with Pajama Club - She Belongs to Me
Bryan Ferry - Bob Dylan's Dream
Zee Avi - Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Carly Simon - Just Like a Woman
Flogging Molly - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Fistful Of Mercy - Buckets Of Rain
Joe Perry - Man Of Peace
Bad Religion - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row
RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren - Abandoned Love
Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss & Freelance Whales - New Morning
Cage the Elephant - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Band of Skulls - It Ain't Me, Babe
Sinéad O'Connor - Property of Jesus
Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project - Shelter From The Storm
Ke$ha - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Kronos Quartet - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Disc 4:
Maroon 5 - I Shall Be Released
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Political World
Seal & Jeff Beck - Like A Rolling Stone
Taj Mahal - Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
Dierks Bentley - Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Live)
Mick Hucknall - One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
Thea Gilmore - I'll Remember You
State Radio - John Brown
Dave Matthews Band - All Along the Watchtower (Live)
Michael Franti - Subterranean Homesick Blues
We Are Augustines - Mama, You Been On My Mind
Lucinda Williams - Tryin' To Get To Heaven
Kris Kristofferson - Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Eric Burdon - Gotta Serve Somebody
Evan Rachel Wood - I'd Have You Anytime
Marianne Faithfull - Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)
Pete Seeger - Forever Young
Bob Dylan - Chimes Of Freedom

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