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War Child Present Heroes (CD)

By: Various Artists

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DISC 1 for War Child Present Heroes (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - Beck
2   Victoria - The Kooks
3   Atlantic City - The Hold Steady
4   Transmission - Hot Chip
5   Straight To Hell - Lily Allen - (featuring Mick Jones)
6   Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7   Call Me - Franz Ferdinand
8   Live And Let Die - Duffy
9   Superstition - Estelle
10   Medley From Smile - Rufus Wainwright
11   Do The Strand - Scissor Sisters
12   Search And Destroy - Peaches
13   Take This Waltz - Adam Cohen
14   Running To Stand Still - Elbow
15   You Belong To Me - The Like
16   Heroes - TV On The Radio
 

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Review

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."
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."

Title Note

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.

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