Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project is a compilation album consisting of cover songs performed by a variety of artists on KCRW.
Background The recordings come from "Sounds Eclectic", a weekly syndicated public radio program hosted by Nic Harcourt that plays a variety of music, taken from the archives of the daily KCRW program Morning Becomes Eclectic. One exception is The Flaming Lips' performance of Radiohead's "Knives Out", which was recorded in their tour bus on the way to the studio. The album was sold exclusively at select Starbucks locations (Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, San Diego, Austin, Boston, and Washington, D.C.) starting March 13, 2007. A portion of sales helped the station's effort to digitize its music library.
Track listing # Song Performer Original artist Length Recorded 1. "Out on the Weekend" Girls in Hawaii Neil Young3:304/19/06 2. "I Go to Sleep" Sia The Applejacks2:581/10/06 3. "Crazy in Love" The Magic Numbers Beyoncé4:0811/01/05 4. "Creep" Damien Rice Radiohead4:041/24/03 5. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" Nikka Costa Nina Simone2:115/23/05 6. "Fire and Rain" Dido James Taylor3:188/14/03 7. "Wishing on a Star" Paul Weller Rose Royce3:349/12/05 8. "Harvest" Rufus Wainwright with Chris Stills Neil Young3:189/29/03 9. "Gentle on My Mind" R.E.M. John Hartford2:196/12/01 10. "Mad World" Gary Jules and Mike Andrews Tears for Fears3:064/26/04 11. "Knives Out" The Flaming Lips Radiohead4:208/08/02 12. "Black Dog" Robert Plant Led Zeppelin4:483/16/05 13. "Moses" Missy Higgins Patty Griffin3:006/16/05 14. "Let's Dance" M. Ward David Bowie4:525/06/04 15. "Hallelujah" k.d. lang Leonard Cohen5:047/27/04
Personnel
John Baggot – keyboards Teddy Borowiecki – piano, accordion Andy Brohard – assistant engineer Heather Brown – backing vocals Chris Bruce – guitar (acoustic), bass Peter Buck – guitar, mandolin Denyse Buffman – viola Jamie Candiloro – engineer Larry Corbett – cello Nikka Costa – vocals Wayne Coyne – guitar (acoustic), vocals Steve Cradock – guitar Ryan Cross – cello Josh Cunningham – guitar (acoustic) Shawn Davis – bass Vinicius Felix de Miranda – guitar Joel Derouin – fiddle, violin Mario Diaz – engineer, editing Dido – vocals Craig Doubet – engineer Steven Drozd –guitar, keyboards, vocals Brandon Duncan – engineer Charles Floyd – conductor Danny Frankel – drums Sia – vocals Angela Gannon – percussion, vocals, melodica Sean Gannon – drums Adam Grace – keyboards Ray Guarna – engineer Lisa Hannigan – vocals Nic Harcourt – producer, liner notes
Missy Higgins – guitar, piano, vocals Daniel Huffman – keyboards Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards Gary Jules – guitar (acoustic), vocals Greg Kurstin – keyboards k.d. lang – vocals Mark LeCorre – engineer Greg Leisz – guitar Joshua "Trumpet Solo" Lopez – guitar, backing vocals Adam MacDougall – keyboards, backing vocals Ed Maxwell – bass Ariana Morgenstern – producer Jared Nugent – assistant engineer David Palmer – keyboards David Piltch – bass Robert Plant – vocals Damien Rice – guitar, vocals Michelle Richards – violin Marcelino Sanchez – intern Jacob Sciba – assistant engineer Al Sgro – percussion, backing vocals Chris Stills – guitar, vocals Michael Stipe – vocals Romeo Stodart – guitar, piano, vocals Skin Tyson – guitar Rufus Wainwright – guitar, piano, vocals Matt Ward – guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals Joey Waronker – drums Paul John Weller – guitar, vocals Jason Wormer – engineer
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