Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project

Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	March 13, 2007
Recorded	June 2001–April 2006
Label	Hear Music

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
USA Today	[1]

Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project is a compilation album consisting of cover songs performed by a variety of artists on KCRW.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4][5] A portion of sales helped the station's effort to digitize its music library.^[4]

Track listing

#	Song	Performer	Original artist	Length	Recorded [6]
1.	"Out on the Weekend"	Girls in Hawaii	Neil Young	3:30	4/19/06
2.	"I Go to Sleep"	Sia	The Pretenders	2:58	1/10/06
3.	"Crazy in Love"	The Magic Numbers	Beyoncé	4:08	11/01/05
4.	"Creep"	Damien Rice	Radiohead	4:04	1/24/03
5.	"I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl"	Nikka Costa	Nina Simone	2:11	5/23/05
6.	"Fire and Rain"	Dido	James Taylor	3:18	8/14/03
7.	"Wishing on a Star"	Paul Weller	Rose Royce	3:34	9/12/05
8.	"Harvest"	Rufus Wainwright with Chris Stills	Neil Young	3:18	9/29/03
9.	"Gentle on My Mind"	R.E.M.	John Hartford	2:19	6/12/01
10.	"Mad World"	Gary Jules and Mike Andrews	Tears for Fears	3:06	4/26/04
11.	"Knives Out"	The Flaming Lips	Radiohead	4:20	8/08/02
12.	"Black Dog"	Robert Plant	Led Zeppelin	4:48	3/16/05
13.	"Moses"	Missy Higgins	Patty Griffin	3:00	6/16/05
14.	"Let's Dance"	M. Ward	David Bowie	4:52	5/06/04
15.	"Hallelujah"	k.d. lang	Leonard Cohen	5:04	7/27/04

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 Furler – 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

References

1. USA Today review
2. "Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
3. Llewellyn, Kati (2007-02-01). "R.E.M., Lips, Ward Cover Radiohead, More on Comp". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
4. Hasty, Katie (2007-02-01). "KCRW Collects 'Covers' For Starbucks Release". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
5. "For The Record: Quick News On Madonna, Michelle Williams, James Blunt, Foxy Brown, Ice Cube & More". MTV. 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
6. "Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project". KCRW. Retrieved 2009-02-01.