Songs About Albums: Volume 1 is a compilation album that was made available for free download on Saturday the 13th of June, 2015. Curated by Joel Dear of The Album Wall, the compilation contains 10 tracks - most of which were written especially for this project - about one of the artist's favourite albums. You can get it from Bandcamp or Soundcloud.
The album's artwork was provided by the ever-excellent Nest of Cogs:
Here is a full list of the artists involved and the albums they chose to write about:
- Dollboy (Miles Davis's Bitches Brew)
- Jack Hayter (Richard & Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights)
- My Name is Ian (Herman Dune's Giant)
- Paddy Johnston (Death Cab for Cutie's Transatlanticism)
- Pulco (Sebadoh's Bakesale)
- Quiet Marauder (Tindersticks' Tindersticks II)
- Rough Music (Converge's Jane Doe)
- Shiny Tiger (The Hold Steady's Separation Sunday)
- Sweet Benfica (Weezer's Blue Album)
A second volume of Songs About Albums was released on Saturday the 10th of December, 2016. Artwork was once again supplied by Nest of Cogs:
Here's a list of the artists who contributed to Songs About Albums: Volume 2 (and the albums they wrote about):
- Albatross Archive (Joni Mitchell's Clouds)
- Ed Stockham (Drew Danburry's Goodnight Dannii)
- Laurence Made Me Cry (Moloko's Things to Make and Do)
- MJ Hibbett (Paul McCartney's entire solo discography)
- Ruth PO! (Ian Dury's New Boots and Panties!!)
- Scumbag Familiar (Jimmy Eat World's Clarity)
- Tape Runs Out (The Field's From Here We Go Sublime)
- Tremolo Ghosts (Titus Andronicus's The Monitor)
You can download Volume 2 for free from Bandcamp or Soundcloud.
If you / your band would like to contribute a track to a future volume of Songs About Albums, please email thealbumwall@outlook.com and let me know which awesome album you want to write a song about.
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