Beck released ‘Song Reader‘ in 2012 which was an ‘album’ of original songs released only as sheet music. Now he has finally announced his plans to release recordings of the songs, with each track featuring a different artist, which is due for release via Capitol, July 29th.
The L.P will feature contributions from Beck, Jack White, Jarvis Cocker, Tweedy, Eleanor Friedberger, Laura Marling, Swamp Dogg, Jack Black, Sparks, the New York Dolls’ David Johansen, Jason Isbell, Loudon Wainwright III, Norah Jones, Fun and more.
Beck said in a press release how amazed he was to hear how the “musicians have made the songs their own” and have each put their own spin on each track. He said from these different interpretations they have “made the book something new – something better.”
Here is the track listing for ‘Song Reader’:
01 Moses Sumney: “Title of this Song”
02 Fun.: “Please Leave A Light On When You Go”
03 Tweedy: “The Wolf is on the Hill”
04 Norah Jones: “Just Noise”
05 Lord Huron: “Last Night You Were A Dream”
06 Bob Forrest: “Saint Dude”
07 Jack White: “I’m Down”
08 Beck: “Heaven’s Ladder”
09 Juanes: “Don’t Act Like Your Heart Isn’t Hard”
10 Laura Marling: “Sorry”
11 Jarvis Cocker: “Eyes That Say ‘I Love You'”
12 David Johansen: “Rough On Rats”
13 Jason Isbell: “Now That Your Dollar Bills Have Sprouted Wings”
14 The Last Polka: “Marc Ribot”
15 Eleanor Friedberger: “Old Shanghai”
16 Sparks: “Why Did You Make Me Care?”
17 Swamp Dogg: “America, Here’s My Boy”
18 Jack Black: “We All Wear Cloaks”
19 Loudon Wainwright III: “Do We? We Do”
20 Gabriel Kahane with Ymusic: “Mutilation Rag”
