http://www.nme.com/news/the-cure/38685
Bat For Lashes covers The Cure on new tribute
Aug 5, 2008
Bat For Lashes and Dandy Warhols are among the bands covering The Cure on a forthcoming tribute album.
'Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure' is due out worldwide on October 28 and also features Cure covers by Army Navy, Hecuba, Voyager One and Kaki King.
The album features 32 tracks and will be released as a limited-edition double CD that includes extensive liner notes, as well is in digital formats.
Sales of the album will benefit Invisible Children, a charity that helps the impoverished children of Northern Uganda.
The album tracklisting is:
Disc 1
Xu Xu Fang 'Fascination Street'
Bat For Lashes 'A Forest'
Hecuba 'Killing An Arab'
Astrid Quay (of Winter Flowers) 'The Caterpillar'
Indian Jewelry 'The Walk'
Rainbow Arabia 'Six Different Ways'
We Are The World 'Why Can't I Be You?'
blackblack 'In Between Days'
Rio en Medio 'Pictures of You'
Gangi 'Fire In Cairo'
Joker's Daughter 'Kyoto Song'
Aquaserge with Laure Briard '10.15 Saturday Night' (in French)
The Muslims 'Grinding Halt'
Voyager One 'M'
Ex-Reverie 'The Hanging Garden'
Caroline Weeks (of Bat For Lashes) 'The Drowning Man'
Devastations 'All Cats Are Gray'
Disc 2
The Dandy Warhols 'Primary'
Veil Veil Vanish 'The Upstairs Room'
Wolkfin (ex-Junior Senior) 'Charlotte Sometimes'
Army Navy 'Jumping Someone Else's Train'
Ich Bin Aiko 'A Strange Day'
Lemon Sun 'The Exploding Boy'
Corridor 'The Kiss'
Katrine Ottosen (CALLmeKAT) 'The Love Cats'
Silver Summit 'A Night Like This'
Mariee Sioux 'Love Song'
Kaki King 'Close To Me'
Buddy 'Sugar Girl'
Les Bicyclettes Blanches 'Hot Hot Hot!'
Tara Busch 'Let's Go To Bed'
Jesu 'The Funeral Party'
Sarabeth Tucek 'Three Imaginary Boys'
Lewis & Clarke 'Disintegration'
(Pre-order links not available yet.)
