Chimes Of Freedom: Songs Of Bob Dylan [CD]
~ Chimes Of Freedom: Songs Of Bob Dylan

Product Reviews

Designed as a celebration for Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary, Chimes of Freedom is the mother of all tribute albums: a four-disc salute to Bob Dylan that runs some 76 songs performed by singers from all corners of the globe. Apart from Lennon/McCartney -- the former of which was the subject of producers Jeff Ayeroff and Julie Yannatta's previous 2007 collection Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur -- no other songwriter of the rock & roll era could attract so many different artists from so many different genres as Dylan, something that is a testament to the resilience of his catalog. From the very start of his career, Dylan saw his songs covered by all manners of artists, ranging from colleagues and peers to longhair rock bands, easy listening outfits, and weirdos like William Shatner, so the absurd abundance of Chimes of Freedom in a way fits into the grand pattern of history: his songs were always up for grabs, they've survived terrible misguided covers, they've been performed with loving faith, they've been reinvented once and again. Given its monumental length, it should be of no great surprise that Chimes of Freedom has songs that fall into each category, although it is surprisingly bereft of awfulness. Not even Miley Cyrus' painful-in-theory straight-ahead cover of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" is awful: she may not know who Verlaine and Rimbaud are, but she focuses on the melody and winds up selling the song in the process. Most of the artists here perform a similar trick, choosing love songs over protests, keeping things intimate instead of anthemic. Naturally, there are exceptions to the rule, but the scales on Chimes of Freedom are tipped toward pretty stripped-down sincerity -- even Ke$ha abandons Auto-Tune for a nearly a cappella interpretation of "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" -- an aesthetic that's easy to digest and helps make the artists that do something different pop out dramatically: Flogging Molly's Pogues-ian run through "The Times They Are A-Changing," Bryan Ferry's eerie reading of "Bob Dylan's Dream," Elvis Costello adding spikes to "License to Kill," Sin ad O'Connor tearing up "Property of Jesus," and Queens of the Stone Age tapping into Bob's rowdy side with a tremendous "Outlaw Blues." After a parade of faithful salutes ranging from Billy Bragg's impassioned "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" to Lenny Kravitz's absurd re-creation of "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," it's great to hear actual re-interpretations of Dylan's songs -- after all, even Bob himself doesn't always sing the same song the same way twice. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Product Notes

2012 four CD collection containing music from Patty Smith, Rise Against, Pete Townshend, Diana Krall, My Morning Jacket, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Jackson Browne, Sugarland, Joan Baez, Flogging Molly, Joe Perry, Bad Religion and many others. Two iconic forces that have impacted the past 50 years -- the life-saving human rights activism of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Amnesty International and the incomparable artistry of Bob Dylan -- are being saluted by musicians who contributed new or previously unreleased recordings to Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. Almost 30 tracks on the album were mixed gratis by famed engineer Bob Clearmountain. Bob Ludwig and Adam Ayan of Gateway Mastering donated their mastering services. The album cover illustration is by Grammy Award winning artist Mick Haggerty.

Track Listing

		Track #		Title
1.		1		Johnny Cash Featuring The Avett Brothers-One Too Many Mornings
1.		2		Raphael Saadiq Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
1.		3		Patti Smith-Drifter's Escape
1.		4		Rise Against-Ballad Of Hollis Brown
1.		5		Tom Morello-The Nightwatchman Blind Willie Mctell
1.		6		Pete Townshend Corrina, Corrina
1.		7		Bettye Lavette Most Of The Time
1.		8		Charlie Winston This Wheel's On Fire
1.		9		Diana Krall Simple Twist Of Fate
1.		10		Brett Dennen You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
1.		11		Mariachi El Bronx Love Sick
1.		12		Ziggy Marley Blowin' In The Wind
1.		13		The Gaslight Anthem Changing Of The Guards
1.		14		Silversun Pickups Not Dark Yet
1.		15		My Morning Jacket You're A Big Girl Now
1.		16		The Airborne Toxic Event Boots Of Spanish Leather
1.		17		Sting Girl From The North Country
1.		18		Mark Knopfler Restless Farewell
2.		1		Queens Of The Stone Age Outlaw Blues
2.		2		Lenny Kravitz Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35
2.		3		Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
2.		4		Blake Mills Heart Of Mine
2.		5		Miley Cyrus You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
2.		6		Billy Bragg Lay Down Your Weary Tune
2.		7		Elvis Costello License To Kill
2.		8		Angelique Kidjo Lay, Lady, Lay
2.		9		Natasha Bedingfield Ring Them Bells
2.		10		Jackson Browne Love Minus Zero/No Limit
2.		11		Joan Baez Seven Curses (Live)
2.		12		The Belle Brigade No Time To Think
2.		13		Sugarland Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Live)
2.		14		Jack's Mannequin Mr. Tambourine Man
2.		15		Oren Lavie 4th Time Around
2.		16		Sussan Deyhim All I Really Want To Do
2.		17		Adele Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live At Wxpn)
3.		1		K'naan With God On Our Side
3.		2		Ximena Sarianai Want You
3.		3		Neil Finn With Pajama Club She Belongs To Me
3.		4		Bryan Ferry Bob Dylan's Dream
3.		5		Zee Avi Tomorrow Is A Long Time
3.		6		Carly Simon Just Like A Woman
3.		7		Flogging Molly The Times They Are A-Changin'
3.		8		Fistful Of Mercy Buckets Of Rain
3.		9		Joe Perry Man Of Peace Bad Religion It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3.		10		My Chemical Romance Desolation Row (Live)
3.		11		Redone Featuring Nabil Khaya Tknockin' On Heaven's Door
3.		12		Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgrenabandoned Love
3.		13		Darren Criss Featuring Chuck Criss And Freelance Whales New Morning
3.		14		Cage The Elephant The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
3.		15		Band Of Skulls It Ain't Me, Babe
3.		16		Sinad O'Connor Property Of Jesus
3.		17		Ed Roland And The Sweet Tea Project Shelter From The Storm
3.		18		Ke$Ha Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3.		19		Kronos Quartet Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3.		20		Maroon 5 I Shall Be Released
3.		21		Carolina Chocolate Drops Political World
3.		22		Seal & Jeff Beck Like A Rolling Stone
3.		23		Taj Mahal Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
3.		24		Dierks Bentley Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (Live)
3.		25		Mick Hucknall One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
3.		26		Thea Gilmore I'll Remember You
3.		27		State Radio John Brown
3.		28		Dave Matthews Band All Along The Watchtower (Live)
3.		29		Michael Franti Subterranean Homesick Blues
3.		30		We Are Augustines Mama, You Been On My Mind
3.		31		Lucinda Williams Tryin' To Get To Heaven
3.		32		Kris Kristofferson Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
3.		33		Eric Burdon Gotta Serve Somebody
3.		34		Evan Rachel Wood I'd Have You Anytime
3.		35		Marianne Faithfull Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)
3.		36		Pete Seege Rforever Young
3.		37		Bob Dylan Chimes Of Freedom
4.		18		Chimes Of Freedom
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