We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie
We Were So Turned On | |
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Compilation album by Various Artists | |
Released | September 14, 2010 |
Genre | Rock, glam rock, art rock |
Label | Manimal Vinyl |
We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie is a David Bowie tribute album released worldwide on September 6, 2010, by Manimal Vinyl as a charity for War Child UK. The album features contributions from Duran Duran, Carla Bruni, Mick Karn, John Frusciante, Warpaint, Devendra Banhart, Vivian Girls, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, A Place to Bury Strangers and others.
The project was started in early 2008 by Manimal Vinyl's founder Paul Beahan. The album was originally planned to feature contributions from Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and MGMT, who all pulled out due to recording and scheduling conflicts.
The cover artwork was created by Los Angeles–based artist owleyes and the inside artwork was created by artist and musician Nico Turner.[1] The cover includes three images of the inside artwork from the gatefold edition of the album Aladdin Sane filled with psychedelic graphics. The label released A Place to Bury Strangers' cover of "Suffragette City" on the music blog Cover Me one week before the album.[2] Xu Xu Fang's "China Girl" video reached number 1 on Cover Me Songs 2010 Year-end Best of list.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Space Oddity" (by Exitmusic)
- "Boys Keep Swinging" (by Duran Duran)
- "Sound and Vision" (by Megapuss and Devendra Banhart)
- "Ashes to Ashes" (by Warpaint)
- "Be My Wife" (by Corridor)
- "Always Crashing in the Same Car" (by Chairlift)
- "John, I'm Only Dancing" (by Vivian Girls)
- "Fame" (by All Leather)
- "I'm Afraid of Americans" (by We Are the World)
- "Suffragette City" (by A Place to Bury Strangers)
- "Repetition" (by Tearist)
- "Look Back in Anger" (by Halloween Swim Team)
- "Fashion" (by Afghan Raiders)
- "Theme from Cat People" (by Polyamorous Affair)
- "Red Money" (by Swahili Blonde feat. John Frusciante)
- "I'm Deranged" (by Jessica 6, ex-Hercules and Love Affair)
- "African Night Flight" (by Aska + Bobby Evans feat. Moon & Moon)
- "China Girl" (by Xu Xu Fang)
Disc two
- ""Heroes"" (by VOICEsVOICEs)
- "Absolute Beginners" (by Carla Bruni)
- "Blue Jean" (by Papercranes)
- "Life on Mars?" (by Keren Ann)
- "Changes" (by Lewis & Clarke)
- "It Ain't Easy" (by ZAZA)
- "Soul Love" (by Genuflex)
- "The Bewlay Brothers" (by Sister Crayon)
- "Art Decade" (by Marco Benevento)
- "Ashes to Ashes" (by Mick Karn)
- "As the World Falls Down" (by Lights (NYC))
- "The Supermen" (by Aquaserge)
- "Starman" (by Caroline Weeks)
- "Quicksand" (by Rainbow Arabia)
- "Sound and Vision" (by Mechanical Bride)
- "Memory of a Free Festival" (by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)
iTunes Special Edition tracks
- "Heathen (The Rays)" (by Universe)
- "Letter to Hermione" (by Viv Albertine)
- "Ziggy Stardust" (by Ariana Delawari)
- "Oh You Pretty Things" (by Gangi)
- "The Man Who Sold the World" (by Amanda Jo Williams)
- "Within You" (by Laco$te)
- "The Secret Life of Arabia" (by St. Clair Board)
- "Modern Love" (by Pizza!)
Critical reception
The Warpaint cover of Ashes to Ashes was well-received, appearing on NPR's "5 best cover songs of 2010" and RadioX's "The 10 best David Bowie cover versions".[3][4]
NME described the album as "a mismatch of a record, skipping frantically between genres with every turn",[5] while The Complete David Bowie called it "exhaustive and occasionally exhausting".[6]
References
- ^ "We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie - Various Artists". All Music Guide. Rovi. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ "A Place to Bury Strangers Bring the Noise on David Bowie's "Suffragette City" (Cover Me Premiere) » Cover Me". Covermesongs.com. 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
- ^ Katzif, Mike (6 December 2010). "Best Cover Songs Of 2010". NPR. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "The 10 best David Bowie cover versions". RadioX. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "The most stunning covers albums of all time: John Lennon, Rage Against The Machine, David Bowie and more". NME. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ Pegg, Nicholas (2016). The Complete David Bowie. Titan Books. ISBN 9781785655333.
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- David Bowie (1967)
- David Bowie (1969)
- The Man Who Sold the World
- Hunky Dory
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- Aladdin Sane
- Pin Ups
- Diamond Dogs
- Young Americans
- Station to Station
- Low
- "Heroes"
- Lodger
- Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
- Let's Dance
- Tonight
- Never Let Me Down
- Black Tie White Noise
- The Buddha of Suburbia
- Outside
- Earthling
- Hours
- Heathen
- Reality
- The Next Day
- Blackstar
- Toy
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- David Live
- Stage
- Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture
- Santa Monica '72
- LiveAndWell.com
- Glass Spider
- Live Santa Monica '72
- VH1 Storytellers
- Bowie at the Beeb
- A Reality Tour
- Live Nassau Coliseum '76
- Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)
- Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78)
- Serious Moonlight (Live '83)
- Glastonbury 2000
- ChangesNowBowie
- Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
- Something in the Air (Live Paris 99)
- I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)
- No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)
- Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)
- David Bowie at the Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)
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- Christiane F.
- Love You till Tuesday
- Labyrinth
- Lazarus
- Moonage Daydream
- Baal
- BBC Sessions 1969–1972
- Earthling in the City
- Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks)
- Space Oddity
- The Next Day Extra
- No Plan
- Is It Any Wonder?
- The World of David Bowie
- Images 1966–1967
- Changesonebowie
- The Best of Bowie
- Changestwobowie
- Rare
- Golden Years
- Fame and Fashion
- Changesbowie
- Early On (1964–1966)
- The Singles Collection
- Rarestonebowie
- The Deram Anthology 1966–1968
- The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974
- The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979
- Bowie at the Beeb
- All Saints
- Best of Bowie
- Club Bowie
- The Collection
- The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987
- iSelect
- Nothing Has Changed
- Legacy
- Sound + Vision
- The Platinum Collection
- David Bowie
- Five Years (1969–1973)
- Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)
- A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)
- Loving the Alien (1983–1988)
- Spying Through a Keyhole
- Clareville Grove Demos
- The 'Mercury' Demos
- Conversation Piece
- Brilliant Live Adventures
- Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001)
- The 1980 Floor Show
- Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
- Serious Moonlight
- Glass Spider
- Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby
- VH1 Storytellers
- Reality: Tour Ed.
- A Reality Tour
- Glastonbury 2000
- Love You till Tuesday
- Video EP
- Jazzin' for Blue Jean
- Day-In Day-Out
- Tin Machine
- Bowie – The Video Collection
- Black Tie White Noise
- Jump: Interactive CD-ROM
- Best of Bowie
- Reality
- The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987
- The Next Day Extra
- Cracked Actor
- Ricochet
- Black Tie White Noise
- Sound and Vision
- Moonage Daydream
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- Major Tom
- The Thin White Duke
- Ziggy Stardust
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- "Bowie"
- David Bowie Is
- Jareth
- Phillip Jeffries
- Statue of David Bowie
- Lazarus
- Stardust
- Symphony No. 1 "Low"
- Symphony No. 4 "Heroes"
- Symphony No. 12 "Lodger"
- The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
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