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Peter Gabriel ends his covers album with Radiohead's “Street Spirit”
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Photo: Joi · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPeter Gabriel has confirmed the running order of Scratch My Back, his album of other people's songs, and Radiohead's “Street Spirit” closes it. David Bowie's “Heroes” opens it. A 13-song list that leaked at the end of October had “Street Spirit” second and the Kinks' “Waterloo Sunset” in the set. The Kinks are gone from the finished record.
As reported, the writers Gabriel covers are to return the favour on a companion album of his songs, the first of several releases he has in mind. Bob Ezrin produced Scratch My Back at George Martin's AIR Lyndhurst and at Real World, Gabriel's studios in Wiltshire.
John Metcalfe, formerly of the Durutti Column, wrote the scores. They are for orchestral instruments and voice only, with no guitars, drums or world instruments, and they range from sparse chamber music to a full orchestra. The songs are not simply covers. They are major reinterpretations of some famous stuff. It's quite radical.
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Scratch My Back, the running order
| # | Song | Writer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heroes | David Bowie |
| 2 | The Boy in the Bubble | Paul Simon |
| 3 | Mirrorball | Elbow |
| 4 | Flume | Bon Iver |
| 5 | Listening Wind | Talking Heads |
| 6 | The Power of the Heart | Lou Reed |
| 7 | My Body Is a Cage | Arcade Fire |
| 8 | The Book of Love | The Magnetic Fields |
| 9 | I Think It's Going to Rain Today | Randy Newman |
| 10 | Après Moi | Regina Spektor |
| 11 | Philadelphia | Neil Young |
| 12 | Street Spirit | Radiohead |
the video
Street Spirit (Fade Out) · The promo, directed by Jonathan Glazer.· Radioheadwatch on youtube →