Holy cow. We knew we'd soon be getting a star-studded new Bob Dylan tribute album in the form of Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International. What we didn't know was that it features an absolutely insane 72 tracks spread across four discs.
Previously announced contributors include Adele, My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith, Sting and Ke$ha. A glance at the tracklist shows that the album also includes new or otherwise unreleased covers from beloved acts like (deep breath) Pete Townshend, the Nightwatchman, the Gaslight Anthem, Rise Against, Queens of the Stone Age, Silversun Pickups, Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Mark Knopfler, Joan Baez, K'naan, Bryan Ferry, Bad Religion, Sinéad O'Connor, Carly Simon, Cage the Elephant, Jeff Beck, Pete Seegar and Lucinda Williams.
Oh, and there's also some mega-famous stars to appeal to the teenage shopping-mall crowd like Miley Cyrus, Maroon 5, Sugarland, My Chemical Romance and actress Evan Rachel Wood.
The whole thing is rounded out by Bob's original version of the title track, which appeared on 1964's Another Side of Bob Dylan.
The album comes out in North America on January 24 through Fontana Distribution. As the title indicates, all profits go to Amnesty International. Until then, whet your appetite by scanning the enormous tracklist below.
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International:
CD 1:
1. Raphael Saadiq - "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"
2. Patti Smith - "Drifter's Escape"
3. Rise Against - "Ballad of Hollis Brown"
4. Tom Morello The Nightwatchman - "Blind Willie McTell"
5. Pete Townshend - "Corrina, Corrina"
6. Bettye LaVette - "Most of the Time"
7. Charlie Winston - "This Wheel's on Fire"
8. Diana Krall - "Simple Twist of Fate"
9. Brett Dennen - "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
10. Mariachi El Bronx - "Love Sick"
11. Ziggy Marley - "Blowin' in the Wind"
12. The Gaslight Anthem - "Changing of the Guards"
13. Silversun Pickups - "Not Dark Yet"
14. My Morning Jacket - "You're a Big Girl Now"
15. The Airborne Toxic Event - "Boots of Spanish Leather"
16. Sting - "Girl from the North Country"
17. Mark Knopfler - "Restless Farewell"
CD 2:
1. Queens Of The Stone Age - "Outlaw Blues"
2. Lenny Kravitz - "Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35"
3. Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli - "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)"
4. Blake Mills - "Heart of Mine"
5. Miley Cyrus - "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"
6. Billy Bragg - "Lay Down Your Weary Tune"
7. Elvis Costello - "License to Kill"
8. Angelique Kidjo - "Lay, Lady, Lay"
9. Natasha Bedingfield - "Ring Them Bells"
10. Jackson Browne - "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"
11. Joan Baez - "Seven Curses (Live)"
12. The Belle Brigade - "No Time to Think"
13. Sugarland - "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You (Live)"
14. Jack's Mannequin - "Mr. Tambourine Man"
15. Oren Lavie - "4th Time Around"
16. Sussan Deyhim - "All I Really Want to Do"
17. Adele - "Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live at WXPN)"
CD 3:
1. K'NAAN - "With God on Our Side"
2. Ximena Sariñana - "I Want You"
3. Neil Finn with Pajama Club - "She Belongs to Me"
4. Bryan Ferry - "Bob Dylan's Dream"
5. Zee Avi - "Tomorrow Is a Long Time"
6. Carly Simon - "Just Like a Woman"
7. Flogging Molly - "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
8. Fistful Of Mercy - "Buckets of Rain"
9. Joe Perry - "Man of Peace"
10. Bad Religion - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
11. My Chemical Romance - "Desolation Row (Live)"
12. RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat - "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
13. Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren - "Abandoned Love"
14. Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales - "New Morning"
15. Cage the Elephant - "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
16. Band of Skulls - "It Ain't Me, Babe"
17. Sinéad O'Connor - "Property of Jesus"
18. Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project - "Shelter from the Storm"
19. Ke$ha - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
20. Kronos Quartet - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
CD 4:
1. Maroon 5 - "I Shall Be Released"
2. Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Political World"
3. Seal & Jeff Beck - "Like a Rolling Stone"
4. Taj Mahal - "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"
5. Dierks Bentley - "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Live)"
6. Mick Hucknall - "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)"
7. Thea Gilmore - "I'll Remember You"
8. State Radio - "John Brown"
9. Dave Matthews Band - "All Along the Watchtower (Live)"
10. Michael Franti - "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
11. We Are Augustines - "Mama, You Been on My Mind"
12. Lucinda Williams - "Tryin' to Get to Heaven"
13. Kris Kristofferson - "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"
14. Eric Burdon - "Gotta Serve Somebody"
15. Evan Rachel Wood - "I'd Have You Anytime"
16. Marianne Faithfull - "Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)"
17. Pete Seeger - "Forever Young"
18. Bob Dylan - "Chimes of Freedom"
Previously announced contributors include Adele, My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith, Sting and Ke$ha. A glance at the tracklist shows that the album also includes new or otherwise unreleased covers from beloved acts like (deep breath) Pete Townshend, the Nightwatchman, the Gaslight Anthem, Rise Against, Queens of the Stone Age, Silversun Pickups, Billy Bragg, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Mark Knopfler, Joan Baez, K'naan, Bryan Ferry, Bad Religion, Sinéad O'Connor, Carly Simon, Cage the Elephant, Jeff Beck, Pete Seegar and Lucinda Williams.
Oh, and there's also some mega-famous stars to appeal to the teenage shopping-mall crowd like Miley Cyrus, Maroon 5, Sugarland, My Chemical Romance and actress Evan Rachel Wood.
The whole thing is rounded out by Bob's original version of the title track, which appeared on 1964's Another Side of Bob Dylan.
The album comes out in North America on January 24 through Fontana Distribution. As the title indicates, all profits go to Amnesty International. Until then, whet your appetite by scanning the enormous tracklist below.
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International:
CD 1:
1. Raphael Saadiq - "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"
2. Patti Smith - "Drifter's Escape"
3. Rise Against - "Ballad of Hollis Brown"
4. Tom Morello The Nightwatchman - "Blind Willie McTell"
5. Pete Townshend - "Corrina, Corrina"
6. Bettye LaVette - "Most of the Time"
7. Charlie Winston - "This Wheel's on Fire"
8. Diana Krall - "Simple Twist of Fate"
9. Brett Dennen - "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
10. Mariachi El Bronx - "Love Sick"
11. Ziggy Marley - "Blowin' in the Wind"
12. The Gaslight Anthem - "Changing of the Guards"
13. Silversun Pickups - "Not Dark Yet"
14. My Morning Jacket - "You're a Big Girl Now"
15. The Airborne Toxic Event - "Boots of Spanish Leather"
16. Sting - "Girl from the North Country"
17. Mark Knopfler - "Restless Farewell"
CD 2:
1. Queens Of The Stone Age - "Outlaw Blues"
2. Lenny Kravitz - "Rainy Day Woman # 12 & 35"
3. Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli - "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)"
4. Blake Mills - "Heart of Mine"
5. Miley Cyrus - "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"
6. Billy Bragg - "Lay Down Your Weary Tune"
7. Elvis Costello - "License to Kill"
8. Angelique Kidjo - "Lay, Lady, Lay"
9. Natasha Bedingfield - "Ring Them Bells"
10. Jackson Browne - "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"
11. Joan Baez - "Seven Curses (Live)"
12. The Belle Brigade - "No Time to Think"
13. Sugarland - "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You (Live)"
14. Jack's Mannequin - "Mr. Tambourine Man"
15. Oren Lavie - "4th Time Around"
16. Sussan Deyhim - "All I Really Want to Do"
17. Adele - "Make You Feel My Love (Recorded Live at WXPN)"
CD 3:
1. K'NAAN - "With God on Our Side"
2. Ximena Sariñana - "I Want You"
3. Neil Finn with Pajama Club - "She Belongs to Me"
4. Bryan Ferry - "Bob Dylan's Dream"
5. Zee Avi - "Tomorrow Is a Long Time"
6. Carly Simon - "Just Like a Woman"
7. Flogging Molly - "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
8. Fistful Of Mercy - "Buckets of Rain"
9. Joe Perry - "Man of Peace"
10. Bad Religion - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
11. My Chemical Romance - "Desolation Row (Live)"
12. RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat - "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
13. Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren - "Abandoned Love"
14. Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales - "New Morning"
15. Cage the Elephant - "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
16. Band of Skulls - "It Ain't Me, Babe"
17. Sinéad O'Connor - "Property of Jesus"
18. Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project - "Shelter from the Storm"
19. Ke$ha - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
20. Kronos Quartet - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
CD 4:
1. Maroon 5 - "I Shall Be Released"
2. Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Political World"
3. Seal & Jeff Beck - "Like a Rolling Stone"
4. Taj Mahal - "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream"
5. Dierks Bentley - "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Live)"
6. Mick Hucknall - "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)"
7. Thea Gilmore - "I'll Remember You"
8. State Radio - "John Brown"
9. Dave Matthews Band - "All Along the Watchtower (Live)"
10. Michael Franti - "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
11. We Are Augustines - "Mama, You Been on My Mind"
12. Lucinda Williams - "Tryin' to Get to Heaven"
13. Kris Kristofferson - "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"
14. Eric Burdon - "Gotta Serve Somebody"
15. Evan Rachel Wood - "I'd Have You Anytime"
16. Marianne Faithfull - "Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Live)"
17. Pete Seeger - "Forever Young"
18. Bob Dylan - "Chimes of Freedom"
