Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan

Album: Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International
Artist: various artists
2012 Amnesty International
CD

Credits for (58):
Seal: vocals
Jeff Beck: guitar
Russ Kunkel: drums
Leland Sklar: bass
Jim Cox: Hammond B3 organ
Laurence Jubar: guitar
Mark Hudson: guitar, percussion
Brown Splenda (Antonia Salerno, Sarah Garrison, Lisa Margaroli): backing vocals

Produced by Martin Lewis/Hudson
Vocal track recorded by Trevor Horn at Sarm West Coast, Los Angeles
Recorded at WhatInTheWhatThe Studio, Los Angeles; The Village, Los Angeles; Silver Sessions Studio, Los Angeles
Engineered by Dan Silver
Assisted by Jared Nugent
Mixed by Steve Greenwell
Video directed & produced by Lewis, filmed on location at The Village, Los Angeles

Album:
Executive Producers: Jeff Ayeroff, Julie Yannatta
Executive Producers for Amnesty International: Helen Garrett, Karen Scott
Contributing Producer: Lewis

Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Johnny Cash feat. The Avett Brothers: "One Too Many Mornings" [Dylan] (3:48)
2. Raphael Saadiq: "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" [Dylan] (3:43)
3. Patti Smith: "Drifter's Escape" [Dylan] (3:22)
4. Rise Against: "Ballad of Hollis Brown" [Dylan] (5:12)
5. The Nightwatchman: "Blind Willie McTell" [Dylan] (5:16)
6. Pete Townshend: "Corrina, Corrina" [traditional, arranged by Dylan] (2:34)
7. Bettye LaVette: "Most of the Time" [Dylan] (5:16)
8. Charlie Winston: "This Wheel's on Fire" [Dylan/Danko] (3:07)
9. Diana Krall: "Simple Twist of Fate" [Dylan] (3:51)
10. Brett Dennen: "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" [Dylan] (3:04)
11. Mariachi El Bronx: "Love Sick" [Dylan] (3:42)
12. Ziggy Marley: "Blowin' in the Wind" [Dylan] (2:43)
13. The Gaslight Anthem: "Changing of the Guards" [Dylan] (5:23)
14. Silversun Pickups: "Not Dark Yet" [Dylan] (6:23)
15. My Morning Jacket: "You're a Big Girl Now" [Dylan] (5:11)
16. The Airborne Toxic Event: "Boots of Spanish Leather" [Dylan] (5:12)
17. Sting: "Girl from the North Country" [Dylan] (2:54)
18. Mark Knopfler:"Restless Farewell" [Dylan] (5:52)

Disc 2
19. Queens of the Stone Age: "Outlaw Blues" [Dylan] (4:09)
20. Lenny Kravitz: "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" [Dylan] (4:08)
21. Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli: "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" [Dylan] (4:44)
22. Blake Mills: "Heart of Mine" [Dylan] (5:31)
23. Miley Cyrus: "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" [Dylan] (3:33)
24. Billy Bragg: "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" [Dylan] (4:19)
25. Elvis Costello: "License to Kill" [Dylan] (5:13)
26. Angelique Kidjo: "Lay, Lady, Lay" [Dylan] (3:09)
27. Natasha Bedingfield: "Ring Them Bells" [Dylan] (4:09)
28. Jackson Browne: "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" [Dylan] (4:21)
29. Joan Baez: "Seven Curses" [Dylan] (5:05)
30. The Belle Brigade: "No Time to Think" [Dylan] (8:06)
31. Sugarland: "Tonight I'll be Staying Here with You" [Dylan] (3:57)
32. Jack's Mannequin: "Mr. Tambourine Man" [Dylan] (4:27)
33. Oren Lavie: "4th Time Around" [Dylan] (4:23)
34. Sussan Deyhim: "All I Really Want to Do" [Dylan] (5:18)
35. Adele: "Make You Feel My Love" [Dylan] (4:07)

Disc 3
36. K'naan: "With God on Our Side" [Dylan] (3:40)
37. Ximena Sariñana: "I Want You" [Dylan] (3:37)
38. Neil Finn with Pajama Club: "She Belongs to Me" [Dylan] (2:58)
39. Bryan Ferry: "Bob Dylan's Dream" [Dylan] (3:55)
40. Zee Avi: "Tomorrow is a Long Time" [Dylan] (3:59)
41. Carly Simon: "Just Like a Woman" [Dylan] (5:12)
42. Flogging Molly: "The Times They are a-Changin'" [Dylan] (3:02)
43. Fistful of Mercy: "Buckets of Rain" [Dylan] (3:14)
44. Joe Perry: "Man of Peace" [Dylan] (7:43)
45. Bad Religion: "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" [Dylan] (3:06)
46. My Chemical Romance: "Desolation Row" [Dylan] (3:01)
47. RedOne featuring Nabil Khayat: "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" [Dylan] (3:52)
48. Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren: "Abandoned Love" [Dylan] (4:32)
49. Darren Criss featuring Chuck Criss of Freelance Whales: "New Morning" [Dylan] (3:07)
50. Cage the Elephant: "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" [Dylan] (5:02)
51. Band of Skulls: "It Ain't Me, Babe" [Dylan] (3:23)
52. Sinéad O'Connor: "Property of Jesus" [Dylan] (3:36)
53. Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project: "Shelter from the Storm" [Dylan] (4:12)
54. Kesha: "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" [Dylan] (3:49)
55. Kronos Quartet: "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (instrumental) [Dylan] (4:03)

Disc 4
56. Maroon 5: "I Shall be Released" [Dylan] (4:10)
57. Carolina Chocolate Drops: "Political World" [Dylan] (2:49)
58. Seal & Jeff Beck: "Like a Rolling Stone" [Dylan] (7:25)
59. Taj Mahal: "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream" [Dylan] (5:01)
60. Dierks Bentley: "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" [Dylan] (3:51)
61. Mick Hucknall: "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" [Dylan] (4:59)
62. Thea Gilmore: "I'll Remember You" [Dylan] (4:48)
63. State Radio: "John Brown" [Dylan] (4:49)
64. Dave Matthews Band: "All Along the Watchtower" [Dylan] (7:03)
65. Michael Franti: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" [Dylan] (2:18)
66. We Are Augustines: "Mama, You Been on My Mind" [Dylan] (3:30)
67. Lucinda Williams: "Tryin' to Get to Heaven" [Dylan] (4:42)
68. Kris Kristofferson: "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" [Dylan] (2:38)
69. Eric Burdon: "Gotta Serve Somebody" [Dylan] (4:57)
70. Evan Rachel Wood: "I'd Have You Anytime" [Dylan/George Harrison] (3:54)
71. Marianne Faithfull: "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" [traditional, arranged by Eric von Schmidt] (2:28)
72. Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids: "Forever Young" [Dylan] (3:15)
73. Bob Dylan: "Chimes of Freedom" [Dylan] (7:13)

Digital bonus tracks
74. Outernational: "When the Ship Comes in" [Dylan] (3:27)
75. Silverstein: "Song to Woody" [Dylan] (2:12)
76. Daniel Bedingfield: "Man in the Long Black Coat" [Dylan] (2:27)

Notes: This was a charity album for Amnesty International. The 4CD version, as above, made #11 in the US with 22,000 copies sold, while the 2CD version, available at Starbucks, made #38, with more than 10,200 copies sold.

(73) is Dylan's original 1964 recording of the track. 69 tracks were recorded for this album, while the other 6 were recent live performances recorded for other purposes and compiled here. Amnesty made music videos for 16 tracks, including (58). Amnesty also made mini-documentaries about the making of 9 tracks, including (58).

Lewis asked Seal, knowing he was a supporter of Amnesty, and Seal requested Beck. Seal was making a solo album at the time and recorded a demo, with Horn on guitar. They sent that to Lewis. He brought in Hudson and recorded the backing musicians. Seal and Beck were then recorded. (HP, 9 Nov 22)

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