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WORKING CLASS HERO will donate 50% of Hollywood Records' net profits as well as artists and producer royalties towards funding programs for spaying and neutering cats and dogs. While John Lennon's work as the literate half of The Beatles' ... Full Descriptionmain songwriting team is universally loved, his solo work has proven harder to grasp. Lennon went in a new direction in 1970, producing, raw, angry songs that were almost painful to listen to--and even harder to re-interpret. These long-neglected treasures, however, scream for a fresh look by today's alterna-rockers, whose own songs go for the emotional jugular in much the same way. Fifteen years after his murder, WORKING CLASS HERO delivers with fifteen of John's thorniest compositions.
Nowhere is Lennon's bitterness more evident than on the tribute's opening cut, "I Found Out." The tune, an angry cousin of "Come Together," shows the author's resentment of the pop culture he helped initiate. The Red Hot Chili Peppers expertly capture the song's darkness with a characteristically intense performance, clearly reveling in the song's simple, bluesy structure. Also featured among Lennon's more popular solo tunes are Blues Traveler's reverential treatment of "Imagine," Collective Soul's beautiful "Jealous Guy," and Toad The Wet Sprocket's romp through "Instant Karma!"
Two performances stand out. The Flaming Lips give "Nobody Told Me" a perfect dose of irreverent humor. All the tell-tale Lips trademarks are here--the gleefully croaked vocals, the raw and slightly off-key guitars, the notion that no one knows which chord comes next--turning one of Lennon's lighter songs into the album's comic relief. On the other end of the spectrum is Mary-Chapin Carpenter's "Grow Old With Me." After an album's worth of loud, relentless rock, Carpenter's quiet, acoustic re-working of this little-known gem captures John's gentler side, and makes WORKING CLASS HERO's strongest statement.
Includes liner notes by David Sheff.
Producers include: Rick Rubin, Mad Season, Brett Eliason, Kelly Gray, Steve Thompson.
Compilation producer: Lindy Goetz.
Engineers include: Dave Sardy, Brett Eliason, Kelly Gray. Hide Description Working Class Hero: A Tribute To John Lennon Music Working Class Hero: A Tribute To John Lennon Songs | 1. | I Found Out - Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 2. | I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier - Mad Season |
| 3. | Steel and Glass - Candlebox |
| 4. | Imagine - Blues Traveler |
| 5. | Working Class Hero - Screaming Trees |
| 6. | Power to the People - The Minus 5 |
| 7. | How Do You Sleep - The Magnificent Bastards |
| 8. | Nobody Told Me - The Flaming Lips |
| 9. | Well, Well, Well - Super 8 |
| 10. | Cold Turkey - Cheap Trick |
| 11. | Jealous Guy - Collective Soul |
| 12. | Isolation - Sponge |
| 13. | Instant Karma - Toad The Wet Sprocket |
| 14. | Grow Old With Me - Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 15. | Mind Games - George Clinton |
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