I'll Scratch Yours
| I'll Scratch Yours | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by various artists | |
| Recorded | 2009–201? |
| Producer | Peter Gabriel |
I'll Scratch Yours is a forthcoming concept album developed by Peter Gabriel, giving artists whom he covered on his 2010 album Scratch My Back a medium to release covers of Gabriel's songs, which was part of the original intent of the Scratch My Back idea.
It was reported[1] on a January 2010 Peter Gabriel podcast that Radiohead would be covering "Wallflower" from Gabriel's 4th self-titled album. However, Gabriel subsequently reported in an interview in The Guardian that Radiohead had withdrawn from the project since hearing his version of their song "Street Spirit".[2] David Bowie also declined to record a Gabriel song. In March 2010, Gabriel announced that Lou Reed has covered "Solsbury Hill" while Brian Eno, the co-writer of "Heroes", is covering "Don't Break This Rhythm". Arcade Fire declined to cover a song due to prior commitments. David Byrne, formerly of Talking Heads, recorded a cover of "I Don't Remember" from Peter Gabriel 3. Elbow covered "Mercy Street" from So.
[edit] Singles
Gabriel originally intended to release Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours simultaneously.[3] However, as completion of the latter dragged out, it was instead decided to release a series of double A-sided singles with one song from each album every new full moon during 2010 on iTunes.[4] The first, "The Book of Love"—Gabriel's cover of a Magnetic Fields song, together with "Not One of Us"—Stephin Merritt's (The Magnetic Fields' frontman) cover of a Peter Gabriel song, was released on 30 January 2010.[5] Gabriel's version of "The Boy in the Bubble" coupled with Paul Simon's version of "Biko" was the second, released on 28 February 2010.[6] The third in the series, Gabriel's take on "Flume" paired with Bon Iver's seven-minute long version of "Come Talk to Me" was released on 30 March 2010.[7]
The digital tracks appear to be iTunes exclusives; however on 17 April 2010 "The Book of Love" / "Not One of Us" as well as "Flume" / "Come Talk to Me" were also released on 7" vinyl to independent record stores.[8]
[edit] Tracks released to date
"Not One of Us" Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields); January 30, 2010
"Biko" Paul Simon; February 28
"Come Talk to Me" Bon Iver; March 30
"Solsbury Hill" Lou Reed; April 28
"Mercy Street" Elbow; May 27
"I Don't Remember" David Byrne (Talking Heads); June 26
[edit] References
- ^ News Archive | Radiohead to cover Peter Gabriel's 'Wallflower' ateaseweb.com
- ^ Rogers, Jude (2 June 2010). "Peter Gabriel: 'It doesn't have anything to do with witchcraft!'". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/02/peter-gabriel-scratch-my-back.
- ^ Jon Pareles (March 1, 2010). "Peter Gabriel Says, 'I'll Sing Yours, You Sing Mine'". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/arts/music/02gabriel.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
- ^ McCormick, Neil (11 February 2010). "Peter Gabriel: Scratch My Back, CD review". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/neilmccormick/7212676/Peter-Gabriel-returns-every-full-moon.html. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "The Magnetic Fields: Realism". Petergabriel.com. 23 January 2010. http://www.petergabriel.com/news/archive/2010/01/23/The_Magnetic_Fields:_Realism. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "The Boy In The Bubble and Biko on iTunes today". Petergabriel.com. 28 February 2010. http://petergabriel.com/news/archive/2010/02/28/The_Boy_In_The_Bubble_and_Biko_on_iTunes_today. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ "'Come Talk To Me' and 'Flume' released today on iTunes". Petergabriel.com. 30 March 2010. http://www.petergabriel.com/news/archive/2010/03/30/%27Come_Talk_To_Me%27_and_%27Flume%27_released_today_on_iTunes. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ "2 'Scratch' 7 inch singles for Record Store Day". Petergabriel.com. 10 March 2010. http://petergabriel.com/news/archive/2010/03/10/2_%27Scratch%27_7_inch_singles_for_Record_Store_Day. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
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