Songs for Tibet

Infobox Album
Name = Songs for Tibet
Type = compilation
Artist = Various artists


Cover size = 190
Released = August 5, 2008 iTunes Store (digital)
August 12, 2008 CD
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Genre = Acoustic, pop
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Producer = The Art of Peace Foundation
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"Songs for Tibet — The Art of Peace" is a music album with contributions from number of musicians from throughout the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and South Africa. The artists include Sting, Garbage, Rush, Suzanne Vega and Alanis Morissette. The album is an initiative to support Tibet, the promotion of peace, basic fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and religion and the current Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. "Songs for Tibet — The Art Of Peace" is a project from the Art of Peace Foundation in Washington DC. The Executive Director of the Art of Peace Foundation, Michael Wohl, is executive producer the album. Producer Rupert Hine oversaw the musical direction of the project.

"Songs for Tibet — Art of Peace" is being released to coincide with the start of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics on August 8, 2008. The album was released on iTunes August 5, 2008 and the CD will be available August 19.

On August 5, 2008 The Art of Peace Foundation released the video "Songs for Tibet — Freedom Is Expression" which was directed by Mark Pellington. The video can be seen on YouTube and on The Art Of Peace Foundation's website.

"Songs for Tibet" is already the #1 Rock Album on iTunes in the United States, France, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands and is climbing the Rock charts throughout the world, as of August 6, 2008, within one day of release. It has been alleged that China has blocked its residents from the iTunes Music Store after the album became a hit. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7577014.stm BBC: China 'blocks' iTunes music store ] ]

Artists

Sting

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Rush
Dave Matthews
Tim Reynolds
Damien Rice
Joan Armatrading
John Mayer
Garbage
Duncan Sheik
Jackson Browne
Ben Harper
Alanis Morissette
Moby
Regina Spektor

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Underworld
Suzanne Vega
Imogen Heap
Jonatha Brooke
Teitur
Vanessa Carlton

Track listing

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title1 = Hide & Seek 2
note1 =
writer1 = Heap
extra1 = Imogen Heap
length1 = 4:08

title2 = Send Your Love
note2 = Art of Peace mix
writer2 = Sting
extra2 = Sting
length2 = 4:47

title3 = Versions of Violence
note3 = recorded in dressing room in Cologne
writer3 = Morissette, Sigsworth
extra3 = Alanis Morissette
length3 = 4:17

title4 = Belief
note4 =
writer4 = Mayer
extra4 = John Mayer
length4 = 3:44

title5 = Better
note5 = piano & voice
writer5 = Spektor
extra5 = Regina Spektor
length5 = 3:08

title6 = We Are All Made of Stars
note6 = 2008
writer6 = Moby
extra6 = Moby
length6 = 4:04

title7 = Making Noise
note7 =
writer7 =
extra7 = Damien Rice & The Cheshire Project
length7 = 4:05

title8 = More Than This
note8 = Campfire take
writer8 = Carlton
extra8 = Vanessa Carlton
length8 = 4:49

title9 = Nothing Fades
note9 = Kosen Rufu version
writer9 = Sheik
extra9 = Duncan Sheik
length9 = 4:28

title10 = Where Are You Going
note10 = live in Copenhagen
writer10 = [http://www.dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453056426&tid=91&where=2007 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark 03.14.2007] ] [ [http://www.DaveMatthewsBand.com/news/view/7db3f4d8b82385b947904ee82187d274 Dave Matthews Band :: News - 08/12/2008] ] Matthews
extra10 = Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
length10 = 4:03

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title1 = Song of Sand
note1 = Great City version
writer1 = Vega
extra1 = Suzanne Vega
length1 = 3:09

title2 = All the Good in This Life
note2 =
writer2 = Garbage
extra2 = Garbage
length2 = 4:20

title3 = Hope
note3 = live for The Art of Peace
writer3 = Alex Lifeson
extra3 = Rush
length3 = 2:23

title4 = Madonna on the Curb
note4 = Peace mix
writer4 =
extra4 = Jonatha Brooke
length4 = 3:33

title5 = In These Times
note5 = The Concord mix
writer5 =
extra5 = Joan Armatrading
length5 = 3:10

title6 = All My Mistakes
note6 =
writer6 = Jeff Cohen, Alex Ejsmont, Teitur
extra6 = Teitur feat. Tarira
length6 = 3:58

title7 = Alive in the World
note7 =
writer7 = Browne
extra7 = Jackson Browne
length7 = 4:11

title8 = Better Way
note8 = live in Six-Fours-Les-Plage
writer8 = Harper
extra8 = Ben Harper
length8 = 5:00

title9 = The Heart of the Matter
note9 = Underlying mix
writer9 = Hine
extra9 = Rupert Hine
length9 = 5:04

title10 = To Heal (And Restore Broken Bodies)
note10 =
writer10 = Karl Hyde, Rick Smith
extra10 = Underworld
length10 = 4:58

References

External links

* [http://www.artofpeacefoundation.org Official "Art of Peace Foundation" site]
* [http://www.songsfortibet.com Official "European point of purchase" site]