This week, Peter Gabriel releases a new acoustic album entitled SCRATCH MY BACK, with no guitars or drums.
On the album, Peter covers songs done by other artists. Later, a companion album of Peter Gabriel covers by other artists will be released on a disc entitled I’LL SCRATCH YOURS.
The songs on SCRATCH MY BACK include:
- HEROES by David Bowie
- THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE by Paul Simon
- MIRRORBALL by Elbow
- FLUME by Bon Iver
- LISTENING WIND by Talking Heads
- THE POWER OF THE HEART by Lou Reed
- MY BODY IS A CAGE by Arcade Fire
- THE BOOK OF LOVE by The Magnetic Fields
- I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY by Randy Newman
- APRES MOI by Regina Spektor
- PHILADELPHIA by Neil Young
- STREET SPIRIT by Radiohead
Some of the covers to be on I’LL SCRATCH YOURS have been announced to include the following:
- Paul Simon doing BIKO
- Stephin Merrit of The Magnetic Fields doing NOT ONE OF US
- Randy Newman doing BIG TIME
- Tom Yorke of Radiohead doing WALLFLOWER