Paraorchestra - Death Songbook (with Brett Anderson)

NEW VINYL LP ON WB 2024

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

Death Songbook is an exquisite and unique collaboration between Suede’s Brett Anderson, Charles Hazlewood and Paraorchestra featuring special guests Nadine Shah and Gwenno. The album features delicate new interpretations of iconic songs by the likes of Echo and The Bunnymen, Suede, Depeche Mode, Mercury Rev and Japan tackling themes of death, the death of love, anxiety, loss and transcendence. Paraorchestra is the world's first large-scale virtuoso ensemble of professional disabled and non-disabled musicians. The CD and LP packages feature beautiful photography from the original recordings at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff.

Tracklist

1. The Killing Moon (original composition – Echo & The Bunnymen)
2. Unsung (Brett Anderson)
3. Holes (feat. Nadine Shah) – (orig comp – Mercury Rev)
4. Nightporter (orig comp – David Sylvian, JAPAN)
5. She Still Leads Me On (orig comp Brett Anderson and Charles Hazlewood) - LIVE
6. Wonderful Life (orig comp Colin Vearncombe)
7. The Next Life (orig comp Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, SUEDE)
8. He's Dead (orig comp Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler/SUEDE)
9. Enjoy The Silence (feat. Gwenno) (orig comp David Gahan/Depeche Mode) - LIVE
10. The End Of The World (feat. Nadine Shah) – (orig comp Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee)
11. My Death (orig comp Jacque Brel) - LIVE
12. Brutal Lover (orig comp Brett Anderson & Charles Hazlewood) - LIVE