The Bird Has Flown | A Tribute To The Beatles

A few months ago we received This Bird Has Flown - A 40th Anniversary Tribute to The Beatles' Rubber Soul," in the mail. We didn't get a chance to listen to it until late December. The 14-track album mirrors the sequencing of the original UK release of Rubber Soul. This could easily be swept under the rug as yet another Beatles tribute album. This is far from it with an eclectic mix of indie darlings such as The Fiery Furnaces, Low and Sufjan Stevens, bringing forth their own interpretations of each song.

The standout tracks are "Drive My Car," "You Won't See Me, and "Michelle" by The Donnas, Dar Williams and Ben Harper & Innocent Criminals respectively.

Tracklisting:
1 Drive My Car -The Donnas
2 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Fiery Furnaces
3 You Won't See Me - Dar Williams
4 Nowhere Man - Low
5 Think for Yourself - Yonder Mountain String Band
6 The Word - Mindy Smith
7 Michelle - Ben Harper & Innocent Criminals
8 What Goes On- Sufjan Stevens
9 Girl - Rhett Miller
10 I'm Looking Through You - Ted Leo
11 In My Life - Ben Lee
12 Wait - Ben Kweler
13 If I Needed Someone - Nellie McKay
14 Run for Your Life - The Cowboy Junkies

Listen to what these artists had to say about this tribute album (Real Player required):

Ted Leo
Ben Harper
Dar Williams

Streaming Audio:
Ben Harper - "Michelle" - RA
Dar Williams - "You Won't See Me" - RA
Sufjan Stevens - "What Goes On" - RA
Ted Leo - "I'm Looking Through You" - RA
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