The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake

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The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake

Personnel

Liz Phair: guitars, vocal
Brad Wood: drums, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
Produced by Liz Phair and Brad Wood
Engineered by Nick Staskauskas and Brad Wood
Mixed by Brad Wood and Liz Phair
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA

Press Release

The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer/ songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of different backgrounds, genres, age groups and audiences. From Fontaines D.C. to Guy Garvey, Aurora to Feist, and Self-Esteem to David Gray, each artist has offered their own incredible take on a timeless classic”Nick Drake was not that concerned with promoting himself as an artist but I think he would have been overjoyed to hear his art promoted by so many vibrant and talented artists such as the ones we approached. Each track is an example of a fellow artist adopting Nick’s art as if it was their own, submitting to the song, and the results prove to me that talent can so often win out over mere skill or ‘personality’. We are honoured and so grateful to all our friends, old and new, who took part in the making of this set.

Cally Calloman, Bryter Music

Having initially exchanged a list of our favourite artists and realised how much our tastes overlapped, Cally and I set out on this venture with one simple brief – to ask the artists to ignore the original recording of Nicks in terms of arrangement, production and singing style; basically we were asking them to reinvent the song. First of all it was humbling to hear so many similar responses, saying how important Nick’s music was to them, and how much they wanted to be part of this project. But as the results came in one by one, we were staggered by the brilliance and invention that each artist had shown. They had done what we asked – they had made the song their own.

Jeremy Lascelles, Chrysalis Records

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Disc 1: Season 1

No.	Artist	Title	Length
01.	The Wandering Hearts	Voice From a Mountain (prelude)	:39
02.	Fontaines D.C.	Cello Song	5:04
03.	Camille	Hazey Jane II	4:07
04.	Mike Lindsay feat. Guy Garvey	Saturday Sun	5:16
05.	Bombay Bicycle Club and The Staves	Road	2:37
06.	Let’s Eat Grandma	From the Morning	3:40
07.	David Gray	Place to Be	3:31

Disc 1: Season 2

No.	Artist	Title	Length
08.	John Parish and Aldous Harding	Three Hours	4:33
09.	Stick in the Wheel	Parasite	4:52
10.	Ben Harper	Time Has Told Me	4:00
11.	Emeli Sande	One of These Things First	3:40
12.	Karine Polwart and Kris Drever	Northern Sky	4:12
13.	Craig Armstrong feat. Self Esteem	Black Eyed Dog	3:46

Disc 2: Season 3

No.	Artist	Title	Length
01.	Bombay Bicycle Club and The Staves	Road (reprise)	:30
02.	Nadia Reid	Poor Boy	4:36
03.	Christian Lee Hutson feat. Elanor Moss	Which Will	4:04
04.	Skullcrusher and Gia Margaret	Harvest Breed	2:48
05.	Katherine Priddy	I Think They’re Leaving Me Behind	4:32
06.	AURORA	Pink Moon	2:07
07.	Joe Henry and Meshell Ndegeocello	Time of No Reply	4:05

Disc 2: Season 4

No.	Artist	Title	Length
08.	Famous Blue Cable feat. Feist	River Man	3:58
09.	Liz Phair	Free Ride	2:47
10.	Philip Selway	Fly	5:06
11.	John Grant	Day is Done	6:26
12.	The Wandering Hearts	Voice From a Mountain	4:27

Singles

For the 15th anniversary of Exile in Guyville, Liz had signed with Dave Matthews’ ATO Records and re-issued the album with special packaging, additional tracks, and a DVD entitled Guyville Redux, which featured Liz interviewing Steve Albini, Ira Glass, John Henderson, actor John Cusack, Urge Overkill, and of course, Brad Wood.

The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake – I

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The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake – II

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The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake – III

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The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake – IV

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The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake – V

Lyrics

Free Ride

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