New tribute album?
N. Jaworski (eng4nj@leeds.ac.uk): I don’t know if a full tracklisting has already appeared on this board, but here’s a column from last weeks Melody Maker anyway… BONO is among the guests on a Leonard Cohen tribute album,”Tower of Song”, released by A&M next month. Bono covers Cohen’s “Hallelujah” recently renovated to devastating effect by Jeff Buckley. Other artists include: Tori Amos, who covers “Famous Blue Raincoat”, Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore, who does “Coming Back To You” and Willie Nelson, Peter Gabriel, Suzanne Vega, Billy Joel and Sting and the Chieftans. Elton John contributes a cover of “I’m Your Man”, proving that while he might have a bad hair piece, he still has a great sense of humour! The album features liner notes by novelist Tom Robbins.
