Sound / Score! 20 Years of Merge Records the Covers! (Compilation)
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Tracklist
- 01. Beautiful Things - Quasi - 03:46
- 02. Precision Auto - Les Savy Fav - 03:00
- 03. Plenty Is Never Enough - The Shins - 03:12
- 04. Sleep All Summer - St. Vincent and the National - 04:39
- 05. Complications by Broken Social Scene - 04:46
- 06. Like a Fool - Ryan Adams - 04:04
- 07. Papa Was a Rodeo - Bright Eyes - 04:49
- 08. New Ways of Living - Lavender Diamond - 05:47
- 09. King of Carrot Flowers Pt. Three - The Apples in Stereo - 01:59
- 10. Cowboy on the Moon - Laura Cantrell - 03:51
- 11. Santa Maria - Bill Callahan - 03:46
- 12. Through with People - Barbara Manning - 03:01
- 13. Drug Life - The Mountain Goats - 02:52
- 14. Don't Destroy This Night - The New Pornographers - 03:30
- 15. Yeah! Oh, Yeah! - Tracey Thorn & Jens Lekman - 03:05
- 16. My Noise - The Hive Dwellers - 03:09
- 17. The Numbered Head - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - 04:36
- 18. All You Little Suckers - Okkervil River - 04:25
- 19. Kicked In - Death Cab for Cutie - 04:26
- 20. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - Times New Viking - 03:36
Notes
Merge Records MRG351
Released 2009
Merge Records is twenty years old. Part of the larger "Score!" subscription-based box set, this CD is an amazing collection of songs spanning the label's existence, covered by some of the most popular (non-Merge) indie bands around, such as Quasi, Les Savy Fav, The Shins, Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, The New Pornographers, Okkervil River, Death Cab For Cutie, Times New Viking, and many more. This collection is the first of only three commercially available pieces from the box set. Limited to 7,500 copies. All proceeds benefit charities chosen by the SCORE curators.