Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder joins Neil Finn to cover the iconic Hunters & Collectors pub rock anthem Throw Your Arms Around Me on a forthcoming compilation tribute to the Australian band.
The full track list of the much-rumoured album was released via the Mushroom Group's site tonight. The album, to be titled Crucible – The Songs Of Hunters & Collectors is set for a September 27 release date.
Talking To A Stranger, the band's breakthrough hit from 1982, has been covered by Birds Of Tokyo for the album, while The Avalanches have reworked it as Stalking To A Stranger (Planets Collide Remix).
The Rubens have scored the honour of tackling the band's most famous track Holy Grail while British India have reinterpreted Do You See What I See? and Paul Kelly has recorded True Tears Of Joy.
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Hunters founder and frontman Mark Seymour described the project as “deeply rewarding for me as a writer to know that beyond the years and all the hard work that was done in the crucible of the Australian suburbs, the songs of Hunters & Collectors have reached the cream of Australia's talent."
Full track list:
1. Birds Of Tokyo – Talking To A Stranger
2. Eddie Vedder & Neil Finn – Throw Your Arms Around Me
3. Matt Corby & Missy Higgins – This Morning
4. Oh Mercy - The Slab (Betty's Worry)
5. Alpine – Hear No Evil
6. The Living End – Say Goodbye
7. Paul Kelly & Emma Donovan (featuring Jimblah) – True Tears Of Joy
8. The Rubens – Holy Grail
9. Husky – Blind Eye
10. Something For Kate – When The River Runs Dry
11. The Panics – Alligator Engine
12. Abbe May – Dog
13. British India – Do You See What I See?
14. Cloud Control – Still Hanging 'Round
15. The Avalanches – Stalking To A Stranger (Planets Collide Remix)
