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Occupy This Album

Various Artists
4 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. Something's Got to Give
2. Come On, Come On, Come On
3. Occupation Freedom - George Martinez/The Global Block Collective
4. People Have the Power
5. Love Anthem (Only Love)
6. Panic Is On, The - Loudon Wainwright III
7. Occulture
8. Save Us - Paper Cranes/The Paper Cranes - (featuring Rain Phoenix)
9. Smile (Get Up and Sing) - (featuring Jodi Gold)
10. This Is What America Looks Like - Tenderflex - (featuring Jay Rodriguez/Ayler Young)
11. Big Little Wolfs - Aeroplane Pageant
12. Agent 99
13. Safety in Numbers - Debbie Harry
14. Hey, Can I Sleep on Your Futon?
15. Occupy Wall Street (Here Here Here)
16. White Gold - Ladytron
17. Greed
18. Against the Machine - Taj Weekes/Adowa
19. Young Idealists, The - Lloyd Cole
20. Peaceful Solution, A - Willie Nelson
0. DISC 2:
1. Times They Are a-Changin', The
2. World Is on Fire, The
3. Latter Days - The Middle Eight
4. Turn the Lights On - Chroma
5. Which Side Are You On?
6. Well May the World Go - Tao Rodriguez-Seeger
7. Unified Tribes - Thievery Corporation
8. Robber Barons - Thee Oh Sees
9. Saving Up to Go Bankrupt
10. Hell No (I'm Not Alright)
11. We Stand as One - Joseph Arthur
12. Cash Machine
13. Rebellion Politik - Junkyard Empire
14. Nothing Recedes Like Progress
15. Rebel - Fear Nuttin' Band
16. Under the Bridge - John Doe
17. Take a Stand
18. Answer, The
19. World Wide Rebel Songs - The Freedom Fighter Orchestra/The Nightwatchman
20. If There Ever Was a Time - Third Eye Blind
0. DISC 3:
1. Move on Fast - Yoko Ono
2. If We Live
3. Fight the Good Fight - Our Lady Peace
4. I Don't Need Money - Julie B. Bonnie
5. World Is Turning, The - Toots & the Maytals
6. New York Minute, A
7. I Ain't No Brian Wilson
8. Industrial Park - The Mammals - (featuring Pete Seeger)
9. Big Fish - Yo La Tengo
10. Occu-Pie - Harry Hayward
11. Free
12. Oye Mi Voz - Los Cintro
13. Walk On
14. Coney Island Winter
15. China Basin Digs - Joel Rafael
16. Walkin' - The Pimps of Joytime - (featuring Roy Ayers)
17. River's Gonna Rise
18. Rich Man's World - Immortal Technique
19. Staying Out and Calling In - Danger Field
0. DISC 4:
1. We Can't Make It Here - James McMurtry/Steve Earle/Joan Baez
2. We Are - New Party Systems - (featuring Kyp Malone)
3. Revolution
4. Number One - Born I Music
5. Play the Greed - Dar Williams
6. Broke Heart Blues - Ronny Elliott
7. What Are Their Names - David Crosby/Graham Nash
8. Make a Stand - Dylan Chambers/Lester Chambers
9. Better Luck Next Time
10. All Over the World
11. We're the 99 - (featuring Liz O'Donnell)
12. We Are Human
13. Blessed
14. Freedom of Speech - Kanaska Carter
15. Reclaim - Rejectionist Front
16. Occupy (We the 99) - Jasiri X
17. Earth Division
18. Pulse - The OWS Drum Circle - (featuring Paul Spitz)
19. Times They Are a-Changin' [Skiffle Version], The - Michael Moore
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 83346
Credits

Producer Alex Emanuel; Maegan Hayward; Shirley Menard
Engineer
Liner Note Authors: Alex Emanuel; Maegan Hayward; Lori Karpay; Jason Samel; Shirley Menard; Michelle Rogers; Michael Patrick Lyons.
Recording information: Basement, Brooklyn, NY (05/13/2011); Bluebell Sound (05/13/2011); Bradford Mansion Studios, NC (05/13/2011); BRL Studios, City Island, NY (05/13/2011); Brooklyn Fields Studio, Brooklyn, NY (05/13/2011); Chem 19 Studio, Scotland (05/13/2011); Cobble Stone Studios, NYC (05/13/2011); Don Fury Studios, Troy, NY (05/13/2011); Dragon's Lair Studios (05/13/2011); Gimme That Sound Studios (05/13/2011); Humble Abode Music, Studio B, West Hurley, NY (05/13/2011); Kingnoise Recorder, LA (05/13/2011); Marseille, France (05/13/2011); New Calcutta Recording (05/13/2011); No Shame Studios, NYC (05/13/2011); NY Noise, NY (05/13/2011); P.O.D. Studios, NY (05/13/2011); Pittsburgh, PA (05/13/2011); Side Sounds, NY (05/13/2011); Sweet Spot Studio (05/13/2011); The Hangar Studios (05/13/2011); The Thousand Caves Of Menegroth (05/13/2011); Toronto (05/13/2011); Ultratone Studio, Studio City, CA (05/13/2011); Wall Street (05/13/2011); Water Music Studios, Hoboken, NJ (05/13/2011); Winterland Recording Studios, Minneapolis, MN (05/13/2011); Zen Studios, Pinellas Park, FL (05/13/2011); Basement, Brooklyn, NY (11/17/2011); Bluebell Sound (11/17/2011); Bradford Mansion Studios, NC (11/17/2011); BRL Studios, City Island, NY (11/17/2011); Brooklyn Fields Studio, Brooklyn, NY (11/17/2011); Chem 19 Studio, Scotland (11/17/2011); Cobble Stone Studios, NYC (11/17/2011); Don Fury Studios, Troy, NY (11/17/2011); Dragon's Lair Studios (11/17/2011); Gimme That Sound Studios (11/17/2011); Humble Abode Music, Studio B, West Hurley, NY (11/17/2011); Kingnoise Recorder, LA (11/17/2011); Marseille, France (11/17/2011); New Calcutta Recording (11/17/2011); No Shame Studios, NYC (11/17/2011); NY Noise, NY (11/17/2011); P.O.D. Studios, NY (11/17/2011); Pittsburgh, PA (11/17/2011); Side Sounds, NY (11/17/2011); Sweet Spot Studio (11/17/2011); The Hangar Studios (11/17/2011); The Thousand Caves Of Menegroth (11/17/2011); Toronto (11/17/2011); Ultratone Studio, Studio City, CA (11/17/2011); Wall Street (11/17/2011); Water Music Studios, Hoboken, NJ (11/17/2011); Winterland Recording Studios, Minneapolis, MN (11/17/2011); Zen Studios, Pinellas Park, FL (11/17/2011).
Photographer: Alex Emanuel.
The list of artists who contributed to the four-disc Occupy This Album, a sort of "soundtrack" to the Occupy Wall Street and 99% social movements, is pretty amazing, including tracks from Yoko Ono, Debbie Harry, Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Third Eye Blind, Toots & the Maytals, Yo La Tengo, and Devo, among many, many others.
Critic Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.74) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[This] shows how far beyond Sixties folk lefty rabble-rousing has come, with hip-hop, electronica and indie rock sitting alongside Pete Seeger and Joan Baez."
Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "[M]assive, eclectic....The spirit of the compilation feels more positive than negative -- the best that can be asked of any grassroots revolution." -- Grade: B+