KFIX Rock News: Alice Cooper, Def Leppard, Steve Miller, KISS & More Pay Tribute To Paul McCartney On New Project

Paul McCartney’s songs are some of the most covered of all time. Now, a who’s-who of music stars have recorded Macca’s music for a lavish project called The Art of McCartney.

Due November 18, the album features McCartney’s longtime band backing up the likes of Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Roger Daltrey, Chrissie Hynde, KISS, Brian Wilson, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard and more as they deliver their own interpretations of classics such as “My Love,” “Maybe I’m Amazed, “Let It Be,” “Eleanor Rigby” and “Live and Let Die.”

While he wasn’t personally involved in assembling The Art of McCartney, the entire project has McCartney’s thumbs-up.

The lead single from The Art of McCartney is The Cure’s rendition of “Hello Goodbye,” the band’s first release in six years.

It also features Macca’s son, James, on keyboards. You can download “Hello Goodbye” now when you pre-order The Art of McCartney.

The album will be available in a variety of formats, including a limited run of 1,000 box sets featuring signed artwork, a DVD, an audio documentary, a 64-page book, and the full album on digital, vinyl and CD.

There also will be a vinyl box set, a triple-vinyl album, a deluxe CD package, a regular CD, a standard digital album and an iTunes version with a couple of extra tracks.

Here’s the track listing for The Art of McCartney:

1. “Maybe I’m Amazed” — Billy Joel
2. “Things We Said Today” — Bob Dylan
3. “Band on the Run” — Heart
4. “Junior’s Farm” — Steve Miller
5. “The Long and Winding Road” — Yusuf / Cat Stevens
6. “My Love” — Harry Connick, Jr.
7. “Wanderlust” — Brian Wilson
8. “Bluebird” — Corinne Bailey Rae
9. “Yesterday” — Willie Nelson
10. “Junk” — Jeff Lynne
11. “When I’m 64” — Barry Gibb
12. “Every Night” — Jamie Cullum
13. “Venus and Mars/ Rock Show” — KISS
14. “Let Me Roll It” — Paul Rodgers
15. “Helter Skelter” — Roger Daltrey
16. “Helen Wheels” — Def Leppard
17. “Hello Goodbye” — The Cure ft James McCartney
18. “Live and Let Die” — Billy Joel
19. “Let It Be” — Chrissie Hynde
20. “Jet” — Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick
21. “Hi Hi Hi” — Joe Elliott
22. “Letting Go” — Heart
23. “Hey Jude” — Steve Miller
24. “Listen to What the Man Said” — Owl City
25. “Got to Get You into My Life” — Perry Farrell
26. “Drive My Car” — Dion
27. “Lady Madonna” — Allen Toussaint
28. “Let ‘Em In” — Dr. John
29. “So Bad” — Smokey Robinson
30. “No More Lonely Nights” — The Airborne Toxic Event
31. “Eleanor Rigby” — Alice Cooper
32. “Come and Get It” — Toots Hibbert with Sly & Robbie
33. “On the Way” — B. B. King
34. “Birthday” — Sammy Hagar

The deluxe box set also includes:

1. “C Moon” — Robert Smith
2. “Can’t Buy Me Love” — Booker T. Jones
3. “P.S. I Love You” — Ronnie Spector
4. “All My Loving” — Darlene Love
5. “For No One” – Ian McCulloch
6. “Put It There” — Peter, Bjorn & John
7. “Run Devil Run” — Wanda Jackson
8. “Smile Away” — Alice Cooper

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