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Will Oldham, Superchunk, Devendra Banhart on Guilty Pleasure Compilation

Even though we're not sure what a guilty pleasure is—why not unrepentantly just enjoy a song?—we'll still report the upcoming music compilation Guilty By Association, a mixed representation of indie rock bands covering mainstream pop songs on Engine Room Recordings. The August 28th release features Will Oldham covering Mariah Carey, the Mooney Suzuki covering Cher, and Superchunk covering Destiny's Child.

"A lot of really great bands were being dropped from the major labels at that time, and we thought it would be a cool idea to have bands like that cover some of the acts that were actually being supported by the majors," said Engine Room's Wes Verhoeve. "The bands that were approached were all very enthused by the whole concept, and many of them even had a song in mind right away."

This is the tracklisting:

01 "Don't Stop Believin'" (Journey) - Petra Haden
02 "Don't Look Back in Anger" (Oasis) - Devendra Banhart
03 "From This Moment On" (Shania Twain) - Mark Mulcahy
04 "Straight Up" (Paula Abdul) - The Concretes
05 "Back for Good" (Take That) - The Concretes
06 "Viva Forever" (Spice Girls) - Jim O'Rourke
07 "Sugar We're Going Down" (Fall Out Boy) - Goat
08 "Can't Take That Away" (Mariah Carey) - Will Oldham/Bonnie "Prince" Billy
09 "Love's Theme (Love Unlimited Orchestra)" - Woody Jackson Orchestra/Money Mark
10 "Breaking Free" (High School Musical) - Porter Block
11 "Just Like Jesse James" (Cher) - Mooney Suzuki
12 "Two Tickets to Paradise" (Eddie Money) - Geoff Farina
13 "Chop Suey" (System of a Down) - Casey Shea
14 "Say My Name" (Destiny's Child) - Superchunk
15 "Burning for You" (Blue Oyster Cult) - Mike Watt

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
05.07.07