Valentine’s Day With Starbucks
Starbucks Entertainment record label which belongs to the infamous coffee shop network is about to release the album full of cover songs dedicated to the Valentine’s Day. This album will be incorporating all kinds of indie artists who decided to participate in the project and sing a lot of love songs. “Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs” will be out on January 30 (the US release), said New Musical Express. Among many bands who are participating in the project one of the most popular is Death Cab For Cutie. This group shall cover The Cure’s “Love Song” (1989) and it will be the first track on the album. Department of Eagles had covered Elvis Presley’s “Love Me”, and The New Pornographers leader A.C. Newman took A-ha’s “Take On Me”.
This is the second compilation of this sort made by Starbucks. The last one was released in 2005. Here is the full track list of an upcoming album:
Death Cab for Cutie - ‘Love Song’ (Cure cover)
Katy Perry - ‘Black and Gold’ (Sam Sparro cover)
DeVotchKa - ‘Hot Burrito #1 (I’m Your Toy)’ (Flying Burrito Brothers cover)
Department of Eagles - ‘Love Me’ (Elvis Presley cover)
Jessica Lea Mayfield - ‘Words of Love’ (Buddy Holly cover)
Ben Bridwell - ‘Your Love Is Forever’ (George Harrison cover)
Kate Tucker - ‘I’m on Fire’ (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Rogue Wave - ‘Maps’ (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
A.C. Newman - ‘Take on Me’ (a-ha cover)
Jem - ‘Yellow’ (Coldplay cover)
Richard Hawley - ‘Early Morning Rain’ (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
Daniel Martin Moore - ‘I Hear Music’ (Billie Holiday cover)
She & Him - ‘I Put a Spell on You’ (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover)
Lila Downs - ‘My One and Only Love’ (Frank Sinatra cover)