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  1. Starsailor – All Or Nothing
  2. Feeder – The Power Of Love
  3. Sugababes – Killer
  4. Muse – House Of The Rising Sun
  5. Stereophonics – Nothing Compares 2 U
  6. Faithless and Dido – Dub Be Good To Me
  7. Oasis – Merry Christmas Everybody
  8. Elbow – Something In The Air
  9. The Reelists ft. Ms Dynamite – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
  10. Manic Street Preachers – Out Of Time
  11. Badly Drawn Boy and Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra – Come On Eileen
  12. The Prodigy – Ghost Town
  13. Jimmy Eat World – Firestarter
  14. Darius – Pretty Flamingos
  15. More Fire Crew ft Gabrielle – Dreams
  16. McAlmont and Butler – Back For Good

1 Love (2021 war child reissue series)

various artists

war child records / virgin music
  • 2lp

    Released: 8th Apr 2022

    £21.99
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When war broke out in Ukraine, War Child were quick to respond.

Their teams are already on the ground working to understand the impact on children and supporting local volunteers and non-governmental organisations who operate in the border regions to Ukraine to get children vital aid and psychological care – fast. Here, millions of children and families are seeking refuge; arriving with little more than the clothes on their backs, and little access to food, water and shelter.

 

By purchasing these classic albums fans are supporting War Child to reach children and give them the vital protection, education and psychosocial support they require.

1 Love saw the cream of British artists come together to pick their favourite number one to cover. Having appeared on the 1995 HELP album, Oasis continued their support of War Child with an acoustic rendition of Slade’s Christmas classic ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’. Stereophonics chose ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ with Kelly Jones’s gravelly vocal complementing this stripped back version of the track written by Prince, performed by The Family and taken to number one by Sinead O’Connor in 1990. Faithless and Dido stamped their mark on Beats International’s ‘Dub Be Good To Me’ whilst Jimmy Eat World transformed Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ stripping it back but keeping the dark and ominous mood of the original. The Prodigy themselves paid homage to Liam Howlett’s heroes The Specials with their own brooding version of ‘Ghost Town’. The Manic Street Preachers joined Oasis in appearing on their second album for War Child with a cover of ‘Out Of Time’ and Muse began their journey with the charity by adding their unique spin to 1964 number one ‘The House of the Rising Sun’ by The Animals. Elsewhere Elbow take on Thunderclap Newman with a low-fi cover of ‘Something In The Air’, there are contributions from Starsailor, Badly Drawn Boy teams up with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and Feeder give a haunting, pre-John Lewis cover of ‘The Power of Love’. 1 Love is part of a series of four releases by War Child Records making the amazing music artists have donated to the charity available on DSPs and vinyl for the first time. All proceeds from these releases will directly fund War Child’s life saving work with children affected by conflict.