The 2009 Believer Music Issue has come and gone, but the legend lives on in the form of a CD. You can still purchase the fantastic and spectacular fourteen-track disc, compiled by writer and accomplished accordion player Daniel Handler. We asked some of our all-time favorite songwriters, including a few who haven’t been recording new material lately, to send us acoustic versions of new songs. Surprisingly, they did so. We’re thrilled to be able to present a brilliant collection of new work from these masters of the form, available here and only here. Click here to read the complete liner notes.
1. Sam Phillips, “What It All Means”
2. Robert Scott, “From the Diary of an Early Settler”
3. Mike Scott (The Waterboys), “A Wild Holy Band”
4. Lloyd Cole, “Coattails”
5. Phil Wilson, “Found a Friend”
6. Stuart Moxham, “Warning Signs 2”
7. Dave Wakeling, “Never Die”
8. Lisa Germano, “It’s a Rainbow (Blame Me)”
9. Mark Robinson (Cotton Candy), “Fantastic & Spectacular”
10. Beth Sorrentino, “Such a Beautiful Day”
11. David Sylvian, “Jacqueline”
12. Stephen Duffy (The Lilac Time), “Memory and Desire”
13. Mary Margaret O’Hara, “40 Stories”
14. Wreckless Eric, “(Swimming Against) The Tide of Reason”
Extremely Secret Bonus Track: Haunted Love, “San Dominico”
