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HELP (1995)
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The Help Album is a 1995 charity album, bringing together many contemporary British and Irish artists, with all proceeds going to the War Child charity's aid efforts in war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The concept of the album was inspired by John Lennon's comments about Instant Karma, that he wanted records to be like newspapers and be released as soon as they are recorded. Help was recorded on the Monday (4th September), mixed on the Tuesday and in the shops on the Saturday. Released September 9, 1995 Recorded September 4, 1995

FACTS
- A version of The Beatles' song "Come Together", by a new 'supergroup', The Smokin' Mojo Filters (Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Steve Cradock, Steve White and Carleen Anderson)
- A cover of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head", which marked the Manic Street Preachers' return to recording after the disappearance of Richey Edwards
- The first appearance of the Radiohead song "Lucky", which was to later appear on the album OK Computer
- Suede's cover of Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding"
- The first new recording from Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty (better known as The KLF, but billed here as "The One World Orchestra") in over 2 years; a drum'n'bass version of the theme tune from The Magnificent Seven, with vocal samples from DJ Fleka of Serbian radio station B92.
- A version of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billy Joe" by Sinéad O'Connor. As the makers of the album were putting the final touches to the album, a courier arrived with a tape of O'Connor's contribution. In theory the song had arrived too late for inclusion in the album, but the producers were so impressed with her haunting rendition that they felt they had to include the song.
- The album's sleeve notes included a contribution from former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. It reached Number One on the UK albums compilation charts, and would have reached number one on the UK albums chart but Gallup who compiled the charts at the time refused to accept it as a single artist album. In his book A Year with Swollen Appendices, Brian Eno writes bitterly about this decision claiming it would have cost the charity thousands of pounds in lost sales, nevertheless in the end it raised £1.25million for War Child.

1. Oasis and Friends - "Fade Away" 4:11
2. The Boo Radleys - "Oh Brother " 3:42
3.The Stone Roses - "Love Spreads" 3:47
4.Radiohead - "Lucky" 4:20
5.Orbital - Adnan" 3:42
6.Portishead - "Mourning Air " 3:47
7. Massive Attack - "Fake the Aroma " 3:24
8. Suede - "Shipbuilding" 3:13
9. The Charlatans - "Time for Livin'" 4:12
10. Stereo MC's - "Sweetest Truth (Show No Fear)" 5:00
11. Sinéad O'Connor - "Ode to Billy Joe" 4:59
12. The Levellers - "Searchlights" 3:51
13. Manic Street Preachers - "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" 2:57
14. Terrorvision - "Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt" 3:01
15. The One World Orchestra (aka The KLF) - "The Magnificent " 2:15
16. Planet 4 Folk Quartet - "Message to Crommie" 3:48
17. Terry Hall and Salad - "Dream a Little Dream" 3:27
18. Neneh Cherry and Trout - "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 " 4:13
19. Blur - "Eine Kleine Lift Musik" 4:17
20. The Smokin' Mojo Filters - "Come Together" 3:33

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