October 3, 2002 17:14

BE HEAR NOW!

FOr 24 hours only - let us know which track you like the most!

BE HEAR NOW!

NME.COM are giving you the opportunity to hear the NME WAR CHILD album, '1 LOVE' in full right now - but for 24 hours only! The chance ends at 5pm Friday 4 October 2002.


The album is has been assembled in the same spirit as 1995's 'Help!' album, which raised considerable funds and awareness for the charity which supports kids caught in war zones around the world.

Participants include Oasis, Stereophonics, [/a], [a], Ms Dynamite, Starsailor, Feeder and Badly Drawn Boy.

The 24 hour listening party is now over
Click here to pre order the album now


The album is released on October 14.






The album project, which began last month when NME asked a number of contemporary stars to record versions of their favourite Number One singles of all time for a release to benefit the War Child charity, will feature a host of top names. The full line-up is below, with the name of the act they're covering, plus the year it was originally a Number One in the UK, in brackets.

Starsailor - 'All Or Nothing' (The Small Faces, 1966)
Feeder - 'The Power Of Love' (Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 1984)
Sugababes - 'Killer' (Adamski, 1990)
Muse - 'House Of The Rising Son' (The Animals, 1964)
Stereophonics - 'Nothing Compares 2 U' (Sinead O' Connor, 1990)
Faithless/Dido - 'Dub Be Good 2 Me' (Beats International, 1990)
Oasis - 'Merry Xmas Everybody' (Slade, 1973)
Elbow - 'Something In The Air' (Thunderclap Newman, 1969)
Ms Dynamite - 'Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)' (Soul II Soul, 1989)
Manic Street Preachers - 'Out Of Time' (Chris Farlowe, 1966)
Badly Drawn Boy - 'Come On Eileen' (Dexy's Midnight Runners, 1982)
Prodigy - 'Ghost Town' (The Specials, 1981)
Jimmy Eat World - 'Firestarter' (Prodigy, 1996)
McAlmont And Butler - 'Back For Good' (Take That, 1995)
Darius - 'Pretty Flamingo' (Manfred Mann, 1966)
More Fire Crew -'Dreams' (Gabrielle, 1993)

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