Liverpool - The Number Ones Album

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Liverpool
The Number Ones Album
The Number Ones album cover.jpg
studio album by
Various artists
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2008
LabelEMI
Length77:34
Back cover.

2008 various artists compilation includes "Don't Throw Your Love Away" performed by Elvis Costello and Amsterdam.


Tracks

TitlePerformer(s) Length
1. Anyone Who Had A Heart (made famous by Cilla Black)Atomic Kitten 3:15
2. Needles And Pins (The Searchers)The Farm 3:35
3. Woman (John Lennon)Ian McNabb 3:52
4. You Spin Me Right Round (Dead or Alive)Thea Gilmore & Mike Cave 3:50
5. Don't Throw Your Love Away (The Searchers)Elvis Costello featuring Amsterdam 2:56
6. 3 Shirts On A Line  Scaffold 3:54
7. Whole Again  OMD 2:29
8. Relax  Anthony Hannah 4:28
9. She Loves You (The Beatles)Sonia 2:46
10. From Me To You  Eton Road 2:45
11. Starry Eyed (Michael Holliday)China Crisis 2:57
12. Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)The Real Thing 4:58
13. You're My World  Kush featuring Natasha Hamilton 3:21
14. My Sweet Lord  Gary Christian & Desa Basshead 4:23
15. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles)Sonny J 3:31
16. Day Tripper (The Beatles)Shack 4:16
17. You'll Never Walk Alone (Gerry & The Pacemakers)Thomas Lang 3:03
18. The Power Of Love  Brian Nash featuring Connie Lush 4:57
19. Paperback Writer (The Beatles)Digsy & The Sums 3:09
20. Hey Jude (The Beatles)The Real People 5:11
21. Imagine (John Lennon)The Talkabouts featuring Liz McClarnon 2:58


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  • This compilation of songs made famous by Liverpool artists includes was part of "The Number One Project," a music-based charity event in Liverpool, to mark its status as European Capital of Culture for 2008. 21 of the album's songs are covered by Liverpudlian artists.
  • An early report had Elvis covering Billy J. Kramer's 1964 hit "Little Children" instead of The Searchers' "Don't Throw Your Love Away." "I thought about doing Little Children by Billy J. Kramer, at one point," Elvis told The Word - "but I thought it might sound a bit creepy coming from a guy of my age."

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