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released worldwide on September 6, 2010, by

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as a charity for War Child UK. The album features contributions from

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, Warpaint,

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and others. The project was started in early 2008 by Manimal Vinyl's founder Paul Beahan. The album was originally planned to feature contributions from

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and

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, who all pulled out due to recording and scheduling conflicts. The cover artwork was created by Los Angeles–based artist owleyes and the inside artwork was created by artist and musician Nico Turner. The cover includes three images of the inside artwork from the gatefold edition of the album ''

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" on the music blog Cover Me one week before the album. Xu Xu Fang's "China Girl" video reached number 1 on Cover Me Songs 2010 Year-end Best of list.

Track listing

Disc one

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Space Oddity "Space Oddity" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It was first released on 11 July 1969 by Philips and Mercury Records as a 7-inch single, then as the opening track of his second studio album, ''David Bowie''. Produce ...

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Boys Keep Swinging "Boys Keep Swinging" is a song by English musician David Bowie, released on 27 April 1979 by RCA Records in the United Kingdom as the lead single from his 1979 album '' Lodger''. It was written by Bowie and Brian Eno and recorded in Montreux an ...

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Sound and Vision "Sound and Vision" is a song by the English musician David Bowie. It was released in January 1977 by RCA Records on side one of his 11th studio album '' Low''. RCA later chose it as the first single from the album. Co-produced by Bowie and ...

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Be My Wife "Be My Wife" is a song by English musician David Bowie from the 1977 album ''Low''. It was released as the second single of the album on 17 June 1977. "Be My Wife" became the first new Bowie release since "Changes" to fail to break into the ...

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Always Crashing in the Same Car "Always Crashing in the Same Car" is a song written by David Bowie from his album ''Low,'' 1977. The song's lyrics express the frustration of making the same mistake over and over. The narrator of the song recounts driving at a high speed in circ ...

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John, I'm Only Dancing "John, I'm Only Dancing" is a song by the English musician David Bowie, originally released as a non-album single on 1 September 1972. It is a glam rock and R&B song with lyrics that describe a situation in which the narrator informs his ...

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) # " Fame" (by All Leather) # "

I'm Afraid of Americans "I'm Afraid of Americans" is a song by the English musician David Bowie, released as a Single (music), single from his album ''Earthling (David Bowie album), Earthling'' on 14 October 1997 through Virgin Records. The song was co-written by ...

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Look Back in Anger ''Look Back in Anger'' (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet i ...

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" (by Afghan Raiders) # " Theme from Cat People" (by Polyamorous Affair) # "

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I'm Deranged "I'm Deranged" is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1995 for the album ''Outside''. Musically and lyrically, it shares many themes with "Look Back in Anger" from '' Lodger'' (1979), including the appearance of an angel figure before ...

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) # "African Night Flight" (by Aska + Bobby Evans feat. Moon & Moon) # " China Girl" (by Xu Xu Fang)

Disc two

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Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

" (by VOICEsVOICEs) # " Absolute Beginners" (by

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Blue Jean "Blue Jean" is a song written and recorded by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for his sixteenth studio album ''Tonight'' (1984). One of only two tracks on the album to be written entirely by Bowie, it was released as a single ahead of ...

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Life on Mars? "Life on Mars?" is a song by the English musician David Bowie, first released on his 1971 album ''Hunky Dory''. Bowie wrote the song as a parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way". "Life on Mars?" was recorded on 6 August 1971 at Trident Studio ...

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" (by Lewis & Clarke) # " It Ain't Easy" (by ZAZA) # "

Soul Love "Soul Love" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his 1972 album ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars''. Co-produced by Bowie and Ken Scott, it features Bowie's backing band known as the Spiders f ...

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The Bewlay Brothers "The Bewlay Brothers" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie in 1971 for the album ''Hunky Dory''. One of the last tracks to be written and recorded for the LP, the ballad has been described as "probably Bowie's densest an ...

" (by Sister Crayon) # " Art Decade" (by

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) # " As the World Falls Down" (by Lights (NYC)) # "

The Supermen "The Supermen" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, written in 1970 for his third studio album, '' The Man Who Sold the World'', released later that year in the US and in April 1971 in the UK. The song is one of several on the albu ...

" (by Aquaserge) # " Starman" (by Caroline Weeks) # "

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Memory of a Free Festival "Memory of a Free Festival" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Originally recorded in September 1969 as a seven-minute opus for Bowie's David Bowie (1969 album), second self-titled album, it was reworked in March–April ...

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iTunes Special Edition tracks

# " Heathen (The Rays)" (by Universe) # " Letter to Hermione" (by

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Ziggy Stardust Ziggy Stardust was a glam alter ego of musician David Bowie in the early 1970s. It may refer specifically to: * Ziggy Stardust (character) * ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'', often shortened to ''Ziggy Stardust'', a ...

" (by Ariana Delawari) # "

Oh You Pretty Things "Oh! You Pretty Things" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie from his 1971 album ''Hunky Dory''. It was the first song he wrote for the album. Bowie recorded the song as a demo before giving it to singer Peter Noone, lead sin ...

" (by Gangi) # " The Man Who Sold the World" (by Amanda Jo Williams) # "Within You" (by Laco$te) # "

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" (by St. Clair Board) # " Modern Love" (by Pizza!)

Critical reception

The Warpaint cover of Ashes to Ashes was well-received, appearing on NPR's "5 best cover songs of 2010" and RadioX's "The 10 best David Bowie cover versions". NME described the album as "a mismatch of a record, skipping frantically between genres with every turn", while ''The Complete David Bowie'' called it "exhaustive and occasionally exhausting".

References

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