Everyday Chemistry
Everyday Chemistry | |
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Remix album credited to the Beatles | |
Released | 9 September 2009 |
Genre | Mashup |
Length | 40:48 |
Everyday Chemistry is a remix album of unknown authorship that was made available as a free digital download on 9 September 2009.[1] It mashes up various songs from the Beatles' individual solo careers, including tracks from 27 albums. It intends to present an album that the members would have recorded had they not broken up.[2][3]
Fictional context[]
The album was accompanied by a story written by an anonymous person under the pen name "James Richards" (a pseudonym drawn from the legal first names of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two surviving Beatles, who were born James Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey respectively). Richards describes meeting a man named Jonas who lives in a parallel universe in which the Beatles never broke up. Jonas and Richards both discussed their enjoyment of the Beatles, and just before leaving the parallel universe and travelling back to his own, Richards stole a cassette tape containing one of The Beatles' albums from that imagined timeline.[4] Richards denied that the album was composed of mashups, reasoning that "even though in the alternate universe the Beatles hadn't broken up, that didn't mean their future music ideas disappeared".[5]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Four Guys" | 4:17 |
2. | "Talking to Myself" | 3:38 |
3. | "Anybody Else" | 6:03 |
4. | "Sick to Death" | 2:56 |
5. | "Jenn" | 3:34 |
6. | "I'm Just Sitting Here" | 3:23 |
7. | "Soldier Boy" | 3:22 |
8. | "Over the Ocean" | 3:36 |
9. | "Days Like These" | 3:23 |
10. | "Saturday Night" | 3:22 |
11. | "Mr Gator's Swamp Jamboree" | 3:24 |
Total length: | 40:48 |
Samples[]
"Four Guys"
- "I'm Moving On" (John Lennon song)[citation needed]
- "Band on the Run" (Paul McCartney song)[3]
- "When We Was Fab" (George Harrison song)[3]
- "Vertical Man" (Ringo Starr song)[citation needed]
- "Beatlemania In Action" (The Beatles Story)
- "We were four guys ... that's all (Interview Anthology 1)" (The Beatles)
"Talking to Myself"
- "I'm Losing You" (John Lennon song)[failed verification]
- "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (Paul McCartney song)[3]
- "Stuck Inside a Cloud" (George Harrison song)[3]
- "Early 1970" (Ringo Starr song)[citation needed]
"Anybody Else"
- "One Day (At a Time)" (John Lennon song)[3]
- "Somedays" (Paul McCartney song)[3]
- "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" (George Harrison song)[citation needed]
- "Monkey See – Monkey Do" (Ringo Starr song)[citation needed]
"Sick to Death"
- "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon song)[3]
- 'No More Lonely Nights (playout version)" (Paul McCartney song)[citation needed]
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (George Harrison song)[citation needed]
- "All By Myself" (Ringo Starr song)[3]
"Jenn"
- "God Save Oz" (John Lennon song)[citation needed]
- "Jet" (Paul McCartney song)[citation needed]
- "Teardrops" (Harrison)[citation needed]
- "Hard Times" (Ringo Starr song)[3]
"I'm Just Sitting Here"
- "Watching the Wheels" (John Lennon song)[3]
- "Call Me Back Again " (Paul McCartney song)[citation needed]
- "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (George Harrison song)[citation needed]
- "Loser's Lounge" (Ringo Starr song)[citation needed]
"Soldier Boy"
- "Isolation" (John Lennon)[3]
- "Phil and John 1" (John Lennon)[3]
- "Listen to What the Man Said" (Paul McCartney song)[3]
- "Woman Don't You Cry For Me" (George Harrison song)[3]
- "I Don't Believe You" (Ringo Starr song)[3]
- "John Lennon Becomes A DJ For A Day At KHJ Radio 27 September 1974" (and now back to your local station) (John Lennon)
"Over the Ocean"
- "You Are Here" (John Lennon song)[3]
- "Heather" (Paul McCartney song)[citation needed]
- "I Dig Love" (George Harrison song)[citation needed]
- "Marwa Blues" (George Harrison song)[citation needed]
- "Back Off Boogaloo" (Ringo Starr song)[citation needed]
"Days Like These"
- "Nobody Told Me" (John Lennon song)[3]
- "Write Away" (Paul McCartney song)
- "Soft-Hearted Hana" (George Harrison song)[3]
- "Christmas Eve" (Ringo Starr song)
"Saturday Night"
- "Cold Turkey" (John Lennon song)[3]
- 'Night Out" (Paul McCartney song)[citation needed]
- "P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)" (George Harrison song)
- "Runaways" (Ringo Starr song)
"Mr. Gator's Swamp Jamboree"
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (John Lennon song)[citation needed]
- "Momma Miss America" (Paul McCartney song)[3]
- "Tired of Midnight Blue" (George Harrison song)
- "$15 Draw" (Ringo Starr song)[citation needed]
See also[]
Works that explore similar concepts
References[]
- ^ Brennan, Colin (18 November 2015). "Transdimensional thief claims to be in possession of unreleased Beatles album". Consequence of Sound.
- ^ Dreyer, Chris (31 March 2010). "'Everyday Chemistry', the Beatles". Inlander.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u JNSP (30 December 2009). "'Everyday Chemistry', el timo de la estampita" (in Spanish). jenesaispop.
- ^ Spacek, Nick (9 November 2009). "The Beatles Never Broke Up?". Pitch. Kansas City, MO. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Everyday Chemistry: The Story Behind The Greatest Beatles' Albums That Never Existed". Of Fact and Fiction. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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