Where's Neil When You Need Him?
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| Where's Neil When You Need Him? | ||
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| Tribute album by various artists | ||
| Released | July 18, 2006 | |
| Genre | Various | |
| Label | Dancing Ferret Discs | |
'Where's Neil When You Need Him?' is a tribute CD to writer Neil Gaiman consisting of seventeen tracks performed by various artists who are fans of Gaiman's work. These songs are based on stories and characters from The Sandman graphic novel series, Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The Goldfish Pool, Wolves in the Walls, Mr. Punch, and the movie MirrorMask. It was released on Dancing Ferret Discs on July 18, 2006. The CD included all new artwork from Dave McKean as well as extensive new liner notes from Neil, and an introduction by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance.
[edit] Track listing
- Rasputina - "Coraline"
- ThouShaltNot - "When Everyone Forgets"
- Tapping the Vein - "Trader Boy"
- Lunascape - "Raven Star"
- Deine Lakaien - "A Fish Called Prince"
- Thea Gilmore - "Even Gods Do"
- Rose Berlin featuring Curve - "Coraline"
- Schandmaul - "Magda Treadgolds Marchen"
- Hungry Lucy - "We Won't Go"
- Voltaire with The Oddz - "Come Sweet Death"
- Future Bible Heroes - "Mr. Punch"
- Razed in Black - "The Endless"
- The Crüxshadows - "Wake the White Queen"
- Ego Likeness - "You Better Leave the Stars Alone"
- Azam Ali - "The Cold Black Key"
- Joachim Witt - "Vandemar"
- Tori Amos - "Sister Named Desire (New Master)"
[edit] Trivia
- The album's title was taken from the song Space Dog, by Tori Amos. Tori became a long-time friend and collaborator of Neil Gaiman after she made a reference to him in the 1991 song Tear in Your Hand.
