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Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Flash Record

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Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Charity Flash Record
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)
StudioSing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia
Genre
Length37:50
Label
  • 8 ft.
Producer
  • Anna Laverty
  • Xanthea O'Connor
Amanda Palmer chronology
There Will Be No Intermission
(2019)
Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Charity Flash Record
(2020)
Singles from Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Flash Record
  1. "Beds Are Burning"
    Released: February 17, 2020

Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Charity Flash Record is a collaborative studio album[2] by American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer along with Brian Viglione, Clare Bowditch, Fred Leone, Missy Higgins, Jherek Bischoff, and Montaigne. It was released to digital retailers and streaming platforms on February 21, 2020. Released in response to the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, all proceeds of the album will be donated to Firesticks Alliance, an Indigenous Australian-led organization "re-invigorating and teaching cultural land burning and management."[1] The album was funded by Palmer's supporters on Patreon.

Promotion

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A cover of Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning" featuring Missy Higgins, Brian Viglione and Jherek Bischoff was released as a single on February 17, 2020.[3] A benefit concert featuring Palmer and her then-husband Neil Gaiman was held in Melbourne, Australia on March 8, 2020.[2]

Track listing

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Track listing for Amanda Palmer & Friends Present Forty-Five Degrees: Bushfire Flash Record
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Favorite Things" (Bushfire edition)3:08
2."Beds Are Burning" (featuring Missy Higgins, Brian Viglione and Jherek Bischoff)4:42
3."The Drover's Boy"4:51
4."Black Smoke" (featuring Clare Bowditch and Jherek Bischoff)4:05
5."Suck It Up, Buttercup"
  • Palmer
8:52
6."Truganini" (featuring Montaigne, Brian Viglione and Jherek Bischoff)
4:41
7."Solid Rock" (with Fred Leone)4:21
8."Regional Echo"4:49
Total length:37:50

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Forty-Five Degrees - A Bushfire Charity Flash Record". Bandcamp. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Martin, Josh (February 18, 2020). "Amanda Palmer announces bushfire benefit with Neil Gaiman, releases Midnight Oil cover with Missy Higgins". NME. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Amanda Palmer Announces Australian Charity Record; Releases Midnight Oil Cover". broadwayworld. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.