Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4

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Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4
Soundtrack from Diverse

Publication
(s)

November 29, 2011

Label (s) Columbia Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

16

running time

60:15

production

Bob Thiele Jr. , Kurt Sutter , Dave Kushner , Matt Hyde , Matt Drenik , Lions

chronology
- Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. II
(2012)

Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 is the first soundtrack album for the television series Sons of Anarchy . The album was released on November 29, 2011 via Columbia Records and combines songs from the first four seasons.

background

The album consists almost exclusively of cover versions of well-known rock songs . In addition, the title track This Life is also on the album. The title track was written by Curtis Stigers , Dave Kushner ( Velvet Revolver ), Bob Thiele Jr. and Kurt Sutter , the series' creator. The song was nominated for an Emmy and won an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

The album included Anvil , Franky Perez (from Scars on Broadway ), Lions , Alison Mosshart ( The Kills and Dead Weather ). With Katey Sagal , an actress from the series is also involved in the soundtrack.

Some of the songs were previously released on three EPs on iTunes : Sons of Anarchy: North Country (2009), Sons of Anarchy: Shelter (2009) and Sons of Anarchy: The King is Gone (2010).

In 2012 a second part of the soundtrack was released, entitled Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. 2 .

Track list

# title Songwriter Artist length
1 This Life Curtis Stigers , Dave Kushner , Bob Thiele Jr. , Kurt Sutter Curtis Stigers and the Forest Rangers 2:20
2 Son of a Preacher Man John Hurley , Ronnie Wilkins Katey Sagal and the Forest Rangers 3:12
3 Forever Young Bob Dylan Audra Mae and the Forest Rangers 3:12
4th John the Relevator traditional Curtis Stigers and the Forest Rangers 5:35
5 Fortunate Son John Fogerty Lyle Workman and the Forest Rangers 3:29
6th Slip kid Pete Townshend Anvil and Franky Perez 3:49
7th Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan Lions 4:11
8th Someday Never Comes John Fogerty Billy Valentine and the Forest Rangers 4:04
9 Gimme Shelter Jagger / Richards Paul Brady and the Forest Rangers 4:52
10 Bird on the Wire Leonard Cohen Katey Sagal and the Forest Rangers 5:02
11 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Neil Young , Jeff Blackburn Battleme 2:49
12 What a Wonderful World Bob Thiele , George David Weiss Alison Mosshart and the Forest Rangers 2:31
13 Los Tiempos Van Cambiando (The Times They Are a-Changin ') Bob Dylan Franky Perez and Los Guardianes del Bosque 4:58
14th Strange Fruit Abel Meeropol Katey Sagal and the Forest Rangers (featuring Blake Mills ) 4:04
15th The House of the Rising Sun Traditional Battleme and the Forest Rangers (with Katey Sagal ) 6:07
16 The House of the Rising Sun Traditional The White Buffalo (with the Forest Rangers) 5:21

Line up

Anvil

The Forest Rangers (also Los Guardianes del Bosque)

Lions

  • Matt Drenik - vocals, guitar, piano
  • Austin Kalman - guitar
  • Mike Sellman - bass
  • Jake Perlman - drums

More musicians

Charts

The album peaked at number 130 on the Billboard 200 . In the special charts, Top Rock Albums and Top Soundtracks , it reached top 20 positions with position 18 and position 12, respectively.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Patrick Luce: Music from Sons of Anarchy hits November 29th. MonstersandCritics.com, November 11, 2011, accessed April 14, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 (Original TV Soundtrack) on Allmusic (English). Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Anvil, Scars on Broadway Guitarist Cover The Who For 'Sons Of Anarchy' EP. Blabbermouth , August 30, 2009; accessed April 14, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Chart placements. Allmusic , accessed April 14, 2013 .