King Creosote - Other Recordings

Other Recordings

• 2005: He recorded a cover of Jeff Buckley's "Grace" for the tribute album Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley
• 2006: He recorded an original song about the biblical plague of frogs, called "Relate The Tale" for the Artangel /4AD project "Plague Songs" He remixed Badly Drawn Boy's "Nothing's going to change your mind" for the single release (highest chart position in the UK #38). He recorded a version of the song Nothing Compares 2 U originally written by Prince
• 2007: He recorded an original song "Where and When" with music by King Creosote and lyrics written by Scottish novelist Laura Hird. This was for the album "Ballads of the Book" a collection of collaborations between Scottish musicians and novellists & poets.
• 2008: He recorded a version of Malcolm Middleton's "Choir" which appeared on the b-side of the 7" single version of "Blue Plastic Bags". This was something of a reciprocal deal, with Middleton having covered King Creosote's "Margerita Red" on his 2008 album, "Sleight of Heart"
• 2010: He contributed to the Cold Seeds collaborative album along with Frances Donnelly of Animal Magic Tricks, and Neil Pennycook and Pete Harvey from Meursault; which was released on the Edinburgh-based indie label Song, By Toad Records. Anderson, Donnelly and Pennycook all wrote songs for the project, which all four performers then recorded together; each singer often taking the lead vocal role on a song written by another of the artists.
• 2011: He collaborated with Jon Hopkins to create the album Diamond Mine which was released on the 28th of March on Domino Records. The songs were written earlier in King Creosote's career and revisited for this project.