Ryan Adams and REM's Mike Mills are among the artists lined up to feature on a tribute album to seventies rock band Big Star, featuring new recordings of some of the group's tracks. Mills appears with Matthew Sweet on a cover of 'The Ballad Of El Goodo', whilst Adams' band Whiskeytown provide a version of 'Give Me Another Chance'. Other artists contributing to the album, originally conceived back in 1998, include Teenage Fanclub, Wilco and Idlewild. The tracklisting for the long player, out 23 May, is as follows:
Afghan Whigs - Nighttime
Matthew Sweet ft Mike Mills - The Ballad of El Goodo
Gin Blossoms - Back Of A Car
Teenage Fanclub - Jesus Christ
Big Star - Hot Thing
Wilco - Thirteen
The Posies - Whats Going Ahn
Juliana Hatfield - Dont Lie to Me
Whiskeytown - Give Me Another Chance
Kelly Willis - When My Babys Beside Me
Idlewild - You Get What You Deserve