Songs to Save a Life
A charity album of uplifting songs from a mix of established acts and newcomers in aid of Samaritans.
The artists
Each artist donated their time because they felt very close to the cause, choosing songs of significant meaning. The track list:
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Changes 2 Don’t You
(Forget About Me) 3 The
Ark 4 You’ve
Got A Friend 5 Your
Mountains 6 Rebellion
(Lies) 7 Be Not So
Fearful 8 Lean On
Me 9 Forget
You 10 Heart
Full Of Soul 11 When The
Morning Comes
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I've always had huge admiration for Samaritans; their existence is so vital to aid those in desperate need of someone to talk to. And music too can be a route out of places too dark to stay."
KT Tunstall, multi-platinum singer and songwriter, on recording the album
The production company
The Songs to Save a Life album was named after the production company behind the project.
Two music-industry experts, Richard Cardwell, musician/producer and musical director for artists including James Morrison, Annie Lennox and Will Young, and Phil Armorgie, who has 20 years experience in the music industry, approached the Samaritans out of a desire to ‘put something back’ from an industry that had served them both well over the years and their mutual respect for such an incredible organisation.
Richard Cardwell had already met artist and
Samaritans volunteer Tony Maidment:.
After a chance encounter
with Tony (who went on to create the engraving for the album cover)
and having recently founded the organisation Songs to Save a Life,
I decided that our first project should be an album to raise money
for and awareness of the amazing work of Samaritans.
Talking about emotional health does not come easily to most of
us.
It is still very hard for many people to know where to turn and
what to say. For thousands of people, the Samaritans volunteer at
the end of the phone is their route out of the darkness. Possibly
their only route.
For many it’s much easier to make a connection and express feelings
through music. Each song on the album was thought about extremely
carefully, and all the artists were personally involved in the song
choices.
We have been so lucky that such amazing artists agreed to lend
their voices. Not only for the record, but to the debate on
emotional health, helping us all to open up and talk freely about
an issue which affects many of our closest friends and family, if
not us directly.
Their involvement and amazing creativity have made this project
possible and both Songs to Save a Life and Samaritans are deeply
grateful for their work.
Richard Cardwell
By buying this album, you are helping to keep our essential service open, and are showing your support for our 18,500 dedicated volunteers.
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