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''Help!: A Day in the Life'', released in 2005, is a compilation album of music by contemporary artists from Britain and Canada. It was produced by the UK charity War Child to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original ''Help'' album, to raise money to fund the charity's efforts in war-torn countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name is a conglomeration of the titles of two Beatles songs, "Help!" (featured on the ''Help!'' album and film) and "A Day in the Life" (from the album ''Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''). On Wednesday 14 September 2005, five days after its release, it broke the record for the fastest-selling download album ever.〔(War Child web release breaks download record | | Guardian Unlimited Arts )〕 Other War Child albums include ''The Help Album'' (1995), ''1 Love'' (2002) and ''War Child Presents Heroes'' (2009). Whereas the first album had broken records in 1995 by being recorded on Monday 4 September and then released on Saturday 9 September, this time around the album was recorded and made available for purchase via the War Child Music website within thirty hours. Recording began at 12pm BST on Thursday 8 September and was made available for purchase at around 18:10 on Friday 9 September. Notable contributions to the album include tracks by Radiohead and Manic Street Preachers, both of whom had contributed tracks to the original 1995 album, a cover of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by War Child patrons Keane, a song from Gorillaz called "Hong Kong" which was chosen to be played live various times by the band, a last-minute contribution from Coldplay, and a song by Emmanuel Jal, who was involved in the Sudan conflict as a child. War Child Canada released a Canadian version of ''Help!: A Day in the Life'' in 2006. Contributions for the Canadian version included songs by Sam Roberts, The Dears, and Buck 65. A cover of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" by Emily Haines and James Shaw of Toronto's Metric was also included on the album. The first single from the album was "Lebo's River", a song by Raine Maida, who helped produce the album, and Chantal Kreviazuk, his wife. The chorus was written by Lebo Kgasapane, an 18-year-old South African singer-songwriter who died of AIDS. The track features vocals by Lebo, as well as by Archie Khambula, a good friend of Lebo's. The album cover was designed by John Squire. == Reworks == Tracks first released on this album were subsequently re-recorded for the albums ''D-Sides'' by Gorillaz, ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' by Hard-Fi, ''Razorlight'' by Razorlight and ''Aman Iman'' by Tinariwen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Help!: A Day in the Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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