''Occupy This Album: 99 Songs for the 99 Percent'' is a four-disc
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released in May 2012 through the
record label
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Music for Occupy. The album concept, and initial production was initiated by Executive Producer Jason Samel. Jason Samel later recruited Producers Maegan Hayward, Alex Emanuel and Shirley Menard to assist with the project. The set consists of 99 songs inspired by or related to the
Occupy movement
The Occupy movement was an international populist socio-political movement that expressed opposition to social and economic inequality and to the perceived lack of "real democracy" around the world. It aimed primarily to advance social and econo ...
. Proceeds from the album went "directly towards the needs of sustaining this growing movement."
Composition
''Occupy This Album'' is a four-disc
compilation
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**Compilation error
**Compilation unit
*Product bundling, a marketing strategy used to sell multiple products
*Compilation thesis
M ...
box set
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containing 76 songs by various artists; the digital version contains 99 tracks.
Michael Moore
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Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...
contributed vocals on his
cover
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of
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
's "
The Times They Are a-Changin'", produced by Jason Samel and
Eric Weinrib
Eric Weinrib (born 21 April 1972) is a filmmaker and TV producer from Plainview, New York, United States.
Career
Weinrib is currently a producer for the Emmy Award-winning documentary series VICE on HBO. His pieces include "Closing Gitmo," "Flin ...
, a song he had previously performed in his 1998 film ''
The Big One''. Moore, who had been approached to direct a
music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
for the compilation, is accompanied by
Tom Chapin
Tom Chapin (born March 13, 1945) is an American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and storyteller.
Chapin is known for the song " Happy Birthday", released in 1989 in his ''Moonboat'' album. It takes its melody from "Love Unspoken", a so ...
on guitar and harmonica. Approximately two thirds of the way into the track, Moore leads a
human microphone
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chorus with the chant: "We are here to conduct an intervention".
One of the album's standout tracks "We Can't Make It Here" was written and performed by James McMurtry and recorded along with
Steve Earle
Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, author, and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Initially working in the country music g ...
and
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...
on vocals. Critically acclaimed, it's been cited among ''The Nations "Best Protest Songs Ever"; one of the "25 Best Songs of the 2000s" in ''Rolling Stone ''magazine; and declared "a triumph — the anthem of the 99%," by Bob Lefsetz.
Promotion
City Winery in New York City hosted a record release party on May 8, 2012, which included performances by Matt Pless, the initial inspiration for the album.
Other performers included Ace Reporter, David Amram, Angels of Vice, Jennie Arnau,
Richard Barone
Richard Barone is an American rock musician who first gained attention as frontman for the Bongos. He works as a songwriter, arranger, author, director, and record producer, releases albums as a solo artist, tours, and has created concert events ...
, Chroma,
Dave Dreiwitz
Dave Dreiwitz (born January 2, 1966) is a multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bassist for the band Ween since 1997.
Biography
Dave Dreiwitz was born on January 2, 1966, in New York City, New York to traditional jazz musician parents, Richa ...
, and Kevin Twigg, the Fear Nuttin Band,
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She appeared many times on the PBS music program ''Austin City Limits'' starting in 1985 (season 10). In 1994 she won a Grammy Award fo ...
with
Pete Kennedy
The Kennedys are an American folk-rock band, consisting of husband and wife Pete and Maura Kennedy. They are recognized for their harmonies and instrumental prowess, blending elements of country music, bluegrass, Western swing and janglepop.
B ...
and
Maura Kennedy, DJ Logic, Jesse Lenat, Los Cintron,
George Martinez and The Global Block Collective, Michael Moore with Tom Chapin, Rejectionist Front, Greg Smith and Broken English, and Taj Weekes.
Critical reception
Critical reception of the album was mixed. In his review for ''
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...
'', Kyle Anderson gave the compilation series a B+ rating and wrote, "the spirit of the compilation feels more positive than negative — the best that can be asked of any grassroots revolution".
Josh Harkinson of ''
Mother Jones
Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She h ...
'' called the album a "mashup of sometimes discordant messages" lacking in "musical cohesion", though he complimented the album's "star power" and felt the best songs were contributed by rappers.
Many reviewers criticized or complimented select tracks. Anderson's favorite songs included Ace Reporter's "propulsive" rendition of "The World Is on Fire" and Deborah Harry's "glitchy" "Safety in Numbers".
[ Harkinson called ]Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism.
Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...
's version of the Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
song " The Times They Are a-Changin'" "rotten", but considered Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recor ...
's "If There Ever Was a Time" a "gem".[
Occupy This Album won the Independent Music Awards VOX Populi vote fo]
Best Compilation of 2012
Track listing
; Disc 1
# "Something's Got to Give"
Matt Pless
ref>) – 4:18
# "Come On, Come On, Come On" (Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.
Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...
) – 5:39
# "Occupation Freedom" (Global Block Collective, Martinez) – 2:38
# "People Have the Power" (Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album '' Horses''.
Called the "punk poe ...
) – 5:37
# "Love Anthem (Only Love)" (My Pet Dragon) – 4:00
# "The Panic Is On" (Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimmin ...
) – 2:56
# "Occulture" (Cosmonaut) – 4:13
# "Save Us" (Rain Phoenix
Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix ( Bottom; born November 21, 1972) is an American actress, musician, and singer. She is the older sister of Joaquin, Liberty and Summer Phoenix and younger sister of River Phoenix.
Early life
Phoenix was born Rain Joan o ...
and Papercranes) – 2:49
# "Smile (Get Up and Sing)" (Jay Samel) – 6:50
# "This Is What America Looks Like" (DJ Logic
DJ Logic (born 1972 as Jason Kibler) is an American turntablist active primarily in nu-jazz/ acid jazz and with jam bands.
Kibler was born and raised in The Bronx, NY. Because of an early interest in hip hop, Kibler started using the turntabl ...
) – 3:37
# "Big Little Wolfs" (Aeroplane Pageant) – 2:56
# "Agent 99" (Alex Emanuel) – 3:26
# "Safety in Numbers" (Deborah Harry
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981.
Born in ...
) – 3:58
# "Hey, Can I Sleep on Your Futon?" (Richard Barone
Richard Barone is an American rock musician who first gained attention as frontman for the Bongos. He works as a songwriter, arranger, author, director, and record producer, releases albums as a solo artist, tours, and has created concert events ...
) – 4:24
# "Occupy Wall Street (Here Here Here)" (Black Dragon) – 2:34
# "White Gold" (Ladytron
Ladytron are a largely British electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals), and Reuben Wu (synthesize ...
) – 5:02
# "Greed" (Aldort) – 3:33
# "Against the Machine" (Adowa, Weekes) – 3:59
# "The Young Idealists" (Cole) – 2:42
# "A Peaceful Solution" (Amy Nelson, Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...
) – 3:52
; Disc 2
# " The Times They Are a-Changin'", performed by Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism.
Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...
(Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
) – 3:41
# "The World Is on Fire" (Ace Reporter) – 3:08
# "Latter Days" (Middle Eight) – 3:39
# "Turn the Lights On" (Chroma) – 4:36
# "Which Side Are You On?" (Ani DiFranco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums.
DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...
) – 6:05
# "Well May the World Go" ( Tao Rodriguez-Seeger) – 4:49
# "Unified Tribes" (Thievery Corporation
Thievery Corporation is an American electronic music duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. Their musical style mixes elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop and Brazilian music, including bo ...
) – 3:14
# "Robber Barons" (Thee Oh Sees
Osees are an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1997, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band currently consists of primary songwriter and core member John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman (bass), Dan Rincon (d ...
) – 5:16
# "Saving Up to Go Bankrupt" (Rimbaud) – 3:40
# "Hell No (I'm Not Alright)" (Nanci Griffith
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She appeared many times on the PBS music program ''Austin City Limits'' starting in 1985 (season 10). In 1994 she won a Grammy Award fo ...
) – 2:49
# "We Stand as One" (Joseph Arthur) – 5:18
# "Cash Machine" (Girls Against Boys
Girls Against Boys is a post-hardcore band which formed in Washington, D.C. and subsequently relocated to New York City shortly after their formation in 1989. The band released albums on the labels Adult Swim, Touch and Go Records, Geffen Record ...
) – 3:33
# "Rebellion Politik" (Junkyard Empire
Junkyard Empire is an American political music and action group based out of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The group has been actively calling for the awakening and collective rebellion against the tyranny of oligopolistic corporate capitalism - of whic ...
) – 3:32
# "Nothing Recedes Like Progress" (Anti-Flag
Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band is known for its left-wing political activism. Their current members include Justin Sane (vocals, guitar), Chris Head (guitar), Pat Thetic (drums), and Chris Ba ...
) – 2:07
# "Rebel" (Fear Nuttin' Band) – 3:36
# "Under the Bridge" (Doe, Sobule) – 2:58
# "Take a Stand" (Said) – 5:00
# "The Answer" ( Unkle) – 4:41
# "World Wide Rebel Songs" (Freedom Fighter Orchestra) – 3:02
# "If There Ever Was a Time" (Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recor ...
) – 3:26
; Disc 3
# "Move on Fast" (Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.
Ono grew up i ...
) – 3:41
# "If We Live" (Build the Sun) – 3:41
# "Fight the Good Fight" (Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guitars, and J ...
) – 3:41
# "I Don't Need Money" (Bonnie) – 3:09
# "The World Is Turning" (Toots and the Maytals
The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music.
...
) – 4:13
# "A New York Minute" (Nickodemus) – 3:38
# "I Ain't No Brian Wilson" (Gentleman Brawlers) – 4:52
# "Industrial Park" (Mammals) – 6:00
# "Big Fish" (Lost City Rumblers, Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo (YLT; Spanish for "I have her") is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew ...
) – 3:21
# "Occu-Pie" (Hayward) – 3:31
# "Free" (Mystic Bowie) – 5:27
# "Oye Mi Voz" (Los Cintron) – 3:49
# "Walk On" (Wonderland) – 3:58
# "Coney Island Winter" (Jeffreys) – 3:48
# "China Basin Digs" (Joel Rafael, Trudell) – 3:21
# "Walkin'" (Pimps of Joytime) – 5:38
# "River's Gonna Rise" (Warren Haynes) – 7:59
# "Rich Man's World" (Immortal Technique
Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics, from a radical left-wing perspective.
Immortal Techn ...
) – 4:41
# "Staying Out and Calling In" (Danger Field) – 1:28
; Disc 4
# "We Can't Make It Here" (Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...
, Steve Earle
Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, author, and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Initially working in the country music g ...
, James McMurtry
James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor (''Daisy Miller'', ''Lonesome Dove'', and narrator of ''Ghost Town: 24 Hours i ...
) – 6:03
# "We Are" (New Party Systems) – 4:07
# "Revolution" (Nova Echo) – 3:00
# "Number One" (Born I Music) – 4:33
# "Play the Greed" (Williams) – 3:08
# "Broke Heart Blues" (Elliott) – 3:57
# "What Are Their Names" (David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got ...
, Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...
) – 1:19
# "Make a Stand" (Chambers
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) – 5:12
# "Better Luck Next Time" (Arnau) – 4:06
# "All Over the World" (Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Gut ...
) – 2:54
# "We're the 99" (Diamond) – 4:17
# "We Are Human" (Mike & Ruthy) – 4:08
# "Blessed" (Williams) – 5:49
# "Freedom of Speech" (Carter) – 4:28
# "Reclaim" (Rejectionist Front) – 3:39
# "Occupy (We the 99)" (Jasiri X) – 2:55
# "Earth Division" (Mogwai) – 6:01
# "Pulse" (OWS Drum Circle; Brendan Hunt
Brendan Hunt is an American actor and writer known for roles in the films ''We're the Millers'' (2013) and ''Horrible Bosses 2'' (2014) as well as voicing two characters in the video game ''Fallout 4'' (2015). He is a co-creator of the Apple TV+ ...
) – 3:05
# "The Times They Are a-Changin' kiffle Version (Moore) – 3:21 idden track
; Digital Only
# Andrew Vladeck – "Chasing the Sun"
# Greg Smith and The Broken English – "Livin' Like a Joker"
# Aliza Hava – "Rise"
# The Occubility Bros. – "Crashed IT, Stashed IT" *
# Chris Pierce – "Invisible People"
# Amanda Palmer
Amanda MacKinnon Gaiman Palmer (born April 30, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who is the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo The Dresden Dolls. She performs as a solo artist and was also a ...
– "Ukulele Anthem" *
# Nadirah Shakoor – "Tree of Life"
# Hanne Hukkelberg
Hanne Hukkelberg (born 17 April 1979) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer from Kongsberg, Norway.
Hukkelberg started singing and playing instruments at the age of 3. In her youth, she was a vocalist covering genres such as jazz, rock, ...
– "On My Wall"
# Jason White – "Little Pieces of Plastic"
# mfmadness – "Never Be Defeated"
# Renegade Creation – "Greedy Life" *
# Jesse Lenat – "99%"
# The Swedes – "On The Dole"
# Bill Mlotok – "Brazilia" *
# Marcus Blake – "Don't Taser Me, Bro!"
# Angels of Vice – "We Are The 99″
# The Layaways – "Silence"
# Mother Feather – "Mother Feather" *
# Thorin Caristo – "Common Man" *
# Machan – "Everyday"
# Vannucci (feat. Robert Brentley) – "Crashing Down" *
# David Amram – "Time to Occupy" *
*Previously unreleased
Track listing adapted from Allmusic
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.
Personnel
* Gabriel Acosta-Cohen – Percussion, Vocals
* C. C. Adcock
C. C. Adcock (born Charles Clinton Adcock, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and blues rock musician, noted for his cajun, zydeco, electric blues and swamp pop-influenced sound and for his efforts to preserve and promote swamp ...
– Mixing, Producer
* Aeroplane Pageant – Composer, Producer
* Gabriel Aldort – Arranger, Composer, Piano, Vocals
* Miguel Alvarado – Saxophone
* Elijah Amitin – Beats, Composer, Producer
* David Amram
David Werner Amram III (born November 17, 1930) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings. – Penny Whistle, Piano, Vocals
* Matt Anthony – Mixing
* Anti-Flag
Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band is known for its left-wing political activism. Their current members include Justin Sane (vocals, guitar), Chris Head (guitar), Pat Thetic (drums), and Chris Ba ...
– Composer, Engineer, Percussion, Producer, Various
* Michael Areethituk – Guitar
* Jennie Arnau – Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through c ...
– Composer
* Barny – Engineer, Mixing
* Richard Barone
Richard Barone is an American rock musician who first gained attention as frontman for the Bongos. He works as a songwriter, arranger, author, director, and record producer, releases albums as a solo artist, tours, and has created concert events ...
– Bass, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Jack Barrett – Group Member
* Basic Tracks – Engineer
* Ray Benson
Ray Benson (born Ray Benson Seifert, March 16, 1951 - October 31st 2022) i Western swing
Western swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the Western United States, West and Southern United St ...
– Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Tambourine
* Jeff Berksley – Percussion
* Jeremy Bernstein – Vocals
* Bryan Berry – Composer
* Matthew Billy – Composer, Additional Guitar (Acoustic), Mixing, Producer
* Craig Bishop – Hammond B3, Horn
* Black Dragon – Percussion, Vocals
* Cindy Blackman
Cindy Blackman Santana (born November 18, 1959), sometimes known as Cindy Blackman, is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman has recorded several jazz albums as a bandleader and has performed with Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Simmons, Ron Carter ...
– Drums
* Norm Block – Drums
* Julie B. Bonnie – Composer
* Jason Borger – Piano
* Born I Music – Composer
* Mark Bosch – Guitar (Electric), Organ, Piano, Producer
* Dakota Bowman – Assistant Engineer
* Gary Braglia – Composer, Guitars
* Eric Brigmond – Keyboards
* Neil Brockbank
Neil Brockbank (February 1951 – 30 May 2017) was a British record producer, audio engineer and bass player. He is known for working in close collaboration with Nick Lowe spanning 25 years, producing all of Lowe's albums since 1994's ''The Impos ...
– Engineer
* Bassy Bob Brockman – Mixing
* Brooklyn Youth Chorus – Choir, Chorus
* Iddan Brown – Vocals
* Rick Brown – Drums, Vocals
* Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.
Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...
– Composer, Producer, Vocals
* Malik Burke – Composer
* Fernando Bustamente – Composer, Producer
* Ray Calendar – Trumpet
* Fitzroy Campbell – Composer
* Candy John Carr – Bongos, Drums, Percussion
* Clifford Carter – Organ
* Kanaska Carter – Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Elaine Caswell – Vocals (Background)
* Alexia Chakour – Vocals (Background)
* Dylan Chambers – Composer, Producer
* Lester Chambers
Lester Chambers (born April 13, 1940, Mississippi, United States) is an American recording artist, and member and lead singer of the 1960s soul rock group The Chambers Brothers, who had the hit single, " Time Has Come Today".
Career
As a membe ...
– Producer, Spoken Word
* Tom Chapin
Tom Chapin (born March 13, 1945) is an American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and storyteller.
Chapin is known for the song " Happy Birthday", released in 1989 in his ''Moonboat'' album. It takes its melody from "Love Unspoken", a so ...
– Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
* Chauncey Yearwood – Composer
* Dan Choma – Composer
* Jay Chung – Composer
* Cristobal Cintron – Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
* Rafael Cintron – Bass, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Gavin Clark – Vocals
* Pablo Clements – Composer, Group Member
* Reuben Cohen – Mastering
* Cole El Saleh – Keyboards
* Jane Cole – Drums
* Lloyd Cole – Composer, Producer
* Steve Connely – Producer
* John Conte – Bass
* Matt Cooker – Cello
* Christopher Cox – Composer
* David Crosby – Composer, Producer, Vocals
* Tim Curry – Vocals (Background)
* Brian Daigle – Composer
* Daniel Lancaster – Guitar, Vocals
* Jay Dee Daugherty – Drums
* Dannielle DeAndrea – Vocals
* Michael DeLorenzo – Drums
* Phil Demetro – Mastering
* Grady Dennis – Tambourine
* Rick DePofi – Hammond B3, Horn, Horn Arrangements, Sax (Tenor)
* Lauren Diamond – Composer, Vocals
* Cedric Diaz – Keyboards
* Paul Dieter – Engineer, Mixing
* Ani DiFranco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums.
DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...
– Composer, Producer, Vocals
* Frank DiNardo – Vocals
* DJ Logic
DJ Logic (born 1972 as Jason Kibler) is an American turntablist active primarily in nu-jazz/ acid jazz and with jam bands.
Kibler was born and raised in The Bronx, NY. Because of an early interest in hip hop, Kibler started using the turntabl ...
– Producer, Turntables
* John Doe – Guitar, Vocals
* Dave Dreiwitz
Dave Dreiwitz (born January 2, 1966) is a multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bassist for the band Ween since 1997.
Biography
Dave Dreiwitz was born on January 2, 1966, in New York City, New York to traditional jazz musician parents, Richa ...
– Bass (Upright), Vocals
* Henrik Drescher – Artwork
* Chuck Dunham – Vocals
* John Dwyer – Composer
* Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
– Composer
* Marshal Dylon – Keyboards
* Robin Eaton – Composer
* Chris Edwards – Keyboards
* Dylan Egon – Artwork
* Jenny Electrik – Moog Synthesizer, Theremin
* Ronny Elliott – Composer
* Alex Emanuel – Art Direction, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Liner Notes, Photography, Producer, Sleeve Photo, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
* Evan Bradford – Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Mastering, Mixing, Producer, Vocals
* David First – Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
* Alexis Fleisig – Drums
* Chris Fletcher – Bass
* Guy Forsyth
Guy Forsyth (born November 30, 1968) is an American blues rock singer and songwriter.
He has toured in the U.S. and Europe and has been the opening act for Ray Charles, Robert Cray, Dr. John, B.B. King, Jimmie Vaughan, and Lucinda Williams.
Fo ...
– Harmonica
* Ruthie Foster – Vocals (Background)
* Mike Fowler – Bass
* Becca Fox – Group Member
* Greg Fox – Drums
* Justin Francis – Mixing, Percussion, Various
* Jay Frederick – Drums
* Paul Frye – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
* Glenn Fukunaga – Bass
* Don Fury
Don Fury is an American recording engineer and producer who owned three rehearsal and recording studios in New York City. He has recorded and produced music for a variety of punk and hardcore bands including GG Allin, Agnostic Front, Sick of It A ...
– Engineer, Mastering, Producer
* Bernard Gann – Bass
* Sue Garner – Guitar, Vocals
* Chris Gehringer – Mastering
* Stephen George – Engineer, Mixing, Producer
* Mass Giorgini – Mastering
* Girls Against Boys – Composer
* Brian Gitkin – Composer
* Mick Glossop – Mixing
* Jodi Gold – Vocals
* Mark Goldenberg – Guitar
* Eric Gorman – Remixing
* Chris Grainger – Engineer
* Alex Grey – Artwork
* Brian Griffin – Drums, Percussion
* J. Griffin – Composer
* James Griffith – Vocals
* Nanci Griffith – Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Vocals
* Robert Grossman – Back Cover
* Steve Hegener - Bass
* Clara Guererro – Vocals
* Joe Guerra – Bass, Vocals
* Clara Guerrero – Composer
* Abe Guthrie – Keyboards
* Annie Guthrie – Vocals
* Arlo Guthrie – Composer, Keyboards, Vocals
* Krishna Guthrie – Guitar
* Sarah Lee Guthrie – Vocals
* Patrick Guyers – Drums
* Nigel Hall – Keyboards
* Terry Hall – Drums
* Nick Hallett – Vocals
* Patrick Hambrick – Guitar
* Caleb Hanks – Composer, Producer, Vocals
* Deborah Harry
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981.
Born in ...
– Composer
* J. Walter Hawkes – Trombone
* Warren Haynes – Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Harry Hayward – Composer
* Harry Alexander Hayward – Composer
* Maegan Hayward – Liner Notes, Producer
* Jacob Hempbill – Composer
* Brett Hestla – Bass, Guitar, Producer, Vocals (Background)
* Frederick Hibbert – Composer
* Terrence Higgins – Drums
* Mira Hirsch – Vocals
* Matt Hixon – Bass, Vocals
* Ron Holloway – Sax (Tenor)
* Sonny Hopkins – Drums
* Georgia Hubley – Drums, Vocals
* Daniel Hunt – Producer
* Kevin Hunter – Mandolin
* Emma Ikediashi – Composer
* Illspokinn – Vocals
* Immortal Technique
Felipe Andres Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics, from a radical left-wing perspective.
Immortal Techn ...
– Composer
* Victor Indrizzo – Drums
* Rami Jaffee – Organ (Hammond), Piano
* Eli Janney – Bass, Engineer, Vocals (Background)
* Jasiri X – Composer
* Garland Jeffreys – Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Vocals
* Hezekiah Jenkins – Composer
* Stephan Jenkins – Composer, Producer
* Carl Johnson – Guitar
* Ron Johnson – Bass
* Karen Johnstone – Keyboards, Vocals
* Jesse Jones – Vocals
* Andre Jonson – Composer, Producer
* Harold Jorge – Vocals
* Martin Jørgensen – Group Member
* Ira Kaplan – Guitar, Vocals
* Brian Karp – Bass
* Lori Karpay – Liner Notes
* Mike Katzman – Keyboards, Organ
* Lenny Kaye – Guitar, Vocals
* Brian Kelly – Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Donna Kelly – Drums
* Andre Kelman – Assistant
* Maura Kennedy – Composer, Guitar, Producer, Tambourine, Vocals (Background)
* Pete Kennedy – Bass, Engineer, Guitar (Electric), Producer
* Jason Kibler – Composer
* Kid Loco – Producer
* Shelley King – Vocals (Background)
* Mike Kiramarios – Saxophone
* Willie Klein – Guitar, Vocals
* Lauren Kolesinskas – Artwork
* Dan Komin – Bass
* Chris Kuklis – Guitar
* Dhruv Kumar – Vocals
* Bret Kunash – Vocals
* Tyler Kweder – Vocals
* Jason Lader – Mixing, Producer
* Ladytron
Ladytron are a largely British electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals), and Reuben Wu (synthesize ...
– Composer, Producer
* Rich Lamb – Engineer
* Tallinn Lamonaca – Drums, Percussion
* James Lavelle – Composer, Group Member
* Ian Lawrence – Composer
* Frosty Lawson – Horn
* Greg Leisz – Guitar (Electric)
* Zack Leopold – Group Member
* Alan Lerner – Drums
* Cynik Lethel – Composer, Producer
* Richard Levengood – Engineer
* Pete Levin – Hammond B3
* Mauricio Lewak – Drums
* Tom Lewandowski – Group Member
* Corey Lima – Composer
* Little Girl – Composer
* Daniel Littleton – Vocals
* Michael Lowry – Vocals
* Brian Lozenski – Composer
* Gavin Lurssen – Mastering
* Michael Patrick Lyons – Liner Notes
* Machan Taylor – Vocals (Background)
* Kevin Madigan – Engineer, Mixing
* Matthew Mallol – Guitar
* Kyp Malone – Vocals
* The Mammals – Composer
* John Paul Manley – Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Adam Mantovani – Bass
* Colin Marston – Engineer
* George Martinez – Composer, Vocals
* Jeff Mattson – Guitar
* David Maurice – Composer, Engineer, Mixing, Moog Bass, Producer
* Val McCallum
Valentine McCallum (born 10 October 1963) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter.
Career
McCallum has toured with, and served as a studio musician for many well-known musicians. He toured with Jackson Browne, and McCallum's musical resume ...
– Guitar (Electric)
* Scott McCloud – Guitar, Vocals
* Kevin McCormack – Bass
* Pat McInerney – Percussion, Producer, Vocals (Background)
* Thomas McIntyre – Drums
* Eric Busta - Drums
* Greg McMullen – Guitar
* David McTiernan – Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
* Shirley Menard – Legal Advisor, Liner Notes, Producer
* Rich Mercurio – Drums, Engineer, Percussion
* Michael Merenda – Bass, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing, Vocals
* Ralph Merigliano – Keyboards
* Todd Michaelsen – Composer, Engineer, Programming, Various, Vocals
* The Middle Eight – Composer
* Howard Miller – Composer
* Kyle Miller – Assistant
* Paul Miller – Guitar
* Alethea Mills – Vocals
* John Mills – Horn Arrangements, Saxophone
* George Mitchell – Bass
* Matthew Moadel – Drums
* Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...
– Composer
* Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism.
Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...
– Vocals
* Tom Morello – Composer
* Barbara Jean Morrison – Composer
* James MsNew – Bass, Vocals
* Music for Occupy – Mixing, Producer
* Seth Mysterka – Guitar
* Mystic Bowie – Vocals
* Lee Nadel – Bass
* Dafna Naphtali – Vocals
* Mike Napolitano – Mixing, Producer
* Graham Nash – Producer, Vocals
* Amy Nelson – Composer
* Chris Nelson – Tambourine, Vocals
* Willie Nelson – Composer
* Ted Niceley – Producer
* Jesse Nichols – Engineer
* Nickodemus – Composer
* Charles W. Nieland – Composer
* Butch Norton – Drums, Percussion
* Oz Noy – Guitar
* Graham O'Brien – Composer
* Liz O'Donnell – Vocals
* Caitlin Oliver-Gans – Group Member
* Jason Olshan – Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.
Ono grew up i ...
– Composer
* Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP) is a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guitars, and J ...
– Composer, Producer
* Rich Pagano – Drums, Mixing
* Phil Palazzolo – Mixing
* David Palmer – Tack Piano
* Karen Pals – Administration
* Jon Patton – Mandolin
* Barry Perlman – Legal Advisor
* Michael Perlman – Composer, Vocals
* Jack Petruzzelli – Guitar, Vocals
* Doug Pettibone – Guitar, Mandolin
* Rain Phoenix
Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix ( Bottom; born November 21, 1972) is an American actress, musician, and singer. She is the older sister of Joaquin, Liberty and Summer Phoenix and younger sister of River Phoenix.
Early life
Phoenix was born Rain Joan o ...
– Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
* Brendan Picone – Bass
* Matt Pierce – Vocals
* Roni Pillischer – Assistant, Drums, Vocals
* Sam Pitt-Stoller – Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic)
* Mark Plati – Additional Production, Synthesizer
* Steve Plekan – Bass
* Matt Pless – Composer, Cover Art, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
* Zac Pless – Bass, Drums
* Jason Polo – Guitar
* Dirk Powell – Engineer
* Bob Power – Mastering
* Daniel Quinn – Vocal Harmony
* Rabbi Darkside – Vocals
* Jamaica Rafael – Violin, Vocals
* Joel Rafael – Composer, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
* Jeff Railsback – Vocals
* Chris Reagan – Composer
* The Real Live Show – Vocals
* Florence Reece – Composer
* Mike Rimbaud – Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Harmonica, Mixing, Organ, Producer, Vocals
* Tao Rodriguez-Seeger – Composer
* Jay Rodriguez – Saxophone
* Michelle Rogers – Artwork, Liner Notes
* Anthony Russo – Artwork
* Sadat X – Composer, Vocals
* Godfather Sage – Composer, Producer
* Stephan Said – Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
* Stephanie St. John – Vocals
* Jason Samel – Executive Producer, Liner Notes, Mixing, Producer
* Jay Samel – Composer, Djembe, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Vocals
* David Sanger – Drums
* Nick Sansano – Mixing, Producer
* Michael Sappol – Composer
* Paul Savage – Engineer, Mixing
* Johnny Lee Schell – Engineer
* Ric Schnupp – Engineer, Mixing
* Luke Schwartz – Bass, Vocals
* Pete Seeger – Composer
* Billy Seidman – Arranger, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
* Samuel Sellers – Composer
* Robin Setal – Bass
* Tony Shanahan – Bass, Vocals
* Yousif Sheronick – Percussion
* Kendall Small – Vocals (Background)
* Fred Smith – Composer
* Godfrey Smith – Composer
* Patti Smith – Composer, Vocals
* Christopher Snyder – Bass, Composer, Guitar, Mixing, Producer, Vocals
* Jill Sobule – Composer, Guitar, Vocals
* Paul Spitz – Spoken Word
* Starna Productions – Producer
* Aaron Steele – Drums
* Chavonne Stewart – Vocals
* Brian Susko – Composer, Mixing, Producer
* David Sutton – Bass
* James Swinburne – Saxophone
* Johnny Temple – Bass
* Thee Oh Sees – Composer
* Jim Thomson – Group Member
* Kevin Tooley – Drums
* John Trudell – Composer, Spoken Word
* Kevin Twigg – Drums, Vocals
* Ruthy Ungar – Vocals
* Unkle – Producer
* Scott Vanderpool – Producer
* John Wade – Drums
* Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimmin ...
– Adaptation, Arranger, Guitar, Producer, Vocals
* Matthew Walsh – Composer, Engineer, Group Member, Mixing, Producer
* Don Was – Bass
* Jameson Watral – Vocals
* Tim Watson – Bass
* Dave Way – Engineer
* Taj Weekes – Composer
* Eric Weinrib
Eric Weinrib (born 21 April 1972) is a filmmaker and TV producer from Plainview, New York, United States.
Career
Weinrib is currently a producer for the Emmy Award-winning documentary series VICE on HBO. His pieces include "Closing Gitmo," "Flin ...
– Producer, Vocals
* Jason White (singer-songwriter) - Composer, Vocals, Guitar
* Dar Williams – Composer
* Lucinda Williams
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– Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
* Hal Willner
Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer working in recording, films, television, and live events. He was best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical sty ...
– Producer
* Brandon Wind – Guitar (Rhythm)
* Carolyn Wonderland – Composer, Guitar, Trumpet, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
* Chris Woodhouse – Engineer, Mixing
* Ayler Young – Fender Rhodes
* Jeff Young – Organ, Piano, Vocals
Credits adapted from Allmusic.[
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See also
* Music and politics
The connection between music and politics, particularly political expression in song, has been seen in many cultures. Music can express anti-establishment or protest themes, including anti-war songs, but pro-establishment ideas are also represente ...
* Occupy movement in the United States
The Occupy movement began in the United States initially with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City, but spread to many other cities, both in the United States and worldwide. This list article is an alphabetical, non-chronological su ...
* Reactions to the Occupy movement
* We are the 99%
We are the 99% is a political slogan widely used and coined during the 2011 Occupy movement. The phrase directly refers to the income and wealth inequality in the United States, with a concentration of wealth among the top-earning 1%. It r ...
Charts
References
External links
Occupy This Album
Music for Occupy Label
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2012 compilation albums
Occupy movement