Instant Karma (the campaign to save darfur)

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Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save
Darfur
is a compilation album of various artists covering
songs of John Lennon to benefit Amnesty International's
campaign to alleviate the crisis in Darfur. This project
coincides with Amnesty International's "Make Some Noise"
project.

The rights to Lennon's songs and music publishing
royalties were donated to Amnesty International by Yoko
Ono. Amnesty International utilized the songs to start the
"Make Some Noise" campaign, which later led to the
subsidiary campaign "Instant Karma." Eventually, enough
momentum was acheived through the project to amount to an
album.

This album will be used to harness the power of Lennon's
music to inspire a new generation of activists to stand up
for human rights.

"It's wonderful that, through this campaign, music that is
so familiar to many people of my era will now be embraced
by a whole new generation," Ono says. "John's music set
out to inspire change, and in standing up for human
rights, we really can make the world a better place."

Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International
U.S.A., added, "We know music's power to unite and inspire
people. With hundreds of thousands dead, millions driven
from their burned out villages and rape being used as a
tactic in the Darfur conflict, the world needs a mass
mobilization demanding action and justice. The "Instant
Karma" campaign combines John Lennon's passionate desire
for us to imagine a more peaceful world with Amnesty
International's expertise in achieving justice. "Instant
Karma" allows ordinary people to lend their hand in saving
lives -- a notion we think would make John proud."

"John Lennon was not just a famous Beatle, he was the
social conscience of his generation," says Jeff Ayeroff,
one of the album's executive producers. "By reinterpreting
his music and reintroducing it to a new generation, we
shine a light on the darkness that is Darfur. Yoko Ono's
gift of John's music to Amnesty International, whose work
points out the pain and injustice in the world, is a true
beacon of light. Give peace a chance is all we are
saying."

Proceeds from CD and digital sales will support Amnesty
International and its campaign to focus attention and
mobilize activism around the urgent catastrophe in Darfur,
and other human rights crises.

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[Track List]

Disc 1/2
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1. U2 - Instant Karma 3:14
2. R.E.M. - #9 Dream 4:38
3. Christina Aguilera - Mother 4:47
4. Aerosmith Feat. Sierra Leone's Refugee All 4:34
Stars - Give Peace A Chance
5. Lenny Kravitz - Cold Turkey 4:43
6. Los Lonely Boys - Whatever Gets You Through 3:34
The Night
7. Corinne Bailey Rae - I'm Losing You 4:01
8. Jakob Dylan Feat. Dhani Harrison - Gimme Some 3:52
Truth
9. Jackson Browne - Oh, My Love 2:39
10.Avril Lavigne - Imagine 3:12
11.Big & Rich - Nobody Told Me 3:30
12.Youssou N'Dour - Jealous Again 3:59

Disc 2/2
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1. Green Day - Working Class Hero 4:23
2. Black Eyed Peas - Power To The People 3:34
3. Jack Johnson - Imagine 3:40
4. Ben Harper - Beautiful Boy 3:48
5. Snow Patrol - Isolation 2:36
6. Matisyahu - Watching The Wheels 3:18
7. Postal Service - Grow Old With Me 2:30
8. Jaguares - Gimme Some Truth 3:07
9. The Flaming Lips - (Just Like) Starting Over 3:35
10.Jack's Mannequin Feat. Mick Fleetwood - God 4:20
11.Regina Spektor - Real Love 3:56