Song Reader

Song Reader

Author	Beck
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Sheet music
Publisher	McSweeney's
Publication date	December 11, 2012 (2012-12-11)
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	108
ISBN	978-1938073380
Website	SongReader.net

Song Reader is a book of sheet music by American alternative music artist Beck released on December 11, 2012. The book includes 20 songs worth of sheet music and more than 100 pages of art. The book's publisher, McSweeney's, also announced that versions of the songs performed by other musicians will be featured on its website. Links to YouTube and SoundCloud performances of the songs can be contributed to the official web site for the project.

Beck began working on the project in 2004. In 2013 Beck played three concerts with a variety of guests featuring the Song Reader material. He released a record of Song Reader with other musicians in 2014, and plans to release a compilation of fan versions.

Rolling Stone named it 50th on their list of 50 best albums of 2013.

Song list

1. "Don't Act Like Your Heart Isn't Hard"
2. "I'm Down"
3. "Saint Dude"
4. "Do We? We Do"
5. "Eyes That Say 'I Love You'"
6. "Now That Your Dollar Bills Have Sprouted Wings"
7. "Please Leave a Light on When You Go"
8. "Rough on Rats"
9. "Old Shanghai"
10. "Sorry"
11. "Why Did You Make Me Care?"
12. "Heaven's Ladder"
13. "America, Here's My Boy"
14. "Just Noise"
15. "We All Wear Cloaks"
16. "Mutilation Rag"
17. "The Wolf Is on the Hill"
18. "Title of This Song"
19. "The Last Polka"
20. "Last Night You Were a Dream"

External links

• Official website