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Hear Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, and More Cover Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney in 1976

Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney in 1976.

Photo by Jim Summaria via Wikimedia Commons

Next week will see the release of The Art of McCartney, a 34-track tribute to the Beatles songwriter that features covers from an incredible lineup of legendary artists, including Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Smokey Robinson, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, The Cure, Allen Toussaint, and more.

Now the album, which includes covers of both McCartney’s solo classics (“Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the Run”) and his Beatles material (“Yesterday,” “Hey Jude,” “Let It Be,” “Eleanor Rigby”) is available is available to stream for free via YouTube, below.

Here’s the tracklist, via Stereogum:

01 Billy Joel – “Maybe I’m Amazed”
02 Bob Dylan – “Things We Said Today”
03 Heart – “Band On The Run”
04 Steve Miller – “Junior’s Farm”
05 Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) – “The Long and Winding Road”
06 Harry Connick, Jr. – “My Love”
07 Brian Wilson – “Wanderlust”
08 Corrine Bailey Rae – “Bluebird”
09 Willie Nelson – “Yesterday”
10 Jeff Lynne – “Junk”
11 Barry Gibb – “When I’m 64″
12 Jamie Cullum – “Every Night”
13 KISS – “Venus And Mars / Rock Show”
14 Paul Rodgers – “Let Me Roll It”
15 Roger Daltrey – “Helter Skelter”
16 Def Leppard – “Helen Wheels”
17 The Cure – “Hello Goodbye” (Feat. James McCartney)
18 Billy Joel – “Live And Let Die”
19 Chrissie Hynde – “Let It Be”
20 Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick – “Jet”
21 Joe Elliott – “Hi Hi Hi”
22 Heart – “Letting Go”
23 Steve Miller – “Hey Jude”
24 Owl City – “Listen To What The Man Said”
25 Perry Farrell – “Got To Get You Into My Life”
26 Dion – “Drive My Car”
27 Allen Toussaint – “Lady Madonna”
28 Dr. John – “Let ’Em In”
29 Smokey Robinson – “So Bad”
30 Airborne Toxic Event – “No More Lonely Nights”
31 Alice Cooper – “Eleanor Rigby”
32 Toots Hibbert with Sly & Robbie – “Come And Get It”
33 B.B. King – “On The Way”
34 Sammy Hagar – “Birthday”