And I'll Scratch Yours
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| Studio album by Various Artists | ||||
| Released | 24 September 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–2013 | |||
| Genre | Art rock, progressive rock, worldbeat, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 54:43 | |||
| Label | Real World Records | |||
| Producer | Peter Gabriel | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 63/100 |
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| Allmusic |   |
| Pitchfork | 4.9/10 |
And I'll Scratch Yours (originally announced as I'll Scratch Yours) is a compilation album developed by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. Initially slated for release in 2010, the album was released on 24 September 2013.
The original concept was that And I'll Scratch Yours would serve as a companion piece to Gabriel's 2010 covers album Scratch My Back. The idea was to give the artists whose songs Gabriel covered on Scratch My Back a medium to reciprocate – And I'll Scratch Yours would feature those artists covering Gabriel's songs. However, several of the artists ultimately declined to record covers of Gabriel's material. The release version of the album deviated from its initial concept in having two new artists (Feist and Joseph Arthur) contributing covers to the album.
And I'll Scratch Yours was originally announced and scheduled for release in 2010, but several artists failed to deliver material as promised, or declined to participate in the project altogether. The album was subsequently postponed, though six tracks from it were released on iTunes between January and June 2010, and two of those tracks have also appeared on vinyl, as B-sides. In October 2011, Gabriel stated that he had "given up" waiting for the remaining artists to contribute to the project, and was looking to have other artists record cover material so that he could release And I'll Scratch Yours sometime "next year" (i.e., 2012). Eventually, Feist and Joseph Arthur were recruited to cover for some of the missing artists, and the album was announced for release on 23 September 2013.
Twelve artists were covered by Gabriel on the Scratch My Back album; 13 if one includes the cover of The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" (written by Ray Davies) on the limited edition bonus disc. However, only six artists originally submitted reciprocal covers of Gabriel material in connection with I'll Scratch Yours. Gabriel originally intended to release Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours simultaneously, but as completion of the latter dragged out, it was instead decided to release a series of double A-sided singles with one song from each album every new full moon during 2010 on iTunes. In order of release, the I'll Scratch Yours tracks were:
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