Of Hands and Hearts


Of Hands and Hearts: Music for the Tsunami Disaster Fund is a 2005 compilation album. The compilation was released in response to the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami crisis. The title for the compilation is explained in the liner notes that executive producer Stephen Schnee's father, Duane John Schnee, "whose two and a half year battle with cancer has proven that with strength and love, we can face any tragedy together."
Also, according to the liner notes, executive producer Stephen Schnee wrote that this compilation album is "Dedicated to those who lost their lives on 12-26-04, and the families and loved ones they left behind. I was stunned to think that humanity had lost nearly 300,000 fathers, mothers, daughters and sons – people who were changing and shaping their own world. But in their passing, they changed and shaped everyone's world."
Of the 49 songs on the compilation, 18 had never been released before prior to the release of this compilation, and 8 had never been released in the US prior to the release of this compilation. Of the 49 artists who contributed a song to the compilation, 32 are from the US, 8 are from the UK, 3 are from Australia, 2 from Scotland, 1 from Italy, 1 from Japan, and 1 from Russia. Only R. Stevie Moore with Dave Gregory represent two different countries together.

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "All Over the World" – 3:54
  2. "Good Song" – 2:36
  3. "Try Five Times"* – 2:11
  4. "Sleepy Vampire" – 3:32
  5. "I'll Learn" – 2:50
  6. "Ticket to Japan" – 3:58
  7. "Anodyne Dream"** – 3:52
  8. "She Is Light" – 3:19
  9. "Major Label Interest" – 3:42
  10. "I Know "* – 1:35
  11. "No Way"** – 2:45
  12. "Go Girl"** – 3:54
  13. "In the Worst Way"* – 3:39
  14. "Sacred Ground"* – 4:08
  15. "Once Too Often"* – 3:46
  16. "Stuck in Time" – 2:58
  17. "If I Could" – 2:56
  18. "I Own the Ending" – 2:19
  19. "Star Trek"* – 3:34
  20. "Silver Dollar Sunday" – 2:56
  21. "Drive On"** – 2:22
  22. "Connection" – 2:48
  23. "Fatal Shore " – 4:56
  24. "Who Will Hold You?"* – 3:41

Disc 2

  1. "Bubblegum and Beer" – 3:17
  2. "Someday Soon"* – 2:45
  3. "Another Day in Pleasantville"** – 2:46
  4. "Blingity Bling" – 2:35
  5. "Dates" – 3:26
  6. "Survival in the Wild" – 4:09
  7. "Spring 1913"* – 2:17
  8. "It's My Fault" – 3:07
  9. "Akasha"* – 4:33
  10. "If You Knew "** – 2:43
  11. "Lady Luck"* – 3:52
  12. "When You Give Your Love to Me " – 3:12
  13. "You Will Dance Again" – 2:39
  14. "Rising Stars"* – 4:29
  15. "Here We Go Again"* – 3:40
  16. "We're the Kids"** – 2:32
  17. "Moron Man"* – 2:05
  18. "That's Just Wrong"* – 2:03
  19. "Cu Ru Cu Pa" – 2:57
  20. "A Normal Town"* – 3:40
  21. "It Doesn't Get Better Than This" – 2:37
  22. "Peanut Butter"* – 3:11
  23. "The End of Time"** – 2:42
  24. "Thinking About You" – 3:26
  25. "Beautiful"* – 3:23

Credits

  • Executive Producer: Stephen Schnee
  • Cover Illustration & Lettering: Reg Mombassa
  • Design & Layout: Jim "Eno" Roe
  • Project Co-ordination & Sequencing: Stephen Schnee
  • Sales, Promotion & Marketing: Mark Grindle & Ron Simms
  • Liner Notes: Stephen Schnee with input and help from Franklin Thomas and the artists
  • Project Assistance: David Rayburn, Mark Grindle & Trent George
  • Proofing & Editing: Kayt Owens & Franklin Thomas
  • *Special Thanks to Jim "Eno" Roe, Connie, Katie, Emily & Timmy, Tommy Dunbar, Martina O’Doherty, Michael Schnee, Barney Cohen, Mark Grindle, Trent & Cindy George, David Rayburn, John Borack, Jon Rubin, Kayt Owens, Daisuke Kambe, Ed Spyra, Anna Borg, Adam Sloat, Mark Brennan, Jeremy Morris, Barry Holdship, Rene Thompson, Peter SKIP Beaumont-Edmonds, Nick Beggs, Francis MacDonald, Kristy Silvernail, Mike Paulsen, Jason Kosewick, Franklin Thomas, Shawn Potter, Elvera Butler, Michael Reed, Jason Fiber, Tony Wheatley, Paul Inder, Cary Beare, Chuck Morrison, Scott Carle, Will Birch, John Easdale, Chris Dixon, Dave Owens, Dizzy Detour, Bruce Brodeen, Michael Sattin, Chris Bailey, Mark Callaghan, Arturo Bassick, Terry Wachsmuth, Kevin Kirk, Laurie Cook and the 'kids', Chris Neal, Silver Needle, Toby at Fat Wreck Chords, www.kissorkillclub.com, Ralph Young, Matthew Wayne Selznick, Jason Hogg, Paul Donaldson, Ken & Cindy Widdal, Jeff Kenyon, Fred Grindle, Matthew Cibellis, Chuck Reddick, mom & dad, Dana & the House family, Kristin & the Stairs family, the Cooks and Rileys and Blankenships, all of the Wagoners and, finally, the folks at Norwalk Distributors.