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The 12-track collection is released on January 25, and is the first in a number of planned releases that will see Gabriel and other artists reinterpret each others' material.
Among the songs covered on Scratch My Back are Radiohead's Street Spirit, Elbow's Mirrorball and Regina Spektor's Apres Moi.
Gabriel enlisted former Durutti Column member John Metcalfe to help create the musical arrangements.
Full track list:
'Heroes' (David Bowie)
'The Boy In The Bubble' (Paul Simon)
'Mirrorball' (Elbow)
'Flume' (Bon Iver)
'Listening Wind' (Talking Heads)
'The Power Of The Heart' (Lou Reed)
'My Body Is A Cage' (Arcade Fire)
'The Book Of Love' (The Magnetic Fields)
'I Think It’s Going To Rain Today' (Randy Newman)
'Apres Moi' (Regina Spektor)
'Philadelphia' (Neil Young)
'Street Spirit' (Radiohead)
Source: NME.com 
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Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially successful, and the album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV...
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