7 Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out

If I have this right, 7 Worlds Collide is a project pulled together by Neil Finn - they've put this record out for Oxfam. He's assembled an impressive cast of luminaries to write, sing and perform on songs - I reckon that the highlights are the two Jeff Tweedy, three-or-four-Wilco-albums-ago-sounding, numbers, "You Never Know" and "What Could Have Been", Glenn Richards' (Augie March) chiming "Duxton Blues", and "Reptile", the set closer and the song from which it draws its name, contributed by the always delightful and surprising Lisa Germano. There are also cuts from Johnny Marr (who plays guitar on several others), Phil Selway of Radiohead, KT Tunstall and others; all up, it's a pleasant collection rather than one that reaches any great heights, but it's very listenable even leaving aside the star-studdedness.