VARIOUS - Is This What We Want? - 1000 Artists - LP - Black Vinyl [DEC 12]

LP - Black Vinyl Limited to 1000 gold foil numbered copies

• Silent album protesting the UK government’s planned changes to copyright law, previously released digitally, is now available for pre-order on vinyl, due for release on 8th December 

• Sir Paul McCartney has added a bonus track

• All profits from sales of the album will be donated to the charity Help Musicians

The silent album from more than 1,000 musicians protesting the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright law is released on vinyl, with a bonus track from Paul McCartney.

More than 1,000 musicians have come together to release Is This What We Want?, an album protesting the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright law.

In late 2024, the UK government proposed changing copyright law to allow artificial intelligence companies to build their products using other people’s copyrighted work — music, artworks, text, and more — without a licence.

The musicians on this album came together to protest this. The album consists of recordings of empty studios and performance spaces, representing the impact we expect the government’s proposals would have on musicians’ livelihoods.

The silent album is co-written by more than 1000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn, Billy Ocean, Ed O’Brien, Dan Smith, The Clash, Mystery Jets, Jamiroquai, Imogen Heap, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Riz Ahmed, Tori Amos, Hans Zimmer, James MacMillan, Max Richter, John Rutter, The Kanneh-Masons, The King’s Singers, The Sixteen, Roderick Williams, Sarah Connolly, Nicky Spence, Ian Bostridge, and many more. The group includes recording artists, composers, conductors, singers, and producers, and features winners of Oscars, GRAMMYs and BRIT awards.

Tracklist: 

A1. The
A2. British
A3. Government
A4. Must
A5. Not
A6. Legalise

B1. Music
B2. theft
B3. To
B4. Benefit
B5. AI
B6. Companies
B7. (Bonus Track)