Seeking Major Tom

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Released October 11, 2011 Length 95:13 Release date 11 October 2011 Label Cleopatra Records		Recorded 2011 Artist William Shatner Producer Adam Hamilton Genres Rock music, Spoken word

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Seeking Major Tom is the fourth studio album by William Shatner. It was released October 11, 2011 in the US by Cleopatra Records. The album features many noted musicians, including Sheryl Crow, John Wetton, Patrick Moraz, Ritchie Blackmore, Alan Parsons, Peter Frampton, Warren Haynes, Nick Valensi, Zakk Wylde, Mike Inez, Chris Adler, Steve Hillage, Steve Howe, Michael Schenker, Dave Davies, Johnny Winter, Brad Paisley, Bootsy Collins, Carmine Appice, Ian Paice, and Toots.

Track listing

Most tracks on the album are covers of space-themed songs.

Major Tom (Coming Home) (Peter Schilling)
Space Oddity (David Bowie)
In a Little While (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.)
Space Cowboy (Steve Miller, Ben Sidran)
Space Truckin' (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice)
Rocket Man (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) (previously performed by Shatner in 1978)
She Blinded Me with Science (Thomas Dolby, Jo Kerr)
Walking on the Moon (Sting)
Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddie Mercury)
Silver Machine (Robert Calvert, Dave Brock)
Mrs. Major Tom (Kirby Ian Andersen, Sheryl Crow)
Empty Glass (The Tea Party)
Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)
Learning to Fly (David Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin)
Mr. Spaceman (Roger McGuinn)
Twilight Zone (George Kooymans)
Struggle (William Shatner, Adam Hamilton)
Iron Man (Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)
Planet Earth (Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Nigel John Taylor, Roger Andrew Taylor, Andy Taylor)