'Where's Neil When You Need Him?' is a tribute CD to writer Neil Gaiman consisting of seventeen tracks performed by various artists who are fans of Gaiman's work. These songs are based on stories and characters from The Sandman graphic novel series, Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The Goldfish Pool, Wolves in the Walls, Mr. Punch, and the movie MirrorMask. It was released on Dancing Ferret Discs on July 18, 2006. The CD included all new artwork from Dave McKean as well as extensive new liner notes from Neil, and an introduction by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. Image File history File links Where's_Neil_When_You_Need_Him_cover. ... A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of a specific artists songs. ... // January – James Nicholl, drummer of Pay*Ola became ill and was admitted to hospital. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dancing Ferret Discs is a Philadelphia-based record label started in August of 1998. ... Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is a British author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many graphic novels. ... The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Stardust may refer to several concepts: In space and aviation: another name for cosmic dust Stardust (spacecraft), a comet coma sample return spacecraft Star Dust (aeroplane), a British airliner that vanished in 1947 In music: Stardust (song), a 1927 jazz-pop song by Hoagy Carmichael Stardust (album), a record album... American Gods is a novel by Neil Gaiman. ... Coraline (2002) is a short novel for children and adults by the British author Neil Gaiman. ... The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. ... Promotional poster for MirrorMask MirrorMask is a 2005 film from the Jim Henson Company. ... Dancing Ferret Discs is a Philadelphia-based record label started in August of 1998. ... Cages (1998) by Dave McKean David Tench McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, England) is an illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, filmmaker and musician. ... My Chemical Romance (also known as My Chem or MCR) is an American rock band from New Jersey. ...

Track listing

1. Rasputina - "Coraline"
2. ThouShaltNot - "When Everyone Forgets"
3. Tapping the Vein - "Trader Boy"
4. Lunascape - "Raven Star"
5. Deine Lakaien - "A Fish Called Prince"
6. Thea Gilmore - "Even Gods Do"
7. Rose Berlin featuring Curve - "Coraline"
8. Schandmaul - "Magda Treadgolds Marchen"
9. Hungry Lucy - "We Won't Go"
10. Voltaire with The Oddz - "Come Sweet Death"
11. Future Bible Heroes - "Mr. Punch"
12. Razed in Black - "The Endless"
13. The Crüxshadows - "Wake the White Queen"
14. Ego Likeness - "You Better Leave the Stars Alone"
15. Azam Ali - "The Cold Black Key"
16. Joachim Witt - "Vandemar"
17. Tori Amos - "Sister Named Desire (New Master)"

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Trivia

• The album's title was taken from the song Space Dog, by Tori Amos. Tori became a long-time friend and collaborator of Neil Gaiman after being referenced in the 1991 song Tear in Your Hand.