| Listen to Me: Buddy Holly | |
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | September 6, 2011 |
| Genre | Pop, rock and roll |
| Length | 43:53 |
| Label | Verve Forecast |
| Producer | Executive Producers: Peter Asher; For Songmasters: Jennifer Cohen and Regan McCarthy; All songs produced by Peter Asher except “Listen to Me” (produced by Brian Wilson), “Think It Over” (produced by Ringo Starr), and “Words of Love” (produced by Jeff Lynne). |
Listen to Me: Buddy Holly is a tribute album to rock ‘n roll pioneer Buddy Holly, in celebration of what would have been his 75th birthday in 2011. The album was released by Verve Forecast in the United States on 6 September 2011 (Holly's birthday was 7 September 1936) and by eOne Entertainment on the same date in Canada. Series of international releases include releases by Victor Entertainment in Japan, Wrasse Records in the United Kingdom,[1] Shock Records in Australia, as well as releases in Denmark, Italy, South Asia etc.
The title alludes to the Holly song "Listen to Me", which was included in the album. Some tracks were previously released, such as Linda Ronstadt's 1970s version of That'll Be the Day, which was also produced by Asher.
A similar 75th birthday tribute album, Rave On Buddy Holly, had been issued just two months previously. It contained a similar range of songs, but by a different group of artists—although Zooey Deschanel appears on both albums (as a solo artist on Listen to Me and as a member of She & Him on Rave On).