Wig in a Box

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Wig in a Box
Wig in a Box cover
Studio album by Various Artists
Released 2003
Genre Compilation
Label Off Records

Wig in a Box is a charity tribute album featuring versions of songs from the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. It was released in 2003 through Off Records, and proceeds benefited the Hetrick-Martin Institute, which is the home of the Harvey Milk School, a school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.

Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig[1], a documentary on the school and the making of the album was released in 2006.

[edit] Track listing

  1. The Origin Of Love - Rufus Wainwright
  2. Angry Inch - Sleater-Kinney and Fred Schneider of The B-52's
  3. The Long Grift - They Might Be Giants
  4. Sugar Daddy - Frank Black
  5. City Of Women - Robyn Hitchcock
  6. Freaks - Imperial Teen
  7. Wicked Little Town (Hedwig Version) - The Breeders
  8. Nailed - Bob Mould
  9. Wig In A Box - The Polyphonic Spree
  10. Milford Lake - John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask
  11. Ladies & Gentlemen - Stephen Colbert
  12. Tear Me Down - Spoon
  13. Hedwig's Lament/Exquisite Corpse - Yoko Ono and Yo La Tengo
  14. Wicked Little Town (Tommy Gnosis Version) - Ben Kweller, Ben Folds, and Ben Lee, known collectively as The Bens
  15. Midnight Radio - Cyndi Lauper and Minus 5
  16. The Origin Of Love - Jonathan Richman