William Shatner's 'Searching For Major Tom' Track List

Captain Kirk is headed back to space.

William Shatner, the Emmy winning TV icon, announced the track listing and details for his new space-inspired cover album, Searching For Major Tom. The album will feature a large number of heavy metal covers, as well as songs by U2, Frank Sinatra, Queen and Pink Floyd.

Shatner has had a storied music career, producing confusing, parodied yet somehow enlightening song covers and original bits over the past 40+ years. His first album, The Transformed Man, raised eyebrows with its bizarre covers, which, in what would become his trademark style, boasted dramatic readings of lyrics over music. HIs best known track was a recording of Sonny & Cher's "Mr. Tambourine Man." Check out Urlesque's ranking of his ten best cover songs here.

Shatner announced the album via Twitter back in February.

Here's the track list:

Space Trucking Originally By Deep Purple - Deep Purple Drummer Ian Paice Has Performed The Drum Part. Johnny Winter Is On Guest Guitar.

She Blinded Me With Science Originally By Thomas Dolby - Bootsy Collins Is On As The Guest Bassist. Patrick Moraz (Ex Yes And Moody Blues) Is Guesting On Keyboards/Synth.

In A Little While Originally By U2 - Manuel Gottsching From Ash Ra Tempel Has Added Guitar.

Empty Glass Originally By The Tea Party - Michael Schenker (UFO/Scorpions) Has Added Guest Guitar.

Lost In The Stars As Done By Frank Sinatra - Jazz Legend Ernie Watts Is On Guest Saxophone.

Twilight Zone Originally By Golden Earring - Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers) Is On Guest Guitar.

Space Cowboy Originally By Steve Miller - Country Artist Brad Paisley Has Added Guitar And Vocals.

Rocket Man Originally By Elton John - Guitarist Steve Hillage (Ex Gong Member And Current Member Of Techno Rock Duo System 7) Has Added Guest Guitar

Space Oddity Originally By David Bowie - Ritchie Blackmore (Ex-Deep Purple) Has Added Guest Guitar. Alan Parsons Is Adding Guest Keyboards.

Spirit In The Sky Originally By Norman Greenbaum - Peter Frampton Has Played Guitar On This Track.

Bohemian Rhapsody Originally By Queen - John Wetton From Asia Has Played Bass And Done A Vocal.

Silver Machine Originally By Hawkwind - Wayne Kramer From The MC5 Is Adding Guitar And Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge/Rod Stewart) Is Adding A Guest Drum Part.

Major Tom Originally By Peter Shilling - Nick Valensi, The Guitarist From The Strokes Has Added Guest Guitar To This This Track. Also Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourn, Black Label Society) And Mike Inez (Alice In Chains)Have Contributed To This Track.

Learning To Fly Originally By Pink Floyd - Edgar Froese From Tangerine Dream Has Played Guitar And Keyboards On This Track.

Mr. Spaceman Originally By The Byrds - Dave Davies From The Kinks Has Added Guest Guitar On This Track.

Iron Man Originally By Black Sabbath - Zakk Wylde (Ex Ozzy Guitarist) Played Guitar And Did A Vocal On This Track.

Planet Earth Originally By Duran Duran - Steve Howe, Guitarist With Yes, Played Guitar On This Track.

Walking On The Moon Originally By The Police - Toots Of Toots & The Maytals Has Added A Guest Vocal.

Mrs. Major Tom - Female Singer To Add A Track -To Be Announced

Comments

[neuphoria]

08:18 PM on 04/18/2011

"Mrs Major Tom" by K.I.A. is a song (on iTunes) about the Major Tom story told from the perspective of the wife left at home... sad & beautiful...
"...you didn't burn up, My Major Tom / You just burnt out..."

[Jim Shaffer]

07:24 PM on 04/14/2011

Always crossing new fronteirs Mr. Shatner has transformed overacting to an art form and over dramatization into a major life skill. He's too crazy to take serious, and too serious to take for crazy.

[DougSeelye]

04:37 PM on 04/14/2011

A cultural tsunami that well may be what the Mayan calender was refering to!

[american-dolt]

09:32 AM on 04/14/2011

Shatner is a Treasure, he always makes me smile.

[-swift]

08:10 AM on 04/14/2011

I think he should cover The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. He could be the first guy to cover himself.

Still love his television renditon of Rocket Man. The story goes that he fell and concussed himself prior to doing it, and has no recollection of it. Either way, it's awesome.

I think he needs to read more of Sarah Palin. When people were saying that no one could make her nonsensical ramblings sound good, Shatner got the job done.

[Klawnet]

09:12 AM on 04/14/2011

TBBB was Nimoy's abortion. He made the mistake of actually thinking he could sing. He covered "If I Were a Carpenter" on the same album.

Between this and mistaking Bob Dylan for Sonny & Cher, I'd assume most of the people on this board weren't even zygotes when The Transformed Man came out, amiright?

[-swift]

10:42 AM on 04/14/2011

I get Spock and Kirk confused. They are so alike.

And I was totally a zygote, whatever that was.

[KaAp]

08:06 AM on 04/14/2011

I joined the Shatnerian church because it gives you long long life and a healthy sense of humor.

[Cowboylove]

04:12 AM on 04/14/2011

William Shatner is the funniest guy on the planet - unintentionally. I think he played himself on Boston Legal to hilarious effect.

[KaAp]

08:06 AM on 04/14/2011

I loved him in Boston Legal.

[Eldienne]

12:59 AM on 04/14/2011

HAHAHA. This reminds me of when Pat Boone went off into heavy metal, and wore outfits that were similar to the artists of this music. I just couldn't believe he did that, and wondered what on earth was he thinking?!

[Sunflo]

03:43 AM on 04/14/2011

Didn't Garth Brooks do something weird along those lines too?

[-swift]

08:07 AM on 04/14/2011

That was a bit where they did some metal and rock songs, and the rock bands did their songs. They were all pretty excited about it, I caught a little of it on TV one time on some daytime talk show.

[Leper]

12:52 AM on 04/14/2011

ROCKET MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cameron d]

12:44 AM on 04/14/2011

His take on Pulp's "Common People" is actually pretty amazing.

[cameron d]

12:41 AM on 04/14/2011

How is Ben Folds not involved in this?

[Falling4ever]

11:15 PM on 04/13/2011

No no noooooooo
Please tell me it isn't true, I'm STILL in therapy after accidentally listening to The Transformed Man and that was 19 freaking 69!!!
Hey dont blame me I was too ripped to reach the record player ok??

[learninglife]

11:49 PM on 04/13/2011

LOL. A little friendly advice: If you're still going to the same therapist after 42 years, I'd say he/she isn't the most effective doc on the block.

[Falling4ever]

12:49 AM on 04/14/2011

lol

[SueEll]

11:06 PM on 04/13/2011

I love William Shatner.