Our First 100 Days
Our First 100 Days is a compilation album that was released track-by-track from 20 January to 29 April 2017. The album was sold as a subscription for a one-time payment of $30, and one song per day was released during the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency of the United States.[1] Proceeds from the album's sale were donated to causes "threatened by Trump's proposed policies,"[2] including Southerners on New Ground[3] and the People's Climate Movement.[4] The majority of the artists featured on Our First 100 Days are from the United States, but it also includes artists from Canada (Women, Suuns, Nap Eyes), the United Kingdom (Bill Fay, Gold Panda, Self Esteem, Kate Tempest), New Zealand (Kane Strang), Sweden (Jens Lekman), Ireland (Glen Hansard), and Australia (Jen Cloher). Our First 100 Days was released collaboratively by Secretly Group and 30 Days, 30 Songs.[2] Music magazines Under the Radar and Consequence of Sound covered the release of every track,[5][6] while others covered only a selection.[7][8] Track listingThe first track on Our First 100 Days is "Fly On Your Wall" by Angel Olsen, which was released on 20 January 2017, the day of Donald Trump's inauguration.[9] Subsequently, one new track was released per day until the final track, a cover of "This Land Is Your Land" by Phosphorescent, came out on 29 April 2017.[10] The track "Vacation" by PWR BTTM was later removed from the track listing, leaving the compilation with 99 tracks.[11] It was initially reported that Whitney would also feature on the compilation, but they did not.[12]
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