Favourite Tribute/Cover albums.
 

We have talked about tracks being covered, but what about tribute/cover album? There have been some good albums over the years. A couple of mine:

David Bowie-Pin Up's.
Easy Star All Stars-Dub Side Of The Moon.

Both give good interpretations of songs that are fairly well known. One of the worst? Dark Side Of The Moon-Trance Remix's. Most of the tracks are unrecognisable and barely qualify as Trance.

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Good As I Been To You- Bob Dylan

I love this album. To me, it's proof that Dylan is more than just a great writer.


Worst? This one's pretty awful:

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this one ain't bad

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1. The Queen Is Dead – The Boo Radleys (5:33)
2. Frankly, Mr Shankly – The High Llamas (3:35)
3. I Know It's Over – The Trash Can Sinatras (6:16)
4. Never Had No One Ever – Billy Bragg (3:36)
5. Cemetery Gates – The Frank and Walters (4:15)
6. Bigmouth Strikes Again – Placebo (3:51)
7. The Boy with a Thorn in His Side – Bis (3:21)
8. Vicar in a Tutu – Therapy? (2:42)
9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out – The Divine Comedy (5:18)
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others – Supergrass (3:35)

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I have a 'Songs Of The Smiths' cover album that I could'nt find any links to, that is full of unknown bands giving solid renditions. Probably the most known is Clayhill's version of Please Please Please Let Me Get What You Want which is featured in the film This Is England.

"Another Damned Seattle Compilation"
It's all of the "grunge" bands doing covers of The Damned. I liked it very much.
There was also an Alice Cooper cover album that was great, but I have no idea the name of it or the bands...I'll get the album cover when I come across it.

One of my faves...I used to have it on cassette. I need to get it again.
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I would'nt mind hearing that myself.

I should probably listen to this, i'm always put off though because i've heard very few Smiths covers that i really like. Clayhill's song is ok enough just doesn't catch me in the same way.

Now Dub Side Of The Moon i absolutely adore. I like it more than Dark Side, which i'm sure would horrify many people.

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Maybe not a "favourite", but really it wasn't all that bad. Loved her version of "Money".

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I love Tori Amos' Strange Little Girls. The songs are covers of songs written and originally performed by men, but reinterpreted by Amos from a female's point of view.

Very similar to:

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Medusa, by Annie Lennox, which I haven't listening to in its entirety in a long time but is also quite good.

Listened to this a few weeks ago. Pretty good version of Train in Vain.

As for my favorite?

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Michael Stipe... Thom Yorke... Dinosaur Jr.... Frank Black... the National and many more great artists paying tribute to Connecticut's pride, Mark Mulcahy of the seminal college rock band Miracle Legion. When I heard that these guys were doing this I was so happy, and it really paid off. Great songs, great covers, great album.

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El Michels Affair - Enter The 37th Chamber

Funk interpretations of some classic Wu Tang tracks. I think the band has been backing the Clan since early 2000's. They stay fairly true to the original material, sometimes branching out a bit.

Duel Of The Iron Mics
C.R.E.A.M.
Mystery Of Chessboxin'
Can It All Be So Simple
Uzi (Pink Ring)
Interlude
Glaciers Of Ice
Cherchez La Ghost
Criminology
Heaven & Hell
Bring Da Ruckus
Protect Ya Neck
Incarcerated Scarfaces
Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Outro

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Luther Wright & The Wrongs - Rebuild the Wall

Bluegrass version of Pink Floyd's The Wall by Canadian band Luther Wright and the Wrongs. A few words have been switched around but it really shows how much Pink Floyd has influenced people of all genres.

Dub Side of the Moon is a terrific album, I own their cover album of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (terrific as well)

A couple I like:

The Smithereens - Meet the Smithereens
The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black

I came to this thread just to add this. Awesome cover album.

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And I know these have already been mentioned, but what the damn.
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It looks like I will be seeing BTBAM twice in the space of a few days in February as they are supporting Lamb Of God on tour. I know quite a few on here really rate them but I couldn't get into them. Maybe seeing them live will change my mind as they are supposed to pretty good live.