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Covered: A Revolution in Sound: Warner Bros. Records [12 Tracks]
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Part of
' ongoing celebration of their 50th Anniversary,
has current
recording artists covering songs from classic
recordings artists -- i.e., following the rubric set by
, the 1990 compilation that had current
artists covering classic
artists.
was always a weirder label, always reflecting its independence, while
always was a bigger label -- the quirkiest and strangest of the majors, particularly during their glory days of the '60s and '70s, but still a major label with no overruling identity, a situation that is especially true in 2009, where the
-affiliated labels boast a roster heavy with active rock bands and anonymous singer/songwriters. Both camps are represented here on
, but the producers have gone out of their way to showcase
's more interesting acts, some of which actually do some interesting work: the
twist
into their own image, not necessarily an easy thing to do, the
turn
's
inside out, while
come close to giving
a clenched revamp, perhaps ratcheting up the grind just a notch too tight. While
does her best to strip the sensuality away from
turning it into a breathy triple-A ballad that makes
' version seem muscular, and
' into a garish car wreck, the rest of
finds artists treating the originals as sacred texts. In the case of
and
the fidelity is embarrassing; in the case of
it's just bland.
fares a bit better with
giving it a little bit of heartland soul, but
should have known better than to replicate
' one-take wonder
And that just leaves the most bewildering track here,
's mimicking of
plays it straight, never cracking a joke, and it's not just unintentionally funny, it's just fascinatingly odd -- and in that oddness, it has a leg up on much of the rest of
, which is faithful and forgettable. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine