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| 1. Fade Away - Oasis And Friends |
| 2. Oh Brother - THE BOO RADLEYS |
| 3. Love Spreads - The Stone Rose |
| 4. Lucky - Radiohead |
| 5. Adnan - Orbital |
| 6. Mourning Air - Portishead |
| 7. Fake The Aroma - Massive Attack |
| 8. Shipbuilding - Suede |
| 9. Time For Living - The Charlatans |
| 10. Sweetest Truth - Stereo MC's |
| 11. Ode To Billie Joe - Sinead O'Connor |
| 12. Search Lights - The Levellers |
| 13. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - Manic Street Preachers |
| 14. Tom Petty Loves Veruca Salt - Terrorvision |
| 15. The Magnificent - The One World Orchestra |
| 16. Message To Crommie - Planet 4 Folk Quartet |
| 17. Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Terry Hall/Salad |
| 18. 1,2,3,4,5 - Neneh Cerry |
| 19. Eine Kleine Liftmusic - Blur |
| 20. Come Together - Paul Weller And Friends/Paul Mccartney |
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Oasis & Freinds, Radiohead, Portisjhead, Sinead O'connor, Blur, Come Togerther By Smokin' Mojo Filters (Paul Weller, Paul McCartney & Noel Gallagher)
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VARIOUS Help (1995 UK 20-track War Child charity compilation CD album including exclusive tracks by Radiohead Stone Roses Manic Street Preachers Sinead OConnor Blur Oasis Massive Attack & more picture sleeve)
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There was much excitement surrounding this release, a benefit for war victims in Bosnia, as the best of Britain and elsewhere were asked to contribute a new recording, cut on the same day in recording studios throughout Europe.
Aside from the lazy Stone Roses, whose "Love Spreads" is barely more than a tape-recorded jam that does the song a disservice, the artists came up trumps. Highlights include Portishead, Blur, Radiohead and a wonderful return to form for Stereo MCs.
However, top of the pile, and worth the purchase price alone, is Sinead O Connor's version of Bobby Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe". It is majestic.
Other notable cover versions are Suede's haunting "Shipbuilding", and Manic Street Preachers' "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head". They do it, and they do it with style.
Unsurprisingly voted Best Compilation by most music magazines in its year of release, this album is a must for fans of Brit Pop (the album also features Oasis, Boo Radleys and the dub-laden Massive Attack) and Beatles completists (Paul McCartney plays bass on Paul Weller's version of "Come Together").
Incidentally, the first-week British release of the recording was made all the more exciting as due to the hurried nature of the project, track listings could not be printed in time, so early purchasers had to guess who was playing what. Ah, those were the days.....
Format:Audio CD
The aim behind the charity War Child's 1995 release was pretty much beyond reproach; bringing together recording artists from Britain (and Ireland) to produce musical material, with the aim of raising money and focusing attention on the children caught up in the civil war which was raging in Yugoslavia at that time. But the artistic quality of the product is sullied somewhat by the hurried nature of the production. Help's 75 minutes of music was recorded in studios across Europe on Monday 4th September 1995. That was then mixed on Tuesday 5th September, with the final product in reatil stores - sans track listing - on Saturday 9th of the same month.
Different acts responded to the constrained set of circumstances in different ways. There is a hurried quality to the inessential retreads of previously released material by Oasis and The Stone Roses, which provides an inauspicious beginning to proceedings. Other Britpop acts fare slightly better; Radiohead's premiere of 'Lucky', and Blur's instrumental 'Eine Kleine Lift Musik' are thoughtful offerings.
It is noticeable that many of the acts responded to the exigencies of time by making cover versions. The consequences of that choice proved to be variable. Sinead O'Connor essays a haunting version of country act Billie Gentry's 'Ode To Billie Joe': it is one of the standout tracks here. But unimaginative renderings of 'Shipbuilding' and 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head', by Suede and Manic Street Preachers only succeeded in having me scuttling back to my record collection to hear the originals.
It is also noteworthy that many artists decided to collaborate. Again this proved to be a mixed blessing. Supergroup The Smokin' Mojo Filters - who included Paul McCartney, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher - provided a competent rendering of The Beatles 'Come Together'. Terry Hall and Salad charmed with their waltzed duet through the romantic 'Dream A Little Dream', but the pairing(s) of The Charlatans and The Chemical Brothers, and Neneh Cherry with Trout proved to be rather less artistically fruitful.
Dance acts like Orbital, Portishead, and the One World Orchestra (aka The KLF) provided some more substantial material than some of their guitar-based counterparts such as Terrorvision and The Levellers. But in the end it is perhaps better just to remember Help for its honourable intentions, rather than the slightly disappointing quality of many of its tunes.
Different acts responded to the constrained set of circumstances in different ways. There is a hurried quality to the inessential retreads of previously released material by Oasis and The Stone Roses, which provides an inauspicious beginning to proceedings. Other Britpop acts fare slightly better; Radiohead's premiere of 'Lucky', and Blur's instrumental 'Eine Kleine Lift Musik' are thoughtful offerings.
It is noticeable that many of the acts responded to the exigencies of time by making cover versions. The consequences of that choice proved to be variable. Sinead O'Connor essays a haunting version of country act Billie Gentry's 'Ode To Billie Joe': it is one of the standout tracks here. But unimaginative renderings of 'Shipbuilding' and 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head', by Suede and Manic Street Preachers only succeeded in having me scuttling back to my record collection to hear the originals.
It is also noteworthy that many artists decided to collaborate. Again this proved to be a mixed blessing. Supergroup The Smokin' Mojo Filters - who included Paul McCartney, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher - provided a competent rendering of The Beatles 'Come Together'. Terry Hall and Salad charmed with their waltzed duet through the romantic 'Dream A Little Dream', but the pairing(s) of The Charlatans and The Chemical Brothers, and Neneh Cherry with Trout proved to be rather less artistically fruitful.
Dance acts like Orbital, Portishead, and the One World Orchestra (aka The KLF) provided some more substantial material than some of their guitar-based counterparts such as Terrorvision and The Levellers. But in the end it is perhaps better just to remember Help for its honourable intentions, rather than the slightly disappointing quality of many of its tunes.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
At the time of the release of this album, I was heavily into "indie" or "Britpop", which were almost synonymous with each other when it came to British bands. I was young at the time, and don't get me wrong, I'm not embarassed about it, let's just say it was a phase that I've now left behind.
This is however a great snapshot view of the bands and music in contemporary British rock and pop, that were around at the time. It's difficult for me to give an objective view as nostalgia does somewhat blur the eyes, but I think I can be reasonably objective in saying that some of the music was great and some not so.
There are a number of bands doing cover versions of well-known songs, which I've always found intriguing as it gives an idea of their perspectives and sometimes demonstrates something new, but sometimes just highlights the band as a one-trick-pony. Also there are some interesting results from the collaboration between different artists on the scene at the time.
This is certainly a good album, worth a listen and maybe even several if you can get hold of it. Although I'm not particularly one for high production values, this album does prove to me that you notice it when it's not there, which is the case for a number of tracks. It's easy to date it to the mid-nineties on a raw listen, but that is part of the attraction. Like a photo album, this is an album of songs that documents a particular stage in the progression of British music and the history of many bands who contributed to it, some of whom have gone on to become stalwarts of the music scene.
This is however a great snapshot view of the bands and music in contemporary British rock and pop, that were around at the time. It's difficult for me to give an objective view as nostalgia does somewhat blur the eyes, but I think I can be reasonably objective in saying that some of the music was great and some not so.
There are a number of bands doing cover versions of well-known songs, which I've always found intriguing as it gives an idea of their perspectives and sometimes demonstrates something new, but sometimes just highlights the band as a one-trick-pony. Also there are some interesting results from the collaboration between different artists on the scene at the time.
This is certainly a good album, worth a listen and maybe even several if you can get hold of it. Although I'm not particularly one for high production values, this album does prove to me that you notice it when it's not there, which is the case for a number of tracks. It's easy to date it to the mid-nineties on a raw listen, but that is part of the attraction. Like a photo album, this is an album of songs that documents a particular stage in the progression of British music and the history of many bands who contributed to it, some of whom have gone on to become stalwarts of the music scene.
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At least 3 of these War Child charity CDs have titles of Beatles songs or albums some two at once.
This one is simply HELP but others were both HELP & A DAY IN THE LIFE and... Read more
This one is simply HELP but others were both HELP & A DAY IN THE LIFE and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Richard
Brings back good memorys
I bought this CD originally back in '95....out of curiousity. I was blown away by the tunes on it. Its really good backgound music for a partying I reckon. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2007 by Mr. R. J. Wilkinson
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