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| 1. Flowers In The Rain - Kaiser Chiefs | |||
| 2. All Along The Watchtower - The Fratellis | |||
| 3. Cupid - Amy Winehouse | |||
| 4. Lola - Robbie Williams | |||
| 5. Your Song - The Streets | |||
| 6. Betcha By Golly, Wow - Sugababes | |||
| 7. You're So Vain - The Feeling | |||
| 8. Band On The Run - Foo Fighters | |||
| 9. Love Is The Drug - Kylie Minogue | |||
| 10. Let's Stick Together - KT Tunstall | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. You Sexy Thing - Stereophonics | |||
| 2. Fast Car - Mutya Buena | |||
| 3. Lullaby - Editors | |||
| 4. Englishman In New York - Razorlight | |||
| 5. Crazy For You - Groove Armada | |||
| 6. It Must Be Love - Paolo Nutini | |||
| 7. All That She Wants - The Kooks | |||
| 8. All I Need - Mark Ronson | |||
| 9. Stillness In Time - Calvin Harris | |||
| 10. No Diggity - Klaxons | |||
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Radio 1 certainly isn’t short of detractors these days and all but the most vehement Moyles groupies would probably agree that its glory days are now a matter solely for historians. But out of the nostalgia whipped up by their 40th birthday celebrations came one fine idea that could only really have been pulled off with the aid of their unique clout (and, of course, the licence fee)–-40 of today’s biggest acts covering tracks from each of the station’s 40 years in existence, and building on the popular Live Lounge franchise in the process. The Raconteurs’ bash at infamous Peel favourite "Teenage Kicks" has gusto and a genuine southern twist, Lily Allen’s "Don’t Get Me Wrong" is sweet and suits her talk-to-the-hand nonchalance, Editors’ version of The Cure’s "Lullaby" is endearingly brooding, Foo Fighters’ "Band on the Run" is as effective and Foo Fighters-esque as you might expect and Maximo Park’s slick reworking of Justin Timberlake’s "Like I Love You", as strange a premise as that might sound (and thus key to this album’s appeal), just works. On the downside some contributions are inevitably pedestrian; Razorlight’s "Englishman in New York" is anaemic and unfeeling, The Street’s utterly misjudged "Your Song" is room-clearing karaoke playing to none of his strengths and what exactly is the point of The View covering The Libertines anyway!? But all in all it's a unique collection from a station still in a unique, if no longer important, position. --James Berry
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CD-1:1-Flowers In The RainKAISER CHIEFS 2-All Along The WatchtowerTHE FRATELLIS 3-CupidWINEHOUSE, Amy 4-LolaWILLIAMS, Robbie 5-Your SongTHE STREETS 6-Betcha By Golly, WowSUGABABES 7-You're So VainTHE FEELING 8-Band On The RunFOO FIGHTERS 9-Love Is The DrugKYLIE (2007/BBC/UNIVERSAL) 40 of today's greatest artists cover 40 years of hits. special price offer!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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How can people say that the bands haven't strayed very far from their own genres?? Hello?? Klaxons doing Blackstreet's 'No Diggity', Stereophonics doing Hot Chocolate's 'You Sexy Thing', The Streets doing Elton John's 'Your Song' - it seems quite a departure to me.
Ok, so some of the songs aren't as great, I could live without hearing KT Tunstall doing 'Let's Stick Together' again, but this album has some great moments. Shame everyone else seems to have lost their sense of humour!
Ok, so some of the songs aren't as great, I could live without hearing KT Tunstall doing 'Let's Stick Together' again, but this album has some great moments. Shame everyone else seems to have lost their sense of humour!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Saw the line-up and thought, I must get that CD! There are some great versions on it, but with 40 tracks, 5 great ones isn't anywhere near enough!
I found that most didn't really give it any thought and just plodded through their performance. Razorlight is a prime example, Johnny Borell's vocals are so weak. Stereophonics slowly rambles through and then ends up doing some fast guitar rubbish that don't fit the song!
The Fratellis are the best on the album. It's a difficult one to cover and do it justice, but they did with ease. Keiser Chiefs are also great, but then the song they are covering is rather cool anyway!
The other moan I have is, who selected these tracks? Why are the biggest bands not covered here? Where are OASIS during the 90's? Where are Duran Duran or Adam & the Ants cover songs for the 80's?
If you are torn between this and the Live Lounge CD's, then please get the Live Lounge! So much better, then the artists would have to be, they are playing live to an audience of millions aren't they!
I found that most didn't really give it any thought and just plodded through their performance. Razorlight is a prime example, Johnny Borell's vocals are so weak. Stereophonics slowly rambles through and then ends up doing some fast guitar rubbish that don't fit the song!
The Fratellis are the best on the album. It's a difficult one to cover and do it justice, but they did with ease. Keiser Chiefs are also great, but then the song they are covering is rather cool anyway!
The other moan I have is, who selected these tracks? Why are the biggest bands not covered here? Where are OASIS during the 90's? Where are Duran Duran or Adam & the Ants cover songs for the 80's?
If you are torn between this and the Live Lounge CD's, then please get the Live Lounge! So much better, then the artists would have to be, they are playing live to an audience of millions aren't they!
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Covers in my opinion are only valid if they fill one of two criteria:-
(a) they do a different take on the original (often possible - I can't stand Joss Stone but Fell In Love With a Boy is so completely different to the White Stripes it's a passable effort) or much more rarely (b) IMPROVE on the original.
Sadly next to none of these tracks or artists manage this, it's a mix of conservative choices by bland artists. We get a bunch of bland musicians doing cheesy bland tributes to their heroes. What really is the point of Robbie Williams warbling through Lola or Keane dumbing down the vocal highs of Under Pressure? Foo Fighters taking on Britney, Kylie doing Iron Maiden or even The Wurzels sprucing up the Sugababes - that's what I want to hear; not this pile of treacley nothingness.
To me this album stinks of the mediocrity of bland noughties Britpop and cynical backroom execs pumping out more soulless trash.
The main thing that this album underlines is how uninspired our allegedly "indie" music scene truly is - there's not a breath of originality or interest.
(a) they do a different take on the original (often possible - I can't stand Joss Stone but Fell In Love With a Boy is so completely different to the White Stripes it's a passable effort) or much more rarely (b) IMPROVE on the original.
Sadly next to none of these tracks or artists manage this, it's a mix of conservative choices by bland artists. We get a bunch of bland musicians doing cheesy bland tributes to their heroes. What really is the point of Robbie Williams warbling through Lola or Keane dumbing down the vocal highs of Under Pressure? Foo Fighters taking on Britney, Kylie doing Iron Maiden or even The Wurzels sprucing up the Sugababes - that's what I want to hear; not this pile of treacley nothingness.
To me this album stinks of the mediocrity of bland noughties Britpop and cynical backroom execs pumping out more soulless trash.
The main thing that this album underlines is how uninspired our allegedly "indie" music scene truly is - there's not a breath of originality or interest.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great
A good selection of tracks that are very recognisable, covered by some great modern bands. Good covers. A fantastic CD.
Published 8 months ago by H Photography
good cd
I bought this CD because I heard Track 19 of disc 2 in Harvey Nicholsons and had tohve it. It is an excellent song and sung very well. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2010 by Mrs. D. Thompson
Too many straight copies
As someone else here said, with covers, especially when the song is well known, you've either got to take it somewhere new or somehow improve on the original. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2009 by Darren Jones
What have we done to deserve this?!
A collection of classic tracks from the last 40 years as covered by many current rock & pop 'darlings'. Sounds great, right?! Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2008 by C. CECCONI
Oppurtunity missed the knocker
Scarey to say but I have been around for just a bit longer than Radio 1 and boy have I suffered through the mainstream pap over the last 25 years. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2008 by Mystaeli
Quite mixed results but definitely worth checking out
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I was intrigued when Radio 1 first announced this project. Over a two week period they played four of the songs from this album each day to... Read more
I was intrigued when Radio 1 first announced this project. Over a two week period they played four of the songs from this album each day to... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2008 by L. Green
Proof that the original is better.
Hear all your favourite songs from over the years watered down. And in the case of The Streets covering Your Song (Murdered)!
Published on 21 Feb 2008 by Mr. R. J. Nunn
Strange song choice, but some good covers
Compilation albums are problematic: it's very rare that you will find an album that entirely caters to your tastes, and this seems to be the case here. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2008 by B. Wright
A hard gig to pull off
I think there's one simple issue here; it's an album catering to the tastes of all. Nothing reflects this more poignantly than the fact that reviewers list completely different... Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2008 by Michael Whitehead
Confused
This album really seems to be spliting opinion here. Some moan about the poor/unrepresentative choice of songs; others about the lack of innovation; others about the versions being... Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2008 by Billy No mates
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