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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is an absolutely gorgeous album. John Grant has a voice that sends chills down your spine. His rendition of these covers, especially Abba's 'Angel Eyes' (and how!), "You don't know what love is" and the sublime "Song to the Siren", are very moving and once heard, will echo in your mind for long afterward. Lovely vocals, rousing chorus, understated acoustic and pedal (well most of the time!), all make for an album that will last.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I don't normally like albums full of cover versions, but I'm so excited I just had to pass the word on - even though I'm still listening to it for the first time and the last track is about to finish as I write this review. The combination of John Grant's awesome voice and the superb moody laid-back minimalist instrumentation is just phenomenal.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This album was released on Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie's label, Bella Union, so I had a rough idea what to expect. Gorgeous male vocal with very simple music, this album is all cover versions or B-sides. The last song on the album is not Song to the Alien as stated, but in fact that gorgeous gem 'Song to the Siren' which was previously covered so well also by This Mortal Coil. Its a beautiful version and so is the one of Abba's (!!) 'Angel Eyes'. Full of emotion, this beats any of those rubbish 'tearjerker' compilations and singers like James Blunt anyday.
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Does what is says on the tin
I only came across the album because I heard the John Grant version of Angel Eyes on the Dermot O'Leary Saturday Sessions album, and loved it, so I checked out more. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miss Karen L. Mason
Best covers album ever?
I've come to this in quite a roundabout way after buying Queen of Denmark this year, and then only recently finding out that John Grant was the Czar's lead singer. Read more
Published 17 months ago by C. Boyd
Spine tingling voice
I bought this CD simply because I heard their version of "Song to the Siren" in a cafe and asked who it was. Read more
Published on 30 April 2009 by G. Allan
amazing
this album is amazing, their version of "Where the boys are" sent a shiver down my spine the second it started playing and "I fall to pieces" is the best version I've heard after... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2009 by Mike.
I love to listen to this.
This is a fabulous album. I got it because of word of mouth re the Abba song "Angel Eyes" which I paid no attention to re Abba, (much as I love them. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by Mr. J. Mclaughlan
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