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In some respects, Rave On Buddy Holly is a standard tribute album: it salutes a legend by rounding up classic rockers and hipsters to cover his canon, a practice that has been in place for nearly a quarter-century. In another regard, Rave On Buddy Holly is quite different. Encouraged by producer Randall Poster, the 19 artists involved do not settle for mere replications of Buddy’s hits, they play fast and loose, sometimes radically reinterpreting the original. Often, the effort is appreciated even when the rearrangement doesn’t quite work, as on Karen Elson's overly ornate “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” or Lou Reed’s turgid grind through “Peggy Sue.” Yet even if these particular cuts don’t click, they nevertheless sound faithful to both the artist and Holly, a trick that’s usually not pulled off on tribute albums yet often is here. This is as true of Nick Lowe’s casually straight-ahead “Changing All Those Changes” as it is of Florence & the Machine's “Not Fade Away,” which strips the tune of its signature Bo Diddley beat, and the pleasures of the album lie in discovering which direction an artist choose to follow: to discover Julian Casablancas turning “Rave On” into a Phrazes for the Young outtake, to hear Kid Rock try to wrestle “Well All Right” into the confines of a Stax stomper, to hear Modest Mouse work a handful of tempos into “That’ll Be the Day,” to hear Paul McCartney go inexplicably batty on his slow-grooving “It’s So Easy.”
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - Bob Gibson, ComposerLyricist - The Black Keys, MainArtist - Prentice Polk, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Fiona Apple, MainArtist - Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - JON BRION, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - JOHN PORTER, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Napolitano, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Terence Higgins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Florence + The Machine, MainArtist - Ivan Neville, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - C.C. Adcock, Producer - Florence Welch, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Perrine, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Cee Lo Green, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Karen Elson, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Julian Casablancas, MainArtist - Sonny West, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Bill Tilghman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Joe Mauldin, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Jenny O., MainArtist - Niki Martin Sullivan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Justin Townes Earle, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Sonny West, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - She & Him, MainArtist - Bill Tilghman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Nick Lowe, MainArtist - Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - PATTI SMITH, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - My Morning Jacket, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Modest Mouse, MainArtist - Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Joe Mauldin, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Allison, ComposerLyricist - Kid Rock, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Bob Montgomery, ComposerLyricist - The Detroit Cobras, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - Norman Petty, ComposerLyricist - Lou Reed, MainArtist - Jerry Allison, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
JOHN DOE, MainArtist - Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Felice Bryant, ComposerLyricist - Boudleaux Bryant, ComposerLyricist - Graham nash, MainArtist
℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
In some respects, Rave On Buddy Holly is a standard tribute album: it salutes a legend by rounding up classic rockers and hipsters to cover his canon, a practice that has been in place for nearly a quarter-century. In another regard, Rave On Buddy Holly is quite different. Encouraged by producer Randall Poster, the 19 artists involved do not settle for mere replications of Buddy’s hits, they play fast and loose, sometimes radically reinterpreting the original. Often, the effort is appreciated even when the rearrangement doesn’t quite work, as on Karen Elson's overly ornate “Crying, Waiting, Hoping” or Lou Reed’s turgid grind through “Peggy Sue.” Yet even if these particular cuts don’t click, they nevertheless sound faithful to both the artist and Holly, a trick that’s usually not pulled off on tribute albums yet often is here. This is as true of Nick Lowe’s casually straight-ahead “Changing All Those Changes” as it is of Florence & the Machine's “Not Fade Away,” which strips the tune of its signature Bo Diddley beat, and the pleasures of the album lie in discovering which direction an artist choose to follow: to discover Julian Casablancas turning “Rave On” into a Phrazes for the Young outtake, to hear Kid Rock try to wrestle “Well All Right” into the confines of a Stax stomper, to hear Modest Mouse work a handful of tempos into “That’ll Be the Day,” to hear Paul McCartney go inexplicably batty on his slow-grooving “It’s So Easy.”
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:17
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fantasy Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 MPL Communications Inc. and Concord Music Group, Inc.
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