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Agent Provocateur

Foreigner

Hard Rock - Released August 6, 2013 | Rhino Atlantic

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Portrayals

Ane Brun

Alternative & Indie - Released March 10, 2023 | Universal Music AB

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Ane Brun’s unmistakable voice incarnates the sweet softness of her ballads in its tonality; mellifluous and light, with a slight tremble that ushers in a precious ephemerality. Playful as Joanna Newsom and Fiona Apple, powerful as Joni Mitchell and Dolly Parton, this Norwegian has reconstituted the art of her elders to come up with her own music, for her own universe. Her personal touch resonates even throughout her covers. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her career, Ane Brun has returned to her signature move by releasing four perfect compilations, exclusively covers, of which Portrayals is the first volume. “Covers have been such a big part of my career. It’s almost a career in itself. They have their own dynamic. I wanted to celebrate that by giving these songs their own space. It’s always a real creative process to record your own version of someone else’s song. I’m not interested in doing a cover version that sounds like the original…” Like Nina Simone, or, closer to home, Cat Power, the Scandinavian makes every song her own. Something that is all the more impressive given that the "revisited" artists come from any background in whichever decade. Portrayals features tracks from Sade (By Your Side), Nick Cave (Into My Arms), Bob Dylan (Make You Feel My Love), Radiohead (How to Disappear Completely), Emmylou Harris (All My Tears), Foreigner (I Want to Know What Love Is), Alphaville (Big in Japan), Beyoncé (Halo), Rodgers & Hart (Blue Moon), the Beatles (From Me to You) and many others. Magical. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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A Wizard / A True Star

Todd Rundgren

Pop - Released March 2, 1973 | Rhino

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Something/Anything? proved that Todd Rundgren could write a pop classic as gracefully as any of his peers, but buried beneath the surface were signs that he would never be satisfied as merely a pop singer/songwriter. A close listen to the album reveals the eccentricities and restless spirit that surges to the forefront on its follow-up, A Wizard, A True Star. Anyone expecting the third record of Something/Anything?, filled with variations on "I Saw the Light" and "Hello It's Me," will be shocked by A Wizard. As much a mind-f*ck as an album, A Wizard, A True Star rarely breaks down to full-fledged songs, especially on the first side, where songs and melodies float in and out of a hazy post-psychedelic mist. Stylistically, there may not be much new -- he touched on so many different bases on Something/Anything? that it's hard to expand to new territory -- but it's all synthesized and assembled in fresh, strange ways. Often, it's a jarring, disturbing listen, especially since Rundgren's humor has turned bizarre and insular. It truly takes a concerted effort on the part of the listener to unravel the record, since Rundgren makes no concessions -- not only does the soul medley jerk in unpredictable ways, but the anthemic closer, "Just One Victory," is layered with so many overdubs that it's hard to hear its moving melody unless you pay attention. And that's the key to understanding A Wizard, A True Star -- it's one of those rare rock albums that demands full attention and, depending on your own vantage, it may even reward such close listening.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

Vocal Jazz - Released June 1, 1958 | Okeh

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Lady In Satin: The Centennial Edition

Billie Holiday

Vocal Jazz - Released April 3, 2015 | Columbia

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Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind - Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967

Vashti Bunyan

Pop/Rock - Released December 18, 2015 | Branch Music Ltd.

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It's Our Thing

The Isley Brothers

Soul/Funk/R&B - Released August 21, 1969 | Epic - Legacy

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Valve Bone Woe

Chrissie Hynde

Jazz - Released September 6, 2019 | BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd

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With their eponymous debut album released in 1980, The Pretenders stood out from the crowd. Punk rock, new wave and synth-pop were taking over the UK by storm, but Chrissie Hynde's band could not give a toss! They made rock'n'roll. Real rock'n'roll. Almost 40 years later, the high priestess, now 68 years old, has a unique style and solitary nature. The proof lies in this record, which seems to have been released in the wrong decade, exclusively to cover a jazz angle. With Valve Bone Woe , Chrissie Hynde, Ray Davies (from the Kinks) and Jim Kerr (from Simple Minds), Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Nick Drake, John Coltrane, Ray Davies. She even sings Charles Trenet'sWhat is left of our love in French! Strictly speaking, it's hard to classify this beautifully strange album as jazz, since it also makes easy listening, movie music, soul and even dub! As is often the case when a "rock" artist decides to record a so-called "jazz" album. However, it is this eclecticism that gives this impeccably arranged album (produced by the Marius de Vries / Eldad Guetta duet) all its flavor. All Chrissie Hynde has made it easy to find her voice instantly. © Marc Zisman / Qobuz

By Myself

Inger Marie Gundersen

Jazz - Released November 27, 2007 | Stunt Records

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Think of Spring

M. Ward

Alternative & Indie - Released December 11, 2020 | Anti - Epitaph

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To dare, in this day and age, to produce a cover version of the whole of the album Lady in Satin by Billie Holiday, the late masterpiece released shortly before the legendary singer's death, one would either have to be ambitious to the point of pretension, or else approach the project very cleverly. Singer-guitarist M. Ward, an unassuming fixture of American pop and Americana for about twenty years, has, naturally, chosen the second option: his approach is gentle and careful. Whereas in 1958 Billie Holiday sang amidst a forty-strong orchestra, like a shipwreck amid a storm, Mr. Ward approaches the songs of Lady in Satin alone, with an acoustic guitar and a Tascam 4-track. Mr. Ward has always been a friend of female singers. He has played with Cat Power, Norah Jones and Zooey Deschanel on the duo She & Him. Maybe in addition to thinking about spring, he was dreaming of accompanying Billie Holiday on this record. In any case, his singing draws out the torpor and detachment from Lady Day’s works. His guitar playing is deceptively simple and minimalist, like idle chords strummed at home when no one is listening. Sometimes they sound like hoarse little jazz bossas, hanging out of time. Recorded on a tight budget and finished during the Covid epidemic when Mr. Ward could no longer do concerts, Think of Spring sounds like an album of domestic demos, a pyjama record. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz.

Leave Me Breathless

Ane Brun

Pop - Released October 6, 2017 | Balloon Ranger Recordings AB

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Gospel

Mica Paris

Soul - Released November 27, 2020 | East West Records

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English singer Mica Paris presents her eighth studio album, Gospel, which follows 2009's Born Again. This record sees Paris returning to her roots, with a record that is inspired by gospel and soul legends as well as her personal experiences.© Liam Martin /TiVo
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The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977 - 1991

Foreigner

Hard Rock - Released October 13, 2014 | Rhino Atlantic

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Bring 'Em All In

Mike Scott

Rock - Released September 18, 1995 | Chrysalis Records

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Come And Get Yourself Some

Leon Haywood

R&B - Released October 14, 1974 | Mercury Records

Released in 1975, Come and Get Yourself Some boasts one of Leon Haywood's biggest hits: the sexy, alluring "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You," which L.A. gangsta rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg sampled on their 1993 smash "Nuthin' but a G Thang." A teen-age hip-hopper of 1993 might not have known the name Leon Haywood -- who is someone the hip-hopper's Baby Boomer parents were more likely to be familiar with -- but he/she no doubt knew Haywood's unforgettable melody from the Dre/Snoop single. Back in 1975, "Freaky" made Come and Get Yourself Some one of Haywood's best selling albums. "Freaky" and the title track were the album's biggest hits, although the rest of the material is also well worth hearing. Smooth, laid-back northern soul items like "Consider the Source" and "This Feeling's Rated Extra" appealed to Haywood's diehard fans, many of whom he had won over with his 1967 hit "It's Got to Be Mellow." But a tougher, less sleek approach prevails on "Who You Been Giving It up To," which recalls the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing."© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Make Way for Love

Marlon Williams

Alternative & Indie - Released February 16, 2018 | Dead Oceans

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The first impression is of receiving a phone call from Beyond. " Hello… Elvis ? Is that you?"Or it might be Roy Orbison on the other end. Or, indeed, closer to our times, and still alive, Chris Isaak or Richard Hawley… Marlon Williams is one of that line of singers with a supernatural voice. A timeless crooner switching seamlessly between rock, country, folk and soul, the New Zealander is not content just to write touching lyrics. He rolls them out of that stupefying vocal equipment of his, a voice which alternates between an intimate secret whispered in the ear and a lyrical declaration cried out from a rooftop. Three years on from a gobsmacking first record, Williams has taken things up a notch. And on Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore, he even brings in his ex, the very gifted Aldous Harding, for the length of an otherworldly duet. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz
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Lady In Satin: The Centennial Edition

Billie Holiday

Vocal Jazz - Released April 3, 2015 | Okeh

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Let's Do It Again

Leela James

Soul - Released March 24, 2009 | Shanachie

For adult contemporary R&B fans, it was disheartening that a vocalist as talented as Leela James went almost four years before releasing a follow-up to her flawed but promising debut. Coming into her second album with the knowledge that it is part of the Shanachie label's extensive series of all-covers sets, predominantly the province of artists twice James' age who are on album number ten or 20 instead of two, gauging the level of expectations is tricky. On one hand, it is frustrating that James' second album, after all this time, contains no original songs; on the other, it should be a loose, no-fuss affair, less measured than A Change Is Gonna Come and more like James' well-regarded live show. The latter, thankfully, is very much true. James' selections are mostly inspired, containing some natural (if obvious) material -- like the album's bookends, Betty Wright's "Clean Up Woman" and the Staple Singers' "Let's Do It Again" -- and some others that are bound to raise some eyebrows, just from seeing the titles. Womack & Womack's gently swinging "Baby I'm Scared of You" is a highlight, despite the absence of a sparring partner, which lends it a tone that is more serious than the Womacks' typically playful original. Phyllis Hyman's "You Know How to Love Me," perhaps the boldest inclusion (written and recorded when Mtume/Lucas and Hyman were at the peak of their powers), gets a faithful look, proving that James should do free-spirited and uptempo material more often. "I'd Rather Be with You" (Bootsy's Rubber Band) could use more sleaze and Bobby Womack's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" lacks some necessary unease, and it would have been a nice twist for James to tackle something from the last 25 years, but overall, Let's Do It Again is one of Shanachie's best all-covers discs. May James find a support system that allows her to record albums of new material every other year (or so) from here on out. © Andy Kellman /TiVo
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California Airport Love

Amason

Alternative & Indie - Released March 23, 2016 | Ingrid

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Nightlife: Further Listening 1996 - 2000

Pet Shop Boys

Pop - Released October 11, 1999 | Rhino

Nightlife is a loose concept album -- more of a song cycle, really -- about nightlife (naturally), a collection of moods and themes, from love to loneliness. In that sense, it's not that different from most Pet Shop Boys albums, and, musically, the album is very much of a piece with Very and Bilingual, which is to say that it relies more on craft than on innovation. Depending on your point of view, this may not be such a bad thing, since Pet Shop Boys specialize in subtle craft and masterful understatement. Such skills serve them well when they're essentially following familiar musical territory, which they are on Nightlife. At its core, the record is very much like Very -- a clever, skillful updating of classic disco, highlighted by small contemporary dance flourishes, and infused with a true sense of wit, sophistication, and intelligence. Pet Shop Boys do this music better than anyone else ever has, and they're at the top of their form here, but it's hard to shake the initial impression that they've done this before. Each individual song works beautifully, from the wistfully dejected "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" to the exhilarating Village People homage "New York City Boy," but as a whole, Nightlife seems less than the sum of its parts. Repeated listens reveal the songs' charms, yet Nightlife coasts on its craft a bit too much, which makes it feel like one of their second-tier albums.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo