Favorite cover albums?

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What are your favorite cover albums?

Cover albums usually get a lot of critique if done wrong but there are some that can be are very good.

My personal favorite is Jahmene Douglas - Love Never Fails. This is a good example of a cover album done right, the album is mainstream chart songs mostly with a Gospel and soul take on them with original arrangements, the closing track on the album is a cover of Next To Me which sounds like a totally different to the original.
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  • Rae_AmuryRae_Amury Posts: 588
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    Off the top of my head, I really liked these:

    Medusa by Annie Lennox
    The Animals by The Animals
    Through The Looking Glass by Siouxsie And The Banshees
    Pin Ups by Bowie
    12 by Patti Smith
    Covers by Placebo
  • ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    Dylanesque - Bryan Ferry
  • mgvsmithmgvsmith Posts: 16,452
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    Electra wrote: »
    Dylanesque - Bryan Ferry

    The title makes me wince, it is so pretentious.

    Maybe 'Another Time, Another Place' by Bryan Ferry?
    Or 'Townes' by Steve Earle.
  • Pele-thefiregoddessPele-thefiregoddess Posts: 6,170
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    good question

    tori amos - strange little girls
    [it was always expected that she would release a cover album because her covers on her live tours were exceptional...but this wasn't an ordinary covers album... quite the opposite.]
  • JurassicMarkJurassicMark Posts: 12,797
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    Martin L Gore - Counterfeit E.P
  • player1player1 Posts: 2,518
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    Electra wrote: »
    Dylanesque - Bryan Ferry

    Other brilliant Dylan cover albums -
    - hard rain ( also covers Leonard Cohen )
    - every grain of sand

    Both feature brilliant jazz reinterpretations by Barb Jungr

    And another fantastic Cohen covers album -
    Jennifer warnes - famous blue raincoat
  • ElectraElectra Posts: 55,660
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    mgvsmith wrote: »
    The title makes me wince, it is so pretentious.

    Maybe 'Another Time, Another Place' by Bryan Ferry?
    Or 'Townes' by Steve Earle.

    I discounted Another Time Another Place as it includes one original track.

    Not sure what's pretentious about Dylanesque. It seems to be an accurate description of the contents. :confused:
  • zeze88zeze88 Posts: 1,587
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    I quite enjoy The Overtones albums.

    They certainly are very good singers and they always choose great fun classic songs. Their last Saturday Night At The Movies is the best so far, in my opinion.

    Also, Robbie's swing albums are great.

    And of course, my favorite male singer is Michael Buble, he really makes very good cover albums, and recently he has been adding more self-written songs which is a great move.
  • SweetHeartHollySweetHeartHolly Posts: 1,558
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    I love Lady and Gentlemen from LeAnn Rimes. :):):)

    God bless you and her always!!! :):):)

    Holly (a day one fan of her)

    P.S. Her self named album is also good too! I love to hear her sing "Me And Bobby McGee", "I Fall To Piece", and "Lovesick Blues" on it. :):):)
  • mgvsmithmgvsmith Posts: 16,452
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    Electra wrote: »
    I discounted Another Time Another Place as it includes one original track.

    Not sure what's pretentious about Dylanesque. It seems to be an accurate description of the contents. :confused:

    If the album was Dylanesque, it wouldn't have been covers, it would have been in the style of Dylan. So it was making claims as to something it was not. It's quite listenable but not Dylanesque, hence pretentious.
  • nightwish1990nightwish1990 Posts: 1,502
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    Scarlett Johansson - Amywhere I Lay My Head

    Amazing album of Tom Waits covers.
  • gasheadgashead Posts: 13,807
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    Probably 'I'm Your Fan'. Album of Leonard Cohen covers, released early 90's. Terrible title, but some great versions of Cohen's songs.
  • mrkite77mrkite77 Posts: 5,386
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    The Bird and the Bee's tribute to Hall & Oates. It's just so good.

    Example tracks:

    The Bird and the Bee - I Can't Go For That
    The Bird and the Bee - Maneater
  • LMLM Posts: 63,327
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    Joss Stone - Soul sessions 1 and 2
    Rumer - Boys don't cry
    Dionne Bromfield - Introducing Dionne Bromfield
    Cyndi Lauper - At Last
    Michael Buble - Christmas
  • P_PP_P Posts: 18,497
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    Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox - Twist is the New Twerk
    Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones - Foreverly
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 18
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    Double post
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    The Wildhearts - Stop us if you've heard this before.
    Metallica -$5.98 ep garage days re-revisited.
    Hayseed Dixie - ac/dc cover album.
    Richard cheese - lounge against the machine
  • Littlegreen42Littlegreen42 Posts: 19,963
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    Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls

    Taking uber-masculine tracks and stamping a female power over them.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 333
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    Paul Weller, Studio 150,

    Paul McCartney, Run Devil Run.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 18
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    Also, though they've never made a covers album, Biffy Clyro's cover versions are always excellent.
  • RikScotRikScot Posts: 2,095
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    1,000 Years Of Popular Music-Richard Thompson
  • 0...00...0 Posts: 21,111
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    Rae_Amury wrote: »
    Off the top of my head, I really liked these:

    Medusa by Annie Lennox
    The Animals by The Animals
    Through The Looking Glass by Siouxsie And The Banshees
    Pin Ups by Bowie
    12 by Patti Smith
    Covers by Placebo

    I LOVE Through the Looking Glass. Awesome.
  • TreyCTreyC Posts: 707
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    Anastacia - It's A Mans World
  • James_Barker1James_Barker1 Posts: 324
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    Cher - It's a Man's World,
    Annie Lennox - Medusa, particularly her version of No More I Love Yous
  • Heston VestonHeston Veston Posts: 6,478
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    Joss Stone - Soul sessions 1 and 2
    Rumer - Boys don't cry
    Dionne Bromfield - Introducing Dionne Bromfield
    Cyndi Lauper - At Last
    Michael Buble - Christmas

    Aargh! No! My wife owns this and insists on playing it around the house during the festive period. Guaranteed to turn Ebeneezer Goode into Ebenezer Scrooge.
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