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Best Tributes, Covers, Dedications

There have been some fine tribute, cover, and dedication albums. A few examples in pop include:

The Bridge-A Tribute to Neil Young
Hank Williams-Timeless
Till The Night Is Gone-A Tribute to Doc Pomus
Shangrila-A Tribute to the Kinks

I would include albums of original material in which the dedications are presented thematically, like Lou Reed's "Magic & Loss"(Doc Pomus), or Lou Reed with John Cale "Songs for Drella"(Warhol).

The idea could be stretched into a general list of "best of" cover albums. I nominate Matthew Sweet's recent "Under the Covers Vol. I & II.

Any other good examples in pop, jazz, or classical?
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shadorne
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Paint it Blue. Rolling Stones tunes done by bluesman.

Yep - that is a winner! Love that album...
bongofury
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Covers: Second Patti's "Twelve." I also like Al Green's classic cover of the Beatle's "I want to hold your hand." Better than the original. I have about 45 to 60 other cover versions. Songs that stand out include The Replacements "Another Girl, Another Planet," the Hindu Love God's "Raspberry Beret," REM's "Academy Fight Song", Pearl Jam's "Baba O'Riley", Thom Yorke's "After The Gold Rush", Neil Young and Booker T & MG's "All along the watchtower" and Clah's "Policeman on my back."
bongofury
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Try The Clash "Policeman"
vinylmeister
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One of the best cover albums is "Metal Juke Box" by Helloween
chatta
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I do have to agree with those who have said that Paint it Blue is one of the best. Of course, there are any number of other good tributes as well as many that are not so good.
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