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Looking for compilation suggestions

As of late I find myself listening to compilation albums and soundtracks more and more. Right now I'm listening to "These Times We're Living In, A Red House Anthology" which is very good. Other favorites are kd lang's "Songs from the 49th Parallel," the soundtrack from "Dead Man Walking" and the newly released "Instant Karma - The campaign To Save Darfur." Albums such as these provide me an opportunity to hear new artists or well known artists performing music somewhat out of their element.
Any recommendations appreciated and I'll probably pick up a few of them.
timrhu
reubent
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I really like "Sweet Relief", a benefit for Victoria Williams. It's 14 covers of Victoria Williams songs by some great artist. There are some great cuts by Soul Asylum, Lucinda Williams, Pearl Jam, Michael Penn, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet, Evan Dando of the Lemonheads, The Jayhawks and several more.

It's been in my rotation since it came out in 1993.

Enjoy,

TIC
timrhu OP
2,779 posts
 
Reubent, "Sweet Relief" is a good one. Although I'm not a huge Pearl Jam fan, their cut on that cd is a perfect example of what makes compilations so interesting.
Swampwalker, I'll check out the Chieftans and the "Leap of Faith" soundtrack. Already have both Nanci Griffith cover albums. I bought the first one because it was HDCD encoded and bought the second for the music. Both excellent. Thanks.
musicslug
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"I'm Your Man" (soundtrack) is all covers of Leonard Cohen songs and is, I think, excellent

an older one, may take a little digging to find, is "The World is a Wonderful Place", which is Richard Thompson covers done by mostly obscure artists but is great
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steuspeed
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Check out the studio compilation albums from Mississippi Studios in Portland , OR. Both local and national acts are booked there. These are basically "best of" CD's for 2004 and 2005. Great to play and discover new music.

http://www.mississippistudios.com/styleprojects.htm
larryi
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The Leonard Cohen cover album I have is titled "I'm Your Fan." It includes a fantastic cover of "First We Take Manhattan" by R.E.M.

Another cover group I like is Nouvelle Vague. One album has interesting covers of "Guns of Brixton," "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Melt With You."

A great soundtrack album to look for is "Until the End of the World" (Wim Wenders pictur) with songs from Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Jane Siberry, and a whole bunch of good artists.
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