Favorite Cover Album


Tesla was announced as the 1st band coming to the music venue at the lake this summer.  So I started listening to their 2 cover albums, Real to Reel volumes 1 and 2, to get ready and keep warm thinking about the coming summer.  Volume 1 is my favorite.  Please share what’s your favorite cover album? 

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Sharp Dressed men / A Country Tribute to ZZ Top, Please take note of Alan Jacksons cover of, Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell, he tears it up on 2 levels. Enjoy the music

Lucinda Williams/from Lu's Jukebox, A Tribute to the Rolling Stones, Funny how time slips away/a night of 60s country songs, Bob's Back Pages/a night of Bob Dylan, Southern Soul/From Memphis to Mussel Shoals, and finally Running Down a Dream/a tribute to Tom Petty. Enjoy the music

I particularly like the French duo who goes by the name Nouvelle Vague.  There self-titled album is particularly good.  They primarily cover Brit Pop.

For the really outrageous, so bad it is interesting, I suggest:

Pat Boone (Christian music) doing weird jazz band covers of heavy metal, the album is called "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (he is wearing leather on the cover art).

How about "Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet" (the actor does a dramatic reading of Dylan lyrics while truly awful versions of Dylan's music plays in the background.

For individual tracks, check out Klaus Nomi: "Just One Look"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yplwTe5IFQ

And then there is Yoko Ono doing Adele:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsgMbxyDmCY

Another good cover album has various artists covering the music of Richard and Karen Carpenter.  The album is called "If I were a Carpenter."  I particularly like Shonen Knife's version of "top of the World" and Redd Kross' version of "Yesterday Once More."