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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
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.
timrhu OP
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"Until The End Of The World" is a favorite from way back -- it turned me on to Jane Siberry! Listening to "Sweet Relief" now, it's been a while but still a great cd.
Thanks for the input, if you'll excuse me I have a few cds to order.
qdrone
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A lost 70's Classic in the vein of covers or a compilation of songs from various artists Todd Rundgren's Faithful. On side one he does some Dylan,Hendrix,Beach Boys and other artists and then on side two he does all original stuff that is some of his best work. He just nails all the covers,in fact he took great pride in how many hours of studio time it took him to get the songs to SOUND like the originals. And if that isn't enough you can pick it up on CD new for under 10.00 shipped on Amazon.
Enjoy.
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sbank
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Check out the Live At The World Cafe series which culls intimate well-recorded performances from the radio show of the same name. This is a prime way to find great artists.

As for movie soundtracks, the one I always go back to is The Committments, featuring an Irish band playing 60's American black soul music. Cheers,
Spencer
reubent
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Some of the MTV Unplugged Compilations are actually pretty good too. If you like stripped down acoustic versions of some classic rock tunes, there is plenty of good stuff available in the Unplugged series.

I'm not really thrilled about promoting MTV, but IMHO they had a real winner in the Unplugged series.

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