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It was probably only a matter of time before an album was released in…celebration of the revival of BBC Radio 2 show. But this is not the original tracks…as you might have guessed given the tag line: Unique covers of classic hits.
Now when it comes to covers, for us, we like to hear a song respect the original but at the same time be given something that make it’s their. There’s a few example of this with the likes of the The Script’s take on Drive, Ed Sheeran’s Atlantic City, Caro Emerald’s Walk Like An Egyptian, James Blunt’s I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues, The Pierces Don’t Give Up.
Then you’ve got the tracks that sound a bit more samey as the original but work for the vocalist like Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can) by Rummer, Smalltown Boy by Dido, Train’s Holding Back The Years & The Overtones take on the Wham! classic Wake Me Up Before You Go. And then at the other end of the scale, you have the tracks that either sound too similar and no imagination like Kian Egan’s Run To You, Boyzone’s Whole Of The Moon & Level 42’s Need You Tonight or you have to wonder what they were thinking at the time (Christina Perri’s Turn Back Time, Birdie’s Lucky Star)
Overall, it’s a bit of mixed bag but the better tracks outweigh what in our opinion is some of the weaker tracks on the double cd release. On the most part, the covers are done well, but some need a good looking at whilst some just need someone to plug them into the National Grid to give them a bit of a jump start.
Rating: 3/5
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