Between the Covers

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000H0MKHE
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,000 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lenny Kravitz - American Woman

2. U2 - Everlasting Love

3. Madonna - American Pie

4. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train

5. Sarah McLachlan - Ol' 55

6. Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit

7. Dixie Chicks - Landslide

8. Eric Clapton - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Unplugged

9. Norah Jones - Cold, Cold Heart

10. Maxwell - This Woman's Work

11. Sheryl Crow - The First Cut is the Deepest

12. Alicia Keys - If I Was Your Woman / Walk On By

13. The Bacon Brothers - If I Needed Someone

14. David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing in the Street

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool music, good cause, September 30, 2006

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R. Foody (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Between the Covers (Audio CD)

I found out about this album because I'm a huge Sheryl Crow fan, and even though I already own her version of "The First Cut is the Deepest" (her contribution to this album) on her greatest hits, I picked it up because there are a bunch of other bands I knew I liked on there, like Lenny Kravitz, the Dixie Chicks, and Eric Clapton.

Plus I read that the proceeds are going to charity. I looked up the TJ Martell Foundation on the web and they seem to be an admirable organization, funding research for leukemia, cancer, and AIDS. Cool music, good charity. Definitely an easy way to spend some money on a CD and donate to charity at the same time. I felt really good about buying this :) Besides the cause that proceeds are going to, this CD is a nice mix of cover tunes that you have probably heard here or there on the radio when they were released, but haven't since. I like this music a lot. It makes me feel good:) A great compilation CD for the car...we play it a lot when I'm driving around with my friends:) Standout tracks are U2's version of "Everlasting Love" and of course Sheryl's version of "The First Cut is the Deepest."

4.0 out of 5 stars If I Needed Someone, July 11, 2009

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This Legacy compilation brings together great cover tunes by a variety of artists to raise money for cancer research. Lenny Kravitz's hit version of the "American Woman" blasts off the set. Rod Stewart turns in a credible version of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train," which is followed by Sarah McLachlan with a tear-in-your-beer reading of Waits' "Ol' 55." Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has been given jazz readings by Paul Anka & Justin Thompson and wears well with the piano and Tori Amos' anxious vocals. The Dixie Chicks sound comfortably at home with Stevie Nicks' "Landslide." I enjoyed Norah Jones' take on the Hank Williams classic "Cold Cold Heart" that was on her breakthrough album "Come Away with Me." Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" was not familiar to me before hearing this version by Maxwell. Sheryl Crow breathes in great life to Cat Stevens' "The First Cut is the Deepest." George Harrison's Beatles' classic "If I Needed Someone" works wear on the airy version by The Bacon Brothers. David Bowie & Mick Jagger rock the house with a killer version of "Dancing in the Street." "Between the Covers" brings together a number of great versions of classic songs by well-known artists. Enjoy!

3 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Covered Down, September 15, 2006

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Michael Kerner "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Between the Covers (Audio CD)

This past year, there have been numerous singers who've done horific cover songs of great acts, like the sleezy Paris Hilton and her horrific, disgraceful rendition of Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy. There also have been more artists that've made samples of those great songs that also have been in need of improvement like Rihanna and her sample of Soft Cell's Tainted Love for her song S.O.S., or Beyonce' and Jay-Z for Deja Vu, which actually samples her solo smash Crazy In Love. Well, now a compilation album has emerged that tries to take you into numerous covers of songs, but does it really stand out?

Between The Covers is a compilation album that features numerous artists and their editions of cover tracks. All in all, the record is very mixed with tracks that were recorded years earlier as hits while other ones are very meek and don't bring out any promise at all. The alb um includes classics tracks from Rod Stewart with his great cover of Tom Waits' Downtown Train, the embattled Dixie Chicks who came back strong this year, with their delightful Fleetwood Mac cover of Landslide, and Lenny Kravitz with American Woman. While those classics stand out, the rest of the record feels a bit more obscure with tracks from The Bacon Brothers, If I Need Someone, and Tori Amos and her cover of the Nirvana smash anthem Smells Like Teen Spirit.

All in all, Between The Covers isn't really a definitive compilation record, but it has some highs, and a lot of lows. I absolutely suggest you try another compilation record like Billboard #1's: The 70's, or Pure 80's #1's instead, which were released earlier this year. Those are much better records than this cover record stands out.

Album Cover: B+

Songs: C 1/2-

Price: C

Remastering: B

Overall: C