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Covered, A Revolution In Sound: Warner Bros. Records

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If you are looking at this album then you are a fan of one of the bands on it and you should probably download the single. As a whole, this is not a great record.

I happen to be a Black Keys fan and the Captain Beefheart cover is stellar, an outstanding choice of cover material and great execution.

The ZZ Top cover from Mastodon is pretty great too. Personally, I can do without the rest.

Since I am a fan of both The Replacements and Against Me! I was very eager to hear the Against Me! version of Here Comes A Regular. I thought it was very well done.

I also bought the Adam Sandler version of Like A Hurricane just for kicks. This is also a pretty good version.

I bought this Cd for Disturbed's version of MidLife Crisis. which is true to the orginal done by Faith No More. I thought it was mixed well. The other songs are not bad songs. I just am not familar with some of the other artists on this CD. I think if you are a collector it is worth having. It is a nicely put together Cd with a nice booklet with it, it just is quite a variety of singers and songwriters.

Not Garbage and Not excellent. As one reviewer states the cover versions are pretty uninspiring and not NEW twists on old songs but they are worth a listen to and owning if your a fan of any of the original artists

The Bl' Keys doin' Capt. Beefheart is pretty cool...Mastodon taking on the righteous Top is fantastic...but I gotta ask...Disturbed what the h377 were you thinking?? Are you serious? Has to be one of the top 3 most unremarkable covers ever recorded by a signed band on a major label...you did nothing to make it your own...sounds like a really bad (really baaaaad) Faith No More cover band in a back woods Arkansas town at the only bar that charges a dollar cover to get bodies through the door...The singer is actually trying to sound like Patton!! Not himself!! (he'll probably say something like "He's always been an influence that's why...blah blah)Their Land of Confusion cover was at least original...and they could of taken this song and at least TRIED to sound more like themselves...the name of the album is COVERED...and is not sub-titled How To Cover a Song and Sound Exactly Like the Band One is Covering...Mastodon's cover puts you to shame in originality....

Sad too, cause there's some good musicians in Distubed too....

To say I own this crapfest is a mixed statement if amazon had a "I did own it, but use it as a coaster" button - I'd have clicked it. Tracks 1 - 11 are all garbage. You'd be better off wasting your money on a "Punk Goes..." comp. The only redeeming factor is track 12 by the flaming lips, and nothing about it is that new, edgy, or interesting. The intro is too long and after a while the song seems to drag. I guess what I'm trying to say is that of all 12, it's the most tolerable.

If your a fan of a band on this comp - buy the song as a single - but be warned, it's terrible. As for the album as a whole - only buy not buying it will the record label learn not to produce such crap.

I give this 1 star out of a possible 5, only because there is no negative number option.

The Bl' Keys doin' Capt. Beefheart is pretty cool...Mastodon taking on the righteous Top is fantastic...but I gotta ask...Disturbed what the h377 were you thinking?? Are you serious? Has to be one of the top 3 most unremarkable covers ever recorded by a signed band on a major label...you did nothing to make it your own...sounds like a really bad (really baaaaad) Faith No More cover band in a back woods Arkansas town at the only bar that charges a dollar cover to get bodies through the door...The singer is actually trying to sound like Patton!! Not himself!! (he'll probably say something like "He's always been an influence that's why...blah blah)Their Land of Confusion cover was at least original...and they could of taken this song and at least TRIED to sound more like themselves...the name of the album is COVERED...and is not sub-titled How To Cover a Song and Sound Exactly Like the Band One is Covering...Mastodon's cover puts you to shame in originality....

Sad too, cause there's some good musicians in Distubed too....

not bad, but not inspired. buy Dark Was the Night instead if you are looking for compilation worth the sonic challenge.