On Your Sleeve

Jesse Malin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Little Indian Us
• ASIN: B001G5ZNI2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,200 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Leaving Babylon (Bad Brains)

2. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (Paul Simon)

3. Sway (Rolling Stones)

4. Russian Roulette (Lords of the New Church)

5. Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed)

6. You Can Make Them Like You (The Hold Steady)

7. Harmony (Elton John)

8. It's Not Enough (Johnny Thunders)

9. Looking For A Love (Neil Young)

10. Lady From Baltimore (Tim Hardin)

11. Operator (Jim Croce)

12. Fairytale of New York (The Pogues)

13. Hungry Heart (Bruce Springsteen)

14. Everybody's Talking (Harry Nilsson)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh Jesse - what is this???????, July 30, 2008

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A. Liouthakis "XTC" (Sydney, AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Your Sleeve (Audio CD)

First off, I love Jesse's original material. His bizzare way of singing seems to work so well in songs of his. But these covers are a nowhere road, and I think he proves he has neither the range nor the tonal quality to do justice to some of the great songs he has chosen on this one. Keep writing those originals Jesse - that's what you do best!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Peter K, June 24, 2008

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Peter Kerasotis (Merritt Island, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Your Sleeve (Audio CD)

Jesse Malin occasionally does covers during his live shows and it's always a treat. I asked him after a show last year in Orlando (when he did a great version of Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin') about doing a CD of covers. But he was reticent, saying he didn't want to be known as a covers act. Anybody who has followed his career knows he's much, much more than that.

How delightful, then, that he's done this CD. The covers are great, the sound quality suberb, the guitars bright and energetic. He gives these songs his own interpretation, but only slightly so. In other words, he doesn't distort them beyond recognition. It's a fun CD, not aspiring to be something it isn't.

If you like Jesse's work and some of these songs in their original versions, you'll love this CD.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jesse Malin's taste, July 11, 2009

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D. Keene (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Your Sleeve (Audio CD)

I don't care what anybody says this is an excellent covers album.

Malin's distinctive high lonesome voice lends pathos to the romantic songs here and the songs that rock really get a jolt from his interpretation.

I purchased this even after reading some of these negative reviews. I never expected him to sound just like the originals. Just give a new look and sound that moves the listener. He did great.!!

I compare Malin to Peter Wolf. They are both under appreciated. They are both great American artists.