Gladys Knight ..”I heard it Through the Grapevine” covered by Marvin Gaye and Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dylan.. “All Along the Watchtower”. Covered by Jimi Hendrix
Doors “Light My Fire” covered by Jose Feliciano
Impressions “People Get Ready” covered by Chambers Brothers
Al Hibbler “ Unchained Melody”. covered by Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous BrothersBroadway “ My Favorite Things” covered by John Coltrane
Herbie Hancock “Maiden Voyage” covered by Ramsey Lewis
Beatles “A Day in the Life” covered by Wes Montgomery
Beatles “With a Little Help From My Friends” covered by Joe Cocker
Ted Daffans Texans “Born to Lose” Covered by Ray Charles
Audrey Hepburn “Moon River” covered by Jerry Butler
Brook Benton “Walk on the Wild Side” covered by Jimmy Smith
Jimi Hendrix “Voodoo Child slight return” covered by Stevie Ray Vaughn
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Allison Krauss -- Forget About It
Big Band of Brothers -- Big band Allman covers, you need this disc
Great Ceaser's Ghost -- What's Done is Done -- Allmans and the Dead
Shelby Lynne -- Just a Little Lovin' -- Dusty Springfield tunes
Moody Bluegrass, Vol I and II -- just what you think it is
James Lee Stanley -- All Wood and Doors -- Doors tunes
And finally, a series....The Waybacks and Friends, who every year records a live concert consisting of playing a well known album from start to finish....including Led Zeppelin II, Abbey Road, Eat a Peach, After the Flood, Deja Vu, and some others...
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Can't believe nobody has mentioned Linda Ronstadt. All her albums would be nominees in both categories since she didn't write music and was hot. |
One assumes Dylan’s covers of Sinatra has been mentioned. 😩
And Bryan Ferry’s covers of Dylan. 😱 |
I did not see that coming. |
In the Court of the Crimson King- King Crimson |
Joan Osborne, “How Sweet It Is”
Mandy Moore, “Coverage” |
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Don’t know about the best album, but you just HAVE to watch Denzel Curry’s “Like a Version’ take of Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Bulls on Parade’ on Youtube.
Live, one take; just shows what happens when all the celestial objects are in alignment and you add a sprinkle of pixie dust. |
+! on "I'm Your Fan - The Songs of Leonard Cohen." |
cassandra wilson adding lots of slink and sorrow to U2’s “love is blindness” and Van Morrison’s “Tupelo Honey” |
Individual artist:
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - "Under The Covers, Volumes 1 - 3."
Compilations:
"Heaven & Hell, Volume 1": A Tribute To The Velvet Underground
"Starman:: UNCUT Magazine's rare and exclusive versions of 18 David Bowie songs.
"Spirit of 73"; Good overall; but, the Rosanne Cash cover of "River" is much better than the original by Joni Mitchell. I did not think it was possible for anyone to outdo Joni on one of her own songs.. |
I forgot to indicate which David Bowie album. Sorry about that.
It's Pinups. |
David Bowie is an album entirely of "cover" songs. That alone makes it one of the best, if not THE best, for "covers".
My two cents on the matter.
And for those thinking of album cover art, definitely Yes albums and anything from Roger Dean. Although S. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is certainly a stand-out classic of album art unto itself. |
The Residents' Third Reich 'n Roll.... |
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Good one, @mapman. How could I have forgotten THAT one?! Rosanne's Pa recorded a lot of Dylan, but not enough to fill an album, I don't believe. He was the first major artist to express his admiration for Bob and his songs. Takes one to know one. ;-) |
Jimmy Barnes - Soul Deep https://www.discogs.com/Jimmy-Barnes-Soul-Deep/release/3631471 Tracklist 1 – Jimmy Barnes I Gotcha Mixed By – Rick Will Written-By – Tex* 2 – Jimmy Barnes (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher Written-By – Davis*, Smith*, Jackson*, Miner* 3 – Jimmy Barnes With John Farnham When Something Is Wrong With My Baby Mixed By – Rick WillVocals [Duet With] – John Farnham Written-By – Porter*, Hayes* 4 – Jimmy Barnes Show Me Written-By – J Tex* 5 – Jimmy Barnes Many Rivers To Cross Written-By – J Cliff* 6 – Jimmy Barnes Reflections Written-By – Holland-Dozier-Holland 7 – Jimmy Barnes Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Written By – Gaye / Ashford / SimpsonWritten-By – Ashford / Simpson* 8 – Jimmy Barnes I Found A Love Written-By – West*, Schofield*, Pickett* 9 – Jimmy Barnes Signed Sealed Delivered (I’m Yours) Written-By – Wright*, Garrett*, Hardaway*, Wonder* 10 – Jimmy Barnes With Diesel (3) Bring It On Home To Me Vocals [Duet With] – Diesel (3)Written-By – Sam Cooke 11 – Jimmy Barnes Here I Am (Come And Take Me) Arranged By – Kevin SavigarEngineer – Ed ThackerWritten-By – Al Green, Mabon Hodges* 12 – Jimmy Barnes River Deep Mountain High Written-By – Greenwich*, Barry*, Spector* Bonus Live Tracks 13 – Jimmy Barnes Respect Written-By – Redding* 14 – Jimmy Barnes Reach Out I’ll Be There Written-By – Holland/Dozier/Holland* 15 – Jimmy Barnes Try A Little Tenderness Written-By – Woods*, Campbell*, Connelly* 16 – Jimmy Barnes Stagger Lee Written-By – Logan*, Price* 17 – Jimmy Barnes Sweet Soul Music Vocals – Diesel (3), Ross Wilson (2)Written-By – Conley*, Redding*, Cooke* If you like Soul Deep, Barnsey cut Soul Deeper 9 years later. And there's
Soul Searchin'
from 2016 - his 16th studio album. |
Jorma Kaukanen, Blue Country Heart |
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Jennifer Warner’s, “Famous Blue Raincoat” |
I am Sam ,Soundtrack album ,Beatles song ,var artists. |
@jhajeski,
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This ain't hard at all. |
My vote for album of covers is Ummagumma by Pink Floyd. The album cover is actually a cover of the painting inside the cover photo. The painting, which is a cover of the painting within the previous painting, which is a cover of the painting in the preceding painting, which is a cover of the painting in the previous painting.
(Just in case the subject changes back and forth again).
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Thanks Mickeyb!
Thought I was a lone voice in the wilderness with my Motörhead Undercover suggestion.
It really is well done all round and Lemmy manages to pull It off very well. |
+1 Motörhead: undercover. Great songs with great production by a great band.
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Good point, @mcslipp. At least The Stones acknowledged the writer of the songs they outright covered. Zeppelin just changed the name of the song, and claimed authorship. Willie Dixon---writer of some of the songs they stole---sued, and won. Plant & Page are shameless, disgusting thieves. IMO, of course. |
A full on cover album is hard to come by. Early Stones and Zeppelin covered (or "borrowed") extensively.
Jeff Buckley has the single greatest cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.
Current favorite/fun covers are from Lake Street Dive.
A better question is who’s cover’s are better than the original. As in see above...
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Haha
Yes That was quite a ludicrous incident.
I do own the copy with the lady in question proudly displaying her derrière! |
Lol, in the spirit of the A-goner who thought album covers, not song covers, I remember when Roger Waters’ solo album “Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking” was released in 1984, the girl on the cover had a naked behind. Then, the Moms Against Yucky Album Covers (or whomever) made a stink and all subsequent releases had the black box over her rear end. I was 16 and had to have the “right” cover.
Again, sorry, I know we’re talking song covers here, not album covers. |
What's that I hear? The songs of Phil Ochs. |
Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome Stones getting back to their roots.
John Lennon Rock and Roll
Bowie Pinups
Johnny Cash the Man Comes Around |
Yeah, Sid Vicious gets a bad rap. 🙄
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glupson, "Sid Vicious’ 1979 Sid Sings is a fun live album." I have not heard that album, but Sid Vicious in My Way is the top. You'll like it if you're a fan of the Stooges, New York Dolls, Ramones etc. Probably my favourite live album even if I don't play it very often. Punk was not the entirely British invention that we thought it was - as we later found out. Its musical roots were firmly in the US/New York scene but we hadn't heard those bands. No one played them here back then. At the time it was quite shocking. Quite a few years passed before the academics got their teeth stuck in and analysed it to death and the MSM could breathe again. |
@bdp24 Those MonaLisa twins sure are talented. And their videos are addictive!
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"Sid Vicious’ 1979 Sid Sings is a fun live album." I have not heard that album, but Sid Vicious in My Way is the top. |
The Mona Lisa Twins, whom I just discovered while listening to as many versions of Brian Wilson’s "God Only Knows" as I could stand. The Twins---two sisters, true twins, from Austria, and my favorite new musical discovery in a long time---do the best cover of it I’ve ever heard. In one way I like it better than the original by The Beach Boys: no Mike Love. ;-) I listened to a bunch of The Twins YouTube videos, and they are a trip! They have a bunch of albums listed on Amazon, all real expensive for some reason. Have to do some investigating. I think I’m already in love with the blonde. Apparently John Sebastian likes them a lot, too: he joins them on their video of his Lovin' Spoonful song "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind." |
Bowie’s 1973 Pin Ups must be worth a mention.
Always liked his version of ’Sorrow’.
Sid Vicious’ 1979 Sid Sings is a fun live album.
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Why was (covers) in parenthesis in the first place? Why not just say: Your vote for greatest album of covers? |
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I can possibly see the confusion although it does say covers album, plural not cover album singular which would more indicate the art of the cover.
But I think that would be a good idea for a seperate thread with it clearly worded we are looking for votes on best cover art, although a lot of early Yes stuff and anything by Roger Dean would likely fill the top 20 places imho..... |
"I think the majority of the folks have interpreted this post as favorite album cover art..." Count me in. |
I think the majority of the folks have interpreted this post as favorite album cover art - @slaw - can you change the subject of the post? ; ) |
The confusion continues. The topic is NOT greatest album cover, but greatest album containing cover versions of songs. |
Sgt Peppers - the whole concept of the album was terrific
Revolver - fantastic art work
London Calling - signifies rock n roll
Boston S/T - half the people I talk to don't realize that it's a guitar and the essence of their music
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Maybe I misunderstood the OP?
Thought it was your favorite greatest covers ALBUM?? |
George Gobel's cover of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" should be @ the top of "any" list.
Aside from that I would go with the CB Junkies and Phrank (sp).
DeKay |
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food.
Not necessarily my favorite (not sure that is possible) but it ranks up there with the best. |
