The Carpenters recorded their fair share of musical greatness: the late Karen Carpenter directly influenced Madonna, Sheryl Crow and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, among others. Various Artists, ‘If I were a Carpenter’ (1994) Sadly, Bowie’s take on The Velvet Underground’s ‘White Light/White Heat’ never made the final cut, but there are other gems on this covers-only classic: in particular, his versions of The Kinks’ Where Have All The Good Times Gone’ and Pink Floyd’s ‘See Emily Play’ are things of wonder.
Here, though, McCartney looked to old masters such as Eddie Cochran and Sam Cooke for inspiration. Macca’s seventh studio album was originally released exclusively in the Soviet Union (the clue’s in the artwork, guys), the title the Russian translation of the Beatles track ‘Back In The USSR’. King in particular became a Lennon solo favourite among fans. Recorded in New York in late ’74, his take on ‘Stand By Me’ by Ben E. The former Beatle’s sixth solo studio album was, like its title, rather straight forward, paying simple homage to some of his ’50s and ’60s heroes. Stripped back and raw, it confirmed the singer as a modern American great.ĭeck the halls with weirdo college rock, it’s a Rivers Cuomo festive album! Slightly creepy, the ‘Buddy Holly’ man’s fuzzy, quietly sinister reworkings of Christmas classics like ‘Hark The Herald Angels Sing’ is darkly hilarious. ‘Falling Down’, in particular, is lush and fantastical, like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole.įrom its spell-binding opening Stones cover (‘Satisfaction’) to its dreamy later take on Smog’s ‘Red Apples’, this record is Chan Marshall at her most alluring – not just covering the songs here, but seeming to inhabit them. Written off as a Hollywood vanity project, the Lost In Translation star’s Tom Waits tribute has held up incredibly well, huskily reimagining the bluesy American’s canon with help from TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek.
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