Unravel

Bjork, Radiohead

I came across this on Radiohead.tv sometime ago. Pretty interesting with minimal instrumentation which is as good as no instrumentation compared to the original by Bjork. Even more interesting is the fact that i used to wonder if anyone would have covered Bjork and how they would have done. And, here we have a good cover.

Dub Side of the Moon

Easy Star All-Stars, Pink Floyd

I wouldn’t count myself as a huge fan of Reggae or Pink Floyd for that matter. But this album is a complete makeover of the Dark side of the moon with Reggae style… It’s a MUST listen for everyone… Time is done in a very interesting style…

They have another such album called Radiodread

Renegades

Maggie’s Farm
Bob Dylan, Rage against the machine
Renegades

As usual I had to have all the albums of Rage against the machine. All songs are covers and not really done all the songs separately apart from Maggie’s Farm (Bob Dylan). This was their last album and they had too leave us all wanting more… It was released in 2000, after Rage singer Zack de la Rocha had already left the band, but featured his vocals. It is rumored that Zack did not want the album to be released… interesting

Bodhisattva

Steely Dan, Toto
I picked up this album called Through the Looking Glass by Toto, that’s when I had just done XX and VII and was desperate to try more. This entire album is a mix of all covers. In that is where I discovered my favorite band being covered, you should all try it. In fact there is a cool version of “Could You Be Loved (Bob Marley)” and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles cover)”.

Superstar

The Carpenters, Sonic Youth

In my growing up days, Carpenters was one of the bands introduced by uncles in the family. Say about 2 years ago, when i was discovering Sonic Youth and totally enjoying it, i could not believe when i stumbled upon a cover version of 'Superstar' by The Carpenters. The song does not feature in any of their (Sonic Youth's) albums and it appears in a Tribute album to the Carpenters called 'If I Were a Carpenter'.

White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane, Sanctuary

I am really curious to know what excites / interests Warrel Dane to do covers? The latest is that he is covering Paul Simon's 'Patterns' in his solo album which he is currently working on. Can't wait to hear that!