I couldn't really find a place for a compilation album dedicated to covering another band's tunes. I don't mind if a band covers an entire album and does it well...like these guys did here. However, I felt like this particular tribute album was curated very well. In fact, I just got a recent issue of Mojo with some bands covering Rumours, and it wasn't very good at all. Now, I am a huge Mac fan...The Green God, Bob Welch, I love it all. In fact, Mystery To Me is one of my favorite albums ever. While they did not cover any songs from that particular album, they did give a nod to Welch with his ever popular 'Oh Well'. Antony singing 'Landslide' is just perfection and I would have never thought of this, but it was executed extremely well. Gardens & Villa doing 'Gypsy', also perfect. Their style lends itself perfectly to this song. In fact, I think a good cover is one that doesn't rehash what the band has already done so well, but rather puts a new spin on the song, make me look at the lyrics in a different way, or feel the song differently. Play the song in your style, if I already like you as a band, then this will only make me like you more. Bottom line, there are ways to do a cover and ways not to do a cover. I think this is a compilation of ways to do a cover. Check out especially Best Coast's rendition of 'Rhiannon'. There are also appearances from Tame Impala, The Kills, MGMT, Lykke Li, The New Pornographers and Washed Out. Needless to say, this album is a keeper.
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