Various Artists - Radio 1 Established 1967 (CD 2007)

Awesome!! About time another Live Lounge-esque CD was released :)

Don't read the track listing and think WTF??!! - some of the tracks just don't seem right in black and white - but believe me, most of them work :)

It's always interesting to hear a song you know pulled around to fit a new interpretation- sometimes this can benefit the song and give it a whole new depth (Gary Jules' "Mad World" anyone?); but sometimes the exercise simply does not work, sounding like an old familiar song which has just been pulled around and then dumped.

The best thing and also the worst thing about this Double CD is exactly this conundrum.
It's an interesting concept- take 1 song from every year of Radio 1's 40 year existence, and get a contemporary artist to cover it whichever way they want to. Inevitably this works better with the earlier songs than the more recent ones; among the 40 tracks you'll find many which don't work at all, but you'll also be rewarded by the several that stand out as really fresh takes on tracks which are otherwise a bit dusty.

High points include James Morrison's sublime covering Paul Young's Come Back and Stay; Amy Winehouse's version of Johnny Nash's Cupid (which is in itself a cover of Sam Cooke's original!); and Mika & Armand van Helden's take on The Police's Can't Stand Losing You, which sounds like an entirely new and yet familiar song!
Lowest point is definitely The (normally excellent) Streets diabolical cover of Elton John's Your Song, which has all the energy and passion of scummy bath water dribbling out of an old, leaky and very unloved bathtub.

Overall this CD is well worth listening to as 'reference material' for anyone interested in making music; although I wouldn't recommend it to straight ahead music fans.
Oh, plus Robbie's on there as well. Whoop de doo.

It is a great album that i've wanted for a while - it's completely unique and amazing versions of great songs!

A great idea done really well. Take a hit song from every year since radio 1 started & get some of the best artists from the past 10 years to cover them.
There are a couple of really bad ones but most of them are superb.

40 tracks on 2 CDs, 1 from every year since the beginning of Radio 1. The selection of songs from each year could be better but the list of artists performing them is impressive. An excellent CD and much better than any of the Live Lounges in my opinion.

1 song from each year 1967-2006.its 2 fab cds of todays greatest artist all doing their own cover version...i'll start with my very fav's...disc one;1,kelser chiefs-flower in the rain[move]...3,amy winehouse-cupid[j.nash]a wicked cover...4,robbie williams-lola[kinks]briliant[you wouldnt know it was r.b voice,sounds different]...5,the streets-your song[e.john]funny,sounds like he cant sing a note,love it...6,sugarbabes-betcha by golly wow[stylistics]prob the best ive herd them do,loved it b4-love it even more now...8,foo fighters-band on the road[mccartney]i love both but ff do a refreshing brilliant cover...9,kylie-love is the drug[r/music]even kylie does a nics cover...15,keane-under presure[queen/bowie]hated original but this is nice...18,gossip-careless whisper[g.michael]a very good up tempo cover,love it...20,lily allen-dont get me wrong[prentenders]fab song,good cover...disc two; 1,stereophonics-you sexy thing-[h/chocolate]they do a much better rock version...3,the editors-lullaby[the cure]6,paulo nuttinna-it must be love[madness]nice reggaee cover...8,mark ronson-youre all i need to get by[mj.blige]a brilliant cover incl the rap...13,the twang-drinking in la[b.van]a good track...17,the view-dont look back into the sun[libertines]a good lively cover...well this is my top fav 16 tracks,the others are good to very good with a very few exceptions like mika-cant stand losing you[police]cant stand his voice let alone the way he sang it...otherwise in all an excellent 2cd that i highly recomend to any one who like or love the originals as some i think are even better..probably one the best compilation ive heard in a very long time.

I heard it being played at a friends house and just had to have it. The songs are all songs I used to listen to in my childhood and they were all well covered by modern artists. Some even better than the originals.
Excellent album.

Excellent compilation of cover versions of songs from the last 40 years by contemporary artists. Lots of great versions. Recommended!

This is a double album of 40 tracks of some good (some not-so-good!) cover versions of pop music from the 60s to 00's - one track for each of the last 40 years. It's an interesting mix. My own favourites: Robbie Williams doing a version of 'Lola' by the Kinks; K. T. Tunstall doing a version of 'Let's Stick Together' by Brian Ferry; Keane doing a version of 'Under Pressure' by Queen & David Bowie; Natasha Bedingfield doing 'Ray of Light' (Madonna) and Calvin Harris doing 'Stillness in Time' (Jamiroquai). My least favourites were The Streets version of 'Your Song' by Elton John (they murder it); and Stereophonics doing 'You Sexy Thing' (Hot Chocolate) - feeble. Many other tracks are passable covers, without adding or subtracing anything from the originals. Worth a listen.

Radio 1 Est 1967 - Various artists. I don't normally buy these sort of CD's (cover versions), but this one is BRILLIANT. Theres only one song I'm not keen on and thats Mikas version of a song by the Police, but I don't like the guy anyway!! FANTASTIC CD to listen to while driving........or just doing housework. I normally buy Metal CDs or sometimes indie music, but this one is my new favourite. DEFINATELY BUY IT!!!!

This is an excellent cd. I am not really normally keen on coverversions but the artisits that feature are all brilliant. And the tracks are classics that we all know and can sing along to.
My favourites are Amy Winehouse - cupid, Robbie - Lola, Maximo Park - Like i love you, Hard-Fi - Toxic.
Really great, worth every penny!
Buy it now, you know you want to...

This is certainly one of the best CD's Radio one has dished out in their collection. The first live lounge CD was very good, yet the second (Live Lounge 2) did not live up to much- they certainly have redeemed themselves in my eyes with this collection. It not only features songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's but it carrys on and includes tracks from the 90's and 00's it boasts a variety of artists my favorite track/s have to be Tracy Chapman Fast Car covered by Mutya and The Twang Drinking in LA- fantastic tracks, a very good cover is included by Girls Aloud covering Wheetus Teenage Dirtbag! Superb! If you appreciate new music and old music then you will certainly appreciate this album- its packed with something for everyone!

a memorable cd that incorpaorates past and present stars covering old songs all to commerate the year radio one was established

Great cd, many good artists, singing songs they wouldnt normally....I paid a fab price on Ebay too, highly recommended....my partner was born in 1967 too so memory lane for her

Brilliant compilation album hearing artists delivery an amazing range of tracks not off their own playlist. Thoroughly recommend as there is something here for all.

There are some great tunes on this double CD, there are also some tunes put on here that make you wonder if they were only put on because they were the only artists who agreed to record something. Every album has a couple of so so tunes, but the majority on this album are pretty good.
I prefer CD 1 simply because it's nice to hear todays artists playing yesterdays songs and not trying to make a classic better. they make them sound just as good in their own style, and thats what makes this album so good, "THEIR OWN STYLE"

Luv this album, just as good as the 1st one. various artist do all songs credit and cant wait for the 3rd one :~D Bought this album but really didnt think it would be a patch on the 1st one but it was just as good :~)

Would definately recommend this one. ..
Kaiser Chiefs cover of Flowers In The Rain is fantastic......
The only one to fast forward through is The streets cover of Elton's Your Song..
Great Album to have on if you have friends over as sure to bring some discussions on your old favs etc

It was expected to be unique, present day bands doing songs from the past by equally as big names, but it only partly works.
Some tracks i.e. keane are a masterpiece, as is the foo fighters, but generally they are not the best covers in the world. Disappointing.

This is one of the best CDs I have ever bought! It was soo good.

Some of the old classics you think "ergh" thats not gonna be good, but it turns out they are all great.

A Super Sing-A-Long Album!!!

This albumn has encapsulated the whole meaning of music.
40 Years of various artsists covered by modern bands.

After hearing most of these tracks on Radio 1 in the UK, I waited patiently for the album.

It also reminded me of the great artists I had forgotten about, so I went out and bought many of the albums with the original songs on them.

To sum this album up, is to quote a famous Glaswiegian

PURE, DEAD, BRILLIANT

I think this covers all the bases.

Enjoy