Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project is a compilation album consisting of cover songs performed by a variety of artists on KCRW.[2] The recordings come from "Sounds Eclectic", a weekly syndicated public radio program hosted by Nic Harcourt that plays a variety of music, taken from the archives of the daily KCRW program Morning Becomes Eclectic. One exception is The Flaming Lips' performance of Radiohead's "Knives Out", which was recorded in their tour bus on the way to the studio.[3] The album was sold exclusively at select Starbucks locations (Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, San Diego, Austin, Boston, and Washington, D.C.) starting March 13, 2007.[4][5] A portion of sales helped the station's effort to digitize its music library.[4]
| Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | March 13, 2007 |
| Recorded | June 2001–April 2006 |
| Label | Hear Music |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| USA Today |   [1] |
Track listing
edit| # | Song | Performer | Original artist | Length | Recorded [6] |
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| 1. | "Out on the Weekend" | Girls in Hawaii | Neil Young | 3:30 | 4/19/06 |
| 2. | "I Go to Sleep" | Sia | The Applejacks | 2:58 | 1/10/06 |
| 3. | "Crazy in Love" | The Magic Numbers | Beyoncé | 4:08 | 11/01/05 |
| 4. | "Creep" | Damien Rice | Radiohead | 4:04 | 1/24/03 |
| 5. | "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" | Nikka Costa | Nina Simone | 2:11 | 5/23/05 |
| 6. | "Fire and Rain" | Dido | James Taylor | 3:18 | 8/14/03 |
| 7. | "Wishing on a Star" | Paul Weller | Rose Royce | 3:34 | 9/12/05 |
| 8. | "Harvest" | Rufus Wainwright with Chris Stills | Neil Young | 3:18 | 9/29/03 |
| 9. | "Gentle on My Mind" | R.E.M. | John Hartford | 2:19 | 6/12/01 |
| 10. | "Mad World" | Gary Jules and Mike Andrews | Tears for Fears | 3:06 | 4/26/04 |
| 11. | "Knives Out" | The Flaming Lips | Radiohead | 4:20 | 8/08/02 |
| 12. | "Black Dog" | Robert Plant | Led Zeppelin | 4:48 | 3/16/05 |
| 13. | "Moses" | Missy Higgins | Patty Griffin | 3:00 | 6/16/05 |
| 14. | "Let's Dance" | M. Ward | David Bowie | 4:52 | 5/06/04 |
| 15. | "Hallelujah" | k.d. lang | Leonard Cohen | 5:04 | 7/27/04 |
Personnel
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References
edit- ^ USA Today review
- ^ "Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project". Allmusic. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
- ^ Llewellyn, Kati (February 1, 2007). "R.E.M., Lips, Ward Cover Radiohead, More on Comp". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ a b Hasty, Katie (February 1, 2007). "KCRW Collects 'Covers' For Starbucks Release". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ "For The Record: Quick News On Madonna, Michelle Williams, James Blunt, Foxy Brown, Ice Cube & More". MTV. February 27, 2007. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ "Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project". KCRW. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
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