Mostly Dreck
I came for #13 and stayed for the delightful irony of #14. #1 isn't bad, though of course both the original and the Soft Cell cover are better. Other than those tracks, not much worth a download...
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Pick and choose
Some good, some bad...1,7,9,11,12,13,14 are worth listens in my opinion. So it's about 50/50 here with the good and bad.
Really?
The previous review made me laugh. Worst version of "We didn't start a fire"?? There's never been a decent version because the song is horrible. I have heard many worse covers in my life. Some worth a listen here, but maybe not worth buying.
Guilty by Association
Another one of those "well we have the rights to a decent cover of "X" now all we need is 14 other covers and we can package an album!"
No they didn't..Opps THEY DID!
This is probably the worst version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" I have ever heard. the other songs were bareable but still pretty bad..
Awful, just awful...
Holy lucifer, stop the music....this album is horrible. Thanks a lot emusic...not only has this scarred my memory of some pretty decent tunes from my teenage years, but some of my favourite artists have done the deed. I would rather shove the sharp end of a 2B pencil into my tympanic membranes than listen to this again. Christ, what have you unleashed here? For a much better covers album, check out nineteeneighties by Grant-Lee Philips.
Not eMusic only
This is not an eMusic only album, they have the same album on iTunes but with a different bonus track.
Check it Out
Some of the tracks on this album are better than the originals like My Brightest Diamond's version of Tainted Love. The cover is more sophisticated than its original. Also can't get enough of The Bloodsugars and Kaki King tracks.
um
Alright, I love the Forms.. but that has to be the worst cover of a song ever. Sounds like they did it drunk.
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