Release Date: 20 April, 1999
Audio CD
Tracks
- Up from the Skies - Neville Staple
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) - Laurie Anderson
- Are You Experienced?
- Little Wing
- Free at the Edge of an Answer - (Ex) Cat Heads
- Manic Depression - Rosanne Cash
- Wind Cries Mary - Taylor Dayne
- Stone Free - Mark Isham
- Angel - Cassandra Wilson
- Here My Train a Comin' - Charlie Musselwhite
- Drifting - The Five Blind Boys of Alabama
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Rating 3.0
Several gemsWhile only half the covers are great, they are truly great...especially Los Illegals and the 5 Blind Boys...this is far better overall than either of the two "offical" tribute CDs.don't believe the hypeThe other day I went looking for a record on this site whose reviewers gave it an average rating of less than 4 stars. Not Christina Aguilera, not Pat Boone, not even 2 Live Crew managed. And the average review of this record-- as I write-- is less? That's the strongest evidence yet that the reviews here cannot be trusted. I bought this record on a used rack to check it out because I respect Hendrix and most of the artists here. It's probably not going to make my top 10% for the year of all the CD's I'll buy, but will easily make my top 1/3. It's high points by Neville and Sheena Staples, Laurie Anderson and a handful of others are very high. Its weakest cuts are more interesting than the best cuts by the artists mentioned above. I don't have high expectations for tribute albums, so perhaps that's why I was pleasantly surprised. But it's unquestionably worth a listen. The idea that this currently has one of the worst ratings I've ever seen on amazon is ridiculous.YikesOk, so it's the thing to do in the ninties --get your name on a tribute album. I have yet to hear a tribute album that is well done. This one gets two stars ONLY for the fine acappella "Driftin'" by FBBoA, Los Lobos treatment of AYE, and Cassandra Wilson's soulful LW. For the life of me, I can't understand why mostly overrated artists have a need to regurgitate perfect tunes in their own style. Does someone really think a ten year old will buy this CD because Taylor Dayne or Chuck D is on it? Come on folks, only Hendrix fans will buy it and lame 90's interpretations will only make us mad. |
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