“Just when you think you've seen it all in the way of @MOJOmagazine having various artists cover an entire LP, they go and do the 1999 Yellow Submarine Songtrack album. I suppose it makes sense; after all, the original 1968 album included a side of George Martin orchestrations that don't lend themselves well to pop covers. I must say that the magazine is getting better at these tribute discs as time goes on; this is another one that has good cohesion, lending a slightly dark and eerie vibe to the collection. It's a shame that my first two picks are not available here (English psychmasters Bevis Frond doing Hey Bulldog; Buzzcock-gone-solo Pete Shelley covering Think for Yourself). I nearly chose Giant Sand frontman doing a take on Eleanor Rigby, but in the end it's Magic Numbers bassist Michele Stodart who does the most compelling reimagining of a Beatles number here. She boldly takes on the title track of Sgt. Pepper, giving it an entirely new arrangement that I like very much.”

2 more comments  /  4 loves