The prettiest star – Ian McCulloch

Starman – Culture Club

Fall in love with me – Guy Chadwick

The gospel according to Tony Day – Edwyn Collins

Life on Mars – The Divine Comedy

All the young dudes –  Alejandro Escovedo (live)

The man who sold the world – Midge Ure

Boys keep swinging – The Associates

Cracked actor – Big Country

Funtime – Peter Murphy

John, I’m only dancing – Polecats

Heroes – Blondie (live)

Rebel rebel – Sigue Sigue Sputnik (live)

Fame – Duran Duran

Ziggy Stardust – The Gourds

Space oddity – The Langley Schools Music Project

Panic in Detroit – Christian Death

Rock ‘n’ roll suicide – Black Box Recorder

„Starman – Rare and exclusive versions of 18 classics David Bowie songs“ je tribute kompilacija objavljena 2003. godine.

Na njoj se nalazi osamnaest pesama nastalih u periodu od 1967. („The gospel according to Tony Day“) do  1979. godine  („Boys keep swinging“). David Bowie je kompletan autor trinaest pesama, dok se u preostalih pet pored njega kao koautori pojavljuju Iggy Pop („Fall in love with me“, „Funtime“), Brian Eno („Heroes“, „Boys keep swinging“) i Carlos Alomar i John Lennon („Fame“).

Ono što je karakteristično za ovu kolekciju je da se na njoj nalaze tri pesme koje David Bowie nije prvi snimio nego su to uradili i objavili drugi izvođači. Iggy Pop je „Funtime“ objavio na svom albumu „The idiot“ a „Fall in love with me“ na „Lust for life“. Oba albuma su realizovana 1977. godine. Mott the Hoople su objavili singl sa pesmom „All the young dudes“ 1972. godine.

CD 1

One too many mornings – Johnny Cash feat. The Avett Brothers

Leopard-skin pill-box hat – Raphael Saadiq

Drifter’s escape – Patti Smith

Ballad of Hollis Brown – Rise Against

Blind Willie McTell – Tom Morello The Nightwatchman

Corrina, Corrina  – Pete Townshend

Most of the time – Bettye LaVette

This wheel’s on fire – Charlie Winston

Simple twist of fate – Diana Krall

You ain’t goin’ nowhere – Brett Dennen

Love sick – Mariachi El Bronx

Blowin’ in the wind – Ziggy Marley

Changing of the guards – The Gaslight Anthem

Not dark yet – Silversun Pickups

You’re a big girl now – My Morning Jacket

Boots of spanish leather – The Airborne Toxic Event

Girl from the north country – Sting

Restless farewell – Mark Knopfler

CD 2

Outlaw blues – Queens of The Stone Age

Rainy day woman #12 & 35 – Lenny Kravitz

One more cup of coffee (Valley below) – Steve Earle & Lucia Micarelli

Heart of mine – Blake Mills feat. Danielle Haim

You’re gonna make me lonesome when you go – Miley Cyrus

Lay down your weary tune – Billy Bragg

License to kill – Elvis Costello

Lay lady lay – Angelique Kidjo

Ring them bells – Natasha Bedingfield

Love minus zero/No limit – Jackson Browne

Seven curses – Joan Baez (live)

No time to think – The Belle Brigade

Tonight I’ll be staying here with you – Sugarland (live)

Mr. Tambourine man – Jack’s Mannequin

4th time around – Oren Lavie

All I really want to do – Sussan Deyhim

Make you feel my love – Adele (live)

CD 3

With God on our side – K’NAAN

I want you – Ximena Sarinana

She belongs to me – Neil Finn with Pajama Club

Bob Dylan’s dream – Bryan Ferry

Tomorrow is a long time – Zee Avi

Just like a woman – Carly Simon

The times they are a-changin’ – Flogging Molly

Buckets of rain – Fistful of Mercy

Man of peace – Joe Perry

It’s all over now, baby blue – Bad Religion

Desolation row – My Chemical Romance (live)

Knockin’ on heaven’s door – RedOne feat. Nabil Khayat

Abandoned love – Paul Rodgers & Nils Lofgren

New morning – Darren Criss feat. Chuck Criss and Freelance Whales

The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll – Cage the Elephant

It ain’t me, babe – Band of Skulls

Property of Jesus – Sinéad O’Connor

Shelter from the storm – Ed Roland and The Sweet Tea Project

Don’t think twice, it’s all right – Ke$ha

Don’t think twice, it’s all right – Kronos Quartet

CD 4

I shall be released – Maroon 5

Political world – Carolina Chocolate Drops

Like a rolling stone – Seal & Jeff Beck

Bob Dylan’s 115th dream – Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band

Senor (Tales of yankee power) – Dierks Bentley (live)

One of us must know (Sooner or later) – Mick Hucknall

I’ll remember you – Thea Gilmore

John Brown – State Radio

All along the watchtower – Dave Matthews Band (live)

Subterranean homesick blues – Michael Franti

Mama, you been on my mind – We Are Augustines

Tryin’ to get to heaven – Lucinda Williams

Quinn the eskimo (The mighty quinn) – Kris Kristofferson

Gotta serve somebody – Eric Burdon

I’d have you anytime – Evan Rachel Wood

Baby let me follow you down – Marianne Faithfull (live)

Forever young – Pete Seeger with The Rivertown Kids

Chimes of freedom – Bob Dylan

Četvorostruki CD „Chimes of freedom: The songs of Bob Dylan“ objavljen je 2012. godine. Koliko je odličnih pesama Dylan napisao tokom svoje karijere, nije iznenađenje što se ovo izdanje pojavilo na četiri diska. Sjajna Tribute kompilacija posvećena jednom od najuticajnijih i najznačajnijih kantautora u rok muzici.

CD 1

Blow wind blow – Astrid Seriese

Diamonds and gold – The Silver Hearts

November – Liz Durrett

Temptation – Clara Bakker

Anywhere I lay my head – Anna Ternheim

Jersey girl – Holly Cole

Earth died screaming – Tracy Bonham

Strange weather – Marianne Faithfull

The heart of saturday night – Diana Krall

Day after tomorrow – Joan Baez

Another man’s vine – Mellanie Rivaud & Strange Weather

Green grass – Cibelle

Big in Japan – Aileen Loy & Blue Valentines

Long way home – Norah Jones

Poncho’s lament – The Blacks

Ol’ ’55 – Lisa Bassenge Trio

29 dollari (E una borsetta di coccodrillo) – Laura Fedele

I hope that I don’t fall in love with you – Priscilla Herdman

Ruby’s arms – Megan Mullally

Sea of love – Cat Power

CD 2

Temptation – Diana Krall

Tom Traubert’s blues – Maria Jo+úo & M+írio Laginha

Yesterday is here – Cat Power

Diamonds and gold – Aileen Loy & Blue Valentines

Come on up to the house – Nicole Owilde

Downtown train – Patty Smyth

It’s over – Vamosbabe & Pascal Fricke

Underground – Astrid Seriese

Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis – Neko Case

I hope that I don’t fall In love with you – Olivia Gale

Ol’ 55 – Sarah McLachlan

Tango till they’re sore – Holly Cole

Day after tomorrow – Linda Thompson

Jockey full of bourbon – Meret Becker & Ars Vitalis

Please call me, baby – Sally Norvell

Broken bicycles – Christine Collister

Muriel – Eleni Mandell

Chocolate Jesus – Janelle Lauer

Fumblin’ with the blues – Claudia Bettinaglio

Anywhere I lay my head – Sista Spooky

„Female tribute to Tom Waits“ pojavio se 2008. godine. Izdat je kao dvostruki CD i na svakom se nalazi po dvadeset pesama. Sjajni i raznovrsni ženski vokali otpevali su 34 pasme (šest su objavljene u dve verzije) koje je napisao i originalno snimio Tom Waits. Diana Krall, Cat Power, Aileen Loy & Blue Valentines, Astrid Seriese i Holly Cole imale su tu čast da budu zastupljene sa po dve pesme na ovom izdanju. Odličan Tribute album, na kome mnoge pesme zvuče mnogo bolje nego u originalnom izvođenju.

Suzanne – Field Music

Master song – Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo

Winter lady – Palace Songs

The stranger song – The Miserable Rich

Sisters of mercy – Liz Green

So long Marianne – Bill Callahan

Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye – Michael Kiwanuka

Stories of the street – The Low Anthem

Teachers – Cass McCombs

One of us cannot be wrong – Father John Misty

Famous blue raincoat – Diagrams

Last year’s man – Paper Dollhouse

Bird on a wire – Marc Ribot & My Brightest Diamond

Avalanche – Dan Michaelson

Seems so long ago, Nancy – Scott Matthews

„The songs of Leonard Cohen covered“ je album koji je objavio časopis Mojo u svom martovskom broju 2012. godine. Na njemu je petnaest izvođača snimilo pesme koje je napisao Leonard Cohen.

Prvih deset pesama su obrade kompletnog prvog albuma „Songs of Leonard Cohen“ izdatog 1967. godine. Pet pesama je dodato kao bonus. Drugi album „Songs from a room“ (1969) je na ovom izdanju zastupljen sa dve a treći „Songs of love and hate“ (1971) sa tri obrade.

Ovoga meseca trebalo bi da se pojavi novi album, kao posthumno izdanje, koji je snimio Leonard Cohen. Iskreno, nisam baš neki ljubitelj takvih poteza diskografskih kuća. Mislim da u ovom trenutku ne bi bilo korektno da predstavim jedan od njegovih ranije izdatih studijskih albuma, dok očekujemo pesme koje ćemo tek čuti po prvi put. Zato sam se odlučio za jedno od mnogih Tribute izdanja posvećenog ovom sjajnom pesniku i muzičaru.

You can’t always get what you want – Luther Allison

Tumblin’ dice – Johnny Copeland

(I can’t get no) Satisfaction – Junior Wells

Wild horses – Otis Clay

Honky tonk women – Taj Mahal

Sway – Alvin ‘Youngblood’ Heart

Ventilator blues – Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown

Beast of Burden – Wendell & Sherman Holmes with Willie ‘Popsy’ Dixon

Under my thumb – Lucky Peterson

It’s all over now – Bobby Womack

Midnight rambler – Larry McCray

Heart of stone – Joe Louis Walker

Moonlight mile – Alvin ‘Youngblood’ Heart

Prethodni album u kategoriji Tribute bio je posvećen legendarnim čupavcima iz Liverpula. Zato sam današnje predstavljanje posvetio, a kome drugom, nego njihovim velikim muzičkim „rivalima“. I da sve bude pošteno tj. isto kao prošli put, odabrao sam ponovo bluz.

„Songs of Rolling Stones – All blues’d up“ je kompilacija na kojoj su obrađene pesme grupe Rolling Stones. Sve pesme na albumu napisali su Mick Jagger i Keith Richards osim jedne („It’s all over now“), koju su komponovali Bobby i Shirley Womack. Velikani bluz muzike obradili su pesme „najveće rock’n’roll grupe“ na njima svojstven način.

She loves you – Stan Webb

From me to you – Earl Green

I’m down – Fred James

Don’t let me down – Charles Walker

Norwegian wood – Paul Lamb

Come together – Johnny Jones

I saw her standing there – Stan Webb

Run for your life – Earl Green

The word – Al Garner

You can’t do that – Ruby Turner

Oh darling – Earl Gaines

Why don’t we do it in the road – Fred James

I call your name – Mo Indigo

Get back – Paul Lamb

Let it be – Roscoe Shelton

I feel fine – Tony Wilson (bonus track)

Day tripper – Lee Moses (bonus track)

Pesme grupe The Beatles sigurno imaju najviše obrada. Bio sam na „slatkim mukama“ koji album odabrati u kategoriji Tribute posvećen njima. Izbor je na kraju pao na bluz.

„Beatles blues: The blues meets the Beatles“ je samo jedan od mnogobrojnih albuma na kome su obrađene pesme čuvene četvorke iz Liverpula. Pojavio se 2001. godine. Od sedamnaest pesama, tri obrade su instrumentali.

I’ve got u under my skin – Neneh Cherry

In the still of the night – The Neville Brothers

You do something to me – Sinead O’Connor

Begin the beguine – Salif Keita

Love for sale – Fine Young Cannibals

Well, did you evah! – Deborah Harry + Iggy Pop

Miss Otis regrets / Just one of those things – The Pogues + Kirsty MacColl

Don’t fence me in – David Byrne

It’s all right with me – Tom Waits

Ev’ry time we say goodbye – Annie Lennox

Night and day – U2

I love Paris – Les Negresses Vertes

So in love – k.d. Lang

Who wants to be a millionaire? – Thompson Twins

Too darn hot – Erasure

I get a kick out of you – Jungle Brothers

Down in the Depths – Lisa Stansfield

From this moment on – Jimmy Somerville

After you, who? – Jody Watley

Do I love you? – Aztec Camera

Posle prvog albuma u kategoriji Tribute na ovom blogu, evo i drugog koji je posvećen još jednom poznatom kompozitoru dvadesetog veka.

„Red, hot + blue“ sadrži dvadeset pesama koje je komponovao Cole Porter. On je ujedno i autor svih tekstova za ove pesme. Ovo izdanje se pojavilo 1990. godine kao dupli album (na svakoj strani ploče se nalazi po pet pesama) i kao dvostruki cd. Dvadeset dva različita izvođača (dve pesme izvode dueti) dali su svoj doprinos obradivši dobro poznate pesme, od koji se većina danas smatra džez standardima.   

Summertime – Peter Gabriel

Do what you do – Chris de Burgh

Nice work if you can get it – Sting

That can’t take that away from me – Lisa Stansfield

Someone to watch over me / Love is here to stay – Elton John

I’ve got a crush on you – Carly Simon

But not for me – Elvis Costello

It ain’t necessarily so – Cher

The man I love – Kate Bush

How long has this been going on – Jon Bon Jovi feat. Richie Sambora

Embraceable you – Oleta Adams

Bidin’ my time – Willard White

My man’s gone now – Sinead O’Connor

I got rhythm – Robert Palmer

Somebody loves me – Meat Loaf

I’ll build a stairway to paradise – Issy Van Randwyck

Summertime – Courtney Pine

Rhapsody in blue – Larry Adler & George Martin

Album „The glory of Gershwin“ snimljen je 1994. godine. Mnogi poznati umetnici učestvovali su na realizaciji ovog albuma, snimivši osamnaest  kompozicija koje je komponovao George Gershwin, jedan od najvećih kompozitora 20. veka. Obradili su ih u džez, rok, pop i bluz maniru. Larry Adler je svirao harmoniku u svim pesmama. Producent ovog izdanja je čuveni George Martin.