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Beatles covers are a dicey proposition at best. Even the most ingenious and unique rendition seems destined to suffer in comparison to the original, and the potential for failure is virtually limitless – either way, it's an idea as sound as remaking Citizen Kane with Pauly Shore in the title role. And yet artists are drawn to the Lennon/McCartney songbook like bees to honey, their desire to cover these songs best likened to a creative death wish – We Can Work It Out assembles 16 of these kamikaze missions, and believe it or not, despite the inevitable wreckage there's also a handful of survivors. Setting loose these familiar songs in jazz and funk modes far removed from the Beatles' original recordings enables greater room for personalization and innovation, and the artists featured here are hardly slouches, either – Ike & Tina Turner (who know a thing or two about making covers their own – ask John Fogerty) deliver a gritty, low-down version of "Come Together," Stevie Wonder invests "We Can Work It Out" with the boundless optimism and sensitivity of his own music, and Earth, Wind & Fire update McCartney's Motown tribute "Got to Get You Into My Life" in accordance with the updated rules of the soul handbook. A bonus-mix CD courtesy of 4hero's Marc Mac rounds out a set far better than it has any right to be. (AMG)

Triple-disc collection from Virgin Records featuring acoustic tracks from Al Stewart, America, Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan, Buffy Saint-Marie, David Gray, Don McLean, Kirsty MacColl, Gary Jules, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Mc Cartney, Tracy Chapman, Jim Croce and many more. 2004.
Here’s a 65 track, 3 x CD compilation of ‘acoustic’ tracks from the 1950s through to the early 2000s. By far, one of the best compilations out there with well known hits brilliantly placed together with lesser known classics that didn’t always trouble the chart placings. There certainly isn’t a ‘filler’ track on any of the discs and even the more ‘folky’ disc 3 is superbly constructed to keep the listener enthralled throughout.

Le titre de l'album " Roads " fait allusion à une compositio(n du couple Léa Castro&Antoine Delprat " The road " (n°4). C'est surtout un programme tant cette musique suit différentes voix. Qu'ils soient conservateurs ou progressistes, l'électeur blasé, l'électrice désabusée ne peut que voter pour des propositions aussi riches et variées.

Pour son 3ème album studio, Thomas Dutronc met le cap sur l'Angleterre Un nouvel album aux sonorités plus pop, réalisé par le producteur star Jon Kelly (Paul Mc Cartney, Kate Bush) à Londres.Entouré de musiciens brillants - Sam Dickson (Adele) à la basse, Matt Johnson (Jamiroquai) au clavier, John Paricelli (Willy Moon, Sia ) à la guitare Thomas Dutronc délaisse le temps de quelques chansons le style manouche qu'on lui connaissait jusque-là. / For her 3rd studio album, Thomas Dutronc puts the cap on the England A new album sounds more pop, directed by the producer of star Jon Kelly (Paul mccartney, Kate Bush) in London.Surrounded by successful musicians - Sam Dickson (Adele) on bass, Matt Johnson (Jamiroquai) on keyboard, John Paricelli (Willy Moon, Sia ) guitar-Thomas Dutronc abandoned the time a few songs in the gypsy style that he knew so far.