Hunters & Collectors hold a very special place in my collection, so it's a tough ask for any band attempting to cover their songs. Will this compilation be a failed attempt to improve on perfection? Or will the covers be wonderful songs in their own right?
Unfortunately, I quickly found myself disengaged from this album, and resorted to nit-picking each song. That's totally unfair, because each band has done well to provide a creative and fresh interpretation of the songs.
Perhaps the reason I'm not into it is simply that I'm not really into the style of many of the bands here. But then The Living End's cover of Say Goodbye challenges that theory. Because, as much as I'm a massive Living End fan, I find this version to be much poorer for the lack of the Hunters & Collectors style. Perhaps the fundamentals of the songs aren't anything special, but they're elevated to greatness but the wonderful style of Hunters & Collectors?
Blind Eye is another curious situation. The lyrics are hauntingly beautiful, therefore in isolation Husky's acoustic version is a beautiful song. But I just can't get over the notion that I'd prefer to be listening to the original. Sorry.
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