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Big Country - Under Cover Audio CD

A fair review of the Big Country "Under Cover" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Big Country reviews here, or go back to the Big Country tabs.

Big Country Band: Big Country
Title: Under Cover
Rating:
Release Date: 2001-05-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I'm Eighteen 2: Teenage Lament 3: Vicious 4: Down on the Corner [#] 5: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) 6: On the Road Again 7: (Don't Fear) The Reaper 8: Paranoid 9: Cracked Actor 10: Oh Well 11: Woodstock 12: Tracks of My Tears [Live] 13: Prairie Rose 14: Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys 15: Honky Tonk Women [Mono Version][Live] 16: Killiekrankie [Mono Version]

Very dissapointed
I was really looking forward to this CD, but unfortunately it stunk-Period. I LOVE Big Counrty, seen em live, bought the LP's in the 80's and replaced them with Cd's in the 90's and later bought CD's with songs that never touched vinyl. Bad originals, coverded badly. No emotion like on their other songs/albums. I sold it on ebay-good riddance to bad rubbish. I recommend everything else they've done, esp. Restless Natives & Rarities, Why the long face, The Crossing(classic) and W/out a Safety net(live). Long live Stuart!.


Must Have
Must have CD for Big Country fans.


If you like Big Country, you gotta have this!!
What a good multitalented band wow! This remake albumn contains a diverse blend of songs with 1 thing in common; Big Country rocking out to the the max! I'm Eighteen by Alice Cooper is a standout as is Don't Fear the Reaper (which is kinda creepy all things considered. Oh my goodness I just listened to this cd for the first time and it is so good! Amazing. ) The guitar in Reaper is worth the cost of the cd alone. I tell no lies. I was also most impressed by Paranoid where Stuart does a mean Ozzy. Who would have thunk it? No joke that you may not need to listen to the originals of these songs any further. If you are on the fence about this CD, get off because it is all good.


Better Than The Originals
Even though I have heard the originals previously, I think that Stuart Adamson does a better job than the original singers. This album is well worth a look at. Alice Cooper should take some lessons from Adamson who does a better version with, "I'm Eighteen", and "Teenage Lament". The Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper" and Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" are done with perfection. My wife thinks Lou Reed's "Vicious" is better here than on his album. This album is a great collection of the greats of years gone. A must for anyone that likes great rock and roll.


A Great and Versatile Effort from a Great and Versatile Band
Now, I listen to it endlessly. I hadn't heard Alice Cooper's "Teenage Lament" in a long time, so when I gave this CD its first spin and that song came on, I was very surprised to find how much I'd missed it. Truth be told, since I've heard and grown accustomed to Big Country's version, I don't even care to hear Cooper's version anymore.

When this disc is great, it's phenomenal. Their version of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" blew me away and Bowie's "Cracked Actor" also received stellar treatment. Hardcore fans might've already heard the live version of Smokey Robinson's "Tracks of My Tears" and Roxy Music's "Prairie Rose" from earlier releases. It's great to finally hear that stuff on a well mastered CD.

Let's see, Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well," Blue Oyser Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper," the traditional "Killiecrankie," there are so many inspired songs contained on this CD, it's truly difficult to stop listening. Stuart Adamson's voice adapts to every song he sings, and the band as a whole, with its consistent and inspired playing, rocks as hard as it want to.

I don't want to forget bassist Tony Butler. Hats off to him for a great lead vocal on Canned Heat's "On the Road Again. " Again, the band behind him rocks hard from the first note. Big Country breathed new life into this old warhorse when they recorded back in the early '90's.

Keep those CDs coming, fellas. By the way, when are you guys going to get back together? Let me be the first to know -- and tour America!.


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