Sam Phillips - Don’t Do Anything

Sam Phillips
Don’t Do Anything
Nonesuch

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With Don’t Do Anything, Sam Phillips‘ third album for Nonesuch Records, the songwriter has again made an album to become awestruck by. Read more

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Anything Sophie B. Hawkins records is almost guaranteed to be poured with her heart and soul. She is completely involved in every step of her music’s creation and her recording of the well-known ‘Feelin’ Good’, a song made famous by the late Nina Simone, is an excellent example of Sophie’s energy. The song can originally be found on Sophie’s latest album, Wilderness.


In 2002, Ivy released Guestroom, an album of cover songs featuring renditions of the Cure, the Ronettes and others. ‘Streets Of Your Town’ is a definite highlight, originally written and performed by the 80’s group, the Go-Betweens. Lead singer Dominque Durand’s soft and airy voice perfectly pilots through the upbeat pop, reviving the 80’s favorite and serving it justly as its facelift for the new millenium.

Known for her own Beatles-inspired brand of pop, Sam Phillips recorded John Lennon’s ‘I Wanna Be Your Man,’ which was featured on the Crossing Jordan soundtrack in 2002. Sam’s low, rich voice glazes over the lazy strumming of acoustic guitars, and parlor-esque pianos, making it a very sensual and slinky interpretation . Sam continually performs this song in her live performances, usually after declaring her love to Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields.

I can’t think of a group more ‘perfect’ (pardon the pun) than Fairground Attraction to record one of Patsy Cline’s best known songs, ‘Walkin’ After Midnight.’ While the original is unsurpassable, Eddi Reader & Co. don’t try to top it. Instead, you have a bubbly, feel-good interpretation which is surely a sign of admiration to Patsy and the band’s pure love of the song.


Downloads:

Sophie B. Hawkins - Feelin’ Love
Ivy - Streets Of Your Town
Sam Phillips - I Wanna Be Your Man
Fairground Attraction - Walkin’ After Midnight