Julie Covington...Plus [Extra tracks] [Import]

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Reissue of the 1978 Album with Two Bonus Tracks. Material Includes Songs Written by Sandy Denny, Kate Bush and Alice Cooper!

Tracks:

(I Want to See The) Bright Lights
By the Time It Gets Dark
Sip the Wine
How
Barbara's Song
Little Bit More
Let Me Make Something in Your Life
I Can't Dance
Kick Inside
Dead Weight
Dancing in the Dark
Easy to Slip [*]
Only Women Bleed [*]

Album Details

Reissue of the 1978 Album with Two Bonus Tracks. Material Includes Songs Written by Sandy Denny, Kate Bush and Alice Cooper!

Customer Reviews:

Still one of Britain's best!.......2000-11-11

Julie Covington has one of the most distinctive voices in British pop music and is probably best-known internationally as the original Eva on the 1976 EVITA concept album (her version of 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' still shows that the original is usually the best). This album, JULIE COVINGTON, was released in 1978 and completed a 3-year run of recordings which all had chart success: the afore-mentioned Lloyd Webber/Rice score, the soundtracks for the award-winning tv series' ROCK FOLLIES and ROCK FOLLIES OF '77 in which she co-starred with Charlotte Cornwall and Rula Lenska and a cover version of Alice Cooper's 'Only Women Bleed' (included on this CD reissue with the b-side 'Easy To Slip'). Produced by Joe Boyd, who had such an influence on the late '60s British folk scene with artists such as The Incredible String Band and Nick Drake, and featuring respected musicians as John Cale, Richard Thompson, Chris Spedding, Andy Fairweather-Low, Ray Cooper and Steve Winwood it is surprising that this album - although much loved by critics and fans - was not as successful in the charts as had been expected. 22 years on and it still sounds as good as ever. Kicking off with a punchy cover of Richard Thompson's '(I Want To See The) Bright Lights' the tempo slows with Sandy Denny's wonderful ballad 'By The Time It Gets Dark'. Covington's warm and loving vocal on this song sends shivers down the spine. The CD also includes covers of John Lennon's 'How' and Kate Bush's 'The Kick Inside' (and when was the last time you heard a Kate Bush cover??) sung with clarity and strength. There is acknowledgement of Covington's stage experience with a particularly fine version of Brecht/Weill's 'Barbara Song' from "The Threepenny Opera" as well as some 1970s 'rocking' numbers ('I Can't Dance', 'Dead Weight') which now sound charmingly quaint. For such a well-respected and commercially successful artist, Julie Covington has a frustratingly small recording output. Hopefully the recent CD reissues of her BEAUTIFUL CHANGES album from the early 1970s (also on See For Miles Records) and both ROCK FOLLIES soundtracks will re-awaken interest and get her back in the recording studio. This CD is highly recommended.

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Here's the info!

Beautiful Changes...Plus

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00002555R
Release Date: 1999-04-16

Customer Reviews:

Here's the info!.......2005-08-13

Amazon has no info, but I do so here it is! CD was released in 1999 on See For Miles Records LTD. out of the UK. It has 15 tracks total, the last two being bonus tracks. They are...
1. The Magic Wasn't There
2. Ice-Cream Man
3. If I Had My Time Again
4. He Just Don't Appeal to Me
5. Winter Kept Us Warm
6. Beautiful Changes
7. Queen of Lights
8. For Instance
9. The Standards of Today
10. The Original Original Honky Tonk Night Train Blues
11. Don't Bother Me Now
12. Friendly Island Song
13. My Silks & Fine Array
14. (bonus track)The Way Things Ought to Be
15. (bonus track)Tonight Your Love is Over

Catalog number SEECD 687 . Hope this is enough info for you!

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Julie Covington...Plus
Julie Covington
Manufacturer: See For Miles Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002B6074
Release Date: 2000-10-31

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