𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦

“𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦” was first put out as a bonus disc on the Special edition of “Sleeping with ghosts” in September 2003.

But ecactly 11 years ago today, on May 3rd 2010, a repackaged version of the record was re-released through Placebo's former label EMI.
Most of the songs on this album were originally used as b-sides for the band's singles. The only exception is the cover version of “Running up that hill”, which was recorded especially for the “Sleeping with ghosts” Special edition.

📀 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 📀
01. Running up that hill (Kate Bush)
👉 http://bit.ly/2ISNLlz
02. Where is my mind? (Pixies)
👉 https://bit.ly/2Nf1WHt
03. Bigmouth strikes again (The Smiths)
👉 https://bit.ly/3beqGsA
04. Johnny and Mary (Robert Palmer)
👉 https://bit.ly/3blc7Ut
05. 20th Century Boy (T. Rex)
👉 http://bit.ly/39n6geh
06. The ballad of Melody Nelson (Serge Gainsbourg)
👉 http://bit.ly/2DW16rB
07. Holocaust (Big Star)
👉 https://bit.ly/3c0bcrA
08. I feel you (Depeche Mode)
👉 https://bit.ly/3uWe5Co
09. Daddy Cool (Boney M.)
👉 https://bit.ly/2MQH8Gi
10. Jackie (Sinèad O'Connor)
👉 https://bit.ly/3rj5OGq

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 📌
📢 ”It's important to stress that the "Covers" album is a collection of B-sides and tracks we've done for films and tribute compilations. We do covers in the studio to take a break from the psychological pressure of opposites: we still want to work, but we need to give our brains a break. So we do covers for fun. We grew up in the 80s so a lot of them are from that decade. It's a way of keeping the momentum going in the studio whilst taking a break from being very precious over what we've written and obsessed with getting it right.”
(“Rank your records“, Noisy, October 13th 2016)

📢 ”We're children of the 80s. So when we cover songs, we have a tendency to go back to the 80s and cover songs which got us interested in pop music. That's why you've got "Johnny and Mary" by Robert Palmer, that's why you've got "Daddy Cool" by Boney M -- or "Running up that hill", for that matter. These are songs which remind us of our childhood and make us feel nostalgic, which is why we try to do something modern with them.”
(Suicide Girls, September 11th 2007)

📢 ”Covers are done for fun, and so if you start working on them and they don’t work, you just kind of give it up… you know. Some you stay quite faithful to the original blueprint, ‘cos that’s like the only way that you can do it.”
(Triple J, March 19th 2004)

𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳?
📢 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻: “Yeah, Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler!“
𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺?
📢 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻: “Oh, yeah!”
📢 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁: “Unfortunately, he’s serious!” (laugh)
(MTV Supersonic 2004)

📌 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 📌
📢 " ...I know Johnny Marr liked our version of “Bigmouth strikes again” but Robert Palmer thought our version of “Johnny and Mary” was a bit too rock for him. Kate Bush, Brian and I actually got to meet, hands trembling. She was really sweet and really liked our version of “Running up that hill. ..."
(Totally Dublin, January 2010)

Photo credit: Ashley Maile

📌 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢 📌
🎶 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭
Original by: Kate Bush
Composer: Kate Bush
Lyrics by: Kate Bush
Recorded especially for “Covers”

🎶 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥?
Original by: Pixies
Composer: Black Francis (= Charles Thompson), frontman of Pixies
Lyrics by: Black Francis
First released as B-side of “This Picture” (CD 1)

🎶 𝘉𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯
Original by: The Smiths
Composer: Johnny Maar (founding member of The Smiths)
Lyrics by: Morrissey (frontman of The Smiths)
First released as B-side of “Nancy Boy” (CD 1)

🎶 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺
Original by: Robert Palmer
Composer: Robert Palmer
Lyrics by: Robert Palmer
B-side of Taste in men (CD 2)
Producer: Paul Corkett
First released as B-side of “Special K”

🎶 20𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘰𝘺
Original by: T. Rex
Composer: Marc Bolan (frontman of T. Rex)
Lyrics by: Marc Bolan
Producer: Phil Vinall
First released as B-side of “You don't care about us” (CD 1)
and also released on the soundtrack of “Velvet Goldmine”

🎶 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘕𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯
Original by: Serge Gainsbourg
Composer: Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier
Lyrics by: Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier
First released on the compilation “Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited”
Producer: Dimitri Tikovoi
Mixed by: James Brown

🎶 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵
Original by: Big Star
Composer: Alex Chilton (frontman of Big Star)
Lyrics by: Alex Chilton
First released as B-side of “Slave to the wage” (CD 2)

🎶 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶
Original by: Depeche Mode
Composer: Martin Gore (founding member of DM)
Lyrics by: Martin Gore
First released on a Fan Club-only Cassette (1999)
and also released as a bonus track on the American edition of “Black market musuc”

🎶 𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭
Original by: Boney M.
Composer: Frank Farian (music producer and founder of Boney M.)
Lyrics by: George Rayam
Producer: Dimitri Tikovoi
First released as B-side of “The bitter end” (Enhanced CD 1)

🎶 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘦
Original by: Sinèad O' Connor
Composer: Sinèad O' Connor
Lyrics by: Sinèad O' Connor
First released as B-side of “This Picture” (Single DVD)

Photo credits pic 1 - starting top left: Patrick Ford, unknown (2), Paul, Jenny Lewis, Jean Paul Guilloteau, Jenny Lewis, Travis Shinn, Pat Pope, REX, unknown, Nathan Callahan, Mick Hutson, Keith Morris, Tim Roney, Donal Moloney

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