Ute Lemper
2000
Tracks
1. Little Water Song
2. Case Continues
3. Passionate Fight
4. Die Dreigroschenoper (Tango Ballad)
5. Couldn't You Keep That To Yourself
6. Streets Of Berlin
7. Part You Throw Away
8. Split
9. Punishing Kiss
10. Purple Avenue
11. You Were Meant For Me
12. Scope J
1. Little Water Song
2. Case Continues
3. Passionate Fight
4. Die Dreigroschenoper (Tango Ballad)
5. Couldn't You Keep That To Yourself
6. Streets Of Berlin
7. Part You Throw Away
8. Split
9. Punishing Kiss
10. Purple Avenue
11. You Were Meant For Me
12. Scope J
Well, it certainly sounds like an interesting album. This is a collaboration between the Divine Comedy and Ute Lemper. They decided to reinterpret songs from Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, The Divine Comedy, Tom Waits, Scott Walker, and Phillip Glass, giving them a more German feel.
So the concept is interesting enough, but I'm not sure the execution was entirely there. The Nick Cave cover was pretty good, but I felt like the Elvis Costello covers drained all the life out of the song. The Tom Waits' songs worked well too, but I thought the Scott Walker covers were fairly dull.
In the end, a mixed bag, but it was a cool idea.
RATING: 3/5
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