Album Review - BBC Radio 1 - Established 1967

I am a regular listener to Radio 1 and bought this album after hearing a couple of the tracks played on the air. I must admit to being a bit sceptical as this originally sounded like just another album of half baked covers thrown together to take advantage of a money making opportunity. How wrong I was, I admit to being extremely surprised at the quality of the tracks throughout both discs. Highlights for me were superb performances by Keane (Under Pressure), McFly (Town Called Malice), Razorlight (Englishman in New York) and Lily Allen (Don’t Get Me Wrong). Not only were these tracks superb and a credit to the original songs and artists but the rest of the album kept me hooked from start to end (unusual for me, I usually wear out the skip buttons on CD & MP3 players diving between tracks.

Track Listing

Disc one

# Title Artist Original artist Year
1 “Flowers in the Rain” Kaiser Chiefs The Move 1967
2 “All Along the Watchtower” The Fratellis Bob Dylan 1968
3 “Cupid” Amy Winehouse Johnny Nash 1969
4 “Lola” Robbie Williams The Kinks 1970
5 “Your Song” The Streets Elton John 1971
6 “Betcha by Golly Wow!” Sugababes The Stylistics 1972
7 “You’re So Vain” The Feeling Carly Simon 1973
8 “Band On The Run” Foo Fighters Paul McCartney & Wings 1974
9 “Love Is the Drug” Kylie Minogue Roxy Music 1975
10 “Let’s Stick Together” KT Tunstall Bryan Ferry 1976
11 “Sound and Vision”* Franz Ferdinand David Bowie 1977
12 “Teenage Kicks” The Raconteurs The Undertones 1978
13 “Can’t Stand Losing You” Mika VS Armand Van Helden The Police 1979
14 “Too Much Too Young” Kasabian The Specials 1980
15 “Under Pressure” Keane Queen & David Bowie 1981
16 “Town Called Malice” McFly The Jam 1982
17 “Come Back and Stay” James Morrison Paul Young 1983
18 “Careless Whisper” The Gossip George Michael 1984
19 “The Power Of Love“ The Pigeon Detectives Huey Lewis & The News 1985
20 “Don’t Get Me Wrong” Lily Allen The Pretenders 1986

Disc two

# Title Artist Original artist Year
1 “You Sexy Thing” Stereophonics Hot Chocolate 1987
2 “Fast Car” Mutya Buena Tracy Chapman 1988
3 “Lullaby” Editors The Cure 1989
4 “Englishman in New York” Razorlight Sting 1990
5 “Crazy for You” Groove Armada Madonna 1991
6 “It Must Be Love” Paolo Nutini Madness 1992
7 “All That She Wants” The Kooks Ace of Base 1993
8 “You’re All I Need to Get By” Mark Ronson Method Man and Mary J. Blige 1994
9 “Stillness in Time” Calvin Harris Jamiroquai 1995
10 “No Diggity” Klaxons Blackstreet 1996
11 “Lovefool” Just Jack The Cardigans 1997
12 “Ray of Light” Natasha Bedingfield Madonna 1998
13 “Drinking in L.A.” The Twang Bran Van 3000 1999
14 “The Great Beyond” The Fray R.E.M. 2000
15 “Teenage Dirtbag” Girls Aloud Wheatus 2001
16 “Like I Love You” Maxïmo Park Justin Timberlake 2002
17 “Don’t Look Back into the Sun” The View The Libertines 2003
18 “Toxic” Hard-Fi Britney Spears 2004
19 “Father and Son“ The Enemy Yusuf Islam & Ronan Keating 2005
20 “Steady, As She Goes” Corinne Bailey Rae The Raconteurs 2006

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