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Everclear
Vegas Years
Release Date: 2008 04 15
Running Time: 0:00
Label: Capitol Records
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It has been said that the key to a successful cover is making the song sound like your own. By that measure, Everclear are very successful indeed, as every song on The Vegas Years -- a covers collection consisting partially of new cuts and previously released material, much like Poison's Poison'd!, released in 2007 on Capitol, the very same label that put out The Vegas Years -- bears the unmistakable heavy hand of Art Alexakis, who leans on heavy muted eighth-note rhythms through many of these 14 songs. When he's not pumping out these staccato guitar riffs -- he can't even resist them on a cover of Neil Young's "Pocahontas" -- he dresses "Rich Girl" up in "A.M. Radio" pop threads, turning it into something that could have fit into either half of Songs from an American Movie. All this means that if you read a song title here and imagine how Everclear would cover it, you'd be exactly right, as they make "This Land Is Your Land" into a sequel to "I Will Build You a New Life" and turn both Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" and Cheap Trick's "Southern Girls" into boogies. Again, according to the yardstick of turning songs into their own, this succeeds mightily. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Rich GirlHall2:26
2Our Lips Are SealedWeidlin, Hall2:45
3Boys Are Back in TownLynott4:41
4Bad ConnectionPackard3:40
5KicksWeil, Mann2:41
6PocahontasYoung3:18
7Night Train to MemphisSmith, Bradley, Hughes2:05
8This Land Is Your LandGuthrie3:07
9American GirlPetty3:29
10Brown Eyed Girl [Live]Morrison4:03
11Southern GirlsNielsen, Petersson2:51
12Land of the LostLaurie, Haskell3:40
13Speed RacerKoshibe2:24
14Live Intro [Live]:38
15867-5309 (Jenny) [Live]Keller, Call3:46







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