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Editorial Review:
Radio 1 certainly isn’t short of detractors these days and all but the most vehement Moyles groupies would probably agree that its glory days are now a matter solely for historians. But out of the nostalgia whipped up by their 40th birthday celebrations came one fine idea that could only really have been pulled off with the aid of their unique clout (and, of course, the licence fee)–-40 of today’s biggest acts covering tracks from each of the station’s 40 years in existence, and building on the popular Live Lounge franchise in the process. The Raconteurs’ bash at infamous Peel favourite "Teenage Kicks" has gusto and a genuine southern twist, Lily Allen’s "Don’t Get Me Wrong" is sweet and suits her talk-to-the-hand nonchalance, Editors’ version of The Cure’s "Lullaby" is endearingly brooding, Foo Fighters’ "Band on the Run" is as effective and Foo Fighters-esque as you might expect and Maximo Park’s slick reworking of Justin Timberlake’s "Like I Love You", as strange a premise as that might sound (and thus key to this album’s appeal), just works. On the downside some contributions are inevitably pedestrian; Razorlight’s "Englishman in New York" is anaemic and unfeeling, The Street’s utterly misjudged "Your Song" is room-clearing karaoke playing to none of his strengths and what exactly is the point of The View covering The Libertines anyway!? But all in all it's a unique collection from a station still in a unique, if no longer important, position. --James Berry
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Oppurtunity missed the knocker Scarey to say but I have been around for just a bit longer than Radio 1 and boy have I suffered through the mainstream pap over the last 25 years. This album had soooo many options but like a dart player with the DT's it missed the board too many times. Despite the fact that I thought most of the 70's stunk as far a music went they faired far better than the 80's and 90's. Mr Peel died far too early and must be spinning in his grave to think this is the best representation of radio 1 over 40 years shame... more info
Quite mixed results but definitely worth checking out Barcode: 0600753025086 I was intrigued when Radio 1 first announced this project. Over a two week period they played four of the songs from this album each day to celebrate their 40th birthday and thus, there is one song for each year. Like others have said, sometimes the song choice is questionable when there were so many better songs in the year (2005 anyone?). That said though, there's some real good stuff on here. The early Kaiser Chiefs, Robbie Williams, Franz Ferdinand/Girls Aloud tracks are... more info
All the other reviewers are muso miseries....this album is great fun How can people say that the bands haven't strayed very far from their own genres?? Hello?? Klaxons doing Blackstreet's 'No Diggity', Stereophonics doing Hot Chocolate's 'You Sexy Thing', The Streets doing Elton John's 'Your Song' - it seems quite a departure to me. Ok, so some of the songs aren't as great, I could live without hearing KT Tunstall doing 'Let's Stick Together' again, but this album has some great moments. Shame everyone else seems to have lost their sense of humour!
Proof that the original is better. Hear all your favourite songs from over the years watered down. And in the case of The Streets covering Your Song (Murdered)!
