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Jul 12, 2022One thing The Versions does have in common with tribute albums is that virtually none of the remakes are preferable to the originals, but it rarely fails to fascinate.
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Jun 27, 2022No one really shakes things up. Still, there are numerous moments of real beauty here.
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Jun 9, 2022You would struggle to describe The Versions as anything other than a mixed bag. The weird thing is that it somehow works as a tribute to Neneh Cherry regardless of the contributions’ quality: the good tracks emphasise what a fantastic songwriter she is, and the less successful ones make you feel her absence and underline her uniqueness as a performer.
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Jun 9, 2022While tracks like Woman are meant to be sombre (and ANOHNI is the perfect artist to deliver this), several of the featured artists have attempted to transpose Cherry’s tongue-in-cheek asides into sincere parts of the melody and in doing so have undercut the fun of the songs.
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UncutJun 20, 2022Works best when it diverts furthest from the originals. [Aug 2022, p.25]