Covers 80s
2011 studio album by Duncan Sheik
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Covers 80s is the seventh album by American singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Sneaky Records in 2011. The album is composed of covers of songs by British artists originally released in the 1980s.
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| Released | June 7, 2011 | |||
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| Length | 51:54 | |||
| Label | Sneaky/MRI | |||
| Producer | Duncan Sheik | |||
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| Singles from Covers Eighties Remixed | ||||
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Singer Holly Brook, who appeared on Sheik's album Whisper House, and Rachael Yamagata, who has toured with Sheik for various concerts, contribute backing vocals throughout this album.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Melodic.net | [2] |
| PopMatters | [3] |
| Slant Magazine | [4] |
The album was released to mixed reviews. National Public Radio said, "No nostalgia here, only genuine feeling, and the challenge to reconsider what might really be worth reviving."[5]
Track listing
- "Stripped" (Depeche Mode) – 3:39
- "Hold Me Now" (Thompson Twins) – 4:39
- "Love Vigilantes" (New Order) – 4:04
- "Kyoto Song" (The Cure) – 3:53
- "What Is Love?" (Howard Jones) – 3:58
- "So Alive" (Love and Rockets) – 4:32
- "Shout" (Tears for Fears) – 4:44
- "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" (Japan) – 4:53
- "Life's What You Make It" (Talk Talk) – 4:33
- "William, It Was Really Nothing" (The Smiths) – 2:11
- "Stay" (The Blue Nile) – 5:41
- "The Ghost in You" (The Psychedelic Furs) – 5:08
Personnel
- Duncan Sheik – vocals, acoustic piano, harmonium, steel-string guitars, nylon guitars, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer, glockenspiel, marimba, tape echo
- Jason Hart – upright piano (7)
- Rachael Yamagata – vocals (1–9)
- Holly Brook – outro vocals (6), acoustic piano (12), backing vocals (12)
Production
- Duncan Sheik – producer
- Michael Tudor – mixing, mastering
- Tony Yates – design
- Kate Auleta – photography
- Jerrod Wilkins for Gold Mountain Entertainment – management
- John Frankenheimer for Loeb & Loeb – legal representation
