PartNumber: AManPro-0050386

Details: Amazon.ca Someone Like You has a few kinks and surprises worth checking out. Cultural icon and professional cornball Tom Jones adds his perfect smarm to a duet with Sweden's Cardigans for a technologically advanced--and surprisingly funky--rendition of the Talking Heads' classic "Burning Down the House." London Bus Stop, on the other hand, neither disgrace nor improve T. Rex's glam-rock classic "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" by rapping the verses and adding superfluous female back-up singers to the choruses. The rest is previously released but makes for a fluid mix of quirky love songs. Annie Lennox locates the gentle sentiment behind the fury of the Clash's 1980 classic "Train in Vain." Critics' darling Stephin Merritt quickly struts through the fun-loving if atypical lo-fi Magnetic Fields track "Absolutely Cuckoo." Van Morrison brings this brief collection (total time: 37:33) to a solid close with the album's title track that exemplifies the romantic ballroom style he has either mastered or succumbed to--depending on your point of view. Best here is Shelby Lynne's sprite yet sultry "Dreamsome" where organ, flute, and Lynne's road-worn stylings merge to great effect. --Rob O'Connor

UPC: 016581698024

EAN: 0016581698024

Model: AManPro-0050386

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood