Every year, Record Store Day brings us new musical releases to surprise and delight. One of the most delightful surprises this year was a live recording by onetime Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus, performing Can’s 1973 album Ege Bamyasi in its entirety. It wasn’t an entirely unexpected move for Malkmus — he has long spoken of his love for the German experimental scene, and Can in particular — but still, it led us to wonder: When did this become a thing? ....
It’s a relatively recent innovation for one act to roll tape and recreate another act’s album start to finish. (Malkmus breaks slightly from tradition by performing Ege Bamyasi’s tracks out of their original sequence.) That noted musical omnivore Beck has made it something of a hobby, establishing a side project called the Record Club for that very purpose; but for most groups that turn their hand to it, the full-album cover is a one-off, even a holiday. Here are our picks for five of the best — and strangest — single-artist full-album covers.
The funny thing is that I’ve been
acquainted with the music editor of Buzzfeed for years, and he’s still
producing and facilitating the same level of smart coverage and analysis that
he has ever done, even as he serves the site’s need for clickbait. He’s
navigating a very fine line, and doing it far more skillfully than ever I
could.
It may have something to do with the
difference in our ages — he’s a digital native, while I am a naturalized
citizen. And no matter how enthusiastically I may wave the flag, I’m always
going to speak the language with an accent.
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