Radio 1's Live Lounge Vol.1 - Various Artists > Reviews > Radio 1 Live Lounge - Not to be missed

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Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Not applicable
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Some completely unexpected cover versions
Disadvantages:	A slow middle section on disc 2

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This album has to be my purchase of the year for 2006. Very fun, impossible to get bored of, someething for everyone who listens to it. You will laugh and smile at some of the cover versions recorded in the Live Lounge and also fall silent to what are some amazing top quality live recordings.

I can guarantee that you will not like every single track on the album but that is almost impossible with an album of this kind. I would go as far as saying that you are bound to enjoy at least 75% of the album though!

So as to avoid being too wordy i will sum up each of the songs in less than five words!-

1. DOA - Foo Fighters - Flawless Dave Grohl!
2. Love Machine - Arctic Monkeys (Orig.Girls Aloud) - Hilarious & Fun
3. Run - Snow Patrol - Blows the single version away.
4. Crazy - Kooks (Orig. Gnarls Barkley) - Stand out track, excellent!
5. Golden Touch - Razorlight - Musically perfect
6. Munich - Corinne Bailey Rae (Orig.Editors) - Soulful, original is better!
7. Gold Digger - Automatic (Orig. Kanye West) - Totally Surreal, love or hate!
8. All Sparks - Editors - Classic Acoustic
9. Man Eater - Boy Kill Boy (Orig. Nelly Furtado) - Not the best but different!
10. No one knows - Queens of the Stone Age - Brilliant acoustic attempt
11. How Come - Embrace (Orig. D12) - Boring typical Embrace
12. If there\'s any justice - James Blunt (Orig. Lemar) - Doesn\'t stand out
13. The Scientist - Natasha Beddingfield (Orig, Coldplay) - Too winey for me sorry
14. Molly\'s Chambers - Kings of Leon - Flawless and most enjoyable
15. Frontin\' - Jamie Cullum (Orig. Farrell) - Not my thing but enjoyable
16. Living for the Weekend - Sugababes (Orig. Hard-Fi) - Actually very credible
17. I Believe in a thing called love - Lemar (Orig.Darkness) - Great stuff - GUITAR!
18. Hey ya - Will Young (Orig. Outkast) - Yep gotta be loved
19. Tied up too tight - Hard-Fi - Very dark does the trick
20. Songbird - Oasis - Exactly what you\'re expecting

Side 2.

1. The Scientist - Coldplay - Not bad, nothing original
2. Smile - Lily Allen - Pure perfection, how beautiful
3. With or Without you - Keane (Orig. U2) - Can i say as good as original?
4. Other side of the world - KT Tunstall - Not bad
5. What you waiting for - Franz Ferdinand (Orig. Gwen Stefani) - So much fun!
6. Family Portrait - Pink - Credible but not incredible
7. Ms. Jackson - Outkast - Pretty fun
8. Hounds of Love - Futureheads - Pure quality play on repeat!
9. Numb - Jamelia (Orig. Linkin Park) - Relatively bland
10. Jus\' a Rascall - Dizzee Rascal - Made my ears bleed!
11. Nice weather for ducks - Lemon jelly - Complete rubbish
12. In my arms - Mylo - Fun for a while
13. Song 2 - My Chemical Romance (Orig. Blur) - Good attempt, try too hard
14. Dreaming of you - The Coral - Surprisingly one of the stand out tracks.
15. Going Missing - Maximo Park - Great track from great new band
16. AN Honest Mistake - The Bravery - Ruins a great song
17. Let\'s Push things forward - The Streets - Very good can\'t fault it
18. Romeo - Basement Jaxx -Not What you\'re expecting
19. Puch the button - Orson (Orig. Sugababes) - Have to hear to believe
20. In da club - 50 Cent - Credible but not exciting.