Radio 1's Live Lounge Vol.1 - Various Artists > Reviews > Overrated.

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Average
Lyrics	Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Average
Value for Money	Poor

Advantages:	The first CD .
Disadvantages:	The second CD .

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

Full review

As a fan of Radio 1's Live Lounge, I bought this double CD with fairly high expectations. Being a compilation album, I did expect it to be a bit hit-and-miss but also expected tracks to be on there that could be regulars in my playlists. Perhaps my personal tastes are too niche to appreciate the craft of some of the artists but I was still disappointed to find that even songs by artists I particularly like, such as The Arctic Monkeys and Foo Fighters, fell short of the mark and were soon wiped from my ipod in expense for the superior album versions or just wiped from my ipod altogether. I was especially disappointed with Snow Patrol's half-hearted 'Run', as they recorded a far stronger live version of the same track on their album 'Live and Acoustic at Park Ave.' Of course, there are highlights, namely The Coral's brilliant 'Dreaming of You', Corinne Bailey Rae's mellow cover of Editors' 'Munich' and Razorlight's climatic 'Golden Touch' but overall the very few gems fail to compensate for what is a hotch-potch live album, which seems to considerably deteriorate in quality as the album progresses. It's all right, just about.