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

Advantages: Brilliant Covers, Great Original Versions
Disadvantages: Data Listings on MP3 Players Is Sketchy

...I loved Jo Whiley on Radio One and especially the covers that the artists did on the live lounge. It seems to have got through.... I might have to try that tactic when I want a new suit *grin* Anyhow.... The album covers are actually pretty non-descript. The front shows some guitar cases with plenty of stickers, a couple of Mike stands and a bright red label with Radio One live lounge emblazened upon it. It does a job I suppose. The reverse ... Read review

Advantages: Some of the best bits from Jo Whiley's Live Lounge sessions
Disadvantages: Includes some really odd ones that you might skip

Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley has got hold of some of the worlds best artists to perform in the Live Lounge. Not only to perform there own tracks but to perform another artists song in their own style. The Live Lounge has become an integral part of her show and becuase of its success, the Live Lounge 2CD was released. The Live Lounge sessions enable artists to let listeners hear what they are all about. The live and unrehearsed sessions allow the listeners ... Read review

Advantages: Some great cover versions
Disadvantages: A few duds

...been a fan of the Radio 1 Live Lounge, sometimes it can be a bit hit and miss but I enjoy listening to bands doing a more acoustic version of their hits and some of the cover versions they do are really good. The basic format is that each band does one of their own songs and one cover song live in the studio. This album is a double album with 20 tracks on each CD and features selection of songs, some of them covers and some the bands originals ... Read review

Advantages: a great! a classic in the making ! worthy album for any1
Disadvantages: slightyly pricey but still great buy!

...the original idea behind the Radio 1 was to simply to hear gifted artists from different genres to perform material. The show became more popular because of these interpretationsof well known songs which had been tipped upside down o thier heads by the the covers, and now is one of the most popular listed to shows on Radio 1 and surely a top album! the album contains: Foo Fighters - DOA Arctic Monkeys - Love Machine Snow Patrol - Run The ... Read review

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

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 ... Read review

Advantages: Some excellent performance, shows the pure raw talents of some of the UKs top artists
Disadvantages: some weaker tracks and some covers that dont work for me

...you that dont listen to radio 1 mid-morning during the week, Jo Whiley often invites artists into the studio for a chat and to perform a few tracks. These are often stripped down accoustic versions of thier most famous songs and an inpromptu cover which can range from the sublimly beautiful to the hilariously funny. This CD compramises the best performances from the last couple of years and there should be something for everybody on this list. ... Read review

Advantages: Easy Listening
Disadvantages: NONE

...to Jo Whiley on radio 1at lunchtime. She plays all your normal music in the charts but she also does the live lounge, this is were she invites bands and solo sings like the Arctic Monkeys and Lemar to cover other artists songs and their own with an acoustic live feel which makes your hair stand up on the back of your neck. The cover versions that the artists have done are brilliant! They have taken a song and made it their own, there are so many ... Read review

Brilliant collection of songs with live and acoustic sets from original artist's and cover artist's. If you ever wondered how The Kooks would sound singing Gnarls Barkley's Crazy or Keane SInging U"'s With or without you listen and enjoy.

Advantages: Wide range of tracks and styles, unpredictable but enjoyable songs and covers, listenable and fun
Disadvantages: Some songs will be disliked depending on your musical tastes

One of the most popular radio stations in England - Radio 1 feature many new bands each week, speak to some of the biggest bands around at the moment and are generally notorious for providing excellent music, presenters, new music and interesting features such as the live lounge. The concept behind the live lounge is to provide listeners with especially recorded live versions of their favourite bands tracks. This was a huge success and what became ... Read review

I love this CD! It's quite amusing to hear other artists doing other artists songs. Some exciting and unusual band/artist/song choices. It's good to have an unusual selection of music to listen to on your daily car journey.

Better than the recently released volume 2 this album has more covers than its succesor - anything with Artic Monkeys covering girls aloud and The Automatic doing Kanye must be pretty good right? well you would think so but the trouble is it switches from pretension to comic so you never seem to be in the right mood for it - if you want something silly listen to tenacious D and if you want something a little more serious then there are more than enough tortured geniuses around.

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

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, ... Read review