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posted by kobayashi on July 8, 2002
los lobos are still boss.
believe the hype. or at least, i think you should. haven't had this kind of fun since like 1984. great record.
tribute records ... ok. usually they suck. i really liked a couple of songs on the kurt weil tribute, but that was a much cooler concept than these popstars tributes to popstars... especially LIVE popstars. but this one, overall, is brill. how could it be else, though. all the songs are r. davies songs.
i nominate r. davies for smartest pop musician. oh screw it. i withdraw the nomination. he IS smartest popstar whether i nominate him or you think so or not or anything else anyway.
a couple of the tracks just sound like faithful covers, a couple diminish the original, but overall it is a good effort anyway. been listening to it a lot. love it. makes me wish i had the whole kinks catalog on cd already, tho.
and of course tom waits two new records. naturally. and i agree with mike that TMBG's 'No' is really swell.