Richard Thompson - Beat The Retreat Tribute CD 1994 FLAC

Just when you were hoping you'd seen the last of tribute albums, 
along comes Beat the Retreat, a collection that fully justifies 
what is by now an extremely tired idea. X's cover of “Shoot Out 
the Lights” and R.E.M.'s take on “Wall of Death” kick off the disc, 
but a surprise awaits those expecting the usual degeneration into 
filler—Beat actually gets better as it goes along. Backed by X's 
rhythm section, Bob Mould delivers a “Turning of the Tide” that is 
among the tracks that make Beat a cohesive album with a shape and 
pace of its own. Whereas the matching of song to performer on most 
tributes is maddeningly capricious, the pairings on Beat are so 
right that many of the songs don't sound like covers at all. X's 
contribution, Los Lobos' “Down Where the Drunkards Roll,” Graham 
Parker's “The Madness of Love,” Dinosaur Jr's “I Misunderstood,” and 
David Byrne's “Just the Motion” suit the performers stylistically as 
well as thematically. And as if the weighings-in of all these 
alternarock elder statesmen weren't enough, Beat even features a Sandy 
Denny sound-alike contest between June Tabor and Maddy Prior, who get 
two songs apiece.

Tracklist:

01 - Shoot Out The Lights (X)
02 - Wall of Death (R.E.M.)
03 - When the Spell Is Broken (Bonnie Raitt)
04 - Turning of the Tide (Bob Mould)
05 - For Shame of Doing Wrong (Syd Straw & Even Dando)
06 - Down Where the Drunkards Roll (Los Lobos)
07 - Beat the Retreat (June Tabor)
08 - Genesis Hall (June Tabor)
09 - I Misunderstood (Dinosaur Jr)
10 - The Madness of Love (Graham Parker)
11 - Just The Motion (David Byrne)
12 - Valerie (Beausoleil)
13 - A Heart Needs A Home (Shawn Colvin, Loudon Wainwright III)
14 - Dimming Of The Day (The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama)
15 - Farewell, Farewell (Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy)
16 - The Great Valerio (Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy)

Total Time = 66:54