Lynne Me Your Ears: Tribute to the Music of Jeff Lynne [Import]

1. 10538 Overture
2. Ma Ma Ma Belle
3. Telephone Line
4. Do Ya
5. Sweet Is The Night
6. Every Little Thing
7. No Time
8. Showdown
9. Handle With Care
10. Strange Magic
11. Rockaria
12. Evil Woman
13. Steppin Out
14. Don't Bring Me Down
15. One Summer Dream
16. Can't Get It Out Of My Head
17. Twilight
18. Mr Blue Sky
19. You Took My Breath Away
20. Message From The Country
See all 32 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

10530 Overture - Mitch Easter
Ma Ma Ma Belle - Earl Slick
Telephone Line - Jeffery Foskett
Do Ya - Jason Falkner
Sweet Is The Night - Ben Lee
Rockaria! - Pat Buchanan
Every Little Thing - Michael Carpenter
No Time - Peter Holsapple
Showdown - Richard Barone
Handle With Care - Jamie Hoover
Strange Magic - Mark Helm
Evil Woman - Ross Rice
Steppin' Out - Carol Wayne
Don't Bring Me Down - Swag
One Summer Dream - Prairie Sons And Daughters
Can't Get It Out Of My Head - Doug Powell

Tracks:

Twilight - The Shazam
Mr. Blue Sky - Tony Visconti
You Took My Breath Away - The Heavy Blinkers
Message From The Country - The Balls Of France
The Minister - Ferenzik
Xanadu - Heilson Hubbard And Venus Hum
When Time Stood Still - Bill Lloyd
Above The Clouds - Sparkle Jets UK
Rock And Roll Is King - Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings
Morning Sunshine - Jeremy
Boy Blue - Rick Altizer
Livin' Thing - PFR
On The Run - Sixpence None The Richer
Bluebird Is Dead - Todd Rundgren
Turn To Stone - Roger Klug
Eldorado - Fleming And John

Album Description

From Not Lame Records, this collection of Lynne's songs features Jason Falkner, Todd Rundgren, Jeffrey Foskett , SWAG (featuring members of Wilco, The Mavericks, Cheap Trick), Jamie Hoover (Spongetones), Richard Barone, Sixpence None The Richer, Carl Wayne (ex-The Move), Bill Lloyd, The Shazam, Bobby Sutliff/Mitch Easter, Neilson Hubbard, Peter Holsapple, Ben Lee, Doug Powell, Tony Visconti (producer), Pray For Rain (PFR), Fleming And John, Earl Slick, Ross Rice and more.

Customer Reviews:

Not half bad.......2007-04-28

While I would agree that this CD can't compete with original material, I would still state that as tribute CDs go, this one has its merits.

Lynn's sole solo CD, since he left ELO and since the Wilbury's died off..."Armchair Theater." is consigned to short attention span reviewers, so I have this one to address.

The cuts are really well recorded and they are cool played really loudly...(my neighbors are knockin,' right now). And isn't that what ELO were always about?
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BEK

yeesh! whoda ever thought I'd have settled for three sentence reviews? Much less three paragraph?

Oh well...I'm outta here!

Interesting Project, Varying Quality.......2007-02-15

The inestimable Doug Powell put together a disparate group of artists to cover songs of Jeff Lynne, all the way from The Move to ELO to solo to The Traveling Wilberries.

Although the songs are all superior, some covers are much better than others. I particularly enjoyed Jamie Hoover's cover of "Handle With Care," as well as Todd Rundgren's beautiful take on "Bluebird." Solid contributions also by Swag, Bill Lloyd, Earl Slick, and Jason Falkner.

I might have spliced this down to a single disc, and gotten rid of some of the covers that don't add much. But on balance this is a nice tribute to a great artist.

Very good overall.......2005-05-06

If you really like Jeff Lynne's music, you will find something to love about this set. As mentioned by others, some of the covers are pretty straight-forward (10538 Overture, Telephone Line, among others) while many are further afield. Some are pretty way-out there, in particular Mr. Blue Sky by Tony Visconti, whose version nearly screams, "I warned you when you asked me to do this tune." But really it's all in fun I think, and most of the cuts improve with every spin.

Personal favorites include Boy Blue, One Summer Dream, Eldorado, Steppin' Out, Don't Bring Me Down, Showdown, Do Ya, and Above the Clouds. Going further about this is futile, it's all a question of taste. But I enjoyed the fresh vocals, simpler arrangements, the sometimes rough edges or techno-styled flourishes, etc.

Give this a try. Of the 2 CDs you'll find at least one whole disc of stuff you'll be glad to own.

"Eldorado" shimmers, but the rest is weak........2004-08-15

"Eldorado" as done by Fleming and John (who?) is amazing and wonderful....the singer just absolutely makes the song her own.

The rest of the album is pretty marginal....every song other than the aforementioned "Eldorado" suffers from either amateurish performance or miles-off-the-mark reinterpretation (i.e, Todd Rundgren's drum-and-bass "Bluebird is Dead": I know the idea seems cool, but- trust me, you *don't* want to pay to hear it.)

Oh well.

1 star - 1 star = 0 star.......2004-07-01

Jeff deserved way better than this.

Lynne Me Your Ears: A Tribute to the Music of Jeff Lynne

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Lynne Me Your Ears: A Tribute to the Music of Jeff Lynne
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Manufacturer: Vivid Sound
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

10538 Overture - Mitch Easter, Bobby Sutliff
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle - Earl Slick
Telephone Line - Jeffrey Foskett
Do Ya - Jason Falkner
Sweet Is the Night - Ben Lee
Rockaria! - Pat Buchanan
Every Little Thing - Michael Carpenter
No Time - Peter Holsapple
Showdown - Richard Barone
Handle With Care - Jamie Hoover
Strange Music - Mark Helm
Evil Woman - Ross Rice
Steppin' Out
Don't Bring Me Down - Swag
One Summer Dream
Can't Get It Out of My Head - Doug Powell

Tracks:

Twilight
Mr, Blue Sky - Tony Visconti
You Took My Breath Away - The Heavy Blinkers
Message from the Country
Minister
Xanadu - Neilson Hubbard,
When Time Stood Still - Bill Lloyd, Hans Rotenberry
Above the Clouds
Rock and Roll Is King - Walter & The Dairy Kings Clevenger
Morning Sunshine
Boy Blue - Rick Altizer
Livin' Thing - PFR
On the Run - Sixpence None the Richer
Blue Bird Is Dead - Todd Rundgren
Turn to Stone
Eldorado - Fleming & John

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