Cover Magazine (album)

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Cover Magazine
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Studio album by
Released2002
Label Thrill Jockey Records (US) [1]
Fire Records (UK) (2011 UK release)
Producer Craig Schumacher
Howe Gelb
Giant Sand chronology
Unsungglum
(2001)
Cover Magazine
(2002)
Infiltration of Dreams
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media 7.3/10.0 [3]

Cover Magazine is an album by the American band Giant Sand. [4] [5] It was released on Thrill Jockey Records in 2002. Eleven of the songs are covers.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "El Paso / Out on the Weekend" (Marty Robbins, Neil Young)
  2. "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" (Exene Cervenka, John Doe)
  3. "Iron Man" (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward)
  4. "Human / Lovely Head" (Goldfrapp, Will Gregory, Locke, Norfolk)
  5. "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono)
  6. "Plants and Rags" (Rob Ellis, PJ Harvey)
  7. "Wayfaring Stranger / Fly Me to the Moon" (Ives, Bart Howard)
  8. "Red Right Hand" (Nick Cave)
  9. "King of the Road" (Roger Miller)
  10. "I'm Leaving Now" (Johnny Cash)
  11. "Blue Marble Girl" (Howe Gelb)
  12. "The Inner Flame" (Rainer Ptacek)
  13. "The Beat Goes On" (Sonny Bono)
  14. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) (bonus track on 25th Anniversary Edition)
  15. "The Pilgrim (Chapter 33)" (Kris Kristofferson) (bonus track on 25th Anniversary Edition)

Differences between LP and CD

The cover of the vinyl version lists all titles of the CD. However, only the first 10 titles appear on the record. When it was remastered and re-released in 2011, it was sold with a download card for the entire album (including bonus tracks) on mp3.

Personnel

References

  1. Cover Magazine (March 13, 2020). "Cover Magazine". Thrilljockey.com. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. Fennessy, Kathleen C. "Cover Magazine - Giant Sand". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  3. Dahlen, Chris (March 14, 2002). "Giant Sand: Cover Magazine". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  4. "Howe's Got It Covered!". NME . January 9, 2002.
  5. "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report - Google Books. March 18, 2002. Retrieved April 5, 2020.