Cover Two

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Cover Two
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
Length44:44
Label PIAS
Joan As Police Woman chronology
Damned Devotion
(2018)
Cover Two
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
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Cover Two is a studio album of cover versions by American musician Joan As Police Woman. It was released on May 1, 2020, under PIAS Recordings. [4] [5] The album is Joan's second album of cover versions, and is titled as a sequel to Cover (2009). The album cover itself is an homage to Canadian band Loverboy's 1981 album Get Lucky . [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Cover Two was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 5 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Cover Two track listing
No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."Kiss" Prince 5:10
2."Spread" (featuring Meshell Ndegeocello) Outkast 4:21
3."Under Control" The Strokes 3:41
4."Not the Way" Cass McCombs 3:48
5."I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" Michael McDonald 5:25
6."Life's What You Make It" Talk Talk 6:00
7."Out of Time" Blur 2:24
8."On The Beach" Neil Young 6:28
9."There Are Worse Things I Could Do"2:52
10."Running" Gil Scott-Heron 4:25

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