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    05/09/1995

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    All Music Guide Review

    Tribute albums are difficult things to pull off at the best of times, so it's no surprise that not quite everything works on this 23-track set. Part of the problem is that Harry Nilsson wrote some amazing songs in his time -- but he also wrote some that were not quite so amazing. Another part of the problem is that some of these songs don't lend themselves easily to interpretation -- thus we have Fred Schneider destroying "Coconut" with a loud, crunchy treatment, and LaVern Baker turning "Jump into the Fire" into a wimpy R&B outing. On the other hand, "Spaceman" is even more interestingly quirky in the hands of the Roches and Mark Johnson, Aimee Mann brings out the sweet side of "One," Adrian Belew does a fine "Me and My Arrow," and Steve Forbert turns in a supremely cute take on "The Moonbeam Song." Overall a nice project (with money going to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence), though it does not replace the original Nilsson performances by a long chalk. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide

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    Credits

    • Andy Paley
    • Guitar, Producer, Vocals (Background), Percussion, Drums
    • Don Was
    • Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Bass (Acoustic)
    • Phil Galdston
    • Percussion, Drum Programming, Engineer, Arranger, Producer, Keyboards
    • Joe Ely
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Performer


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