Cover Ups

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Cover Ups
Compilation album by Good Riddance
Released July 2, 2002
Recorded 1996–2001 at Motor Studios in San Francisco, Lumberjack Studios and Art of Ears in Hayward, California, and The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado
Genre Punk rock, pop punk, melodic hardcore, hardcore punk
Length 23:22
Label Lorelei (NAIL 4)
Producer Ryan Greene, Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, Jason Livermore
Good Riddance chronology

Good Riddance / Kill Your Idols
(2001)
Cover Ups
(2002)
Bound by Ties of Blood and Affection
(2003)

Cover Ups is a compilation album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, collecting all of the cover songs the band had previously released. It was released July 2, 2002 through Lorelei Records, a record label co-founded by the band's singer Russ Rankin.

Reception

Kurt Morris of Allmusic gave Cover Ups two stars out of five, commenting that "Some of the tunes seemed marred by the band trying to be funny and instead being annoying (the snotty "na-na-na" chorus on 'I Melt with You,' the high-pitched girly shrieking on 'Leader of the Pack,' etc.) ... Highlights of the album would no doubt be the Kiss cover and Bill Stevenson of Black Flag, All, and the Descendents doing drums and guitar on the Black Flag tune ... cover albums are (in almost all cases) for fans only. Cover Ups is no exception."[1]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Original performer Length
1. "I Melt with You" (from Before You Were Punk, 1997)Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Stephen Walker, Michael Conroy, Richard BrownModern English 2:22
2. "Feel Their Pain" (from Anti-Racist Action: The Benefit CD, 1999)InstedInsted 2:02
3. "I Stole Your Love" (from Ballads from the Revolution, 1998)Paul StanleyKiss 2:37
4. "Second Coming" (from Operation Phoenix, 1999)Battalion of SaintsBattalion of Saints 1:26
5. "Come Dancing" (from A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion, 1996)Ray DaviesThe Kinks 2:20
6. "Outlaw"  Glyn BarberChron Gen 3:05
7. "Leader of the Pack" (from Oldies But Goodies, 1998)Shadow Morton, Jeff Barry, Ellie GreenwichThe Shangri-Las 2:09
8. "Hall of Fame" (from A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion, 1996)John Stabb, Tom Lyle, Mitch Parker, Marc AlberstadtGovernment Issue 0:57
9. "In My Head" (from Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit, 2001)The Psychedelic FursThe Psychedelic Furs 2:41
10. "My War" (from Operation Phoenix, 1999)Chuck DukowskiBlack Flag 3:43
Total length:
23:22

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. Morris, Kurt. "Review: Cover Ups". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-09-03.