For All I Care

For All I Care
Studio album by The Bad Plus
Released October 20, 2008 (EU)
February 3, 2009 (US)
Recorded April 2008
Genre Jazz
Label EmArcy (EU)
Heads Up Records (US)
Producer The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus chronology
Prog
(2007)
For All I Care
(2008)
Never Stop
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

For All I Care is an album by The Bad Plus with Wendy Lewis on vocals. It was released on October 20, 2008, in Europe and on February 3, 2009, in the U.S. This is the first Bad Plus album to include a vocalist, as well as the first to feature no original songs. Although the Bad Plus are known for playing inventive covers of rock songs, this is their first album to exclusively feature cover songs, including a few 20th-century classical pieces.

Track listing

Listed next to each track is the most known performer of each piece, followed by the writers (except for the classical tradition pieces).

  1. "Lithium" - 4:46 (Nirvana; Kurt Cobain)
  2. "Comfortably Numb" - 6:41 (Pink Floyd; David Gilmour/Roger Waters)
  3. "Fém (Etude No. 8)" - 3:20 (György Ligeti)
  4. "Radio Cure" - 6:40 (Wilco; Jay Bennett/Jeff Tweedy)
  5. "Long Distance Runaround" - 3:43 (Yes; Jon Anderson)
  6. "Semi-Simple Variations" - 3:32 (Milton Babbitt)
  7. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:39 (The Bee Gees; Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb)
  8. "Barracuda" - 3:21 (Heart; Ann Wilson/Michael DeRosier/Nancy Wilson/Roger Fisher)
  9. "Lock, Stock and Teardrops" - 4:08 (Roger Miller)
  10. "Variation d'Apollon" - 4:33 (Igor Stravinsky)
  11. "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate" - 4:47 (The Flaming Lips; Michael Ivins/Steven Drozd/Wayne Coyne)
  12. "Semi-Simple Variations (Alternate Version)" - 1:11 (Milton Babbitt)

Personnel

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Review: For All I Care". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

External links

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