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Heaven: A Tribute To The Cure
Various
American Laundromat
When surveying The Cure's legendary canon it's hard not to think of the words of renowned excavator Howard Carter when he discovered King Tuts' tomb: "Everywhere the glint of gold." That being said, it's no wonder that for the bands on Just Like Heaven: A Tribute To The Cure there was more than enough bullion to go around. There's Joy Zipper's luxurious, layered take on "Just Like Heaven"; New Zealand's The Brunettes turn "Lovesong" into a spacey '60s jam and Kitty Karlyle's cover of "In Between Days" perfectly reveals the rock solid center of what this critic believes may very well be one of the best songs of the '80s. Produced by American Laundromat's Joe Spadaro and Gwen Hysler, Just Like Heaven has a number of big-named surprises: Billed as Grand Duchy, Black Francis and Violet Clark check in with a foreboding version of "A Strange Day" and Tanya Donnelly's teaming up with Dylan In The Movies results in a gorgeous morphing of "The Lovecats" into new wave cabaret. Elsewhere, Dean & Britta transform the giddy "Friday I'm In Love" into a doleful lounge beauty; the Devics' reading of the laconic masterpiece "Catch" is spot on; and the album's finest moment, The Wedding Present's furious reworking of "High" is twitchy, raw and perfect.
—Alex Green
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