great tribute albums
 

i would have to say the best i've heard so far as long as this "genre" has really existed, is "whore: a tribute to wire". fantastic album. each track really stands out for me. tracklist is groovy as hell. the bands involved are all great. and wire are amazing. *splurgen*

my favorite song on it is hard to take a stab at. they're all so good, but i really liked godflesh and aminiature.

1. 40 Versions - Godflesh
2. Mannequin - Lush
3. It's a Boy - Resolution
4. Serious of Snakes - Aminiature
5. Question of Degree - Kustomized
6. Ahead - Band of Susans
7. Three Girl Rhumba - Bark Psychosis
8. On Returning
9. 12XU - Spasm
10. Lowdown - Fudge Tunnel
11. German Shepherds - Laika
12. Mutual Friend - Chris Connelly
13. Eastern Standard
14. Our Swimmer
15. Eardrum Buzz - Scanner
16. Being Sucked in (Again) - Polar Bear
17. Fragile - Lee Ranaldo
18. Map Ref 41N 93W - My Bloody Valentine
19. Outdoor Miner - Transformer
20. Used To - Main
21. 15th - Mike Watt

oh jeez, and mbv. ear candy for me. bark psychosis too. underrated band.

i'm trying to think of more that don't suck. and damn, it's a hard question. nearly all tribute albums suck completely or have only one or two worthy of inclusion on a proper tribute.

Better Than The Beatles: A Tribute To The Shaggs
Naked In The Afternoon: A Jandek Tribute.

Both good concepts that fall flat.

However...

Our Band Could Be Your Life - A Tribute to D. Boon And The Minutemen is wonderful.

1. Sparkalepsy-King of the Hill
2.Seam-This Ain't No Picnic
3.Overpass-Fake Contest
4. Hazel-Storm in my House
5. Nuzzle-Futurism Restated
6. Oswald Five-O-Tony Gets Wasted in Pedro
7. Joe Boon & Tony Platon-Sickles and Hammers
8. The Brain Surgeons-Tour-Spiel
9. The 3M Company-Search
10. Treepeople-Shit from an Old Notebook
11. Vida-'99
12. Ethan James & Cindy Albon-Themselves
13. Tsunami-Courage
14. Cellophane-More Joy
15. Strawman-Untitled Song for Latin America
16.Meat Puppets-Price of Paradise
17. Crackerbash-The World According to Nouns
18. Nels Cline Trio-Self-Referenced/West Germany
19. Dos-Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want the Truth?
20. Experimental Pollen #68-Games
21. Overwhelming Colorfast-Corona
22. Free Kitten-Party with Me Punker
23. Jawbox-It's Expected I'm Gone
24. Locos Borachos-The Product
25. Thurston Moore-Shit You Hear at Parties
26. Joe Baiza-9:30 May 2
27. 67 Riot-Case Closed
28. Kaia-Stories
29. Unwound-Plight
30. The Meices-Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
31. Blowout-Times
32. Corduroy-Cut
33. Lou Barlow-Black Sheep
34. D Boon Interview
35. Minutemen (live)-Badges

that does look good. i'll order it.

the bridge, a tribute to neil young is great too.

1. Barstool Blues - Soul Asylum
2. Don't Let It Bring You Down - Victoria Williams
3. After the Gold Rush - The Flaming Lips
4. Captain Kennedy - Nikki Sudden
5. Cinnamon Girl - Loop
6. Helpless - Nick Cave
7. Mr. Soul - Bongwater
8. Winterlong - Pixies
9. Computer Age - Sonic Youth
10. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Psychic TV
11. Lotta Love - Dinosaur Jr.
12. Needle and the Damage Done/Tonight's the Night - Henry Kaiser
13. Out of the Blue - B.A.L.L.
14. Words - Henry Kaiser

This is unrelated but do any of you have Dugga Dugga Dugga?