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11:20 Oct 11, 2007
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: cover
Cat Power (Chan Marshall) has finally named her second covers album as Jukebox and also revealed that the LP will be issued on January 22nd 2008.

Originally Marshall claimed the record would be simply named Covers Record 2 in a blog post during August.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 17:38
Selected answer:see explanation
Explanation:
A cover album is made up of songs that were previously recorded or made popular by another. Also called "cover songs".

But the new Cat Power album, "Jukebox'' won't only contain cover songs (that's why she chose not to name it "Covers Record II'')
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Micaela Genchi
Italy
Local time: 11:38
Grading comment
thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6song not written by the artist and originally performed by someone else
Marie-Hélène Hayles
5 +2A new rendition of a previously recorded song or music
orientalhorizon
5 +1see explanation
Micaela Genchi


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
song not written by the artist and originally performed by someone else


Explanation:
Covers are songs which were originally performed by another artist (who may or may not have been the actual writer). For example, both Jimi Hendrix and U2 have performed covers of the song "All Along the Watchtower", originally written and performed by Bob Dylan.

Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 11:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon
2 mins
agree  Marina Soldati
3 mins
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
36 mins
agree  vixen
1 hr
agree  kmtext
2 hrs
agree  Caroline Moreno
8 hrs
neutral  airmailrpl: and if it is a song written by the artist and originally performed by someone else ?? Ex. Carole King
1 day 5 hrs
  -> the original performance is not a cover, as I thought was implicit in my answer.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
A new rendition of a previously recorded song or music


Explanation:
If somebody else originally sang a song which thus became a hit, and you sing and record it again, then this new performance would be a "cover".

orientalhorizon
Local time: 17:38
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Caroline Moreno: Right, and it doesn't even have to be a hit.
8 hrs
  -> thanks a lot!
agree  airmailrpl: -
1 day 5 hrs
  -> thanks a lot!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
see explanation


Explanation:
A cover album is made up of songs that were previously recorded or made popular by another. Also called "cover songs".

But the new Cat Power album, "Jukebox'' won't only contain cover songs (that's why she chose not to name it "Covers Record II'')

Micaela Genchi
Italy
Local time: 11:38
Native speaker of: Italian
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Caroline Moreno
8 hrs
  -> Thank you :)
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