NOTE: Once again, I am a participant. However, I will be making a couple commments about my own offering, which you may or may not find amusing. Now, on with the review...



Yes, I went there again. I do think my song is one of the best, though nowhere near the best. Why do I like it? Probably because it makes the dogs next door go crazy once it gets to the middle part. The way I described it to some of my friends is that it is making Iggy Pop roll over in his grave. When informed that he is still alive, I mention that he specifically dug a grave so he could roll over in it.



Now, on to more important matters, which are all the songs on here that reach true greatness. Yes, I'm looking at you Jef Leeson. "Tired of Waking Up Tired" is going to send me on a search for Diodes albums, because if your cover is this good, the original has to be something my collection is sorely lacking.



China Girl does a great surf-guitar tinged version of "New York", and Nap's "Sonic Reducer" is his best so far. I know he was worried about the vocals, but I think they work wonderfully on here. Excellect version of "Blank Generation" from Andrew Sacher, and Kelly Kish's "Because You're Young" makes me want to see what Cock Sparrer is like as well (as an aside note, bug him for his version of the Dead Milkmen's "If I Had a Gun", which was a contender for this release). Modest View is after my own heart with a Meat Puppets cover.



Happily, I really don't have much bad to say about anything excelt Cinematery's version of "Subliminal". I'm always afraid my songs may bring a collection to a screeching halt like this one does. I would add another half star if this would have been left by the wayside.



All-in-all, I find this on the same level as #02, and in some ways a little better.

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