Almost a year to the date, Corinne Bailey Rae follows The Sea with a covers EP.
It’s a light stop-gap to hold fans over until Rae’s third album.
Given the circumstances of The Sea, it’s all the more enjoyable to hear the singer indulge herself and have a little fun with a set of favorites.
Some extra-noodly synthesizer work aside, Prince’s flirty 1979 single “I Wanna Be Your Lover” is played straight.
“Low Red Moon” rocks a bit harder than the Belly original.
Bob Marley's “Is This Love” gets a Southern-style, gospel-tinged makeover, while Paul McCartney & Wings' “My Love” gets a simple, stripped-down reading.
A loose but quietly burning version of “Que Sera Sera” -- stretched out to 13 minutes -- comes from a 2010 performance at Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club and features some great vocal interplay between Rae and guitarist John McCallum.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Wanna Be Your LoverPrince | Corinne Bailey Rae | Play | 03:29 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | Low Red MoonTanya Donelly | Corinne Bailey Rae | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Is This LoveBob Marley | Corinne Bailey Rae | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | My LoveLinda McCartney, Paul McCartney | Corinne Bailey Rae | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | Que Sera Sera (Live) | Corinne Bailey Rae | Play | 13:26 | 30 MB | 74 MB |
| 28 mins | 65 MB | |||||
| 28 mins | 159 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barny | Mixing |
| 2 | Jennifer Birch | Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background) |
| 3 | Steve Brown | Arranger, Engineer, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Marxophone, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Programming, Remixing, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer |
| 4 | Matt Colton | Mastering |
| 5 | Ruadhri Cushnan | Mixing |
| 6 | Tanya Donelly | Composer |
| 7 | Ray Evans | Composer |
| 8 | Luke Flowers | Drums |
| 9 | Gerard Albo | Engineer, Mixing |
| 10 | Good Groove | Engineer |
| 11 | Gordon H. Jee | Creative Director |
| 12 | Kenny Higgins | Bass, Spanish Guitar, Vocals |
| 13 | Randall Leddy | Design |
| 14 | Jay Livingston | Composer |
| 15 | Nelson Lugo | Mixing Assistant |
| 16 | Bob Marley | Composer |
| 17 | John McCallum | Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 18 | Linda McCartney | Composer |
| 19 | Paul McCartney | Composer |
| 20 | Prince | Composer |
| 21 | Corinne Bailey Rae | Arranger, Glockenspiel, Guitar (Electric), Marxophone, Percussion, Primary Artist, Producer, Remixing, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Joeri Saal | Engineer |
| 23 | Ray Staff | Mastering |
| 24 | Phil Tan | Mixing |
| 25 | Ghian Wright | Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |