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IcehouseHeroes Diva/Warner There's a sticker that sits proudly on the front of Iva Davies' latest album that reads "as seen on 7". That's because the title track, a cover of Bowie's Heroes, was used to advertise the Olympic television coverage. Yeah, I thought they just used The Wallflowers' version too. 'Heroes' is a basically a re-packaging of the 1995 album, 'The Berlin Tapes', stemming from the recording of this new version of Heroes. There's an older, piano-based version of Heroes. In fact, the whole album's quite mellow, and Davies does good justice to songs by Talking Heads, XTC, Simple Minds, and more. Especially good is dramatic take on The Velvet Underground's All Tomorrow's Parties. The rendition of Sinatra's All The Way is a bit corny, but it's the only real blip here. The new version of Heroes has been tacked on to the end of the record, and feels that way. It's not representative of the older material, but I suppose this was the best way to bring out the recording: it gives people a chance to rediscover what was actually a decent covers record. If you liked the version of Heroes used on TV and the phrase "Icehouse covers record" catches your fancy, then by all means get this record. However, if you don't really care about the by-the-nmbers Heroes rehash, you're actually better off getting the 2002 remastered version of 'The Berlin Tapes'. It features a version of The Cure's At Night which for some reason was omitted from 'Heroes,' along with five extra tracks.  |
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