ard mhacha,

They weren't necessarily up-tempo versions. They were well thought-out interpretations, in a different style to how they would have been originally performed. If you can find the CD on some of the online CD stores you might be able to get a fleeting impression of each song, but I doubt that it would make much sense unless you heard the whole of each track.

The artists include Annie Lennox/Eurhythmics, The Neville Brothers, Kirsty McColl & The Pogues, Tom Waits, Sinead O'Connor, KD Laing, Les Negresses Vertes, David Byrne (fromTalking Heads), Jimmy Somerville, etc.

I'm listening to it now. Haven't played it for a while. I've played it so many times that it has burned a groove in my brain.

(I heard that it helps to listen to your favourite music if you are undergoing surgery, or in post-op healing. This would be one of my choices.)

Helen