Juliana Hatfield's first-ever all-covers album featuring an eclectic mix of rock and pop song interpretations (Bad Company, Pete Yorn, Teenage Fanclub, ELO, Liz Phair, Led Zeppelin) -- acoustic as well as raw rock and electric programmed-beat versions. Some produced and mixed by Andy Chase of Ivy/Brookville. Featuring background vocals by Matthew Caws of Nada Surf...

song / original artist

1. Cells - Teenage Fanclub
2. Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
3. Bad Moon Rising - CCR
4. Ready For Love - Mott The Hoople / Bad Company
5. Self Machine - I Blame Coco
6. Fruit Fly - Nada Surf
7. Closet - Pete Yorn
8. Sweet is the Night - ELO
9. Do I Wait - Ryan Adams
10. Friend of Mine - Liz Phair
11. My Wife - The Who
12. Rock and Roll - Led Zep

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008VI02NS/?tag=imwan-20

Photo Credit: Phil Morrison

Juliana's working on a new covers album, again funding it thru the Pledge Music method. There are a few details on the Pledge Music site, but nothing concrete. No song titles, number of songs, but she's posting frequently, including occasional work-in-progress videos. You can pledge and purchase the album in a variety of configurations, extras, and prices.

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jhcovers

(this website is extremely slow, for me anyway, ugh...)

Since Amazon never got any CD versions of her last album (I luckily found a new copy thru an Amazon 3rd party), and they very quickly sold out on her own website, I'm going the pledge route this time.

Don't know if she's into Black Sabbath, but it'd be kool to hear her do a nugget off one of their first 4 albums...

Thanks for the heads up. I agree with you on availability, & went for the cd & download at $12.

I also went for the CD (but the autograph copy). Now if they have a pledge for a dinner date I will owe pull out the Amex for her.

Rick A.

Thanks for the tip. I'll be getting a CD. Her last one was great.

Her last was actually my favorite cd of 2011.

It was easily one of the ten best new releases of the year. Hardly anybody seems to notice she's a genius hook machine at the top of her game.

This process is kinda neat, getting multiple daily updates from Juliana via her pledge music site. She's dropping hints, showing short teaser videos, keeping us guessing. Though she's stating that anything being rehearsed / recorded will not necessarily make the final cut, this should be one fun covers album. So far the hints include possible songs by The Cars, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, others I don't yet recognize.

I can't help but wish I was there in the studio with her, jamming away, ha (yeah, dream on). I'd still suggest she do a Black Sabbath song too (one from the first 4 albums)...

She's sending out so many updates, I'm at least a week behind on reading them!

These 2 songs are streaming on Juliana's pledge site, but they are 2 of her older tunes (wouldn't expect them to be on the new covers album). But they are so good !! , I just had to post them here. First a midtempo rocking ballad, outstanding guitars, chord changes, vocals: "Mountains of Love" from her comp Gold Stars (also from the unreleased God's Foot album):

And a 7/4 time rocker, did I mention this is great stuff !! ?

Never thought I'd say something like this, but she;'s sending out so much that I don't bother to click through anymore. It's kind of overwhelming; I love her music, but I don't need to know every tiny detail of her life!.

I also use an older news reader, & the code she puts in the emails makes them appears as an unreadable black page with a link.

I'm with you, Geff. There are at least four a day, sometimes more. Some are mildly amusing, but mostly pretty trivial. It's just too much.

Very cool punkish cover of the 50's (early 60's?) classic Do You Wanna Dance (I THINK anyone can play this stream)

http://sendgrid.pledgemusic.com/wf/clic ... tqLS8DdLKx

a nugget rare-ity from 1995 I think...

Thanks for the vid, brave Sir Robin!

I had forgotten about that song. It was indeed from 1995, and appeared on a various-artists CD included with the UK music magazine "Volume" (Volume 13 "The Lucky Issue", to be precise). The mag was approximately the size of a CD jewel-case, tho somewhat thicker.

Eubie welcome, NPNPNP. It also showed up about a year later on the various artists CD "Safe and Sound: A Benefit".

This is one excellent power rockin' tune by Ms. H, there are a few more rare nuggets I still need to gather up...

While we're waiting for the covers album to come out (I think she's shooting for the end of July), here's Juliana on an episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete. She appears in the first few minutes of parts 1 & 3:

part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt_gjWng-Ms

part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEo0-alea-M

part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt3HcK1rWqI

I didn't see JH in part 1. Was she one of the little girls? Was she the younger lunch lady? I thought she was already an established artist in the 90's?

Bumped the first post with release date and info tidbits, still no track list.

But I might be able to add that soon, 'cause Juliana is putting all the pledged CDs in the mail tomorrow 8-10-12 !!

And we'll get the download version before the CDs arrive in the mail !!

Woo hoo !!

(Linda might even go for this, as Juliana covers Teenage Fanclub And ELO !!)

I'm really curious to see the song list,; I've gotten the impression from JH that eclectic is an understatement!

Album tracks include:
Bad Moon Rising, Cells, Closet, Do I Wait, Friend Of Mine, Fruit Fly, Learn To Fly, My Wife, Ready For Love, Rock And Roll, Self Machine and Sweet Is The Night.