Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary

Various Artists

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Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary Review

by Dan Heilman

The label's current artists cover its all-timers, e.g., The Cure meets The Doors. An interesting idea, it has sketchy results.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Hello I Love You The Doors	The Cure	03:27	Spotify Amazon
2	House of the Rising Sun Traditional	Tracy Chapman	02:03	Spotify Amazon
3	Seven & Seven is Arthur Lee	Billy Bragg	02:15	Spotify Amazon
4	I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing Bill Backer / Roger Cook / Billy Davis / Roger Greenaway	Jevetta Steele	04:13	Spotify Amazon
5	Hotel California Don Felder / Glenn Frey / Don Henley	Gipsy Kings	05:47	Spotify Amazon
6	Werewolves of London LeRoy Marinell / Waddy Wachtel / Warren Zevon	The Black Velvet Band	03:40	Spotify Amazon
7	Motorcycle Mama The Sugarcubes	The Sugarcubes	03:44	Spotify Amazon
8	One Meatball Lou Singer / Hy Zaret	Shinehead	04:38	Spotify Amazon
9	Bottle of Wine Tom Paxton	Havalinas	03:27	Spotify Amazon
10	Born In Chicago Nick Gravenites	Pixies	02:11	Spotify Amazon
11	You're So Vain Carly Simon	Faster Pussycat	04:11	Spotify Amazon
12	Marquee Moon Tom Verlaine	Kronos Quartet	04:13	Spotify Amazon
13	Get Ourselves Together Bonnie Bramlett / Carl Radle	Phoebe Snow	04:17	Spotify Amazon
14	Tokoloshe Man John Kongos	Happy Mondays	04:18	Spotify Amazon
15	Let's Go Ric Ocasek	Ernie Isley	04:41	Spotify Amazon
16	Going Down Don Nix	Lynch Mob	03:35	Spotify Amazon
17	A Little Bit of Rain Fred Neil	Ambitious Lovers	03:15	Spotify Amazon
18	You Belong To Me Michael McDonald / Carly Simon	Anita Baker	04:42	Spotify Amazon
19	Road To Cairo David Ackles	Howard Jones	05:34	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Kick Out the Jams MC5	The Big F	04:03	Spotify Amazon
2	Almost Saturday Night/Rockin' All Over the World John Fogerty	The Georgia Satellites	04:04	Spotify Amazon
3	Hello, I Am Your Heart Dennis Linde	Sara Hickman	02:44	Spotify Amazon
4	Make It With You David Gates	Teddy Pendergrass	05:32	Spotify Amazon
5	The Blacksmith Traditional	Linda Ronstadt	02:41	Spotify Amazon
6	Going Going Gone Bob Dylan	Bill Frisell / Robin Holcomb / Wayne Horvitz	05:58	Spotify Amazon
7	First Girl I Loved Robin Williamson	Jackson Browne	04:44	Spotify Amazon
8	These Are Days Jackson Browne	10,000 Maniacs	03:27	Spotify Amazon
9	Stone Cold Crazy John Deacon / Brian May / Freddie Mercury / Roger Taylor	Metallica	02:17	Spotify Amazon
10	Apricot Brandy Michael Fonfara / Danny Weis	Danny Gatton	03:11	Spotify Amazon
11	Union Man Earl Cate / Ernie Cate / Steve Cropper	Shaking Family	03:55	Spotify Amazon
12	One More Parade Bob Gibson / Phil Ochs	They Might Be Giants	02:22	Spotify Amazon
13	I Can't Tell You Why Glenn Frey / Don Henley / Timothy B. Schmit	Howard Hewett	03:52	Spotify Amazon
14	Mt. Airy Groove Curtis Harmon / James K. Lloyd / Cedric Napoleon	Leaders of the New School	04:37	Spotify Amazon
15	You Brought the Sunshine Twinkie Clark	Shirley Murdock	04:16	Spotify Amazon
16	Inbetween Days Robert Smith	John Eddie	03:59	Spotify Amazon
17	Love Wars Cecil Womack / Linda Womack	The Beautiful South	04:36	Spotify Amazon
18	Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell	Michael Feinstein	05:14	Spotify Amazon
19	T.V. Eye The Stooges	John Zorn	02:25	Spotify Amazon
20	Hello I Love You (Slight Return) The Doors	The Cure	00:10	Spotify Amazon

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