Various Artists
This is love
Dig Your Own Grave

I love covers, I really do. I wish there were more albums like this, were lots of artists interpret one song. It's of course even better when my relationship to the song is similar to the artists'. The original song "Is this love", by Dutch artist Haddaway came out in 1993, and even though I've stopped listening to this sort of music (Eurodance, Eurodisco, or whatever you may call it) by then (I was more into skate punk), it was impossible to go out to any club/disco/bar/restaurant without being subjected to its horrible beat. There, I said it - I don't like the original at all. Therefore, I think it's quite impressive how Dig Your Own Grave has managed to get together so many great and different renditions of the song. There are songs that sound like similar, updated versions of the original (e.g. Komon, Otur, and The Mexicos), but there are also adaptations that are very original, such as Tommy Eld singing in Swedish, and lo-fi versions by All My Brother's Girlfriends and Bare Knee (the latter even featuring an accordion). It's only a shame that this wasn't "properly" released and distributed, I'm sure lots of people would like it.
- Simon Tagestam