Sid 'n' Susie Go 'Completely Under the Covers'

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Here's a "box set" of sorts of one of my favorite acts in recent memories, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs' covers project. Although I guess these repackaged albums are a good thing, somehow I take it as a personal affront after I go and spend my hard-earned money buying the originals as they come house, hunting down editions with extra tracks -- sometimes buying the album more than once -- and then still come up short when the "latest" has stuff even I didn't get in my sweep. This time it's just two songs -- "Village Green Preservation Society" and "I Can See for Miles" from the '60s era -- so I'm hoping I can acquire those without shelling out another $22 and adding more clutter to my apartment. (I might add that I have two songs that aren't on these, so there!) I also take this to mean there won't be a fourth collection -- the '90s -- which is probably just as well.

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs Go Back to the '80s!

Foreshadowing: Sid 'n' Susie strike a '90s pose?

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs' beloved covers project -- Sid 'n' Susie -- are back with a third album, this time focusing on the 1980s. I have to admit that I was far more apprehensive about this one than I was the '60s and '70s collections -- the '80s are yours, mine and theirs, after all -- but after hearing their sparkling take on the Go-Go's finest moment, "Our Lips Are Sealed," I'm starting to get giddy about a lineup that also includes R.E.M.'s "Sitting Still," the Pretenders' "Kid," Kirsty MacColl's "They Don't Know" and the English Beat's "Save It for Later." :

"Under the Covers, Vol. 3" will be out Nov. 12 on Shout! Factory. Listen to "Our Lips Are Sealed" HERE.

The full track list for "Under the Covers, Vol. 3" includes:
1.      Sitting Still (R.E.M.)
2.      Girls Talk (Dave Edmunds)
3.      Big Brown Eyes (The dB's)
4.      Kid (Pretenders)
5.      Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
6.      Save It For Later (The English Beat)
7.      They Don’t Know (Kirsty MacColl)
8.      The Bulrushes (The Bongos)
9.      Our Lips Are Sealed (The Go-Go’s)
10.   How Soon Is Now (The Smiths)
11.   More Than This (Roxy Music)
12.   Towers of London (XTC)
13.   Killing Moon (Echo and the Bunnymen)
14.   Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham)

Bonus Tracks on iTunes Deluxe Version:
* Train in Vain (the Clash)
* You’re My Favorite Waste of Time (Marshall Crenshaw)
* I Would Die 4 U (Prince)