Rubber Soul This Bird Has Flown

The Beatles' Rubber Soul turned forty this month. Wait...what goes on...?

This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute To The Beatles' Rubber Soul celebrates that milestone with fourteen alternative pop, folk and rock covers.

Fresh inspired interpretations abound, featuring Ben Harper, The Donnas, Fiery Furnaces, Dar Williams, Low, Yonder Mountain String Band, Mindy Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Rhett Miller (of Old 97's,) Ted Leo, Ben Lee, Ben Kweller, Nellie McKay, and The Cowboy Junkies.

My favorites are Mindy Smith's "The Word", Rhett Miller's "Girl", Ben Lee's "In My Life" and
Ben Kweller's "Wait".

Dar Williams does a great remake of "You Won't See Me", Yonder Mountain String Band delights with "Think For Yourself" and the Donnas shift into high gear with "Drive My Car".

"If I Needed Someone" is barely recognizable as done by Nellie McKay. But by and large, this is a really good tribute album by some of today's most groundbreaking artists.

On Razor and Tie Entertainment.