Does anyone have the 5 CD Prince Tribute "Shockadelica" which was published in Norway in 2008?

Is it worth purchasing? What are the best covers on the set (song list below)?

DISC 1
01 Solo - Maja S.K. Ratkje feat. Rolf Erik Nystrøm
02 Sexy MF - Dog Almighty
03 The Cross - Audrey Horne
04 I Feel For You - El Caco
05 Anotherloverholenyohead - Odd
06 Raspberry Beret - Lukestar
07 Do Me, Baby - Sister Sonny
08 Darling Nikki - White Lord Jesus feat. Bård Torstensen
09 Girls & Boys - Helldorado
10 Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) - Sold Out
11 Kiss - Jake Ziah
12 Paisley Park - Grande
13 Chaos And Disorder - Bare Egils Coverband
14 Thieves In The Temple - Ulver feat. Siri Stranger
15 The Holy River - Bellman


DISK 2
01 The One - KORK & Jarle Bernhoft
02 Crazy You - Thom Hell
03 Walk Don´t Walk - Traces Gospel Choir feat. Tracee Meyn & Paul Wagnberg
04 She´s Always In My Hair - Hawk N SD
05 Days Of Wild - Glam Slam
06 Gett Off - Myrna Braza
07 Uptown - Lester
08 Controversy - Surferrosa
09 I Wanna Be Your Lover - Kenneth Ishak
10 Alphabet St - JackmanNoreger feat. Nicki Richards
11 Freaks On This Side - The Loudmouf Choir
12 Damn U - Suzanne Sumbundu
13 Thunder - Reflex
14 Rockhard In A Funky Place - Gunnar Andreas Berg & Erlend Smalås
15 It - Åste Hunnes Sem
16Starfish And Coffee - Haddy N´jie & The Stoones
17 The Truth - Sofian feat. Ole Staveteig


DISK 3
01 Anotherloverholenyohead & Purple Rain - Morten Abel
02 Manic Monday - Ephemera
03 Cinnamon Girl - Dylan Mondegreen feat. The Aluminum Group
04 Take Me With U - King Midas
05 Money Don´t Matter 2 Night - The Loch Ness Mouse
06 Future Baby Mama - Isabel Ødegård
07 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - Christer Knutsen
08 Strollin´ - The Captain & Me
09 Pop Life - Prince Generations
10 Do U Lie - Matias Tellez
11 Nothing Compares 2 U - Brødrene Lowenstierne
12 I Would Die 4 U - Heine Totland & Gisle Børge Styve
13 The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - Björnstjærne & Johnny Hazard feat. The Gin And Tonic Youth
14 Sign ´O´ The Times - Joacim Lund
15 Slow Love - Olav Larsen & The Alabama Rodeo Stars
16 Letitgo - Bjørn Berge
17 Sometimes It Snows In April - Knut Reiersrud Band


DISK 4
01 Joy In Repetition - Sølvguttene feat. Hilde Marie Kjersem & Peder Kjellsby
02 Paisley Park - Anne Marie Almedal
03 The Question Of U - The Margarets
04 Sometimes It Snows In April - StarGate & Espen Lind
05 The Morning Papers - Marte Wulff
06 Nothing Compares 2 U - Silje Nergaard & Jørun Bøgeberg
07 Anna Stesia - Charlotte & The Co-Stars
08 If I Was Your Girlfriend - Minor Majority
09 Purple Rain - The White Birch
10 The Cross - Tellusalie
11 Condition Of The Heart - Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
12 Under The Cherry Moon - Morten Qvenild
13 I Wish U Heaven - Anneli Drecker & Bugge Wesseltoft
14 The Greatest Romance Ever Sold - Kornstad
15 Starfish And Coffee - Bendik Hofseth
16 - Erlend Ropstad17The Question Of U - Jacob Young


DISK 5
01 Dear Mr. Man - Egil Olsen
02 Sex Shooter - Frost
03 Sign ´O´ The Times - Nils Petter Molvær feat. Sidsel Endresen
04 The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - Jens Carelius & The Mainstreams
05 Girls & Boys - Ornand Altenburg
06 When Doves Cry - Fitts For Fight
07 Dirty Mind - Ost & Kjex feat. Mungolian Jet Set
08 I Would Die 4 U - Marius & Inger Lise Rypdal
09 New Power Generation - Dinosau
10 Nasty Girl - Lene Alexandra
11 The Future (Coruscant Rust) - Ugress
12 Darling Nikki - Name
13 Let´s Go Crazy - Don Juan Dracula
14 Kiss - Sverre Indris Joner & La Descarga feat. Pepe Espinosa
15 P. Control (Pussy Outta Control-remix) - Kaada

I've only heard the first two discs, but I really like the following songs:

Do Me, Baby - Sister Sonny (cool indie rock version)

Girls & Boys - Helldorado

The Holy River - Bellman (a very haunting, beautiful version if you're into bands like Stars or Bon Iver)

Crazy You - Thom Hell

Controversy - Surferrosa (has a funky Ting Tings kinda vibe)

I Wanna Be Your Lover - Kenneth Ishak

Damn U - Suzanne Sumbundu (awesome contemporary R&B-type version, I love the synths)

yeah I have this and I think it was great, I liked most of the cover songs,

It was an amazing tribute from the norwegian music scene, I haven't listened for a long while though,

I still prefer to listen to Prince's original versions,


edit: I think there was a site where you could hear samples of the songs?
[Edited 4/17/09 14:35pm]

i have it. i can't give you an encyclopedic rundown on each track and how many stars i'd give each one, but i can tell you that (to me) it was well worth the money. some of the songs are duds, but with 5 CDs, you have to expect a mixed bag. some of the renditions are bizarre, some are imaginative, some are really sharp, and some will grow on you. i think everyone will get something different from listening to it...

the packaging and art design are really nice too. i felt that overall it was a really nicely done, well thought out project. and a nice collectible!

thedance said:

take a listen here, but don't let the 2 first crappy songs scare you away....
http://www.ccrecords.musi...p?id=34576
[Edited 4/17/09 14:34pm]

If you like Prince covers, this is the mother-load. I like it a lot. The cowboy take on Sign ´O´ The Times by Joacim Lund is off the hook.

thedance said:

Thanks for the link. I'm listening to the clips at the moment. Anotherlover by Odd sounds great.

Oh yeah... peep the Phil Spector/wall of sound I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man by Christer Knutsen, it's the shit.

If you just want to download it (legally) and not buy the physical CDs, Play.com have it in mp3 for £11.95.

BUT they say you need a UK credit card & address.

http://www.play.com/Music...ml?cur=257

squirrelgrease said:

The clip sounds great . There are so many great covers on the set.

PopeLeo said:

Thanks for the link.

I suggest you to buy the CDs, because the artwork is cool:

it's a purple box 5cd set with a very nice golden booklet, incl. lot's of pics of every artist/ band.

I'm still deciding if Jarle Bernhoft's cover of The One beats the original. I think it's the best Prince cover I've ever listened to.

Funkysexual said:

Another great cover version. This set is fantastic.

This CD set is fantastic, a really good listen. I'd buy the cds if I were you, worth it to have them, it's packaged really nicely. Very classy design.

i want dis. i want i t now

Great set. Well worth the money. The slow cd is my favorite.
Somereally interesting versions on there.
Buy.

Yeah if you want a Prince tribute cd then this is defintiely the one to buy, some excellent covers

Anyone know where you can buy the c.d from? Had a quick look around but can't find it.

quite a few very good covers on there. my fav is probably still
sex shooter covered by frost. great, interesting version.

I dont own the 5cd-set myself, but i have listened to quite a lot of the songs on it.

Especially some of the female artists do an amazing job on some of those songs:

Marte Wulff does a charming version of the Morning Papers, I really dig Anne Marie Perdals take on Paisley Park (very dreamlike, great crystalline voice) and Susanna and the magical orchestra make something very minimalistic of Condition of Heart.
[Edited 4/18/09 9:50am]

Anyone find it odd that so many artists were able to get ok's to cover his songs?
I was under the impression he had to give his ok and is pretty picky about who re-records his music.

There was a big explosion at the time of the release, it was reported that Prince got the set cancelled. The producer was online telling the whole tale, perhaps someone else could summarize, can't remember the specifics..

Riverpoet31 said:

i agree, most of the songs on the set i like best are the ones sung by
women. perhaps because in that case you don't compare voices as much
as you would do with another man singing a prince song. somehow these
covers work very well.

Does anyone know if the CD set is on sale anywhere on the web? Ebay and Amazon have nothing. Play.com in UK have download only.

tc012009 said:

ooh, I#d like to know too.

tc012009 said:

i think you have to order it directly from the source.

http://www.ccrecords.musi...p?id=34576

It´s pretty simple ..... if you like, or are interested in, covers of Prince-songs: GO GET IT ! (you won´t be disappointed)

Wow, just listened to most of the samples. They're pretty good IMO. The disc that came out a few years ago with Ice T and Gary Numan didn't really impress me.

XNY said:

Where Ice T lisps his way through Head.