SP Tribute Albums

I wasn't sure if this belongs here or not, but...
I was wondering who here actually owns any SP tribute albums? If so, which covers are your favourites? Would you recommend anyone buying these tribute albums?
Or if they're not on tribute albums (on the actual band's album or performed live), which ones?
I have Gothic/Industrial Tribute and Midnight in the Patch.
From the Gothic album, I like:
16 Volt - Disarm
Rosetta Stone - Eye
Synical - Zero

From Midnight in the Patch:
Evasl - Try. Try. Try
Zulana - Perfect

Others:
theSTART - Raindrops and Sunshowers (I want to get that tribute CD when it comes out, just for that song)...unless someone already has it?

I noticed there's another one out there, called "the killer in me" i think...i'm going to look for it.

I read about that one. I'm kinda curious to hear it. I kinda sorta like Poison the Well's version of "Today". They did a cover of "Soma" (and I love that song) - I'm interested in how they played it.

oh wow, that's my favourite off Siamese Dream...next to mayonaise. But though i'm sure anyone who covers SP will in the honor that those who are dedicated enough to make tribute to them, do their best, Soma should be one of those "untouched" and untainted songs.

ITA!! The only song that I hear that doesn't sound the same when covered by anyone, or even when played it live was Bullet. IDK why, it just didn't sound the same (but that's just me).

uggghh i HATE tribute albums!! i know they can make you hear songs in a whole new light sometimes but ugh i just don't know why anyone would choose to listen to them over the originals.

Some good covers here.

You know I was going to wait to post this for a while, but since the topic has already been started, I might as well get involved. You can check out the first Ghost Children CD. It was a limited edition, fan organized cd that was first released in 2001 at the first of two Act IV SP tribute/benefit concerts at Metro (artists at the concert played both covers, and their own original music). After Billy Corgan made a surprise guest appearance, Neil Main, the organizer of the original GC compilation presented a copy of it to Corgan. The above link also includes where you can find a copy of the post Billy made after he finally listened to it.

With Neil's blessing we have put together a second tribute album, called Ghost Children/Friends and Enemies. Like the last one it is a for the fans by the fans tribute, with all profits going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. While the last one was a grassroots effort, this time we are arranging to pay royalties to SP as well. Unlike the last one, mastering has been done as well. To hear clips from each of the songs, and see the cover art you can go, and see the cover art for the compilation by clicking the link earlier in this paragraph. If you like what you hear, feel free to pre-order the cd :).

Both the past tribute and the forthcoming one are non-genre specific, unlike some of the more commercial tributes. I understand that not everyone is into tribute albums, but I figured I would mention these two for anyone whose interested.

My brother Gothic Industrial tribute just for the hell of it, but I can't say that either of us like any of the covers very much. Gothic Industrial just isn't my forte. I was also appalled to hear the versions of songs on Midnight in the Patch, it didn't even seem like any of the artists had hear an SP song before. I embrace original takes, but those artists seemed to be clueless (ie the beebop version of Today or whateve it was). Wasn't Midnight in the Patch the one that was produced by Vitamin Records? That label seems to only produce commerical tribute albums, with many of the same bands on it, regardless of which artist they are covering.

I will take the high road and not comment on Killer in You, as it is more current tribute, that we would be sort of competing against. Although I do find it peculiar that Killer in You and Shot Full of Diamonds (which I am not even sure was officially released, the label disappeared and only a few copies seemed to have circulated), are both predominately emocore. Am I wrong?

Did anyone pre-order Ghost Children 2 cd from here in the past few days? There someone that just did the other day, yet their email address appears to be invalid, so I can't send them a confirmation email. If you did, let me know, and what your name is. I am looking for one specific person.

David

thats on itunes....just type in the killer in me, its also on amazon..its not great but its the best i have heard!

The release date for Ghost Children 2/Friends and Enemies has now been postponed till November 17th due to delays in the mastering process. The CD will be going into production and going through the rights process which typically takes anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks. We apologize for the delay.

Due to the additional delay from the postponement of the Ghost Children 2 release date, we are now offering access to the lossless Act IV 2002 concert shns to everyone who has pre-ordered Ghost Children 2 in the past as well (that includes people who pre-ordered it as early as May 2006-our first pre-order). However, for people who had pre-ordered the cd prior to September, you must request access from us directly.

In addition to the front cover art for Ghost Children 2, we now have sample images of the rest of the artwork for the cd including the booklet insert, the back cover of the booklet, and the back cover inlay at the back of the cd. To view these, you can go to the Act IV site. To view the images, click on the thumbnails below the sample front cover art on that page (http://www.act4.net/ghostchildren2.htm).

Has anyone heard the cover of "Geek USA" by Between the Buried and Me? I kinda like, but of course it's no .

What about the cover of "Today" by Poison the Well? It SUCKS.

Speaking of bad covers of "Today', what about that weird one that was on Pumpkins in the Patch. The guy singing sounded like he had just looked at the lyrics and never even heard the original melody. I personally feel for a cover to be effective, that it has feel at least in some way inspired by the Pumpkins. I don't mean that it should be an exact cover, nor does it necessarily have to be completely different. It can be somewhere in between as well. But its not effective cover if you can't tell that at least someone in the band has been inspired by SP, rather than someone being commissioned to do a song they never even heard before, then move on to do a cover of another song on another tribute for another band for the same record label (Vitamin Records I am looking in your direction ;)).