All-female album of collaborations and covers - with a Cherry on top.
An archive-filled documentary, an upcoming memoir, and now this album of all-female contemporary covers and collaborations: Neneh Cherry’s 2022 is all about asserting her legacy. And what a legacy it is! The Versions revisits the early years of Cherry’s back catalogue, reminding us how fresh and forward-thinking it was, and still is.
1989’s Manchild, a whirling, jazz-inflected piece of pop genius, is covered fairly faithfully by 21st-century pop giant Sia, and still feels brand new.
1996’s Woman, covered movingly and sagely by Anohni, becomes a majestic fuck-you.
Then comes the turbo-fueled romp through 1992’s Gang Starr collaboration Buddy X by DJ Honey Dijon.
Better still is a slower, trip-hop take on 1992’s Sassy by Cherry’s daughter Tyson, once the baby in her famous bump, and a euphoric ride through Buffalo Stance with Robyn and Mapei.
Whip-smart and wonderful.
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