Radio 1's Live Lounge - Volume 3 Reviews

Radio 1 is a national radio station from the BBC aimed at a target audience of around 16-26 year old featuring DJ's such as Chris Moyles, Scott Mills, Vernon Kay & Sara Cox. One of my highlights on the station is the Live Lounge. This is where an artist or band comes in live and sings two of their own song live & acoustic as ...  Read the complete review

I own all three Live Lounge albums to date and would say they have got better with each release. There is a good mix of revamped versions of well known tracks by the original artists combined with interesting cover versions. This particular album also showcases the talents of a few artists I previously knew little about namely Elliot ...  Read the complete review

I love listening to the Live Lounge on Radio 1 anyway, so to have a CD full of them is even better! There's some absolute crackers on here, which will be enjoyed by everybody, but there are some which will be an acquired taste. For me, the best track is the Alphabeat one, but I loved that when I saw it live at V Festival last year. Another ...  Read the complete review

I love the whole concept of Radio 1's Live Lounge. I really enjoy finding covers of songs I like and hearing them done in a fresh and different way. I also like hearing people do their own tunes acoustically, bringing a whole new dimension to the song. I got this particular Live Lounge for Christmas and think it's fantastic with a collection of ...  Read the complete review

I very rarely listen to Radio 1 but have all three Live Lounge cd's and this one is by far the best. Some of the songs are just live versions, sang by the original artist, Duffy's 'Mercy' is a very good version. I love Dizzee Rascal singing 'That's not my name', originally by the Ting Tings. When the song came out, it was such a hit and everybody ...  Read the complete review

Another great installment from Radio one's Live Lounge. Always an interesting compilation as the artists get to choose another bands / solo artists song and cover it. Some are great and even better than the originals for example look at the sucess Amy Winehouse had with 'Valerie'. I think it is a very interesting album, not unlike the two ...  Read the complete review

I love to listen to radio one, it really is the only radio station I listen to, apart from if one songs really bugging me then I may change over occasionally. However I only really listen to radio one with Chris Moyle's in the mornings and then Scott Mills at night as this is when I'm travelling about and need something to listen to. I ...  Read the complete review

One of the most interesting and entertaining events in the music industry as a whole for me is Radio 1's Live Lounge. It takes artists out of their comfort zones and gives them some freedom to choose a track and cover it. While this is done on a regular basis with artists in general who cover a track for general release, the Live Lounge tends to ...  Read the complete review

Radio One's Live Lounge has been a huge success. This is the third compilation album released, featuring the latest best bits from visitors to the live lounge in 2008. The compliation is a good buy. As far as value for money goes 40 songs over two CDs for under a tenner can't be bad. (I bought mine from play.com for £9.99) Having said ...  Read the complete review

live lounge is such a great idea, and putting great tracks onto cd is an even better one, as its fascinating hearing other artists take on a song. Sometimes the covers are amazing and sometimes they're 'interesting' to say the least but its always great when the artist puts a totally different twist on a song-i definitely think that sam sparro did ...  Read the complete review

The Radio 1 Live Lounge series reaches its third volume. Taking music recorded during Jo Whiley's radio show, the CD has popular artists recording their own songs or their favourites by other artists. The Live Lounge series is, in my opinion, brilliant. I love to hear songs sung live, and most of all, I like to hear them reimagined. ...  Read the complete review