Version - Mark Ronson

I love the Radio One Live Lounge albums, especially the cover versions that the artists choose to do, and this production from British born producer turned DJ Mark Ronson is very much along those lines, hence the title "Version". He has chosen a mixture of songs, some of them bordering on classic status and put them back out with a new artist or on a couple of occasions the original artist (including a lot of his showbiz mates) and a Ronson twist, which he has developed whilst living and working in New York, although he seems intent on pursuing the Mockney geezer route when he is clearly a posh boy from a privileged background, which may irritate people enough ...  Read the complete review

Version by Mark Ronson is an album of covers created by the Uber-producer and DJ, unlike his earlier hip hop work, this relies more on brass arrangements and an array of interesting duets with famous singers or bands. I bought this album because I wanted to hear if a cover of a Radiohead classic could be done, in my opinion, it wasn't quite but this is an interesting and varied album (So long as you like horns!): God Put a Smile Upon your Face: This starts with some rampant drumming and really is a fun song, it lacks some of the original songs emotion, but totally takes away any trace of Coldplay and comes up with a funky brassy version of the song. Ronson ...  Read the complete review

When this album was first released back in 2007,to be honest i never was a big 'Mark Ronson' fan and only heard of his work through collaborations he did with the likes of 'Amy Whinehouse' and Lily Allen'. Visiting my sisters house one day she had this album playing in the background and the more i listened the more i grew to like it. Mark Ronson is internationally renowned as one of the worlds finest DJ's, born back in 1975, and went to school in new York. His love for music has always been a major part of his life, and he started out like the rest of them, working in back street clubs Djing for pittance money. Now he is widely known for producing ...  Read the complete review

Unlike with his Hip Hop debut (featuring the hit "Ooh Wee") the Brit-born Mark Ronson released his second album, which came out in 2007 in an alternative manner as he produced in another album with many f his associates, both form the Hip Hop world and in the Soul, R&B, and Indie fields with this covers album "Version". 1. "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" (feat. Daptone Horns) To get things underway we have a track which you are bound to recognise, in spite of the fact that it didn't really do all that well upon initial release. However it is a hot one and a joint which kicks off the album well with a hyped approach ...  Read the complete review

Dooyoo have labelled this up and Hip-Hop / Rap but I'm not convinced on that. First and foremost this is essentailly a covers album but there's a little bit of everything in there. Basically Mark Ronson has taken some brilliant songs from Coldplay, Paul Weller, The Zutons and Kaiser Chiefs amoungst others, collabrated with sone other big names such as Lily Allen, Robbie Williams and Amy Winehouse to produce them with his own twist. The result of these collaborations, generally it pretty good. by far the best song and one of the albums biggest hits is Stop Me featuring Daniel Merriweather. Lily Allen doing The Kaisers Oh My God is also a highlight. ...  Read the complete review