When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear is the kind of record that probably plays better in concept than it does in theory. In effect, it's a manufactured Golden Throats -- the producers recruited a bunch of artists that would sound weird singing a particular song, whether it's Ani Di Franco and Jackie Chan duetting on Nat "King" Cole's "Unforgettable" or Lesley Gore's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap." It's all professionally produced and knowingly performed, which is kind of the problem -- the charm of Golden Throats is that it was done with no regard of taste, decorum, or hipness, making each recording genuinely fascinating. This, in contrast, is a one-off comedy record that will be funny if you find the idea of the pairings funny -- Oak Ridge Boys doing "Carry On Wayward Son," Herman's Hermits' "White Wedding" -- you'll find this funny once, but you probably won't put it on again, unless you're playing it for friends. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear
2002 | Xemu Records
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CD
$15.99WHEN PIGS FLY / VARIOUS
05/21/2002
All Music Guide Review
When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear Track Listing
Credits of When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear
- Roger Taylor
- Composer
- Ronald Scott
- Composer
- Nick Rhodes
- Composer
- Steve Ripley
- Producer
- John Taylor
- Composer
- John Taylor
- Composer
- John Heames
- Producer
- Bruce Pilato
- Producer, Associate Producer
- Martin Trum
- Producer
- Irving Gordon
- Composer
- Jackie Chan
- Performer
- Neanderthal Spongecake
- Performer
- John Dretzka
- Artwork
- Cevin Soling
- Executive Producer
- Stephen Meyer
- Mastering
- Don Ho
- Performer
- Andy Taylor
- Composer
- Marc Bolan
- Composer
- Ani DiFranco
- Producer
- Ron Chancey
- Producer
- Mauro DeSantis
- Producer
- George Douglas
- Composer
- Benjy King
- Keyboards, Producer
- Simon LeBon
- Composer
- Roy Clark
- Producer
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- Performer
- The Box Tops
- Performer
- The Connells
- Producer, Performer
- Devo
- Producer
- The Fixx
- Producer, Performer
- Lesley Gore
- Performer
- Herman's Hermits
- Performer
- Billy Preston
- Performer
- Stephen Stills
- Composer
- Neil Young
- Composer