July 9, 2009

Album review: Various arists - 'Rhythms Del Mundo Classics'

Not-so-sweet charity

1 / 10 We feel compelled to mention that Rhythms Del Mundo have their heart in the right place. A bunch of Cuban musicians backing some of the world’s biggest artists in aid of climate change charity Artists Project Earth - what could go wrong? Frankly, we don’t quite know where to start, though teleporting the overly intrusive brass section out of the recording studio would have been a good enough place. If you think The Killers’ Vegas lounge act take on ‘Hotel California’, Jack Johnson’s smarmy ‘Imagine’ and KT Tunstall’s salsa strings version of ‘Because The Night’ are cheesy, wait until you hear The Kooks’ ‘Are You Ready For Love’. Quite possibly the most soul-sapping 19 tracks we’ve ever heard. Seriously, aren’t there any other ways we can sort out climate change?

Leonie Cooper

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