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Riffs meet pop in the week ahead

Vanessa Williams

The Right Stuff/Universal

Much like her foray into the glamour world as Miss America, Vanessa Williams received rave reviews in the music industry with her debut cover The Right Stuff. The album bagged a gold status apart from earning her three Grammy Award nominations, including for Best New Artist.

Colours of the Wind subsequently won her a Grammy for Best Song written for Motion Picture and Television, while her Save the Best For Last remains a soothing chart topper from 1992. For her recent work, Vanessa released Everlasting Love, a collection of covers of her favourite 1970s tracks. For the moment lend an ear to the re-release of her 1988 debut.

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

OST/Universal

In January 2005 a tribute concert at the Sydney Opera House titled Came So Far for Beauty featured Cohen's best-known songs. The event featured Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Martha Wainwright, The Handsome Family and U2. Lian Lunson brings together slices of the opera and samples from a candid interview with the songwriter, poet and counter-culture icon for the documentary. Named after his 1988 cover the film boasts of a melodic OST.

Scoop

OST/Universal

Woody Allen returns to London for his comedy/murder mystery starring Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman and Allen himself, a travail of a journalist and her love interest and a magician. Lively polka from Bohemia meets a Spanish rhythm and there are more promising ballets that make this OST interesting. Lend an ear to this as Allen plans on the third with Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor.

Eighteen Visions

Eighteen Visions/Sony&BMG

After their debut release Lifeless, the heavy metal act followed it with Yesterday Is Time Killed. If their 2002 single You Broke Like Glass went on to bag massive airplay on MTV 2's Headbangers Ball, numbers from the current self titled cover that follows Obsession (2003) are riding iTunes catalogues.

Victim from this album is the official theme song of WWE Vengeance this year. Arena style rock, explosive hooks, powerful lyrics and crisp melodies is what critics say about this cover that is slated to hit stores in the week ahead.

SYEDA FARIDA

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