Coverage

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

On the doorstep of 21, Moore's shift into adult-artist mode found her reinterpreting a wide array of classic pop songs from the '70s and '80s on the aptly titled COVERATE. From the opening jangle of XTC's "Sense Working Overtime," this New Hampshire native breezily digs into a wide range of material, from the delicate, introspective Cat Stevens nugget "Moonshadow" to Todd Rundgren's melancholy musical handshake "Can We Still Be Friends." Producer John Fields incorporates a slightly mechanized beat that compliments the majestic brass arrangements found in The Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon" and the slightest hint of a synth wash in John Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith In Me." X drummer DJ Bonebrake's vibraphone playing adds a sophisticated sheen to Joe Jackson's "Breaking Us in Two." COVERAGE successfully transports Mandy Moore into the world of adult pop.