Coverage

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel includes: Mandy Moore (vocals); John Fields (various instruments); Jimmy Coup, Evan Dando (acoustic guitar); Dirk Freymuth, Phil Solem (guitar); Eric Heywood (pedal steel); Ameena Khawaja (cello); Brian Gallagher (flute, saxophone); Kathy Jensen (tenor saxophone); Josh Meyers (baritone saxophone); Dave Jensen, Steve Strand (trumpet); Lauren Gold, Jeff Victor (piano); Tommy Barbarella (electric piano, synthesizer); Jim Anton, Ken Chastain (bass); Dorian Crozier (drums, percussion); Michael Bland (drums); Billy Hawn (percussion); Andy Strummer, Dan Wilson, Danny Wilde (background vocals).
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.