Beverley Knight - Soul Covers, Volume 4 (2014-2021)

This is the fourth and last of my compilations of Beverley Knight singing covers of classic soul songs. If you missed the previous three volumes, this is your last chance. She has a "diva" voice that can hit any note and she knows how to use it (and not overuse it), and she has great taste in which songs to cover. So what's not to like?

I call these "Soul Covers" because she always sings with lots of soul. But some of the songs she does fall out of the soul/R&B genre. For this volume, she ranges from the classic 1930s torch song "Stormy Weather" to Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" to "Touch Me," a huge house music hit in the early 2000s.

All but one song here is unreleased. That one, "Baby I'm a Star," comes from a relatively obscure various artists compilation of Prince songs done in reggae style called "Purple Reggae." As for the rest, the sound quality varies. Most sound great, but a few come from audience bootlegs. For instance, she did a tour in 2018 in which she played mostly Stevie Wonder covers. I would have loved to include more, but I could only find two that sounded good enough for my standards, and those just barely made it. 

Another one, You Are the Sunshine of My Life," was a contender, but I ultimately dropped that to bonus track status to keep my standards high.

Let's hope that Knight keeps going strong with her career so that someday I'll be able to post a "Volume 5." But for now, this is it.

Here's a list of the original artists for each song:

01 Baby I'm a Star -  Prince
02 I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton / Whitney Houston
03 Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters
04 Master Blaster - Stevie Wonder
05 Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder
06 Touch Me - Rui da Silva with Cassandra Fox
07 [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
08 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
09 Memory - Elaine Page
10 I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
11 Stand by Me - Ben E. King
12 Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
13 Don't Leave Me This Way - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes / Thelma Houston
You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder

And here's the usual song list:

01 Baby I'm a Star (Radio Riddler with Beverley Knight)
02 I Will Always Love You (Beverley Knight)
03 Stormy Weather (Beverley Knight)
04 Master Blaster (Beverley Knight)
05 Ribbon in the Sky (Beverley Knight)
06 Touch Me (Beverley Knight)
07 [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction (Beverley Knight)
08 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Beverley Knight)
09 Memory (Beverley Knight)
10 I Wanna Be Your Lover (Beverley Knight)
11 Stand by Me (Beverley Knight)
12 Wish You Were Here (Beverley Knight)
13 Don't Leave Me This Way (Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Beverley Knight)

You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Beverley Knight)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15423680/BeverlyKn_2014-2021_SoulCovrsVolume4_atse.zip.html

The cover photo comes from 2016 concert in London.