Tribute-Album

A tribute album is a music album that contains only covers of instruments of a certain musician and was recorded as a rule only by other musicians.

Background

With the recording of a tribute album, press the individuals involved in their recognition (English tribute) compared to the original artist. Because of this special relationship between the author and artist, which can refrain from self-serving marketing rather, the revenues achieved with a tribute album are often donated to charity.

The introduction of the concept is the music producer Hal Willner attributed, who conceived in 1981 in honor of the late film music composer Nino Rota Amarcord Nino Rota LP. Following under his leadership emerged tribute to Thelonious Monk, Disney cartoons, Kurt Weill, Charles Mingus and Harold Arlen.

Special tribute albums

Some albums are waiting for with features that are either conceptual nature or which relate to the motivation for the publication:

• Albums that are kept in a special, compared with the original marked change in style. Underneath Is It Rolling Bob: A Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan and Goth Oddity 2000: A Tribute to David Bowie.
• Albums that were contrary to the usual case of participation of various artists recorded by only one individual artists. Great Zeppelin A Tribute to Led Zeppelin by Great White, or Wicked Grin, a collection of Tom Waits songs performed by John Hammond Jr., are examples.
• Albums that consist of a complete reinterpretation of an acknowledged in this way album. This happened in the case of Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Dub Side of the Moon in honor of Pink Floyd and their LP The Dark Side of the Moon.
• Albums where the lyrics of the original were translated into another language, as in Tributo a The Cure - Porque no puedo ser tu and Tributo a Queen: Los grandes del rock en Español.
• Albums that were released with the intention to increase the awareness of the featured musician. Mention may be made here Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye in honor of Roky Erickson, which is indeed highly valued in musical circles, but in addition, could not place a greater success, or the double album Orphans of God as a tribute to the singer-songwriter Mark Heard.