Bush was the first album by the rapper after his return to the hip hop moniker Snoop Dogg.
The Irish singer-songwriter opts for the restrained approach here, abandoning the original's hypnotic cellos for hushed guitars yet still heightening the tension with the use of a softly thudding drum.
Additionally, the lion's chin can also be seen as a hula skirt, only to reveal a hula girl at the album cover's center.Sometimes, there's more to an album cover than meets the eye.The darkened image is really hard to spot unless you know what you're looking for or you place the album cover under a black light. At first glance, Santana's debut record looks like it only features a ferocious lion. Yet some purists believed that reducing Bush's artistic statement to such rowdiness was nothing short of a travesty. Several years before recording arguably the definitive cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," the highly underrated Gemma Hayes did the same for another brooding pop classic, only this one was inspired more by pseudo-scientific energy than a booty call. But Willie Nelson and Sinead O'Connor's country-tinged version is perhaps the closest that anyone has come to matching songwriter Peter Gabriel's original vision. Of course, that hasn't stopped an eclectic array of artists from tackling her intricate arrangements, idiosyncratic lyrics and swooping melodies.© 2020 Billboard. It was originally scheduled to be released in May 2020 but it was later pushed back to a release date of 17 July 2020. And with her tender yet thoroughly bewitching vocal, Hayes serves up that rare Bush cover that's even more haunting than the original. Billboard is a subsidiary of Prometheus Global Media, LLC.That feat is all the more impressive considering that the enigmatic Bush is a famously tricky artist to cover. Find Bush discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. Heavily inspired by American roots music, the ex-Genesis frontman initially wanted Dolly Parton as a duet partner before longtime friend Bush happily accepted being second choice. A surprise U.K. top 10 hit in 2005, The Futureheads' "Hounds of Love" is perhaps the most divisive entry in the oeuvre of Bush covers. Album Premiere: High Desert Fires Revisit the Heyday of Topanga Canyon on 'Light is the Revelation' Re-issues featured a more pronounced tattoo image. Whichever side of the fence you sit on, it's clear that the post-punk outfit had great affection for the source material, and few others have transformed it so dramatically."Don't Give Up" has been given the superstar treatment by both Alicia Keys & Bono and P!nk & John Legend. The so-called “White Album” was innovative; the first LP cover to come out with no picture! All Rights Reserved.The Biz premium subscriber content has moved to Billboard.com/business.To simplify subscriber access, we have temporarily disabled the password requirement.From galloping post-punk anthems to tender neo-soul ballads, here's a look at ten of the best.Performed live at London's Royal Albert Hall just a year after the original's 1978 release, Dusty Springfield's take on "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" is perhaps the first notable Bush cover. Nelson's storytelling abilities arguably make the desperate verses all the more poignant, while the ever-haunting O'Connor steps into Bush's supportive shoes with aplomb. Their high-spirited rendition briefly rivalled The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" as Britain's ultimate indie festival anthem, its call-and-response structure seemingly designed to instigate a mass sing-along in an impossibly muddy field. The Beastie Boys // Licensed To Ill. Def Jam. It was released on May 12, 2015, through Doggy Style Records and I Am Other, and distributed by Columbia Records.