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3	''Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook'' is a CoverAlbum by {{soul}} singer Bettye [=Lavette=]. Coming off 2007's ''The Scene Of The Crime'', [=LaVette=] continued her climb from [[MusicIsPolitics a career in relative obscurity]] with a well-received rendition of "[[Music/{{Quadrophenia}} Love, Reign O'er Me]]" at a ceremony honoring Music/TheWho and decided to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin build her next album around similar classic rock remakes.]] ''Interpretations'' continued [=LaVette's=] rise as a cult artist, topping the Billboard blues charts in mid-2010.
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6	!! Tracklist:
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8	# "[[Music/TheBeatles The Word]]"
9	# "[[Music/{{Traffic\|Band}} No Time To Live]]"
10	# "[[Music/TheAnimals Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood]]"
11	# "[[Music/LedZeppelin All My Love]]"
12	# "[[Music/GeorgeHarrison Isn't It A Pity]]"
13	# "[[Music/PinkFloyd Wish You Were Here]]"
14	# "[[Music/RingoStarr It Don't Come Easy]]"
15	# "[[Music/PaulMcCartney Maybe I'm Amazed]]"
16	# "[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Salt Of The Earth]]"
17	# "[[Music/TheMoodyBlues Nights In White Satin]]"
18	# "[[Music/DerekAndTheDominos Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad]]"
19	# "[[Music/EltonJohn Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me]]"
20	# "[[Music/TheWho Love, Reign O'er Me]]" (Live At Kennedy Center Honors, 2008)
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22	!! ''Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook'' demonstrates the following tropes:
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24	%%* BluesRock: Already the style for several of these songs; others become such in the album's arrangements.
25	%%* CallAndResponseSong: "The Word"
26	%%* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: "Salt Of The Earth" features an extra verse dealing with AIDS - arguably AVerySpecialEpisode.
27	* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Applies wherever relevant - "Maybe I'm a woman..." and so forth.
28	%%* CoverAlbum
29	%%* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover.
30	%%* FaceOnTheCover: She is shown in the center of the image.
31	* FakeOutFadeOut: "The Word" features a fake ending at 2:40.
32	* {{Irony}}: "No Time To Live" is a song about being LonelyAtTheTop, here sung by a woman who notoriously failed to reach such heights for most of her career.
33	* QuestioningTitle: "Isn't It A Pity?", "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?"
34	* RearrangeTheSong: Generally, slowed down to put more emphasis on the vocals with additional string elements. "The Word" ends up sounding the most like classic soul (as opposed to ''Music/RubberSoul''?).
35	* RecordProducer: Andy Kaulkin, Rob Mathes, and [=LaVette=] herself are all credited. Mathes is also credited with much of the arranging work and several instrumental contributions.
36	* {{Scatting}}: [=LaVette=] occasionally scats a part usually done instrumentally.
37	* SpotlightStealingSquad: Music/TheBeatles - one solo song for each of three members and one Lennon/[=McCartney=] song by the band itself, making up nearly a third of the album.

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