Album arts + tracklisting: Thelma Aoyama - My covers

With Angela Aki receiving widespread acclaim and shitting on originals with Songbook and Beni somehow managing to push units for months straight with Covers, Thelma Aoyama is clambering onto the bandwagon and releasing a cover album too. Thelma had better pray an album of gaijin jams do something for her; because pimping K-Pop on her last album did nothing and Will barely sold enough units to cover an hours worth of lighting in the basement toilet cubicle of Universal music headquarters.

Looking absolutely tramped out on the album covers, the track listing for the album features some brave choices. Angela went so piano and classic with her covers, that she made them her own and sometimes incomparable to the originals. Beni took the route of keeping the song pool strictly Japanese, so Westeners could not make out whether or not she was ruining classics. Where-as Thelma is taking on Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye and John Lennon. The girl has balls.

1. Billie Jean originally performed by Michael Jackson
2. So sick originally performed by Ne-Yo
3. Every breath you take duet originally performed by The Police
4. You give love a bad name originally performed by Bon Jovi
5. Virtual insanity originally performed by Jamiroquai
6. Honesty originally performed by Billy Joel
7. What's going on originally performed by Marvin Gaye
8. This love originally performed by Maroon 5
9. I don't want to miss a thing originally performed by Aerosmith
10. Imagine originally performed by John Lennon

What is it with Billy Joel's "Honesty"? How many chicks is gonna cover this song!? The Amazonian empress from the kingdom of lost wigs, better known as Beyoncé mauled the song 4 years ago. And Angela Aki dropped a piano on it last year.

Thelma has shot short PV's to half of the songs on the album. Amaterasu knows where she managed to get the budget to do so. Thelma's trick game may be stronger than I thought.

Billie Jean

So sick

You give love a bad name

Honesty

There is 5MB reserved on my iPod for "You give love a bad name" when My covers releases. The rest can get cosy in my recycle bin. Thelma's A&R may want to think about having Thelma retread a slice of rock for her next studio album, because it really suits her voice. I loved when she tittered on the edge of it on "I'm sorry" for Emotions. But I think she should dive wig first into for a track or two for her next album.

I hope My covers pushes units for Thelma, otherwise this chick may need to consider submitting an application form to Go go Curry!!

Album reviews: Diary | Emotions