Artists who published Vollbum Records: good, bad, ugly

The film Funny games It is remarkable for several reasons: his annoying action and presentation, its fourth wall break and especially for today's purposes its almost identical remake. Directed by Michael Haneke and originally published in 1997 as German language production, Haneke later returned to history for a decade to translate it for the Anglophone audience. In contrast to most film remakes, the film kept its original director and was so loyal to the original that it is anything but a shot-for-shot recreation. In the film, as with most creative media, it is rare that an original author can reproduce a work from his past so thoroughly.

But as rarely as it may be, it happens. It may happen more often in the world of music than most enthusiastic listeners recognize at all. Of course there are general practices such as remixes, instrumental versions and live cuts, but from time to time an artist decides to decide on the full Monty to make full album record, in which each song is meticulously recreated on a certain LP.

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The motifs behind such album records vary. Some may want to look at a project again that they consider incomplete due to a lack of experience or budget. Then there are examples of acoustic representations, anniversary celebrations and of course the type of label Fickerie, which led to the perhaps best known full album record series of the modern era (Taylor's version).

Some of these efforts are noble, others are less. However, the quality of these projects is more important. Whether you believe it or not, some of them become damn good, fit or even match the quality of the original plate. Unfortunately, this is not always the case …

So, without further ado, we present you the good, the bad and the ugly album records in 11 (or 22, depending on how you count you). Stay tuned when we rewrite this list, we say about 10 years.

– Jonah Krueger