The Coolest Songs in the World, Volume 5

by Various Artists

Personnel: Butch Walker (vocals, guitar, piano); Chris Bailey, Glenn Page, Anthony Badamo, Marien Nicotine, Paula Monarch, Neil Fromow, Jack White , Robin Zander, Luis Cabezas, Nicke Royale (vocals, guitar); Roy Loney (vocals, acoustic guitar); John Szymanski (vocals, piano); Kelly Ogden, Kevin Aper, Jimmy Jukebox, Ingvild Nordang (vocals); Johnny Jukebox, Rick Nielsen, Linda Kastbakken (guitar, background vocals); Monster Bobby, Robert Dahlqvist, Deniz Tek, Jerry Hormone, Tim Purrier, Marty Willson-Piper, Jim Sangster, Katie Rose, Michael-Guy Chislett, Brendan Benson (guitar); Barry Roussac, Anders Lindstr”m (piano); Ragna Nordenborg (Farfisa, background vocals); Jasper Jukebox (keyboards, background vocals); Jesse Ley, Seb, Kim Bullard (keyboards); Cecilie Asker (drums, percussion); Jumbo X. Jukebox, Bun E. Carlos (drums, background vocals); Chris Black, Paul Felty, Robert Eriksson , Mike Latulippe, Ivo Backbreaker, Kristin Machynski, Peter Wilkinson , Patrick Keeler, Darren Dodd, Graham John Black (drums); Mark Pickerel (tambourine); Scott Sutherland, J.J. Jukebox, Robin Taylor Zander, Tom Petersson (background vocals).

Liner Note Author: Little Steven.

Recording information: Atlantis studio, Stockholm, Sweden; Beverly Hills, CA; Brothers Studio, Brooklyn, NY; Detroit, MI; EGG Studio, Seattle, WA; Excess Studio, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; God's Little Ear Acre, Bozeman, MT; Grand Sport Studios; IronBar Studios, Darmstadt, Germany; Le Grande Studios; Ranscombe Studios, Rochester, Kent, England; Ruby Red Productions, Atlanta, GA; Seattle, WA; Sound Of Amsterdam Recording Studios, Breukelen, The Ne; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA; The Dog House, Woodland Hills, CA; The Fortress, London, England; The Playhouse, Woodland Hills, CA.

Little Steven's Underground Garage has room for more than just sputtering engines from the 1960s and '70s--although the sound of any Wicked Cool comp is invariably indebted to those decades' influence. VOL. 5 motors on the strength of newer acts like the Dollyrots and Pipettes that, while not fitting the conventional proto-rawk mode, demonstrate that Van Zandt still has an ear for what's reviving its spirit, whether it's punk attitude, neo-girl-group feistiness, or, in the case of a band like the Raconteurs, the finest reverential representations of rock & roll's heyday.