Rock and pop reimagined on piano and strings, starting with a haunting "Lithium." Calm, clever and beautiful.
Lithium Piano is 42 songs of rock and pop reimagined on piano and strings. It opens with Maxence Cyrin’s haunting piano version of Nirvana’s “Lithium,” and Maxence appears twice more. Most of the list comes from Acoustic Heartstrings, with 26 gentle covers including ELO’s “Telephone Line,” “Sunflower” from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” ABBA’s “The Winner Takes It All” and Mumford & Sons’ “The Cave.”
There are some brilliant extras too: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ takes on Bowie’s “Life on Mars?,” Chill Phil, a piano cover of The xx, Vitamin String Quartet and Queenz of Piano. Hearing songs you know so well turned into soft, elegant instrumentals is strangely moving. It’s perfect for studying, reading, working, a quiet dinner or getting the kids to settle down at bedtime. It’s also a fun game: see how quickly you can recognize the original from the first few piano notes. Calm, clever and beautiful.
Mood: RetroRock Covers · Chill & Mellow
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