Q Magazine deserve a round of applause for AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, as they’ve assembled quite the impressive collection of tracks for this month’s U2 tribute compilation, in which each cut we’ve heard so far — from Jack White’s blistering “Love is Blindness” to Damien Rice’s patient, introspective “One” — manages to offer a reverent nod to the 1991 LP without compromising each artist’s own aesthetic. To wit, hear Patti Smith cover “Until the End of the World” with nuance and grace above while Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross unfurl their slow-burning take on “Zoo Station” (a version that wouldn’t be out of place as the score to a David Fincher-directed montage) below.
Nine Inch Nails – “Zoo Station”