Established Songwriters who have done entire albums comprised of Cover Songs?

[ivan_astikov]

Bryan Ferry also did These Foolish Things and Another Time, Another Place.

[ianzin]

Bryan Ferry’s first solo album was all covers. A very fine album, IMHO, with more or less every song as enjoyable on its own merits as the original, and in some cases a distinct improvement. Very classy, full of inventive arrangmeents that make sense, and well worth a listen.

[unspun]

Slayer’s album “Undisputed attitude” is mostly punk covers, with a couple of their own punk songs scattered about.

[gallows_fodder]

@An_Arky

I wish one of them would be forthright enough to name one of those albums

I’m Completely Out of Ideas, So I Reckon I’ll Pull The Old “Standards Album” Move Out of the Hat

or maybe Prairie Home Companion, Here I Go

Of course not all of the previous examples fit that, but for songwriters (as opposed to just performers), it’s a cop out.

Firewater (aka Tod Ashley from the late, lamented Cop Shoot Cop + backup band) did an album of covers called Songs We Should Have Written.

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

Former Marillion singer Fish did a great all-covers album called Songs from the Mirror.

[Savannah]

@neutron_star

Holy crap! For years, I’ve thought that would be the coolest name ever for an album (it was Truman Capote’s first novel) and there it is! Good deal.

Yes, she’s holding the book on the cover of the record. Er, CD.