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covers

n. 1 (plural of cover English) 2 (context pluralonly English) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc. 3 (context cricket English) The area of the field near cover and extra cover. 4 (context cricket English) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet. vb. (en-third-person singular of: cover)

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Covers (Show of Hands album)

Covers is the eighth studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. The album was released in 2000 by the duo's own label Hands on Music. The album exclusively features cover versions of thirteen songs by the duo, chosen and recorded to reflect the band's contemporary musical influences. As such, the album contains no Steve Knightley compositions. The album was recorded over two days in Chudleigh Town Hall, Devon, with producer Gerald O'Farrell, and features only "straight performances", with its songs being untouched by post-production or techniques such as overdubbing or double tracking, presenting a "live" sound. The album followed their limited edition release Folk Music (1998), which featured the band's versions of traditional folk songs, and was the duo's first array into creating an album of music without Knightley compositions.

The album was released to a positive critical reception, with Dave Tuxford of Living Tradition was "superbly produced" and that "it's unlikely that you'll be less than impressed." The album's cover version of Billy Joel's " The Downeaster 'Alexa'" was featured on the band's compilation album Roots: The Best of Show of Hands (2007). A follow-up album of cover versions, Covers 2, was recorded with Miranda Sykes and released in November 2010.

Covers (The Autumns album)

Covers is an EP by the American alternative rock band The Autumns, released in a limited edition of 500 in 2001 1.

Covers (Fayray album)

Covers is Japanese singer songwriter Fayray's sixth studio album and her only cover album, released June 8, 2005.

Covers (Placebo album)

Covers is a cover album by British alternative rock band Placebo. The album was originally released as a bonus disc with the special edition version of Sleeping with Ghosts on 22 September 2003 through Hut Records and Astralwerks, which has since gone out of print. "Running Up that Hill" is mostly responsible for this digital release package. After being used for the fourth season premiere of The O.C., the song received a lot of attention in both the U.S. and the UK, peaking at No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart.

Covers (James Taylor album)

Covers is the sixteenth studio album and the first " covers" album by singer-songwriter James Taylor, released on September 30, 2008. The album was recorded by Taylor's regular touring band. Some of the tunes Taylor had been performing off and on in concerts for years, while others were new to his repertoire. The effort garnered modestly good reviews and two Grammy Award nominations.

Covers (Regine Velasquez album)

Covers (also known as Covers, Vol. 1) is the twelfth studio album by Filipino singer Regine Velasquez, released in the Philippines on October 20, 2004 by Viva Records. It is a cover album that consists of love songs, originally recorded by male OPM acts from the 80's and 90's. It turned Platinum three days after its official release.

The album was released on digital download through iTunes on August 1, 2004, with a slightly different cover. To date, the album has sold over 160,000 copies in the country, certified Quadruple Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

Covers (Deftones album)

Covers is a compilation album by American alternative metal band Deftones. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records as a limited edition release for Record Store Day on April 16, 2011. It was distributed exclusively in a vinyl record format, limited to 5,000 copies.

As the title suggests, Covers is a compilation of cover songs—many of which were previously released on B-Sides & Rarities (2005) and the digital version of Diamond Eyes (2010). Deftones record cover songs after each album recording session, and the songs on Covers span their entire career. The cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" was recorded before the group's debut album Adrenaline (1995) when vocalist Chino Moreno was about 17 years old.

Covers (Franz Ferdinand EP)

Covers is an extended play by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand released in 2011. The entire EP consist of songs from the 2009 album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand covered by different artists.

Covers (Beni album)

COVERS is the first English-language cover album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan under the mononym Beni on March 21, 2012. This album contains cover songs from popular Japanese male singers in Japan. However, the original Japanese lyrics have been translated to English by Beni herself. The 13th song will be chosen by the fans through a request page. The song chosen by the fans is Naoto Inti Raymi's song "Ima no Kimi wo Wasurenai" Covers has been certified Gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies. On 16 May, it was announced that Covers sold over 100,000 copies.making it Beni's highest ranked and best selling album so far. The website announced on 21 August, that a Deluxe version of "Covers" was going to be released on 12 September 2012. The new version would include a DVD with music video's and live video footage.

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The vegetation was similar to that which covers the lawns of the red Martians of the great waterways, but the trees and birds were unlike anything that I had ever seen upon Mars, and then through the further trees I could see that most un-Martian of all sights--an open sea, its blue waters shimmering beneath the brazen sun.

Of all the holy of holies which the thern venerates and worships none is more revered than the yellow wig which covers his bald pate, and next thereto comes the circlet of gold and the great diadem, whose scintillant rays mark the attainment of the Tenth Cycle.

You have already accepted the episode of my coming, or you would have shut the covers before arriving at this page of my modest narrative, and this emboldens me.

Away she slipped, with a shrug of her rosy shoulders, to return presently, carrying a tray covered with a white cloth, whereon were half a dozen glittering covers whence came most fragrant odours of cooked things.

Martian, slapping the covers of The Secret of the Gods together and pushing the stately tome headlong from the table.

The house had been added to, but in a very straggling way, and I can only guess at the amount of ground it covers, which must be very great.

The covers are weather-worn and tinged with an algal green--for once they sojourned in a ditch and some of the pages have been washed blank by dirty water.

Reheat, fill the shells, fit on the covers, and serve with quarters of lemon.

She crawled into bed, her clothes still on, and pulled the covers over her head.

It was part of the instructions for removing the covers from the boxes of Orden and using the magic of the book.

Satisfied, he laid the book quietly aside, and eased himself down beneath the covers with a sigh.

She went to bed, curled up in a knot beneath the covers, and slept until the situation went away.

Then he opened the port covers, letting the angry sunlight sweep through the compartment.

He hit the release handle on one of the engine covers, and it folded back.

The light source covers infrared and all of the visible spectrum, not, repeat not, monochromatic.