Among the recent glut of good-cause charity albums, No Alternative stands out as the best, both for its performances and its cause (proceeds benefit the Red Hot organization in the fight against AIDS). The high points are Soul Asylum's unlikely cover of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing;" outtakes from recent albums by Chicago's Urge Overkill and Smashing Pumpkins;"Unseen Power of the Picket Fence," the major-label debut by Pavement; a surprise hard-rocking Nirvana track, and "Memorial Song," an a capella tribute from punk godmother Patti Smith to the late Robert Mapplethorpe. --Jim DeRogatis

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tracklisting:	Superdeformed - Matthew Sweet For All to See - Buffalo Tom Sexual Healing - Soul Asylum Take a Walk - Urge Overkill All Your Jeans Were Too Tight - American Music Club Bitch - Lance Diamond Unseen Power of the Picket Fence - Pavement Glynis - The Smashing Pumpkins Can't Fight It - Bob Mould Hold On - Sarah McLachlan Show Me - Soundgarden Brittle - Straitjacket Fits Joed Out - Barbara Manning Heavy 33 - The Verlaines Effigy - Uncle Tupelo New Style [Live] - Beastie Boys Iris [Live] - The Breeders Memorial Song [Live] - Patti Smith Verse Chorus Verse [*] - Nirvana
title:	No Alternative
purchase date:	09-05-2005
published:	09-11-1993
price:	$15.98
net Rating:	4
last lookup time:	137389056
genre:	Alt-Country & Americana 1990s Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Post-Punk 1990-1999
fullTitle:	No Alternative
currentValue:	$0.75
created:	137389008
country:	us
aspect:	Audio CD
asin:	B000002VNM
artist:	Various Artists