This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
No, it isn’t some fabulously ill-timed Mother’s Day set.
MOM stands for Music For Our Mother Ocean, and this third instalment is another fundraiser for environmental preservation agencies. Fittingly, most of the tunes here are surfin’, summertime songs — as covered by a range of rockers. Brians Wilson and Setzer rev up The Beach Boys’ Little Deuce Coupe, Everclear successfully grungify The Ventures’ Walk Don’t Run and The Butthole Surfers (yep, really) play Summer In The City so straight it’s freakier than if they’d messed it up. Toss in some breezy, easy originals from Beck, Lisa Loeb, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys and others, and this would be money well spent even if it didn’t go for a good cause. Where was this back in May when we all needed summer tunes?
