Various artists

IT'S probably the closest thing to fantasy football for music fans.

"Imagine if (Band A) had a crack at (Band B)'s tune?"

"How good would it be if (Musician X) joined (Band C) for a set?"

"Why can't Little Barrie just do ALL of Lou Reed's songs?"

Triple J's weekly Like a Version segment has become a staple of Australian radio - and rightly so.

The annual highlights album, however, had gone a little stale for me - more because of the tracks picked as opposed to the concept.

Volume 10 is a return to form.

My personal favourite is REMI's take on The Avalanches' Since I Left You, followed by Chet Faker crooning (Lover) You Don't Treat Me No Good, and Swedish duo First Aid Kit trying to out-folk Jack White on Love Interruption.

★★★

- ALEX DRUCE