Radiodread: Tribute To OK Computer

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Artist: Easy Star All Stars
Label: Easy Star
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

17 reviews
Sales Rank: 14758

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 1014
UPC: 657481101421
EAN: 0657481101421
ASIN: B000GUJZ5K

Release Date: August 28, 2006
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Tracks:

•	Airbag - Easy Star All Stars & Horace Andy
•	Paranoid Android - Easy Star All Stars & Kirsty Rock
•	Subterranean Homesick Alien - Easy Star All Stars & Junior Jazz
•	Exit Music (For A Film) - Easy Star All Stars & Sugar Minott
•	Let Down - Easy Star All Stars & Toots & The Maytals
•	Karma Police - Easy Star All Stars & Citizen Cope
•	Fitter Happier - Easy Star All Stars & Menny More
•	Electioneering - Easy Star All Stars & Morgan Heritage
•	Climbing Up The Walls - Easy Star All Stars & Tamar-kali
•	No Surprises - Easy Star All Stars & The Meditations
•	Lucky - Easy Star All Stars & Frankie Paul
•	Tourist - Easy Star All Stars & Israel Vibration/Skelly Vibe
•	Exit Music (For A Dub) - Easy Star All Stars
•	Airbag Saved My Dub - Easy Star All Stars

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Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

At the controls April 27, 2008
Mr. M. J. Cole (Gloucester UK)
I love reggae and I love Radiohead so it makes sense that I should admire deeply the new album by a host of classic reggae artists (Horace Andy, Sugar Minott etc.) recording under the banner Easy Star All-Stars. They have come up with a reggae version of OK Computer called Radiodread (what else?!) and, despite reservations as I usually dislike such `novelties', I reckon it's a cracking listen. The production is superb and it is obvious that a lot of work and thought and , importantly, affection went into making it. The singing and playing are tight and uplifting throughout and all the re-examined and revamped songs benefit from such an unusual approach. The little touches render it a delight. The Augustus Pabloesque melodica that introduces Subterranean Homesick Alien is a lilting joy while the dub effects that permeate the bass-heavy Exit Music (For a Film) are reminiscent of Lee Perry or Mikey Dread. And I love the lyric towards the end of Paranoid Android where `Jah loves his children' instead of God. This could become one of the surprise hits of the year in Cole-world.

5 out of 5 stars

Better than the original? April 3, 2008
Trash ii Treasure (uk, north)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

After the inspired miracle that was the sublime trip to the Dub side - where could the Easy Star gang go?

Well - By now you know.

I caught them at a last minute gig at the Leeds Irish Centre in August 2007, in what felt like a warm up show.
There can't have been many more than 50 people in a venue where i have seen ten times that number for the Indigo Girls or Mr Bungle. Felt like a warm summer night in a dancehall. Lots of room for us and the music to breathe.....

They said they had something special they wanted to play for us - and they had.

The fractured beauty of Ok Computer - but buffed up in a deep, dark dub.

Don't get me wrong, the original album is a work of genius, but this version captures the heart of the music with a serene sense of clarity.

You may hate it - that is your choice.

Me? - I play it more often than the beloved original.

5 out of 5 stars

Mark Ronson take note February 5, 2008
Ben S (London, England)
This reworking of another classic album is more than a set of remixes. In keeping with the original it is in itself an engrossing, complicated but most of all a really enjoyable album to listen to. As previously demonstrated with Dub Side of the Moon, the Easy Star All-Stars have again managed to apply an entirely different genre this time to Radioheads OK Computer and create a new masterpiece in its own right!

I defy anyone including the most die-hard Radiohead obsessives to listen to the opening bars of the first track Airbag with Horace Andy's haunting vocals and not want to hear more

Dare I say better than the original (which has been voted the best album of all time in various polls)? Clearly that is subjective but having both on my iPod I have no doubts as to which version I will choose.

5 out of 5 stars

Even better than Dub Side of the Moon October 16, 2007
K. A. Bowden (Essex, UK)
I was surprised and delighted when I came across Radiodread. I'd not long purchased Dub Side of the Moon and been very impressed with that - not least how the reggae rhythms enhanced rather than detracted from the original. Radiodread strikes me as even better, although that may be because I'm a bigger Pink Floyd fan than Radiohead fan, so I'm perhaps not so emotionally attached to the original. A very fine album and highly recommended. That said, nobody can hold a candle to Thom Yorke's "Exit Music (For a Film)" vocals.

5 out of 5 stars

Perhaps the key to unlock true genius August 4, 2007
Audrey J. Grant (Lancaster, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I remember when I bought OK Computer way back, and how it changed my life. However, over time, the initial shock has somewhat subsided. After listing to Radiodread though, the butterflies that I used to get when listening to songs like Let Down are now back.

Seeing how other people interpret true genius is an excellent way to look at something that has been a part of your life for sometime in a completely new light. OK Computer is now a new album for me, and I love it more now than ever before. Easy Star All-Stars have done the impossible, and I for one thank them for it.

As most fans of Radiohead tend to be more open and eclectic when it comes to music appreciation, I would recommend this album to all who love OK Computer. Or at the very least, a proper listening to.

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