Radiodread
Artist(s):
Easy Star All-Stars
Label: Easy Star
Publisher(s):
Easy Star
Studio: Easy Star
Manufacturer: Easy Star
Binding: Audio CD
MPN: 1014
List Price: $15.98
Our Price: $13.99
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Customer Reviews
Not as good as "Dub Side of the Moon"
After hearing "Dub Side of the Moon" I had great hopes for this as well.Alas, it left me disappointed. Not nearly as reggae-ish as "Dub". I think fans of both Reggae and Radiohead would be disappointed also.
radiohead cover
well done but do you know Amnesiac quartet ?
jazz quartet who play Radiohead's cover
watch it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-790ehxSs20
Ragae threat
Let me start with a positive note. This record is good!, amazingly solid..and that's because these are radiohead songs. Not even a dub/reggae mix slid into them can change that.
The thing is that it all starts sounding the same if you listen to the whole record in one session. That's the issue with reggae and there's no way to avoid it.
So, buy it, enjoy it song by song, but by no means try to dig it all up in one seating.
Instant Classic
This is a very ambitious project with stunning results. While the album strays farther from the source material than Dub Side of the Moon did, it is a necessary development considering the song structures of OK Computer. This allows Radiodread to stand out more on it's own, rather than be stuck in the shadows of the original. Radiodread also explores more areas of reggae than Dub Side did. Stand out tracks include Let Down, Lucky, Airbag and Exit Music. Any reggae fan, Radiohead fan or music fan will find something here to love.
Disappointing
Like many other people, I really liked Dub Side of the Moon. Besides being a refreshing take on the Floyd classic, the album was simply packed with great dub - throbbing baselines, massive amounts of reverb, cracking snare hits, smoky grooves.
So why does Radiodread disappoint so much? First of all, we should make one thing straight - this isn't a "re-imagining" of anything. It's a note-for-note cover of OK Computer with guitar chords on 2 + 4 and no h's pronounced - and that's about all that's different. What made Dub Side so great was where it took the material in new directions - the jungle breakbeat on "On the Run," the tricked-out dub rendition of "Great Gig," the toast rap in the middle of "Money." None of that can be found here. Instead, we're left with straight-ahead clones of familiar songs that don't have nearly the depth and replayability that Dub Side does. It's a novelty record with a heaping portion of wasted potential.
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