Track Listing

1. Airbag - Easy Star All Stars & Horace Andy
2. Paranoid Android - Easy Star All Stars & Kirsty Rock
3. Subterranean Homesick Alien - Easy Star All Stars & Junior Jazz
4. Exit Music (For A Film) - Easy Star All Stars & Sugar Minott
5. Let Down - Easy Star All Stars & Toots & The Maytals
6. Karma Police - Easy Star All Stars & Citizen Cope
7. Fitter Happier - Easy Star All Stars & Menny More
8. Electioneering - Easy Star All Stars & Morgan Heritage
9. Climbing Up The Walls - Easy Star All Stars & Tamar-kali
10. No Surprises - Easy Star All Stars & The Meditations
11. Lucky - Easy Star All Stars & Frankie Paul
12. Tourist - Easy Star All Stars & Israel Vibration/Skelly Vibe
13. Exit Music (For A Dub) - Easy Star All Stars
14. Airbag Saved My Dub - Easy Star All Stars

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2739 in Music
• Released on: 2006-08-28
• Number of discs: 1

From the Label
The masterminds behind the All-Stars are Easy Star musical director Michael Goldwasser (a.k.a. Michael G), his production partner Victor Axelrod (a.k.a. Ticklah), and his two Easy Star label partners Eric Smith and Lem Oppenheimer. These four were the team behind the album Dub Side of the Moon, which was a complete reggae re-vision of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Now they release Radiodread, the long-awaited reggae version of Radiohead's OK Computer.

Customer Reviews

Mind you, I am a Radiohead fan..........
Absolute genius. I never thought that I would be able to listen to, let alone own, a "reggae" album. Karma Police and No Surprises make it worth the buy on their own.
Genius

At the controls
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.

Better than the original?
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.