Customer Reviews
Mind you, I am a Radiohead fan.......... - By: Moanin Ronin, 08 Jul 2008 
Absolute genius. I never thought that I would be able to listen to, let alone own, a "reggae" album. Karma Police & No Surprises make it worth the buy on their own.
Genius
At the controls - By: Mr. M. J. Cole, 27 Apr 2008 
I love reggae & 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 & it is obvious that a lot of work & thought & , importantly, affection went into making it. The singing & playing are tight & uplifting throughout & all the re-examined & 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 yearin Cole-world.
Better than the original? - By: Trash ii Treasure, 03 Apr 2008 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 Centrein August 2007,in what felt like a warm up show.
There can't have been many more than 50 peoplein a venue where i have seen ten times that number for the Indigo Girls or Mr Bungle. Felt like a warm summer nightin a dancehall. Lots of room for us & the music to breathe.....
They said they had something special they wanted to play for us - & they had.
The fractured beauty of Ok Computer - but buffed upin 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.
Mark Ronson take note - By: Ben S, 05 Feb 2008 This reworking of another classic album is more than a set of remixes. In keeping with the original it isin 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 & create a new masterpiecein 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 & not want to hear more
Dare I say better than the original (which has been voted the best album of all timein various polls)? Clearly that is subjective but having both on my iPod I have no doubts as to which version I will choose.
Even better than Dub Side of the Moon - By: K. A. Bowden, 16 Oct 2007 I was surprised & delighted when I came across Radiodread. I'd not long purchased Dub Side of the Moon & 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 & highly recommended. That said, nobody can hold a candle to Thom Yorke's "Exit Music (For a Film)" vocals.
