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The Easy Star All Stars are a very exciting band
that have been together since 2003, they are a reggae
band who are signed to their very own Easy Star
Record label which is based in New York and what
makes the band so special is that they like to work
other people’s albums in their own unique
way giving everything that touch of reggae.
In 2003 these guys released ‘Dub Side Of
The Moon’ which was a reggae tribute to
the classic Pink Floyd album ‘Dark Side
Of The Moon’, they then went on to release
‘Radiodread’ which is a re-working
of the classic Radiohead album ‘OK Computer’
and now they are back with ‘Easy Star’s
Lonely Hearts Dub Band’ which is a track
by track reggae re-working of the classic Beatles
album featuring many different guest musical artists
on each and every track.
I do find it really pleasing that these guys
take an album from a certain genre of music and
re-work it to sound like a classic reggae album,
like I could never imagine any Radiohead song
turned into a reggae song but these guys have
gone and done just that and mastered the way.
When I first listened through ‘Easy Star’s
Lonely Hearts Dub Band’ I was blown away
with how they had stripped down a classic Beatles
album and reworked it with such a new and fresh
approach making it sound well chilled out with
its jazz/reggae sounds.
As mentioned above the album features many guest
musical artists, most who have worked with these
guys before and are also part of their touring
band, Junior Jazz is the first guest musician
as he opens up on the first track ‘Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’,
the track sets the tone for the rest of the album
with its strong Jazz sounds.
The next track ‘With A Little Help From
My Friends’ is a real soothing sounding
sing-a-long reggae track that has so much going
for it, but it is ‘Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds’ which stands out the most to me
in the way that it is a bit of a psychedelic reggae
track with such a catchy edge and this is mainly
due to Frankie Paul’s extra work on the
track. Another one of my favourite moments from
the album is ‘When I’m Sixty Four’
the song features Sugar Minott and he actually
works wonders for the song.
The more I listen to ‘Easy Star’s
Lonely Hearts Dub Band’ the more the album
grows on me, if you are a fan of The Beatles then
you really need to give this an listen as it is
quite unique for a cover, if you like Reggae then
this is surly for you and if you like both the
Beatles and reggae then this album is liking having
all your Christmases and birthdays rolled into
one.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Michael Goldwasser
Victor "Ticklah" Axelrod
Patrick Dougher
Victor Rice |
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1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
ft. Junior Jazz
2. With A Little Help From My Friends ft.
Luciano
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ft. Frankie
Paul
4. Getting Better ft. The Mighty Diamonds
5. Fixing A Hole (Extended Dub Mix) ft.
Max Romeo
6. She's Leaving Home ft. Kirsty Rock
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! ft.
Ranking Roger
8. Within You Without You ft. Matisyahu
9. When I'm Sixty-Four (Extended Dub Mix)
ft. Sugar Minott
10. Lovely Rita ft. Bunny Rugs & U-Roy
11. Good Morning Good Morning ft. Steel
Pulse
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13. A Day In The Life ft. Michael Rose and
Menny More |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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