| Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1483
Category: Music
Artist: Easy Star All-stars
Publisher: Easy Star
Studio: Easy Star
Manufacturer: Easy Star
Label: Easy Star
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 1018
UPC: 657481101827
EAN: 0657481101827
ASIN: B001SZ28VK
Release Date: April 14, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Featuring Junior Jazz) | | • | With A Little Help From My Friends (Featuring Luciano) | | • | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Featuring Frankie Paul) | | • | Getting Better (Featuring The Mighty Diamonds) | | • | Fixing A Hole (Extended Dub Mix) (Featuring Max Romeo) | | • | She's Leaving Home (Featuring Kirsty Rock) | | • | Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Featuring Ranking Roger) | | • | Within You Without You (Featuring Matisyahu) | | • | When I'm Sixty-Four (Extended Dub Mix) (Featuring Sugar Minott) | | • | Lovely Rita (Featuring Bunny Rugs & U Roy) | | • | Good Morning Good Morning (Featuring Steel Pulse) | | • | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | | • | A Day In The Life (Featuring Michael Rose & Menny More) |
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Album Description
2009 release from the Dub/Reggae tribute outfit, a fab reworking of The Beatles' classic 1967 Sgt. Pepper album. Following the critical success of 2003's Dub Side Of The Moon and 2006's Radiodread, get ready for the Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band! The album features guest vocals from an impressive list of Reggae, Dancehall and Dub greats including Steel Pulse, Matisyahu, Michael Rose [Black Uhuru], Luciano, U Roy, Bunny Rugs [Third World], Ranking Roger [English Beat], Sugar Minott, Frankie Paul, Max Romeo and The Mighty Diamonds. Comes complete with a bonus digicard with access to free downloads.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
Ouch June 1, 2009
This album is solid, in a background music kind of way. Not at all the genius of Dubside or Radiodread, nor is it a good example of what roots reggae music can do; except for one track. Sugar Minott, who is known for putting his touch on music and production no matter the studio or producer, turned "When I'm 64" into an incredible reggae tune. The track uses scales of the heavenless riddim, and has all the stops and drops of great showcase style dub. It is inventive and unique, while the rest of the album seems to have generic dub effects and structure. Other tunes that I thought were pretty nice are "She's Leaving Home," sung by a woman, and Frankie Paul's "Lucy in the Sky"- this dude has a classic voice, and knows how to jam a tune. My main issue with the album is that it is nowhere near as nice to listen to as the original, which can't be said of E.S.A.S's previous cover albums. I'd honestly rather listen to Dubside or Radiodread in most situations (instead of listening to the originals) because these very dark albums are brightened up and yet retain their beauty with the reggae translation. I don't think that the All-Stars should only cover dark albums, but I think it is much more difficult to make a reggae cover album of an already gloriously positive album like Lonely Hearts Club Band. With that said, I still enjoy the album very much and look forward to more of these future classics.
 Not as good as I expected May 27, 2009
This is a fun album but it doesn't come close to the band's potential or their previous work. The performances are solid but this album is not mixed very well. The beats are never loud enough. The reggae grooves fall flat every time as the bass and drums are sacrificed for loud vocals. This producers need to realize that this band is about DUB. Where are the beats?
 Keep Betting on Easy Star May 26, 2009
After their success with remakes of records by Pimk Floyd and Radiohead, it was easy to wonder if the Easy Star Allstars could pull it off again, especially when daring to tackle the Beatles' iconic Sergeant Pepper album.
Well they've actually pulled it off, with a distinctive and blithe interpretation of that classic. And Lonely Hearts Dub Band has something to appeal to everyone, at any age.
Of course, some of the songs lend themselves more readily than others to reggae: Getting Better and With a Little Help are two of them. But pay attention to other, very individualistic renditions such as Within You Without You, She's Leaving Home, and A Day in the Life.
All in all, this consistently insteresting album bears playing many times over. Congratulations, AllStars, you pulled it off again.
A definite winner - I listen to it all the time May 25, 2009
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If you're familiar with Easy Star's history, you will totally get this album. If you're not, this record is a great place to start.
This is their third release of works that cover an entire highly acclaimed album by another, non-reggae, artist. That is a delicate tightrope to walk, but in Lonely Hearts Dub Band, as in their past efforts, they totally succeed in producing something that is fresh, exciting and distinctive on one hand, and assiduously true to the original on the other.
Because the songs on Sgt. Pepper are so well known and played so often, it would be easy to hear the similarities and think that's all there is to it. But that is the beauty of what they have done: if you listen a little more closely, you will not only hear a reggae beat, but you will hear a dimension that adds real flavor to these wonderful songs without distorting them or resorting to gimmicks.
After describing Easy Star's two prior covers, a recent review in the New Yorker said "Now [Easy Star]'s made the big time with the new album... Lonely Hearts Dub band has charted, and for good reason. Even Beatles haters will find joy in these songs."
So will you.
something borrowed, something new May 24, 2009
Once again, these guys nailed it. When i first heard the idea for Dub Side, i had my doubts, but when i heard that i was amazed at the quality and attention to detail in translating this stuff to reggae. each record has gotten better! For me, Sgt Pepper's wasn't my favorite Beatles album to begin with (i'm an Abbey Road person), but the great thing about this is that it manages to turn some of the songs i didn't love (like within you without you, she's leaving home, getting better) into stuff i absolutely love. and the hits, like a day in the life, with a little help, 64 are superb too. i'm loving it. taking it to my memorial day picnic tomorrow!
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