| Radiodread | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Easy Star All-Stars |
| Cover: | Easy Star All-Stars - Radiodread.jpg |
| Released: | 22 August 2006 (U.S.) 28 August 2006 (UK) |
| Length: | 65:22 |
| Label: | Easy Star |
| Producer: | Michael Goldwasser |
| Prev Title: | Dub Side of the Moon |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Until that Day |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Radiodread is a 2006 tribute album by the Easy Star All-Stars that covers Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer in reggae, ska and dub styles.
The Radiodread producer and arranger, Michael Goldwasser, said OK Computer had elements that were well suited to reggae, such as "strong melodies, intense dynamics and trippy soundscapes", but also uncommon elements such as complex time signatures and lots of chord changes. He said, "The more we looked at it, the more we realized that this was an album we had to do."[1] The Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, praised it, and the lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, described it as "truly astounding".[2]
The album features musicians including Toots and the Maytals, Horace Andy, Israel Vibration, Sugar Minott and Frankie Paul. The track listing is identical to OK Computer and no songs were changed, except for "Fitter Happier" (which has slightly altered lyrics to fit the style, with permission from Radiohead), and "Paranoid Android". The new lyrics are essentially the same, but phrased differently, including some Jamaican patois. For example, "God loves his children" becomes "Jah loves his children".