The 'Easy Star All-Stars' could easily be written off as a gimmick that went too far... but they succeed in covering iconic albums in a dub style. Most bands would be lucky to get away with one cover album but here they are on to their third. First was 'Dub Side of the Moon' a cover of the 'Pink Floyd' classic album 'Dark Side of the Moon' followed by 'Radiodread' which was a complete song for song cover of 'OK Computer' by 'Radiohead' and then came 'Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band' a cover of classic album by 'The Beatles'. So they were aiming quite high and many others would have been met with ridicule for even attempting such a daring feat. "A Day In the Life" is possibly my favourite Beatles song and this version takes the song into the 21st century and maybe to an audience that hadn't even heard the original. There are subtle changes to the lyrics like... "woke up, fell out of bed, dragged my fingers through my dreads" but generally they don't take it too far from the original other than the dub make-over.
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