Dub Side Of The Moon Anniversary Edition

Rating

Album: Dub Side Of The Moon Anniversary Edition
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Speak to Me/Breathe (In the Air) (Feat. Sluggy Ranks)	More Info...
2)	On the Run	More Info...
3)	Time (Feat. Corey Harris & Ranking Joe)	More Info...
4)	The Great Gig in the Sky (Feat. Kirsty Rock)	More Info...
5)	Money (Feat. Gary "Nesta" Pine & Dollarman)	More Info...
6)	Us and Them (Feat. Frankie Paul)	More Info...
7)	Any Colour You Like	More Info...
8)	Brain Damage (Feat. Dr. Israel)	More Info...
9)	Eclipse (Feat. The Meditations)	More Info...
10)	Time Version	More Info...
11)	Great Dub in the Sky	More Info...
12)	Step It Pon the Rastaman Scene (Feat. Ranking Joe)	More Info...
13)	Any Dub You Like	More Info...
14)	Breathe 2014 (Feat. Sluggy Ranks, Metric Man, Eric Rachmany of Rebelution & Ruff Scott)	More Info...
15)	Brain Dubbage	More Info...

Album: Dub Side Of The Moon Anniversary Edition
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Speak to Me/Breathe (In the Air) (Feat. Sluggy Ranks)	More Info...
2)	On the Run	More Info...
3)	Time (Feat. Corey Harris & Ranking Joe)	More Info...
4)	The Great Gig in the Sky (Feat. Kirsty Rock)	More Info...
5)	Money (Feat. Gary "Nesta" Pine & Dollarman)	More Info...
6)	Us and Them (Feat. Frankie Paul)	More Info...
7)	Any Colour You Like	More Info...
8)	Brain Damage (Feat. Dr. Israel)	More Info...
9)	Eclipse (Feat. The Meditations)	More Info...
10)	Time Version	More Info...
11)	Great Dub in the Sky	More Info...
12)	Step It Pon the Rastaman Scene (Feat. Ranking Joe)	More Info...
13)	Any Dub You Like	More Info...
14)	Breathe 2014 (Feat. Sluggy Ranks, Metric Man, Eric Rachmany of Rebelution & Ruff Scott)	More Info...
15)	Brain Dubbage	More Info...

Performer Notes

Easy Star All Stars: Corey Harris, Frankie Paul, Gary "Nesta" Pine, Dr. Israel, Ranking Joe (vocals); Michael Goldwasser (guitar); Victor Axelrod (melodica, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, synthesizer, percussion); Victor Rice (electric bass, upright bass); Patrick Dougher (drums).
Additional personnel: Jenny Hill (saxophone); Michael Wagner (trombone); Wayne Wiggum (electric bass); Eddie Ocampo, Larry McDonald (percussion); Tamar-Kali (background vocals).
Recorded at Noise NY, Mount Vernon, New York; Mike Stand Killer Studios, Funky Slip Studios and Zion Studios Brooklyn, New York; 401 Studios and Hot Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Lem Oppenheimer.
Tributee: Pink Floyd.
Personnel: Michael Goldwasser (guitar); Ticklah (melodica, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, organ, synthesizer, percussion); Victor Rice (electric bass); Patrick Dougher (drums); I Dread (programming).
Audio Mixers: Michael Goldwasser; Ticklah.
Liner Note Authors: Lem Oppenheimer; Brian Robbins.
Recording information: 401 Studios, NY, NY; Don't Trip Studio, Brooklyn, NY; Hot Studio, NY, NY; Mic Stand Killer Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Noise NY, Mt. Vernon, NY; Zion Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Arrangers: Michael Goldwasser; Ticklah.
It was one of those really stupid ideas that we can all be grateful someone had the guts to follow through with. Yes, it's a reggae version of the Pink Floyd classic Dark Side of the Moon, every track drastically reworked and presented in the same order as on the original album. And yes, it works far, far better than you'd have any right to expect. The artists vary from the relatively obscure (Kirsty Rock, Dollarman) to the big-time (Corey Harris, Frankie Paul, the Meditations) and the musical styles range from roots to dancehall to jungle. Every track works well, but highlights include a very fine (and uncredited) jungle mix of "On the Run" and the great singer-deejay combo track "Time," on which Corey Harris' chesty baritone singing voice is nicely counterbalanced by Ranking Joe's speed-rap. There are several bonus dub mixes tacked onto the end of the program, and while none of them is revelatory they don't detract from the proceedings, either. At the end you realize that you were wrong to even think this was a dumb idea to begin with -- dub's psychedelic mysticism is a perfectly good match for Pink Floyd's mannered weirdness. Highly recommended. [A 2014 Anniversary Edition added two bonus tracks.] ~ Rick Anderson

Professional Reviews

Spin (3/03, pp.194-5) - "...A spacious, magical groove that stretches over voluptuous versions of psychedelic landmarks..."

Entertainment Weekly (2/28/03, p.80) - "...Dub bass lines make this music newly mind expanding and, for the first time, sexy..." - Rating: B+

Uncut (8/03, p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...It still sounds pretty fine as a bunch of rastas take a voluptuous dubbed-up trip around the Floyd's psychedelic masterpiece..."

Dirty Linen (06-07/03, p.86) - "...Floyd's distinctive guitar and keyboard melodies carry through the All-Stars rearrangements, but they're buttressed with deep resonant bass beats and the requisite loping rhythms..."