Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller

Jonny Greenwood | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B000MTPA9A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,832 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Spin Magazine, March 2007

Ranked #16 in Spin's Top 20 Pop Culture Since 1998 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

ABOUT THE ARTIST: As lead guitarist in one of the most popular bands to emerge from England in the past 15 years, Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood has evolved musically during the band's heralded career. After 3 Radiohead albums of solid rock guitar playing Greenwood progressed into the world of electronics on the band's ground breaking ambient recordings of Kid A and Amnesiac . He developed into a multi instrumentalist and visionary recording one solo album, Bodysong in 2003. Greenwood's work demonstrates and proves him to be one of the more creative and profound forces in contemporary music.ABOUT THE ALBUM: As a fervent fan of reggae music Jonny Greenwood worked with Trojan Records to compile his favorite recordings from the extensive legendary catalog. After 6 months of endless listening Jonny narrowed down his choices to 17 crucial tracks of essential reggae listening. Not a best of but a deep digging in the crates collection of rich Jamaican sounds and styles covering soul, roots and dub. The set features renowned vocalists, musicians and producers including Desmond Dekker, Lee Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Sly & Robbie, King Tubby, Scientist and many others. The set is the latest in Trojan's artist choice jukebox series following DJ Spooky, Don Letts and others. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Strange Gift, August 26, 2007

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It's a curious world when the best Reggae release of 2007 comes via the lead guitarist of England's Alt-Rock/prog band Radiohead. Well, it does not feature a note of music from Jonny Greenwood, but is a compilation of classic reggae tracks from the Trojan records vaults. Greenwood professes to be a novice in the liner notes, but has done a good job of picking a diverse set of A+ tracks.

Highlights include several tracks from faily well known artists like Gregory Isaacs, the Heptones, Lee Perry and Desmond Dekker. But the real treasures are from some of the more obscure (at least to me) artists. First is a great 12' mix of I'M STILL IN LOVE from MARCIA AITKEN. a great pop-reggae track that melds into a dub/toaster ending that will have you hitting the repeat button endlessly. Also a great version of the R&B classic FEVER from Junior Byles and the lead track DREAD ARE THE CONTROLLER by Lival Thompson serve as highlights. Much of the material leans toward dub style production, but I'd say that everything is pretty accessible to someone interested in Jamaican music.

This is a solid collection, without a weak track that would serve as a great introduction to reggae or would serve a person well versed in the music. I've had it on constant rotation all summer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Compilation!, February 16, 2010

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This album gathers some of the best oldskool reggae ballads; The Controller is guaranteed to get anyone that didn't appreciate reggae before into reggae. The songs Johnny Picked are amazing jams from Trojan Records artist tastefully put together in this collection of classics. It is the best album I have purchase all year and it really is hard to argue with Johnny Greenwood's taste. I love it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Jonny Greenwood did wonderfully, as always, January 26, 2009

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Karah M. Carmack (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This is great! Radiohead is my favorite band, with Jonny Greenwood as a wonderful composer combined with Trojan dub selections, it makes for my favorite reggae compilation that I would recommend to ANYONE! It is such a great listen that no matter the genre you prefer the most, you will enjoy this.