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Pick a Dub
Remix album by
Keith Hudson
Released1974
GenreDub
Length34:23
LabelKlik Records
ProducerKeith Hudson
Keith Hudson chronology
Flesh of My Skin Blood of My Blood
(1974) 		Pick a Dub
(1974) 		Torch of Freedom
(1975)

Pick a Dub is a 1974 album by Jamaican producer and musician

Aston Barrett and Augustus Pablo contributed music, while vocal fragments include Hudson, Horace Andy and Big Youth. The album was originally released under the labels of Klik and Atra, with a 1994 reissue by Blood and Fire
.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic
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The album has been critically well received and is regarded as important in Hudson's discography and in the genre of dub music. In 1994,

Allmusic in its review characterized the album as "a seminal work, a landmark in progressive remixing" that is "arguably the crowning achievement of Hudson's career."[6] While arguing by contrast for Hudson's later album Brand, the website brainwashed indicates that Pick a Dub typically "ranks as the pinnacle of his dub releases".[7]

Music

Pick a Dub consisted of remixes, specifically primarily instrumental "riddim" dubs, of earlier material.[3] Though reworked and retitled, Hudson's track list recast earlier songs into new form. The classics "Declaration of Rights" and "Satta Massagana" were recut as "Black Right" and "Satia".[8] The title track, "Pick a Dub", was a dub of Hudson's own composition "S.90 Skank", which had been a hit song for Big Youth.[8][9] The album focused on the heavy rhythms of bass guitar and drums, with snippets of otherworldly vocals.[4][8] The Wire identified as among the album's strengths "[s]tuttering melodica, squelching keyboard and guitar chops and a mix which dropped instruments in and out of the sound picture every few bars".

sound effects that later became common in the movement,[8] a lack cited as "refreshing" by Bradley, who noted that such early sets reflected "the remixer's art in its purest form".[3] The overall effect of Hudson's music is described by brainwashed as "uniquely deep and gothic".[7]

History

The album was recorded with Carlton and Aston Barrett of

Bob Marley & The Wailers on drums and bass, with additional music supplied by melodica virtuoso Augustus Pablo.[8][10] Snippets of vocal tracks included material by Hudson, Horace Andy and Big Youth.[11] It was originally released in 1974 on the Klik label prior to release by Atra.[5] In 1994, it was reissued by Blood and Fire.[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Keith Hudson

  1. "Pick a Dub" – 2:38
  2. "Black Heart" – 2:40
  3. "Michael Talbot Affair" – 2:54
  4. "Don't Move" – 2:43
  5. "Blood Brother" – 2:54
  6. "Dreaded Than" – 2:02
  7. "In the Rain" – 3:13
  8. "Part 1-2 Dubwise" – 3:17
  9. "Black Right" – 3:11
  10. "Satia" – 3:06
  11. "I'm All Right" – 3:02
  12. "Depth Charge" – 2:43

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Toop, David (May 1994). "A-Z of dub". The Wire (123). Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-8021-3828-4
    . Pick a Dub Keith Hudson.
  4. ^ a b Hann, Michael (19 November 2007). "Artists beginning with H (part 2)". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2008., part of the series Hann, Michael (19 November 2007). "1000 albums to hear before you die". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-312-28822-0
    .
  6. ^
    AllMusic
  7. ^ a b Suarez, Gary (9 July 2007). "Keith Hudson, Brand". brainwashed.com. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  8. ^ a b c d e Barrow, Steve (1994) liner notes. bloodandfire.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  9. AllMusic
  10. ISBN 0-517-54779-1
    . Augustus Pablo, Glen Brown, Joe White and Rue Lloyd are the melodica virtuosos featured on a recent retrospective collection issued in the UK...
  11. ^ "Pick a Dub". bloodandfire.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
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