On Bar Coda it's business as usual for Dread Zeppelin, meaning it's mostly mystical Zeppelin songs, sung by an Elvis impersonator and "inna reggae stylee." Little has changed in the band's Presley meets Marley meets Page and Plant world, save a winning effort to rally against the too-slick and sterile feel of some more recent albums.
Here the band is much looser than usual while in the studio and duplicating everything that's great about their live shows.
There are more humorous ad-libs, the searing guitar solos go longer, and the playful messing about the band so loves on-stage is everywhere, like when "Lemon Song" goes from slinky rock-reggae to a double-time ska workout.
Better still are the quotes from "Hey Jude" and "We Are the World" that get stuck into "Suspicious Minds" or maybe the way lead singer Tortelvis changes the very Jamaican reference to "cornmeal porridge" in Marley's "No Woman No Cry" to "chicken fricassee," a meal much more suited for "The King." Longtime member Spice does a great job as producer, and when Tortelvis delivers the "Lemon Song"'s "Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg" in a Viva Las Vegas style, it has to be one of the greatest moments the band has put on record.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celebration Day | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | Lemon Song | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | No Woman No Cry | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | The Ocean | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | The Rover | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Suspicious Minds | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 7 | Out on the Tiles | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | That's Alright Mama | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | Thank You | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | Bar Coda | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 36 mins | 84 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 230 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian "Spice" Boerin | Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Keyboards, Percussion |
| 2 | Butt-Boy | Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 3 | Dread Zeppelin | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Charlie Haj | Member of Attributed Artist, Unknown Performer Role |
| 5 | Charlie Haj | Group Member |
| 6 | Bob Knarley | Guitar (Bass), Member of Attributed Artist, Theremin |
| 7 | Ziggy Knarley | Drums, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 8 | Tortelvis | Member of Attributed Artist, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |