#21

Pretty sure In Rainbows was widely considered a future classic on release.

#22

I really like it. Also helps to give the king of limbs some context too. ‘Relaxed’ suits them. Also worked fantastically live.

#23

this ^ to the bookends

#24

In Rainbows: I’ve got the free download a few hours after it was announced, loved it and was shocked that overall first impressions were poor. I remember discussions about “because it’s free it has no value” etc, there was a controversy around it because of that marketing technique vs people appreciation. I recall the first review I read, The Wire magazine, and it was ok but not as good as I thought.
Same for Kid A. It got some time to be considered a classic.
OK C perhaps was, but KA was a disappointment for many that expected OKC 2.
wait and see for AMSP, wait and see. It’ll be regarded as a classic along IR and KA imho.

#25

It’s enjoyable if occasionally a little slight

Therefore I would give it Kevin Shields out of Radiohead

aka Flylo/10

aka Werner Herzog out of 5

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#26

I’m still really liking the album but for me it’s definitely more of a soundscape album to let wash over you than an intense listen. I’d place it as:

Ok Computer > Kid A > In Rainbows > The Bends > Moon Shaped Pool > Amnesiac - King Of Limbs > Hail To the Thief > Pablo Honey

#27

It’s alright, as is most of their catalogue.

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#28

It was, and is, a very good album, though admittedly not quite in the top tier of their work. Miles better than KOL in my opinion.

Kid A = OKC = In Rainbows > The Bends > Amnesiac = AMSP > Hail to the Thief > King of Limbs > Pablo Honey

#29

yeah I think this describes it a bit better. I could listen to each track individually, but listening to it in full usually makes me want to listen to something else about 2/3 of the way through.

#31

hmm i remember lots of very positive press for it right from the off. it might of helped that most of the tracks had been debuted live the year before so were already quite familiar to a lot of people (i suppose that applies to a couple of tracks on this one but not to the same extent)

#32

All the string-heavy vignettes they’re putting out on Instagram are far better than the record.

#33

Although it is subjective, I found the album quite rewarding, especially when heard as a whole. It is true that separate songs are not easy to stick in my mind quite as their 90ies peaks, but maybe it is not the quality or kind of songs, but just that I am getting older and have less time and different things on my mind, to grow accustomed to it. On the other hand, the same thing happened to me with Kid A and Amnesiac, so repeated listens as a whole is the way to go. Having said that, this might also mean that the sequencing was very successful, knowing that many songs were older ideas, glued together. And it is also true that the songs might sound a bit weak on live shows, where the group will have to do without the bigger orchestration.

#34

It’s a good album. I think Radiohead still have that top 3 “holy trinity” of OKC, Kid A and IR. Then there is the second tier, HTTT, The Bends… and I think this is where AMSP belongs.

The album succeeds on many levels. It’s cohesive, no weak tracks, breaks new ground yet still has familiarity, a great studio version of a lost classic, timeless. I find it very similar to IR but it needs a change of pace in the second half to propel it to classic status.

I can’t agree on any of the tracks only being b-sides. I think The Numbers is up there with their best, really good stuff. Also don’t get the hate for Burn the Witch. Who else can put out a single where the dominant instrument is just strings and con legno? I don’t like the video, but it’s a great song.

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#35

just wanna say Burn The Witch is a pretty good single and the video is great.

Daydreaming is kinda dull though

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#36

I get the feeling I’m just bored of Radiohead.

Like you kind of know what they’re going to sound like, and then you hear it and it’s like ‘yep, that’s radiohead’, and then it’s over and you move on and forget it.

#37

I think part of that is being with the same producer for so long. On the one hand they get on so well and they feel like they get the most out of it. On the other hand it becomes over familiar, even if they do break new ground.

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#38

I still haven’t listened to it. I’ve heard Burn the Witch and that other one, but my brain didn’t likethe way it was released. I bought the vinyl of In Rainbows and KoL so it’s not like i’m a casual fan, I dunno what’s happened really.

#39

It’s on Spotify now, all the Radiohead albums are… despite Thom Yorke saying Radiohead wouldn’t release another album of the service and encouraging every indie band to leave as well a few years back.

#40

What a two faced liar. Two Faced Thom, they know him as.

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#41

nah he took his solo and Atoms for Peace stuff off Spotify. Radiohead’s stuff was always on there, apart from In Rainbows which didn’t go on until recently. TKOL and the singles and remixes were on it. presumably he’s not a fan but the rest of the band disagree.