#82

I agree with most of this, but do think Amnesiac is a great album in its own right. Could probably do without Hunting Bears though.

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#83

i think it has some good tracks on it but it feels like a very mixed bag with a couple of failed experiments dumped on it

#84

from memory, there are between 1.5 and 2 beats between each chord. five chords every 1.5 beats then 2 beats then five chords every 1.5 beats etc, starting on the third chord of the sequence …or something like this, but written in music:

on beat ~ 1.5 ~ off beat ~ 1.5 ~ on beat ~ 2 ~ on beat ~ 1.5 ~ off beat ~ 1.5 ~ on beat ~ 1.5 ~ off beat ~ 1.5 ~ on beat ~ 2 ~ on beat ~ 1.5 ~ off beat ~ 1.5 ~ etc.

or I’m completely wrong.

#85

as someone said upthread, Amnesiac reaches higher highs but makes for a less cohesive and satisfying whole (individually I think most Kid A tracks sound better live but the LP versions fit together perfectly)

#86

Pyramid Song is genuinely ridiculously difficult to play along to

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#87

Think I watched the whole of it a while back, and it was all just a bit http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/dnno.gif at the end of it

#88

It’s this kind of thing why I hear the beginning of Cannonball and Superunknown (and loads of other songs I can’t think of right now) wrong. There should be a ban on it.

#89

In Rainbows is either my #1 or #2 Radiohead album. It’s flat out beautiful and perfect start to finish. I think a strong case could be made for it being the best album released after 2000.

I’ve given up on trying to rank the albums though. The most definitive order I can give is:
King of Limbs < Amnesiac < the rest (with In Rainbows and OKC usually being at the top).

I also want to say HTTT doesn’t get enough credit. There’s this deliberate unsettling, unpleasant feeling of dread maintained throughout it, but not in a bad way. Best album of 2003.

#90

I’m with you

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#91

The whole line adds to 24 so it’s actually in 4/4 but yeah as you say it alternates off/on the beat

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#92

I like to consinder kid a and amnesiac as a double album personally so:

Kid A/Amnesiac > OK Computer > In Rainbows > The Bends > A Moon Shaped Pool > Hail to The Thief > The King of Limbs > Pablo Honey

#93

Hail to the Thief isn’t as good as In Rainbows but it’s a much more interesting album imo (and I like the unpleasant feeling of dread, very reminiscent of the Iraq war… which I don’t like, but I like gloomy music).

I remember 2003 well. I was 11, and it was as though the world suddenly turned into hell or something. I was exposed to Hail to the Thief and Sleeping With Ghosts by Placebo, and I remember the Blair/Bush invasion of Iraq. Grim music, grim year.

#94

I mostly remember HTTT sounding like the band was flopping around and really unsure of what they wanted to do. Some good tracks, but mostly forgettable. It’s more interesting in a “what the hell is this?” kind of way, but not in a way they intended.

#95

Hail to the Thief could do with some trimming (maybe lose The Gloaming and Scatterbrain) and they’ve done better albums, but it’s still very good

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#96

I presume this matches with the ratings I’ve given them before.

Top Tier: In Rainbows/Kid A/OK Computer 5 Stars
Tier Two: The Bends/Thom’s HTTT tracklist/AMSP 4.5 Stars
Tier Three: Amnesiac/KOL 4 Stars
Tier Four: HTTT 3.5 Stars
Tier Five: Pablo Honey 3 Stars

I like most of the songs on HTTT, it just needs to be trimmed in order to make a focused album. 3.5 might be a bit brutal really, but it does fall down trying to squeeze things like Sucking That Blood and Ben Stokes’ Wedding into that selection of songs.

#97

Got a link?

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#98

there there
the gloaming
sail to the moon
sit down. stand up
go to sleep
whereiendandubegin
scatterbrain
2+2=5
myxomatosis
a wolf at the door

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Hail to the Thief (revised tracklisting)
#99

hmm interesting, might give it a try

#100

yeah if HTTT cut some of it’s guff it could easily be a top 3 Radiohead album

#101

There There would be an awful opener and 2+2=5 in the backhalf is a travesty. That sequencing would underscore just how much puttering about there is on the album. Only possible advantage that tracklist has is that it drops a few of the weaker tracks.

HTTT just isn’t that good and nowhere near their best work.