OK! You guys didn’t sleep? Neither did we. Just got the magic link in an email from W.A.S.T.E. Zip is downloading. We’ll post our thoughts here throughout the day, as well as the best of your comments. And let’s make it fun: sign-off your post with how much you paid — and how much you think it was worth. Early buzz says In Rainbows is … well, actually you’re gonna help dictate that early buzz right now.
Ready?
Let’s do this.
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First! Mega thread!
Holy shit, 15 step sounds awesome. They better not screw up “Big Ideas (Don’t Get Any)” (yeah, yeah, Nude, whatever)
I payed zero nothing nada for the album. Sounds like Radiohead. But 160 kbps, that’s not good enough. They are actually forcing us to buy the cd, when it comes out.
my ears are very very pleased.
8 us dollars.
its stunning. i am overwhelmed. nude is better than i ever thought it would be. the constant strings throughout the album are incredible. reckoner is incredible. best thing since ok computer?
I proudly went $5.00, which in American was closer to $10. Those of you who paid nothing-you are assholes and are killing the whole experiment. You are supposed to really love music right? Anyway, I couldn’t be happier, I’m four songs deep and feel a part of something. This is pretty great.
Its cool so far, breaking what every one thought they would do yet again, very simplistic musically… i have always wanted another fake plastic trees and have always known i wont get it… i paid two pounds fifty for it. I love ‘all i need’ the most so far on first listen.
so far so good, but how people can be comparing this to anything else radiohead has done after one listen (or fuckin’ 1/2 a listen at this point) is beyond me.
that being said… bodysnatchers slays me.
Incredible. Radiohead is taking us to our salvation.
This album resparks my interest in Radiohead. I haven’t been a fan since Ok Computer, but now I’m tempted to get all of the post OK’s just to see if I’d like em. I downloaded it from OINK. My email never came!
it doesn’t waste any time, and it seems like they’re genuinely not trying to prove anything with this album. i’ve only listened to the whole thing once, but it’s pretty tight. i paid about $5, and british pounds are highly confusing, though i’ll pay whatever some label coerces me into paying when it’s released physically. word.
What exactly is everyone freaking out about? Is this a new Rainbow album… so the first since 1983? GOD I hope so, I’m a fan of pretty much anything Ronnie James Dio puts his name on.
discbox, so the download was free.
I think it’s a pretty fantastic album. Nude has long been a radiohead classic and this version blows the earlier ones away. Possibly in my top 5-10 radiohead songs from the entire catalogue.
It also blows my mind that they could take two of their worst songs ever (Reckoner and Open Pick) and make them so great in the studio.
Videotape should’ve had the buildup…the first live version is unbelievable.
Incredible, but was there any doubt?
I’ve been dying to hear the studio version of 15 step since last June and it was worth the wait, but the real winner so far is ‘All I Need’.
Just finished my second time through. This is definitely their most “rocking” release since ’97 (as rocking as Radiohead can be). “15 Step” is a killer opening and I love, love, love “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.” “Videotape” is one of the most beautifully haunting tracks they’ve ever written. I paid 6 U.S. dollars but “In Rainbows” is worth much, much more. I’ll be buying the CD when it’s released early next year.
I dig. I paid 3 pounds. Not done listening. Doubt I’ll be done listening any time soon also.
Listened to it twice through already… it’s my birthday today, and I was looking forward to this more than anything.
Nude is haunting… it’s beautiful, and reckoner is probably tied for my favorite track on the album.
I agree totally, the strings really unify the album, I can’t complain about a single track, quite possibly my favorite radiohead album to date.
THIS is what happens when an album has 100% creative control over the process from start to finish, and doesn’t have to worry about making a single ready track. Amazing. Bet you it’ll be all over satellite radio in the coming days.
“I payed zero nothing nada for the album. Sounds like Radiohead. But 160 kbps, that’s not good enough. They are actually forcing us to buy the cd, when it comes out.”
Do not buy the record then. Was that not the point? Don’t go around complaining like they did you a disservice by making an album available. Your choice to become involved wasn’t it? As if you wouldn’t have downloaded the leak. Would you complain if you got the album for free and actually listened to the music instead of focusing on 160kbps? Maybe you’d actually remember what music appreciation was and be forced to buy the album based on that notion instead.
Moving on to more constructive conversation…
This album is unreal. No one writes songs like this group of five do. To be honest at first I was skeptical at how seemingly disconnected In Rainbows felt as a whole, but upon further listens, I am now starting to realize this is the sound of a band truly letting go of all the hype and mystique plaguing them for years. No concepts or hype, they are making an uncompromisingly unique album full of songs that only Radiohead could create.
My favorite band for ten years and counting…
2.45 pounds ($5) ; I plan on buying the disc box at a later date.
Is anyone else excited that we no longer need to listen to awful live recordings of these tracks?
Definitely more OK Computer than Kid A, the thing is still painfully gorgeous. They’re exploring new territory as always, but the great thing about Radiohead is how well they incorporate their vast and often intentionally esoteric and obscure influences into what they already do. No matter how hard they try not to, they always sound like Radiohead. And that sound is pretty god damn beautiful.
I’m sure there are poignant, contemporary themes and deep, insightful lyrics in this record, but like with OK Computer, it’s first and foremost about the melodies. These songs just SOUND wonderful, they connect with the listener by virtue of their composition and delivery. What Thom Yorke is actually singing about, while worth looking at closely in its own right, is not integral to enjoying the songs.
This is the band in top form, as usual. Our expectations of them are obscenely high and yet they manage to surpass them at every turn, to our surprise and delight. They’re truly the best band since The Beatles (not to draw comparisons).
I paid 1 pound (so, $2.03) for the download, but I’m getting the discbox. It’s fucking Radiohead, man: you’ve got to shell out.
BEST EVER!
it explodes with brilliance in parts and on further listens it’s all unified as one big document of a band making music in a room. it’s definitely more immediate in it’s feel yet has evidence of many many layers beneath which are screaming out as i keep listening. it’s lush and alive
its like they recorded it all in one take but it still has the details and depth that an album would have when it’s been recorded over the past four years.
thom wasn’t kidding when he said it was almost embarassingly minimal. “all i need” is awesome the rest…well i’ll give it some time
oh yeah and i paid for the discbox two seconds after i saw it was announced 10 days ago
I went with the discbox. Just had to, since it’s Radiohead and all. And on first listen, this shit is the fire. Just saw Paste has a poll up as well:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/5447/news/music/poll_radioheads_in_rainbows_what_did_you_pay
Fun stuff…
anyone in love with the drums on these tracks? god dam! jigsaw!
I paid £0.95, which, given the current strength of the US dollar, is about twenty bucks.
but I’m very very happy about this album right now
You got your guys’ email already?!
Mine hasnt come yet!
Panic!
Hate to bring up the negatives, as I am liking what I’m hearing, but Videotape was my most anticipated track and they ruined it with this bullshit falling percussion that gets in the way of the piano. Looks like I’ll have to see them live to hear the proper non-fucked with version.
I keep coming back to 15 Step, I wasn’t too big on the live version from Chicago but the studio recording is incredible.
I gave ~$17, and I’m impressed.
I figured it was the least I could do to repay Radiohead for the years of joy (and record label releases they didn’t get paid enough for) they’ve brought me.
Whoever said this record was rockin’ was high. This is the mellowest Radiohead record yet. The last 2 songs are the only ones that could be considered rockin’, which leads me to believe this is a true double album and the uptempo stuff is on the second disc. Still annoys me that they wouldn’t let the download only people in on that.
That said, it is a WONDERFUL recording. The sounds are familiar, but again they are breaking ground. A lot of acoustic guitars in there and some great drum sounds. My favorite track is the last one, so I guess all of the groundwork they laid with Kid A and Amnesiac must have done the trick. I look forward to listening to the second disc and going to see the supporting tour.
P.S. Thom once said he wanted to make a Radiohead record that he could imagine having sex to… this must have been what he meant.
best. album. ever
Ten dollars. It’s beautiful.
I paid nothing (only ’cause I have no credit card) but I’m definitely picking up the CD when it’s out.
Absolutely awesome album. The only downer for me was the echoey vocals on House of Cards. Would have been better without that effect.
Only three songs in, but it sounds to me like they’ve married the scratchy experimentalism of Kid A with their always present/latent rock elements – which is basically what Hail to the Thief was – but as well as this newfound cleaniness/clarity – everything announces itself instantly, like someone said “it doesn’t waste any time”. I love also how listening to them now you’re constantly reminded of other parts of their discography and sound, they’re really dynamic like that.
But all this is really just an initial reaction.
I’d like this album better if it had less guitar and a less harsh-sounding hihat. But they really can’t get out of it: Radiohead sounds really 90′s and I think they will forever probably. Kid A and Amnesiac don’t really have that 90′s sound. They live in the world of the new millenium for me. But this album takes me back to the 90s.
Sounds like Radiohead just being a band that plays songs for the first time in a while. No overriding theme (OK Computer, Hail) just solid songs. It is the classic rock Radiohead. ? I need to sleep badly.
Paid $2. Worth $20. Will most likely buy the vinyl when avaliable.
Isn’t it stunning how this band just never stops growing?
DRUMSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
$0. Not because of audio quality or anything like that. I just refuse to pay any money for a digital version when I will for sure be buying the physical CD when its finally released. So those of you having kittens because I didn’t initially pay for the music, I’ll probably be shelling out $15 for the CD, while I imagine many of you will just stick to the download and your $5 investment or whatever.
I would MUCH rather see CDs go to a cheap flat rate (like $8) than any other music pricing “experiment.” Digital is only my secondary interest, as I WANT the physical media. I will never pay for digital alone.
the songs on the record are incredible.
however the sound quality does kill me.
i’m a huge fan of the detail obsessed kid a/amnesiac radiohead.
arpeggi would have sounded amazing on those sessions (the clicks at the beginning followed by really naked drumset)
also the beginning of nude is incredible… but then it just fades out…. as if they didn’t know where to go with it.
still fucking amazing… but the minimal approach will take some getting used to.
2nd listen already sounds better than the 1st.
so that’s a good sign
Not crazy about what they did to Videotape. That said, how awesome is it to wait up for an album? Haven’t done it for an album since college since everything leaked.
tears are welling up in the back of my eyes as i listen through this album and i can’t help it or fight it. its just too perfect on so many levels. do you think they KNOW what they do to us as they put these songs together?
one word: ARPEGGI.
and 15 step is funky as hell.
and bodysnatchers couldnt be better.
i have a giant editorial in my college paper tomorrow on the release of “in rainbows” and i fully intend to share the link here…
OUTSTANDING.
I really like that percussion on “Videotape”, makes the piano seem more urgent. Does that make sense? Shit, I need to sleep.
Sloan: agreed! I’ve been refreshing my inbox all day… it’s so exciting!
In Rainbows is so two hours ago. I’ve already moved on to Hole’s Live Through This. Paid $9. Worth $10.
on first listen, very displeased with what they did with Videotape. All the emotion seems to have evaporated from it.
But… Arpeggi. Wow. Also loving what they did with reckoner.
I bought the discbox.
Wow. The most melancholy album they’ve done – beautiful. The rock always gives way to the mid-tempo. They’ve definatly boiled this album down like a nice reduction sauce. Very mature and lush.
Can’t wait to hear this album on vinyl…..
I have a feeling the whiners about the 160kbps quality didn’t pay more then $3.
I paid 6 pounds which was like, 9-10 Canadian. Even though I’m disappointed in 160kbs, and you can really hear it at times on this album, I’ll pick up the box set down the road, so I’ll have my pristine lp/cd’s then, and all will be wonderful.
This album is pretty incredible. I’m just wrapping up Videotape now, (No band on earth comes close to Radiohead’s ability to close out albums) and I feel this will rank up with one of my favorites of theirs. It’s a much better album than Hail, and more fluid than Amnesiac and Kid A. Love it to pieces.
And the way in which it came out… just amazing. What a brilliant group of musicians.
didn’t drop a dime. my bank account doesn’t have anything in it till friday! i plan to re purchase with another email address then.
nude is so good. also liking faust arp
OMG reckoner just started on.
omggg reckoner…..jesus. i need some good headphones dammmmmit
Just gorgeous. They’re best since Kid A, without a doubt. That’s about the most restrained way I can talk about this album. Read my total first impressions here:
http://speedinguptostop.blogspot.com/2007/10/day-0-followed-yellow-brick-road-now.html
The process, the excitement, the event nature of the thing — this is one of the best listening experiences I’ve ever had. Oh and every. single. song. has blown me away. The very definition of at once meeting and defying expectations. That I will have this album to enjoy as the season changes and the nights get colder makes me want to hug a stranger.
8 pounds, but I’ll be paying for the discbox in due time.
I love the new album. Definitely on the O.K. Computer and Kid A level. When I listened to Videotape for the first time, I wanted to cry. It’s just so beautiful. I paid for the complete set and cannot wait to hear it on vinyl.
discbox
first impressions:
better than pablo honey, amnesiac, and hail to the thief
probably better than the bends
not as good as kid a or ok computer
a very well constructed album.
a self-contained vision in the radiohead canon.
(it doesn’t retread. anyone.)
more emotionally available that any of their albums since the bends
string section definitely more of a foreground element
while balancing the more live, fast and loose quality from the last album
largely successful, occasionally overpowering
teeters on redundancy/overproduction toward the end?
electronic elements pushed to the back frequently
discreet and slightly more indistinct
benefits the fresh, tight and snappy drumming
first 4 are a knockout
all i need meanders before a climax that puts all my doubts in question
faust arp. big surprise. john lennon and elliott smith just shared a glance in heaven.
reckoner. another big surprise. i honestly didn’t recognize it. less venomous, more evocative. cloudy. whatever the fuck that means.
house of cards in not a terrible song. at. all. this just hasn’t been on my top shelf ever. it’s not personal.
jigsaw is a great final snarl. rises to some of the same heights wolf at the door was reaching for.
videotape…a probable disappointment. which makes it a big one, honestly. i guess. doesn’t kill the album. almost kills the song. it’ll be just fine for anyone that hasn’t heard the older versions, i guess. three words:
ending peters out.
as a whole though: magnificent. a brand new suit. a great fall soundtrack. songs you’ll love and listen to and make new favorites with. just a bit too much letting go and holding back in some places.
worth:
every. fucking. penny.
At a little over halfway through, I’m quite impressed. I’ll have to give it a couple of more listens before I pronounce it their best album since OK Computer.
shit you guys are efficient
so glad thom let ed do the howls on “arpeggi”. spine-tingling.
paid zilch. will be listening over and over. will give them all my money for the discbox and proceed to sleep with it under my pillow.
I bought the Discbox, and this was awesome. I’m so glad that I purchased the box up front, because it will be well worth it to have a physical copy. Another great album.
paid nothing for it but ordering the discbox when i get paid. of course it’s fucking good. it’s radiohead. yeah it’s 160kbps but radiohead at 160kbps is still radiohead. and radiohead are always fucking good.
I don’t understand how people say there is no theme to this album – pretty much every song is about being in a relationship. Where I end and you begin, if you will….
oh and i got the discbox
oh,
and does anyone think “Videotape” sounds a little bit like Blur’s “Battery in Your Leg”?
Please don’t kill me for throwing that out there!
This is so fucking good. The mixing on the drums are incredible on this record…!!! OMG!
I agree with the statement it’s more okc than kid a, but i feel it shares alot in common with kid a too. It flows exceptionally well, similar to kid a I feel. And also i feel like the extra disc in the disc box is gonna be the amnesiac equivalent. Im guessing they had all these songs and chose 10 that fit very well, and then still wanted to get the others out there. Maybe like amnesiac the hilights of the bonus disc will be as good as anything on in rainbows, just overall it wont be as cohesive. But so far after 3 listens its at worst on par with hail to the thief. I’d rate it an 8.5/10 with chance to be 9.5+
ROCK ‘N FUCKIN ROLL!!
Epic, outstanding, brilliant, polished, superb, sublime, percussive, inspiring, dreamy, visceral, the bee’s knees, the dog’s bollocks, the ostrich’s orbs, the gnu’s nads!
Who’s bigger than the Beatles?
Lennon has his feet up, a cheroot in one hand and a beer in the other, and he is smilin’!
Top. Class.
“But this album takes me back to the 90s.”
Don’t really see that connection, to be honest. The pronounced hi-hats don’t sound old, just different. Flat, electronic ones wouldn’t have worked as well with this return to organic warmness that is this album.
I’m glad I stayed virgin of all these songs beforehand, I will not be disappointed by live versions being more awesome ever again. (that means you “True Love Waits”)
Beauful. Warm. Surprising. I did not expect these sounds or colors to the songs.
They seem happy, no?
I paid 1 of your finest sterling.
Half way through first listen. Very moody, very good. Well worth the wait. Looking forward for the DiscBox, might have to buy a record player just just to play the vinyl.
Why does everyone love to say its there best or worst or not as good as….. wouf wouf wouf. Can’t you just experience it as piece of art. Above mere comparison, or Who’s better Who’s best mentalities
I know how significant “OK Computer” has been and nothing will likely top that; however, this is probably the best Radiohead album I’ve heard. This is after being a fan for fourteen years. The changes on these songs are mind-blowing. I don’t think an album like this would get the recognition I anticipate it receiving had they released it the old fashioned way. Truly genius album, statement and marketing approach.
And if Stereogum doesn’t put this up in the updated post, then… well, I now own “In Rainbows”, nothing else matters.
jar
paid: $20
worth: priceless
a fucking great cd. and a fucking great way to “sell” it.
i hope all artists start doing this. it’d be one way to get me to pay for music if i know it all goes to the artist and if it’s a fair price
FUCKIN INCREDIBLE ALBUM. Album of the year bar none. I’ll go ahead and jump the gun and say best since OK. Idioteque’s great, but it’s no All I Need. It’s the first time I’ve really paid attention to the drums on a Radiohead album. I’m going to listen to it all night. I eagerly await PFork’s 8.8 out of 10.
I was terrified of this album, figuring they couldn’t possibly nail those live tracks as well as they did, well, live. I was a fucking idiot.
I did a live review at http://www.headexploder.com. If you’re interested.
at first I thought videotape was a disappointment compared to the live versions I’ve heard but I’ve dropped that stance. The live version had that cool little guitar part towards the end, this one kinda just seems to fade away which is more fitting to end the album.
Ordered the discbox.
Not thrilled about the bit rate, but with the number of people opting to pay nothing and the fact it will be freely available everywhere on the net (if it isn’t already) I am not surprised they kept it at 160. I can wait until December!
As for the album, it’s beautiful. I’m very happy. It’s so good to have them back.
Glad I stayed up late for this (it’s 2am in Seattle). I wish there were more shared music experiences like this!
Paid nothing for the download… but I’m ordering the discbox as soon as I’m done writing this.
I’m somewhere over the rainbow right now. Definitely their best album since Kid A. I cried listening to “Nude” for the first time; it’s achingly beautiful (as is most everything else on here).
9 Euros / 12 dollars.
amazing album !!!
Just finished an incredible listening experience in my car stereo.
Standouts are very blurry. I hope I won’t forget what the best moments were.
My cheeks hurt from smiling so much. It was an extremely warm album. Jazzy. French. GUITAR…BASS!!! It was almost like Thom was indulging every guilty pleasure I’ve ever had for a band like Radiohead.
Lyrics usually don’t make an impression on me until the fifth listen or so, but “All I Need”….”I’m in the middle of your photographs.”…..AAaaaahhhh….melted my heart the instant I heard it.
There was soul, there was groove, there was crunch and punk and dirt, but not too much schizophrenia. No one-two freakout punches….which is unexpected……and utterly Radiohead.
From the moment I saw the artwork…I knew I could not expect a thing. Just accept.
It seems, with this album, they took the longest, most arduous path to creating some of their most embracing and inviting music. Not to demean it or the quality in any manner, because I hear the toil in every note and arrangement, but it is very warm music. A Radiohead tea-party.
This is pop-music at it’s supreme manifestation.
Love.
I wonder what Jonny did on this album besides arranging? I can’t really hear any of his guitar or odnes martenot on any tracks.
But really, who cares I guess. What a hauntingly beautiful album.
Paid $9 NZ
Downloading. I have dialup. Am actually getting it through demonoid as a torrent is more secure to download in my situation. Ironic?
I am hovering! This album is INCREDIBLE. Yorke FTW!
im surprised everyone likes it so much – must just be the hardcores that stayed up late. it generally sounds pretty, but thom, as a songwriter, is pretty irrelevant now. I suspect most people like this because its a radiohead album, and not because its a good album. none of these songs grabs me emotionally except nude, which is a song ive known and loved for so long now that, while having a new recording is nice, its almost like hearing a remix of an old favorite song. i read someone said its a relationship album, which may be the best way to describe this. but thom’s not the guy for relationship music – his persona, brain, and voice are way too abstract and left of center to be able to make songs titled ‘all i need’. ‘nude’ for example is quite an anti-love song – its dark and lonely which makes it good radiohead material.
3 pounds. Buying the super edition that comes out next year, not the discbox.
It’s not OKC or KA as some have said, but it’s a fascinating little record. Videotape is growing, but is there any chance we get a release of that god-like version they were doing live?
Bring on disc 2!
Paid 15 pounds, or about 30 dollars… really blown away on third listen. I think so far it’s their best next to OkC or KidA.
I just wrote my thoughts down here: http://threepints.blogspot.com/2007/10/radiohead-in-rainbows-first-impressions.html
Would be far too large a post to copy and paste.
Keep posting your thoughts! It’s very cool to see this unfold as we all listen, at the same time, for the very first time.
My cousin got me the discbox as a late birthday present so I got the download for free. The album’s quite amazing, judging from the 15 Step and Bodysnatchers.
holy shit this is good.
and of course i went with the discbox
5 euros. i’m listening to the album now. it sounds good.
I paid $7.77 pounds and about $20 Australian dollars in honour of LP7.
Fuck, this is a great album. Especially reckoner.
Cover art! (sorry for the double post and link spam)
http://threepints.blogspot.com/2007/10/radiohead-in-rainbows-cover-art.html
No Spooks? That makes me a sad panda.
I’ll be listening to this soon, burning it was I speak!
Listened to it once. On second listen. First thoughts: the drums are crazy, from the first seconds of 15 steps it’s like a junglerythm, a little bit of electronic drum box stuff, a little bit of human stuff, the guitars are very layered, there are some strings, you can understand yorkes lyrics a bit better then on recent albums. The album feels very cohesive, something that hail to the thief didn’t. Theres a lot of stuff going on and yet it feels sparse and minimalistic the drum beats are complicated yet it feels instinctual since sometimes theres barely anything else, it’s like the beating of a heart.
Early favorates: 15 step, nude, weird fishes/arpeggi, house of cards…if you compare this to pablo honey it’s like a totally different band…and thats whats cool, about radiohaed.
just about to go for a walk with it – the sky is foggy and just about perfect. beautiful
paid 0.00 (insert broke student excuse here)
Hi!
The album is spectacular!!!
Melancolic, radiohead unique style!
Reckoner, nude, bodysnatchers, house of cards my favorites.
Paid £1 for the mp3 and I’m going to buy the discbox!
Wow. Not a single average track throughout…
Reckoner and Jigsaw were two really big surprises.
The percussion throughout is amazing (the drums on 15 step totally took me by surprise), as is the bass and of course Jonny’s amazing strings. I loved the new style videotape; both preferable to retreading familiar Pyramid Song ground and engenius and moody in it’s own right.
Arpeggi wasn’t how I was hoping and on first listen left me a little disappointed, however after subsequent listens I’m obsessed with it.
Faust Arp was another pleasant surprise, eat that Elliot Smith. :)
Definitely best album of the year.
Bought the discbox
Wow. Not a single average track throughout…
Reckoner and Jigsaw were two really big surprises.
The percussion throughout is amazing (the drums on 15 step totally took me by surprise), as is the bass and of course Jonny’s amazing strings. I loved the new style videotape; both preferable to retreading familiar Pyramid Song ground and engenius and moody in it’s own right.
Arpeggi wasn’t how I was hoping and on first listen left me a little disappointed, however after subsequent listens I’m obsessed with it.
Faust Arp was another pleasant surprise, eat that Elliot Smith. :)
Definitely best album of the year.
Ps: Bought the discbox
Best album of the last 2,000 years.
It’s a bit strange to have known the lyrics word-for-word to half of these songs for the last year, but the transition from live to recorded is incredible.
really? no one is going to say it?
this album isn’t that great. some of the songs are pretty great, but the fact that they RUINED “videotape” sours the entire listening experience for me.
so, for those counting, they recorded “motion picture soundtrack” and “videotape” both completely wrong compared to live versions, and both were the final track. i’m hoping they don’t mess up “4 minute warning,” since that’s the closing track of the 2nd disc of in rainbows.
also, this came out a lot more mellow than i thought the CD would be. “reckoner” used to be a giant rock song, and while the revision is still good, it doesn’t rock like i expected. “jigsaws” and “all i need” are probably my favs on the disc.
i’m now hoping that the second disc will be a bit more aggressive….bangers n mash, etc. but all in all, this first CD has too many slow songs and sounds more like demos than final versions.
and man, i hate “house of cards.”
Nude makes me shiver.
What an unexpected and delightful event they sprung on us, here.
I paid $8 US.
I will buy this on vinyl.
I will listen to this at least five times all the way through today.
5 poounds (cos I know I’ll be buying the discbox, too!) But my download shat itself and now I have to wait for them to send me a new link. Very frustrating! Tempted to try a torrent it in the meanwhile. I paid for the thing and now have to wait … Argh, dang!
Seriously, a massive virtual head-thwok to everyone bitching about 160kbps vs 192/320/x-to-the-n kbps – you knew that was what you were getting, if that wasn’t good enough for you then you shouldn’t have downloaded… or be upfront about the fact that you’re a music thief – heck, i’ve got plenty of illegit music, but I’m not proud of it, and I certainly wouldn’t come around bitching about how the artists were trying to screw me out of my constitutional right to 320kbps FLAC files! Get a frakkin’ life!
The album? Well, I had some pretty high expectations, and it’s exceeded those.
My price: 7.32 (pounds)
Worth: every penny, and then some… and I’ll probably pay that “then some” when the CD comes out, though I might wait for it to get to the bargain bins!
Very bland album. This is just a rehash of the last two Radiohead albums. There’s no real distinct music here, just a kind of wallpaper. There’s no great songs, no great lyrics, just muzak. They have been heading down this slope since Amnesiac.
Nothing left in the tank.