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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Radiohead have done it again. I have listened to the album three times already.
5 pounds / 8 euros.
So far, loving it. All I need truly made me cry. The first half is awesome.
Great album, they did really well. What a great listening experience.
But yes they screwed up Videotape, they always screw up one song, it’s like a tradition: I Might Be Wrong on Amnesiac for example… Grrr. Why?
But Faust Arp and Reckoner are amazing surprises so it balances really. Plus all the classic songs.
(It’s funny how the non-Radiohead fans like “All I need”??)
Oh yes Bodysnatcher kills. Perfect.
(got the discbox… you knew we would!)
didn’t pay. downloaded the torrent.
trying to pay $10 right now, but the site is getting hammered. will try again later today.
the music…
wow.
wow.
wow.
Fantastic. A classic. Incredibly pleased.
I gave them $15,000.00 US, because the poor guys are without a label and they obviously need the cash.
Incredible.
Somehow they’ve managed to exceed my expecations. Perhaps the hardest task is picking a stand out track, as to my ears there is about 5 or 6 outstanding songs.
It never fails to amaze me how Radiohead consistanty kick all other bands to the curb. I think we can rest assurred this will be taking number one spot in all of the end of year album poles…
Best album since Kid A.
Bought the discbox. Can’t wait…
ordered the discbox but my dload link did not work!!! did anyone post the mp3s online? HELP!
How fantastic to listen to an album that has not leaked and in which there were no reviews. I love love love it. Radiohead do it again. This is my album of the year.
funny to think that at 26 I actually subconsciously awoke at 7 am and finding I couldn’t fall back asleep, went and checked my email for the info, downloaded the album, and listened to the whole thing. Some great, some a little flat, overall like the density and detail, gotta dig a bit to get through some of the more opaque passages. Anyways, had a little bit of a christmas morn feel to it. Love how bold the beginning of the album is, feel like the end could have taken a lesson from the first half. Back to sleep now.
I’ve been waiting since Oct. 1….3 min left in download…..arghgharghgargh!
what assholes! ohhh, i didn’t pay anything, but the sound quality is 160 kbps….go pound sand!
I paid fuck all.
I love the album, especially Jigsaw Falling Into Place.
I want the actual cd. I’ll get it as soon as it’s released.
well I’m 31 and I was like a little kid at christmas at about 4am, but I feel asleep, woke again around 6am and downloaded it,,I actually thought about calling into work, just so I could listen to it over and over without being disturbed, but my other half wouldn’t be to happy about that…nude is just a wonderful track, goose bumps!!!!!!!!!
Songs like House Of Cards and Nude are what 40-something Radiohead will have to be making. There are already enough 40 year olds axing their way through bars and grills with strats– I’m more than willing to listen to Radiohead chill out for the rest of my life.
I paid $5 us dollars. I will buy the cd when it comes out.
Thanks to the stellar website, I paid $5.00 US…twice. No luck in getting that rectified, so I just forwarded the second email to a friend who is far too lazy to actually go through buying it on his own. I’ll probably shell out for the discbox at some point also.
So far, it’s possibly my favorite since “OK Computer” and definitely my favorite since “Kid A.” I was always hoping they would at some point find a balance between the more straightforward work of their early stuff and the more experimental stuff that came later. I think they’ve done it here. Fantastic.
Matthew in London said “It’s funny how the non-Radiohead fans like “All I need”??”
What rubbish! I think this is the best album since OK Computer. The soundscapes are breathtaking at times. For the record, the first time I saw Radiohead live was early 1994, and I have been a loyal fan of all their albums and seen them live 30+ times on four different continents.
I think ‘All I Need’ is a beautiful song. I’ve been looking forward to it since I saw it live last year. Just because people actually like it, doesn’t mean it’s not good. That’s an uninformed and elitist attitude.
Oh, and I bought the discbox
trying to download it now with little success, but even if it takes all day, i’m so excited i could piss myself.
Someone, help! The repeat function on my iTunes is broken, I can only seem to listen to Radiohead over and over.
i can’t believe that people are saying that “as a writer, thom is irrelevant.” are you fucking kidding me? yeah, radiohead just turned the fucking music industry on its head and released this beautiful album, and people still think they have to be too cool for radiohead. if you think that the lyrics on this album are irrelevant, you’re illiterate and have no sense of subtlety.
15 pounds, by the way.
I have only listened to 15 step but it is better than I expected.
This was an amazing experiment, hopefully one of the final nails in the current record industry model.
I appear to be in the minority, but I’m pretty disappointed by the album.
Having listened to the live versions of the new tracks quite a bit, I was very eager to hear what would happen in the studio to Bodysnatchers, Open Pick, Arpeggi, and Videotape. As far as Bodysnatchers goes, they got it right. Arpeggi and Open Pick=>Jigsaw, on the other hand, feel neutered. These songs in concert had a combination of subtle beauty and rumbling energy. On the album, the beauty’s still there, but a lot of the energy seems gone (particularly in Arpeggi).
The studio version of Videotape makes me angry. I adore the original version of this song. The gradual percussion build makes it feel heartbreakingly beautiful and inspiring. The weird tumbling studio drums feel like a failed experiment, and as another commenter said, they distract from the song itself. Major missed opportunity here.
Overall the album feels very intimate, and maybe if I’d never heard any of the songs before I’d be more satisfied. But in several instances it feels like they tried to cram a big song into a small room, and the album suffers for it. I respect the band for trying out a new sound, and I need to listen a few more times, but right now for me this is a grade-B album, B+ at best. Which isn’t bad in general, but I expect a lot more from RH. Curious to hear the B-sides.
On a first listen I am only impressed with 15 Step. I haven’t seen Radiohead live. Seems to me people were predisposed to like the album, because they’ve heard most of the songs live.
I paid $2.95. I only paid so little because I plan on buying the cd when it is released. I have to have that physical product. I love the idea of a pre-release and that we were able to pick our price. I don’t agree with those that paid nothing. I felt bad paying 1 pound. But like I said, I will buy the cd the day it comes out. I can’t wait to download it and hear it!
On the first few listens I’d say songs 1-4 are the strongest.
Does Radiohead have a paypal account for fuckers like me who feel guilty for paying £0.00 for this album?
I got it for free, but also paid the 40 pounds to have the box set.
It’s amazing, Audio quality is not good (obvioulsy), but I like a lot the course the album takes.
And I really love that scream on Nude!
I was bummed that the download didn’t have cover art. I luckily found some on wikipedia this morning, but it seems to have been removed now.
seems like the only people that don’t thoroughly enjoy the album are the ones that heard the songs live….i have never listened to the tracks live…so i had no idea what i was going to be getting myself into. and i’m glad i didn’t because it was an amazing listen the entire way through. no disappointments at all….maybe now i will check ou the live tracks and see all the fuss about the ending of videotape…but even when i do. i won’t be disappointed. because i’m already crazy about the record as it is.
I paid the 40 quid…can’t wait for the LP to come.
Having listened to the bootlegs a ton of times since last years tours I was wondering how I would feel about the studio versions. For the most part I’m very happy (They could write shit and I’d still be happy). I’m most impressed by Reckoner. After the first listen through, that one stands out the most. I’ve always loved Nude/Big Ideas and I really like what they ended up with here. 15 Step has always been a fav and I guess we now know where they put that class of kids they were recording with (no clapping…but they got to cheer). I was disappointed a bit in Videotape…the live version is similar but by far better. My favorite live version was House of Cards which is duplicated here nicely…just missing the live ambiance that I got used to. I suppose it just reminded me of listening to it outside at the Marina in San Diego, which was lovely.
Apparently the American dollar is worse off than I thought. I paid 10 pounds thinking it would be about $15 and change. So…I paid $22 for the new Radiohead. I’m not complaining. The first two tracks are fantastic.
Colin Greenwood is so great.
I paid 7 Lbs. And sorta regretted it right afterwards. (only b/c im broke and could have just gotten it for the free free)
so far, (after first full listen).. it seems like 15-step really sets the bar for the album, and that it never really gets anywhere near that (As far as intensity and energy)… but there are some nice ballads, and Thom’s voice is sounding amazing.. i like that they are experimenting with their drumming styles (or so it seemed to me)
I just started and I’m liking what I’m hearing.
As for the download experiement I would like to see more artists go this route. I paid 7 pounds so, roughly 15 bucks. I figured it’s about the price of a cd and I barely buy cd’s these days so, it was worth it.
This does open the debate about how in the long run artists will get paid. Traditionally it’s a percentage of the albums but, mainly through touring where it happens. Will this lead to more of a push for artists to go into marketing and advertising? How many more Gene Simmons are going to pop up so, artist get paid? We’ll see what happens with this first step. I guess Trent will be the next person to give this a shot.
Three songs in and I’m thinking it was well worth what I paid. Will this be the best album of 2007???
Any thoughts???
As usual, they tear down everything and build it back up again. I really like how minimal this record is. This is easily their most accessible album. Great variety and few if any weaknesses. The guitar and drum work really stands out to me on this album.
Ordered the discbox. As someone who was MASSIVELY disappointed by HTTF, I think they’ve redeemed themselves. Is it as good as OK Computer or Kid A? I don’t know yet, but the fact that we’re even having that discussion speaks volumes about the album’s quality.
Paid $9 US.
This is going to be the soundtrack to my autumn and winter. I absolutely love it. The drum and percussion elements are really creative. Can’t wait for the B-Sides.
http://www.gelfmagazine.com/gelflog/archives/radiohead_spreads_the_word.php
Finally Bellflur is better than Radiohead.
Just into the second listen and I have to say…everyone gets so pumped that the first listen is intense, and it’s radiohead so you have to get adjusted to where the music is taking you…but already the second listen is soooo much better. Some are complaining about the sound quality…I didn’t even notice until people mentioned it, and now I think I’m just being neurotic…
The last time I saw Radiohead was Bonnaroo ’06 and I am blown away by how much better these songs came out in the studio.
I just want to say that I am more impressed than anything that people want to pay despite initially getting the album for free. It’s just incredible, and yet another indication of Radiohead shutting down the system with such artful and credible command. I wrote about this today and hopefully it will reach a lot of people: http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2007/10/10/Variety/Radiohead.Experience.Surpasses.All.Wishes-3022139.shtml
I’m also about to order the discbox.
Everyone seems to be up in arms about Videotape – where could I possibly experience said original version??
Radiohead: blowing minds by turning the world backwards… always.
I purchased the discbox.
I’ve only listened to it twice through, but I’m really enjoying this album. I think it’s their best album since Kid A. It feels cohesive and focused and lean, and yet really lush and deep.
BEN – Couldn’t agree more that this album sounds like a band playing together in a room. These 5 guys are so in sync with each other now, it’s ridiculous.
GABE – I love the drums too! Real jazzy and organic. They keep the album going forward from start to finish. Phil Selway is HUGELY underrated and overlooked, but his skills are undeniable on this album.
finally got it downloaded, and just finished the first listen. definitely good stuff. i had decided to take a “try before i buy” approach to it. if i decide i really like it, i’ll be buying the discset before the week’s over.
Listened as I went walking in the forest behind my house this morning – thought it was STUNNING
So good.
highlights were ‘All I Need’ (i’m an animal in your hot car”), Faust Arp, Open Pick, and everything else..
As for ‘Reckoner’ – is this the same song they used to play live? It sounds COMPLETELY DIFFERENT – wasn’t there lyrics such as ‘feeling pulled apart by horses’ etc
i was waiting for RECKONER! PA! PA! PA!
But I digress and God bless the Radioheads
I paid $81.65 for the discbox
The album is very good. I don’t think I would relate it to any other album they have put out thus far.The only song I am having a hard time liking is bodysnatchers.
Standouts thus far: Weirdfish/Arpeggi, Faust Arp, House of Cards, Kigsaw Falling into Place
Very good. I’m on my third listen.
I got the discbox
Videotape is brilliant. It is one of the more emotional songs on this record and I founded it to be extremely moving, that might just be from sleep deprivation though
One More Thing:
Is it just me, does anyone really like the fact that this way of releasing an album makes the whole listening experience much more communal and egalitarian?
We’ve got no reviews from elite publications to go on, and at this point early in the game everyone’s take on the album matters and is interesting to read. I don’t know if releasing it the traditional method would’ve garnered such a lively discussion.
Anyway, today is a great day for music lovers and people who like talking about music.
Amazing album so far… loving it. We paid 5 pounds for it ($11.00 us), and it’s worth every penny and then some!
> Everyone seems to be up in arms about Videotape –
> where could I possibly experience said original
> version??
This is a very good recording (with strange visuals, but you can ignore them):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o-eRM3_r1TI
woke up at 6a and haven’t turned it off. am i the only one who thinks that the kids cheering in ’15 step’ sounds kinda cheesy? i was a bit skeptical when i read about their presence in the studio.
i’m sorry, that’s my fault for not liking that single element. not radiohead’s. i feel similarly to everyone else about ‘videotape’, my most anticipated song.
the track i was least excited about was ‘reckoner’ based on it’s live cuts, but it may turn out to be my favorite on this album!
we got radiohead .15 seconds ago and here’s our review, NOW!
VIDEOTAPE IS SUBTLE AND REWARDING ON REPEAT LISTENS. thom said they wanted it to be a repetative loop type feel and you can totally hear that. its emotional in it’s restraint. i love it. i didnt like the build ups heard in the live bootlegs; i just liked the pretty beginning. this is like that but better.
Sadly I only got a partial listen in the car on the way to work this morning. Luckily, traffic was bad so I did get a few extra moments. Upon pressing play I got chills. 15 seconds later they were gone. (Although they did return for the track “nude”, which is an initial favorite). I guess I am not sure yet about this album, which from my listening history is a good thing. The albums that take several listens to before figuring out are usually the best in my experience. The only thing I am sure of at this point is my disappointment with the lack of drums. The beats sounded flat and unimaginative (or maybe that was my Ford Contour?s speaker system, time will tell).
to the dan: thank ye kindly, sir!
i wanted hail to the thief and eraser beats and i got eraser esque lyrics and rainbow music, not at all dissapointed and somewhat in love
Goddamnit, my spam filter put the download email into my junk folder and took away precious hours I could have been using to listen to this album – to everyone else who “hasn’t gotten the email yet,” just check the Junk Mail…
Welcome back Radiohead! I’ve missed you since 1997 and after listening to the entire album, In Rainbows is the true follow up to OK Computer.
upon first listen this album feels like easy listening lazy radiohead, im a HARDCORE fan, like ive been checking the fan sites almost daily for years. how they have choosen to release this album is clearly stunning, i ran home from my girlfriends house this morning and was jumping up and down as my roommate unlocked the front door,upstairs in my room, this was it! 10 new studio tracks from fucking RADIOHEAD
,the first track feels loose, did anyone catch the “HEY!” childrens sample, nice touch. the second track bodysnatchers is also nice, the tones on SOME of the guitars sounds a bit to straight forward, like to edgy 90s. but thats a solid song….as for nude, i mean we’ve all heard this one a trillion times, i mean this song is on meeting people is easy, with tons of live versions floating around, im starting to see why they are giving this album away for free. nude feels to minimal and to over indulgent at the same time.arpeggi, i really like but sometimes the soaring back up vocals sound to new agey or musey,all i need feels similiar to nude, minimal but over indulgent, like thom yorke blowing a huge load on everyone, but in a way everyone is familiar with,faust arp took me by surprize, this track took me there, where ever there is, this sounds like new exciting radiohead to me,infact im listening to it right now, and its giving me chills,the vocals DONT cum in your face and i really like that.reckoner – damn it i just think of muse, how this song could (oh shit your gonna hate me) kinda sound like muse on a really really good day, okay house of cards, this is a huge huge let down, i used to dig up the youtube videos of thom playing this at the make trade fair demostrations,just to revel at how it could be done on recording, and they cheesed the fuck out of it man, the drowning in reverb vocals, jesus that song should be so much more clear and more straight forward… anyway huge let down there.i dont know how to feel about jigsaw falling into place yet, um i really like the bridge, it opens up there for me, but the melody that comes in just feels contrived. some of the singing feels cheesey to me, which is weird cause i used to be into the overindulgent vocal,but sometimes i feel cheesey muse in there and it scares me ….as for videotape,ill take the demo versions of that song,which are amazing works alone.dont hate me, im probley more of a HARDCORE radiohead fan than you, so dont give me that shit,i feel like my last hero is falling in some of these songs, this album CANNOT stand up and face a work like hail to the thief, no way, sail to the moon? go to sleep? are you kidding. scatterbrain, there there!? 2+2=5!!? in rainbows is not as good as hail to the thief and is DEFINATELY no OK computer,maybe you dont have a sence for what is actually good,and your just spreading it cause you heard radiohead was a good fuck,and maybe your listening to the album and didnt hear anything you DIDNT like and its radiohead so its fine, well , my friend thats not fucking good enough!!!!! everything is changing, like HAL from 2001 “i can feel it”
I paid nothing b/c as one poster pointed out, “they are actually forcing us to buy the CD when it comes out.” Why should I buy it twice?
I also want to point out how refreshing it sounds not to have a shitload of digital artifacts left over from auto-tune. Young singers, take note.
After two listens (one at some godawful hour last night, and one just now) I’m happy with it. I had high expectations and I haven’t been disappointed. 15 Step and House of Cards are my initial standout favorites. I bought to discbox and I can’t wait to hear this on vinyl.
inoffensive, pretty, kind of boring but not bad.
i paid $0.00. a fair price, i think.
Overall, I think it is phenomenal, as expected. Great great great. It’s been said already over and over, but it’s just right out of the park.
As for Videotape: Does anyone else think it sounds somewhat reminiscent of Arcade Fire?
It’s quite good. I paid $0, because mp3′s aren’t good enough to pay for. Ever. But I eagerly await the release of the physical CD — one that doesn’t come with an $80 price tag and a bunch of crap I don’t want.
@Sean I definitely got the feeling that this album would play nicely with Neon Bible. I’m going to listen to Videotape again now.
I paid $1,000,000.00 for the new album. Cuz i’m like rich n stuff. I’m from SoCal . Aren’t i cool? What’s radioheads?
Reading through these posts, I can only think of one thing: All you people need to go to sleep.
Favorite song so far is “jigsaw falling into place”. Really mellow so far.. I’m thinking this album will be a grower not a shower. I’m please on first listens, but not blown away. It is simplistic, but like most radiohead, I think depth is to be found here. Plus it was fucking free.
I listened to a lot of the live versions beforehand and I’m bummed Bangers didn’t make it, but I’m that much more excited for the b-sides album. It’s like getting a new Radiohead album in only a few months!
In Rainbows on the otherhand is so far so good (at Faust Arp). Little disappointed in the lack of energy on the harder songs – perhaps because of audio quality?
Paid nothing – getting discbox.
For everyone that paid 0 dollars… I don’t know if I agree that MP3s aren’t good enough to pay for, especially since Radiohead are obviously investing in the server capacity for all this.
I paid 10 bucks which I think is a fair pop for the right to listen to the songs at all.
I’m really liking it on my 4th listen through. I didn’t hear the live recordings and I made my own cover art out of the inrainbows.com splash page, but I wished it would have come with some too.
It reminds me of ‘Wolf At The Door’ sometimes (and that song is freakin awesome, btw.) Basically, despite not getting enough sleep, I’m not disappointed in the least.
I paid 5 pounds. I’m not if I would have if I knew it would only be in 160kbps though. Worth paying something for definitely…
They really Amneisacked Videotape. The song is still beautiful but yeah I think Phil should have handled the drum part differently.
Well, after a 4 years waiting, I have to confess that I was way excited to listen to “In Rainbows”. I had a lot of live tracks, so I had an idea of what was coming from The Radio Heads. So I came to work, thinking about the new album, got here, downloaded the stuff and……wow!
I´m still listening to it, for the second time already. And it´s incredibly amazing. I´m really sorry to say that I didn´t pay a buck, but thats because I live in Brazil and it´s totally crazy to buy stuff using my credicard from here. But anyways, I´m glad to listen to it on the exactly date it was released. Keep going Radiohead and Thom!
First of all, I downloaded it this morning before I left home. I am very excited for a new Radiohead album. Opening with ?15 Step?, I realize, wait I have heard this before, Duh?Having a best friend consistently on top of all thing Radiohead is a definite benefit. In addition, we got to see them in concert recently. Over a year ago? Wow. I figured I would to my own evaluation song-by-song so here we go.
15 Step 7/10: I might be wrong?hehehe?but do I hear a bit of allusion to ?Knives Out? here. Not being one of my favs and just a so-so choice for an opener, it does however set the tone for the album. The step drums are enticing and subtle background effects protest ?Radiohead is back?. But wait, 2.45 in, crazy partial electronics jump in and I am liking the first track more in the last half.
Bodysnatchers 6/10: This is the most ?raw? Radiohead song I have heard in awhile (Pablo?) A very simple yet intriguing riff accompanied by the always welcome Thom?s wail. I don?t really know how I feel about the song, it just seems like a sincere blast from the past. Like ?15 Step? I find myself really getting into this one towards the end when Thom begins ranting. Much better here than live.
Nude 10/10: The long-awaited ?Big Ideas? finally comes to album, and boy the wait has been worth it. Both Enchanting and Excellent ?ALL OF IT!!!
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 8/10: Love the build to an all out jam climax. If Orbital were a rock band, and that rock band was Radiohead, this would be their song. There is so much going on here yet it is still so minimal. ?Weird Fishes? is appropriate with the feeling, wait I can see the video now?a stop and go flight through the sea?underwater adventure.
All I Need 10/10: Oh man? The first keyboard tone sets the mood for this whole track. Beautiful Dark Lovely?A love song for the night.
Faust Arp 7/10: Hmmm?interlude is what I get. Like the symphonic element. As simple as it gets. Seems like Thom just told the band to leave for two minutes then come back. It is a nice pause from the album.
Reckoner 10/10: THEIR BEST SONG IN YEARS?From music, orchestration, vocals, will never get tired of this one?a most pleasant surprise. Thanks guys
House of Cards 6/10: Ehh?echo echo?hmmm?yeah?very chill, but I find myself yawning?but wait, strings again, I am liking it more, but am still waiting?forgetful house of cards?ouch was that harsh?did not mean to be.
Jigsaw Falling Into Place 7/10: Thom gets into this one?I think this one could grow on me. Could have easily fit onto ?Hail to the Thief?. Nicely fits in with the rest of the album as a whole.
Videotape 9/10: When I first heard this song, I immediately fell in love with it. One of the most sad, beautiful, and yet uplifting Radiohead songs ever recorded. Will be a classic alongside the likes of ?Street Spirit?. However, I may like the live version better. The drum machine seems a bit off. A perfect closer to a mostly seamless album?
In sum, Radiohead?s new album ?In Rainbows? is a ten track, somewhat minimalistic studio effort. The production seems simplistic and effective. My only complaint is that I feel like I am not listening to a new album. These songs (most of them) I have heard either at the show I went to, or through the numerous live recordings I have come across. Yes, this is a NEW album. Am I excited? Yes. Do I like it? Yes. Is it new to me? No. Can I wait for the next eight tracks? No. I think as a whole, once all 18 tracks are assembled, this will be considered another Radiohead album that will go down in the history books. One that broke new boundaries in terms of merchandising, and tore down all previous notions of who Radiohead actually symbolize, in terms of a rock band, one that consistently can redefine themselves over and over to an extent very few bands can do, and do it well. Overall album review: 7/10
I like it enough that it makes me feel like a protective mother bear around it. Anytime I hear some criticism (especially the 160K one, enough already…), my back goes up and I am ready to fight.
Has anyone noticed differences in the track “15 step?” My buddy and I both have the cd, and when we played our tracks at the same time we noticed several major differences in the last 30 seconds. If you have access to multiple copies, please test and reply if you noticed the same thing.
$10 USD
It’s incredibly beautiful. I’m in the middle of my second listen and have yet to listen with headphones. Love the strings throughout. Very pleased with Arpeggi. This is the perfect album to take me through Fall.
i got it for nothing, but im going to buy it when it comes out next year.
EPIC. OH GOSH. the drums are amazing.
im preticularly digging “bodysnatchers”
of course im only like 3 songs into the album, but so far so good.
I am pissed. I never have received my email today. I have been waiting. I have a confirmation code that I received when I bought it. But no link email today at all. And no way to follow up on it? Am I screwed? I paid $8 american.
Nice.
Uh still waiting to pay….but just downloaded what I could find on the net until then.. I plan on giving them like 5 bucks or so.
I really like the opening two tracks 15 and bodysnatchers (I kinda wish there were MORE body snatcher types on this album, because I love it). I really like the album, and the only track I can say I don’t really care for is Nude. It’s just not very interesting….maybe it will grow on me…..or maybe I’m just not in a quiet song space today.
The whole bs. about it being only 160 kbs thing is silly…it sounds great to me.
There is a bit of “wolf at the door” to the album…….which is not bad either.
Overall….really great…..and I love the way they decided to handle releasing it. It’s SO hard to suprise an audience these days and they pulled it off…..plus I really bet they will make decent money doing it this way.
radiohead managed to bring back the excitement of listening to a new album. i’m 37 years old, it was around 10:30 p.m., and I was setting my alarm for 2 a.m. (to check e-mail) when i saw the light on my phone telling me i had a new e-mail. i checked it, and voila…NEW RADIOHEAD!!!
i felt like i was 8 years old xmas morning, except it was better. i transferred the files to my ipod, threw on some headphones, crawled into my warm bed, listened to it straight through twice, and then fell asleep with a smile on my face (sounds kinky, huh?…ha!). i didn’t think that i would ever have that energy and excitement about a release again since i usually hear stuff a month before it’s released anyways.
is the album good? great? average? bad? it’s very simple to me, but also very lush and deep. it’s great to hear thom’s actual voice. it sounds very live. overproduced a bit? maybe, but definitely radiohead and not anyone else. i think we’ve come to expect too much from them and it’s hard to reach these expectations. this album, released by anyone else, would easily be one of the best ever, but, it’s radiohead. i just appreciate the trip back down memory lane that was given to me. thanks.
p.s. i bought discbox
Let me preface that I’ve listened to Radiohead for years. I’ve listened to this a couple times. All I can say is “Meh”. I honestly think it’s their worst yet. Completely boring.
BARRETT….quick smoking the weeds.
uh, what the fuck happened to ‘reckoner?’ it used to be a snarling rock song. now, it’s just this enya-esque knockaround. i wipe my ass with enya guys, c’mon!
Bought the discbox. Absolutely amazing. It def. is a “rocking” RH album.
I couldn’t wait to hear the studio version of ALL I NEED and I am def. happy with it. The album as a whole is def. one you can listen to from start to finish EVERY time.
It is a very simple yet effective album. A+++
Pay at least SOMETHING people. We trust them so let them trust us.
The 160 kbps is killing me though. I’ll just have to wait till Dec. when my set comes. Until then, I be grateful for what I have now.
I paid $80 for the box – waiting to hear once I get home after the PJ Harvey show tonight… oh what a day.
From two listens, it sounds like Radiohead finally made a hangover album. It’s largely mellow, almost delicate, surely a disappointment to all the kids out there who were too young for the releases of the Bends and OK Computer. Not exactly bringing the rawk. But I’m old and the baby was up again in the middle of the night and this fits me perfectly. Maybe not a hangover record so much as a teething record. HHTF was a bit of disappointment, but through two listens this one is coming in just shy of Holy Jeebus! awesome. Too soon to pick favorites — I like them all. Hooray for Radiohead! Now if only I can get the kid to sleep through the night.
Again, whomever says this is “rocking” needs to go listen to some rock, and then check back in.
No…it’s not. At all.
I’ve already heard most of these songs from the live bootlegs I downloaded a couple summers ago, but it’s interesting to hear how they sound in the studio.
I paid $2, becasue I’ll be waiting for an actual CD I can buy next year.
Again, this is not about rock in the sense of Rock n Roll. It’s a kick ass album that has a great “rock” feel for what RH is. Is it Dollars and Cents? No. It has more of an edge to it (the majority of the songs that is) is all that I meant by it.
Ryan, it’s Chuck Berry’s birthday next week! Chuck Berry is rocking.
“Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get brown eyed handsome man”
You guys are seriously approaching Harry Potter/Star Wars/Trekkie dorkitory….
Hmmm? It sucks, I think. 160kbp is a scam.
I like the first song and I’ll likely enjoy the rest. I am glad this is a 10 track album. Hail to the Thief is a bit long in the tooth. I bought the 40 lb deluxe edition or whatever.
paid nothing. have most of radiohead’s discography, don’t listen to it very often. after one listen, i imagine i’ll file this one in that category as well.
I haven’t really heard any haters …
I am stunned by this album, it kept me up all night and I haven’t stopped listening yet.
I paid 10USD
A very subdued, yet very intense listening experience after twice through. Don’t really care to compare to the rest of their catalogue, seems unjust. The layers are definitely there on most tracks, and should expose themselves on further listening. Beautiful music once again by one of the most intriguing artists out there.
Bought the discbox.
Nude is astounding. this album is without a doubt my favorite one yet. I paid $20 US dollars for it but it is absolutly priceless. I can’t wait until the disc box is out. If Radiohead started a cult, i would join.