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Post by seanrulesrh on Mar 14, 2018 0:52:15 GMT -5
So I started to fall in love with this band. There's a lot of people that claims them as the best band in the world and that they are so revolutionary. In my opinion they are an amazing band,really deep music but not a revolution or something. Must say that its a bit dangerous if you listen a bit too much of them,if you're a sensitive person it can really affect you in a bad way. But somehow I find their music really addictive even though its dark and depresive as fuck.
Started this thread because I was told that I would need some kind of guide to start digging them. Bullshit. Started with The Best Of and from there I went to The Bends,OK Computer,A Moon Shaped Pool,Hail To The Thieve and currently listening to Kid A. In that order. I wanted to see all of your opinnions about all the studio albums to see if we agree. So I'm gonna write my opinion of the albums I already listened to. Must say that I haven't listened to them that many times,with the expection of The Bends,OK Computer and the Best Of which I can't escape.
The Bends: A brilliant 90s record that got a shitload of classic. Absolutely love Fake Plastic Trees,High & Dry,The Bends,My Iron Lung and basicly all of them. Probably one of my favs at the moment along with OK Computer which Im going to talk about now. To me,you can see the potential of doing something huge or getting some good songs in bad albums just to be heard in the radio. They took the right path. 8/10
OK Computer: Blown away on first listen. I don't think that it's a revolution,but fuck me,it's a huge record. No Surprises gotta be my favourite RH song. Exit Music is devastating. Paranoid Android is Radiohead's Bohemian Rhapsody. Let Down is another beautiful song. Even Electioneering is fucking great. Homesick Subterranean Alien got those amazing reverb guitars. Everything is great. Climbing Up The Walls is a bit boring to me but its still a good tune. 9/10
A Moon Shaped Pool: Human. That's all I can say. The fact that it was released 2 years ago and it sounds like a record that must be listened from begin to end proves that this is a great band. Daydreaming is probably my favourite track but I can't listen to it too much because it really makes me feel depressed. I know the story behind the song and the 23 doors in the video and all that stuff that makes it more special. Burn The Witch,The Numbers and True Love waits are brilliant too. The first 4 tracks are incredible. 8/10
Hail To The Thief: Well,I thought that it was probably a good album but not as great as the other 3 I heard first. I feel that some songs shouldn't have made it in the record and it could have been shorter but overall is not a bad album. There,There is completely amazing. I gotta listen to the album a couple of times before I say something but if I gotta put a score I would go for a 6'5/10
Kid A: I got my expectations really high for this one. Haven't finished yet and currently listening Idioteque while writing this. All I can say at the moment is that is a really cold record. The guitars are gone and there are a lot of samples. Wont score this one yet but I think its a complex one and it will need many listen before I can make an opinion.
Not interested in listening Pablo Honey but I guess I will someday. In Rainbows seem to be a more accesible album so I will probably listen to it in a couple of days. I heard Amnesiac is like a Kid A's b-side compilation but will a great quality so we'll see.
Let me know your opinions and how should I re-listen the albums I already heard with a context and talk about the albums a have to listen yet!
Cheers.
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Post by tatomoon on Mar 14, 2018 11:32:50 GMT -5
I like the Bends too but for me it's probably only their 3rd or 4th best album!
Climbing Up The Walls is one of the best songs on OK Computer in my opinion (especially the reggae version covered on the album "Radiodread", I think that's better than Radiohead's version) so I advise you revisit that.
Keep listening to Kid A, it's a great album particularly Idioteque which is basically Radiohead channelling Aphex Twin and IDM in general. Motion Picture Soundtrack is also one of their most beautiful tracks and Everything in Its Right Place and Optimistic are great too.
The best songs on Amnesiac for me are Pakt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box and I Might Be Wrong, I'm not big on the rest.
2+2=5 is a great track and quite uptempo for Radiohead, again though I'm not too big on the rest of Hail To The Thief.
You are in for a treat with In Rainbows - on balance probably my favourite Radiohead record!
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Post by andybellwillring on Mar 14, 2018 11:57:13 GMT -5
Curious to see what your opinion of King of Limbs will be! I like it but it's not one of their more popular works.
Edit: agreed with above poster re: Climbing Up the Walls, absolutely chilling, love the end.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 12:27:20 GMT -5
The Bends and OK Computer are great albums. I have to admit not listening to the rest of the albums that much, I think I listened to Kid A once and stopped halfway through. Maybe another listen one day and it will all click.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 14, 2018 19:15:06 GMT -5
Radiohead are one of my favorite bands of all time. I respect the hell out of them for being true artists, always sticking to their guns and not overstaying their welcome (looking at you U2). I've seen them in concert 10 times, all brilliant and I have a couple more shows lined up for this summer. Still at their peak, still with their original lineup. I love when bands stay together. I do realize that although I find Radiohead to be an elite level band, I also know they are not for everyone and that is ok. Believe it or not, Oasis is not for everyone as well. Pablo Honey - Gets a really really bad rap but is nowhere near the cluster fuck people make it out to be. Its a band trying to find their identity while creating a rock radio classic in "Creep". I also very much enjoy "You", "Stop Whispering", "Thinking About You", "I Can't" and "Blow Out". You could find much worse records to listen to. It just sounds like early 90s alt rock from America. The Bends - Probably the best GUITAR album of the 90s. Massive solos, everything turned up to 11, and just an onslaught of hit material (Planet Telex, The Bends, Fake Plastic Trees, High and Dry, Just, My Iron Lung, Street Spirit. This album is a sonic leap from where they started with Pablo Honey. It is one of the bands four masterpieces. You could see the transition being made on their fantastic EP My Iron Lung. The start of an incredible band can be heard on that EP. Go pick it up! Ok Computer - What else can I add about a record that many feel is the best of the 90s. It took the Bends blueprint and added even more scope/depth/creativity. Linking Radiohead up with the young sound engineer from The Bends was a fantastic idea. Nigel Godrich to me is basically the 6th member of the band. His impact is immense. Just like The Bends, the album is a hit factory (Airbag, Paranoid Android, Karma Police, Let Down, No Surprises, Lucky). Radiohead's second masterpiece. Kid A - A complete game changer. Probably my favorite Radiohead album. It came out my freshman year of college. Nothing else sounded like it. Took absolutely huge balls to make and release an album in this style after the mega hit rock record that was Ok Computer. I also felt that Radiohead were at their prime when touring the album. An absolute joy if you caught any of that tour. This is Radiohead's third masterpiece. Some devastatingly beautiful music on this album (How To Disappear Completely, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack. Amnesiac - This always felt like the little kid brother in Kid A. Both albums were recorded together in one giant session without every knowing the material would be used for two separate releases. This album is several notches below the heights of Kid A. Doesn't have the same flow or shock value that Kid A unleashed to the world. Still contains some excellent material in "Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box", "Pyramid Song", "You and Whose Army", "I Might Be Wrong" and "Life In A Glass House". Definitely more of a main stream LP compared to its big brother. One of my favorite Radiohead songs from this era didn't make either album but was instead relegated to b-side status in "Cuttooth". Hail To The Thief - A total mixed bag release for me. Its far too long, contains way too many songs and the flow is incredibly uneven. I'd have lost 3-4 tracks instantly (Sit Down Stand Up, Sail To The Moon, Scatterbrain). This is a transitional work in my eyes, the band returning to guitars but keeping their electronic elements. I still gush over the song "There There". Special tune for sure. You also can't go wrong with "Go To Sleep" or "Myxomatosis" which is a song I've grown to love more and more as the years pass. Didn't initially think too much of it back in 2003 but its now my 3rd favorite on the LP. An amazing live song as well. In Rainbows - Radiohead took a long break after Hail To The Thief and it was probably needed after a burst of creative years between 1997-2003. They struck back even harder in 2007. Besides the famous release strategy (pay what you want) that really created a buzz within the industry, the record is non stop accessible tune after another (Bodysnatchers, Weird Fishes, Reckoner, House of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place). Its hard not to instantly like this album. Even the bonus material was top notch stuff. The album has a superb flow and corrects many of the mistakes in thinking from Hail To The Thief. This is Radiohead's forth masterpiece. Well worth the almost 4 year wait. The King of Limbs - Coming off the extreme highs of In Rainbows, I expected a lot more with the follow up. It seemed like the band had found new life back in 2007-2008 and I wanted to see where they took it in 2011. I wasn't happy the album was only 8 tracks and that included an instrumental. Overall it just feels like a very minor work after another 4 year break. Having that been said I do love many of the individual tracks like "Bloom", "Lotus Flower", "Codex" and "Separator". Not sure why it doesn't have a bigger impact on me when played consecutively. Maybe my expectations were too high? A Moon Shaped Pool - Well it took 5 years for this baby to finally be released. I had no idea the direction or sound Radiohead would embrace on album #9. When it finally came out in May 2016 I was blown away. Loads of James Bond spy strings, acoustics and even a guitar solo! Remember those kids? I think this might be the best production work Nigel Godrich has ever done. It sounds beautiful on all 11 tracks. Clear highlights are "Burn The Witch", "Daydreaming", "Decks Dark", "Present Tense" and "True Love Waits". Even a song like "Glass Eyes" has only grown in esteem from me. I love how the album is presented in alphabetical running order and it actually fucking works! What are the odds of that? So random and happy accident. It took over a year before we truly knew the pain and inspiration for this work, the slow death of Thom's partner Rachel Owen. So sad. I'm not sure I'd give it masterpiece status, still so fresh in my eyes but its definitely a damn fine album and a pleasure to listen to from start to finish. This is the type of album I wanted following In Rainbows. I can't wait to see what album #10 has in store for us.  |
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Post by seanrulesrh on Mar 14, 2018 19:15:20 GMT -5
From Amnesiac I can tell that Pyramid Song is brilliant. Haven't heard the rest of the albums yet because I've been bussy. I will definitely hear that reggae version of Climbing Up The Walls. From Kid A I forgot about mention Everything In The Right Place and Motion Picture Sound,both songs are great. I've been reading about King Of Limbs and everybody says that its the worst album along Pablo Honey. Of course I wont say nothing till I listen to it,because everybody says that SOTSOG by Oasis is terrible and its probably my top 3 fav albums by Oasis. Really curious about In Rainbows,seen a video on YouTube I think its called Live From The Basement and they play the full album. So right after I finish the record I'll give it a listen! I already know songs from all the records I haven't heard yet except from King Of Limbs but also is the shortest so it doesn't worry me.
I wanted to ask you lads about Pablo Honey. Is it that bad? Creep is a great song,almost turned into a meme and a bit overplayed but I have to admit that its a classic tune.
Cheers mates!
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 14, 2018 20:28:49 GMT -5
Like Oasis, Radiohead has always had killer b-sides.
- Million Dollar Question
- Cokie Babies
- Trickster
- Lewis (Mistreated)
- Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
- Permanent Daylight
- Maquiladora
- Killer Cars
- India Rubber
- How Can You Be Sure?
- Talk Show Host
- Bishops Robes
- Lull
- Meeting in the Aisle
- A Reminder
- Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
- Pearly*
- Palto Alto
- Fog
- Cuttooth
- The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy
- I Am Citizen Insane
- Gagging Order
- I Am A Wicked Child
- Down Is The New Up
- Go Slowly
- Last Flowers
- Up On The Ladder
- Bangers n Mash
- 4 Minute Warning
- Staircase
As well as non album singles.
These Are My Twisted Words
Supercollider
The Daily Mail
Spectre
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Post by seanrulesrh on Mar 14, 2018 20:42:22 GMT -5
Finished my 3rd listen on Kid A and here are my thoughts:
Beautiful,beautiful record. Its like a world apart. That's how I felt the more I listened to it. Starts really great,I know EIIRP from The Best Of. Since the only songs from Kid A on that record are this one and Idioteque I felt that they were songs that needed context. I can tell I hated Idioteque with passion for a couple of months. In the album everything makes sense. I love how they did manage to record a huge session and put 11 songs in an album making sense. The transition between the songs are mind blowing. Maybe The National Anthem felt a bit out of place but still is a great song. I particulary love those cold synths played in the opener,title track,three fingers and morning bell. It makes the record flow perfectly until the end of itself. Dark and cold but beautiful and still. That's how I felt in the world I was while listening Kid A. The album cover is absolutely fitting the album feeling.
Best tracks for me:
Everything In Its Right Place
How To Dissappear Completely
Idioteque
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Definitely going to re listen a shitload of times so if I change my mind I'll write it here!
Cheers!
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Post by seanrulesrh on Mar 14, 2018 20:59:47 GMT -5
Next album I'll be listening is probably In Rainbows. I listened the first 60 seconds of every song and it got me curious and hyped tbh. Also listened to the first 60 seconds of every song in The King Of Limbs and it didn't sound bad. Specially the second song,something about Magpie I think its called. Sounded fantastique!
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Post by seanrulesrh on Mar 15, 2018 8:52:33 GMT -5
About In Rainbows:
Definitely the most 'listenable' album by Radiohead. Loved it from first listen. Second time i'm listening to it while writing this. I got an opinion in most of the songs but it could change the more I listen to the record.
Its a really amazingly produced. The first song,15 Step sounds brilliant and opens the album in a really great way. Really uptempo for what the band usually does and its got a really beautiful melody in the vocals. After the mood for the album is set comes Bodysnatchers. Another uptempo song that it's alright. In the ending of the song when I changed my mind because at first I wasn't really feeling nothing special about it. Not as good as other tracks on the record but is a great song tbf. Then comes Nude,where things start to slow down a bit. Beautiful strings and amazing production,like the rest of the album. And then...comes Weird Fishes. What a song. The drums are recorded perfectly in an intimate way. And the guitars swallow you in from start to end. I first listened to this song while I saw a YouTube comment where someone compared it to Two Trees by Foals. And fuck me,I loved it. Now that it comes in the album feels like an old friend lol but well,what can I say? I love it. Right after comes All I Need. And fucking hell. Another brilliant song. With that hip hop sound in the backround and that bass...only the melody could fuck the song up. But no. Its perfect. Brilliant song and at this point the record you think that it cant get better. Comes Faust Arp with acoustic guitars and strings which I feel that its almost a transition song between the next ones. Maybe it's not for me,but is nothing special. Reckoner comes and things get better. I fucking adore the way they brought guitars back to the music after the electronic phase that they explored. House of cards is another one that I fell in love with from first listen. Fucking hell those guitars speak for theirselves! The same thing happened in Jigsaw Falling Into Place. At this point I think it could be one of my fav albums by the band. And then comes Videotape. Closes the record in a devastating way only the band that made Kid A could. Depressing as fuck again. The album flows great to be honest but I hoped that it was more colourful,as I expected from the beggining of the album,the title and even the cover. It got darker that I thought but well,Radiohead. The guitars and the production in general is absolutely great. An 8/10 to me. Maybe the more I listen to it the more I learn how to completely appreciate it. So we'll see. Cheers!
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Post by The Escapist on Mar 15, 2018 9:44:30 GMT -5
When I saw the title of this thread, I anticipated another “overrated and boring” thing, but it’s really cool to see someone get into them for the first time! My personal ranking and thoughts...
1) KID A - This perfect crosspoint between abstract electronica and traditional songwriting. It’s a blend that really shouldn’t work but it does in a way that’s completely otherworldly. Filled with alien beauty and cold sadness that’s somehow unlike anything else out there. A real masterpiece, plus Idioteque is the song that will be playing when the reactors break down. (10/10)
2) OK COMPUTER - Probably the best rock record ever. It’s just insane. I mean, listen to Airbag. I don’t know what else to even say. Just listen to Airbag.
3) A MOON-SHAPED POOL - A real midnight album, all moonlight and choirs and sadness. It’s incredibly beautiful and pretty in a dark way, like In Rainbow’s goth sister. It makes you wonder why they took so long to adopt this sound, but so glad that they did. Bringing True Love Waits out for the closer is just a heartbreaking masterstroke. Two decades after The Bends, Radiohead are still here making truly great albums. (10/10)
4) IN RAINBOWS - The idea of a band like Radiohead focusing on making ten great tracks, produced and flowing as smooth as possible should explain the appeal of this record. It’s hard not to like In Rainbows, it’s a return to the “but what about the choooooons?” philosophy of the 90’s with the added complexity and experience of their mid-point period. Probably the best starting point when getting into the band. (10/10)
5) AMNESIAC - This is the most “Radiohead” Radiohead album to me. It’s the vibe I always want from them. Cold and alien to the point of dystopia, mysterious and dark and twisted but held together by Thom’s angelic vocals. This is the album you’ll find in a cold metal safe buried underground when earth is a wasteland stalked by black trees and wolves. Fog and Orgy should have been on there, though. (9.5/10)
6) THE BENDS - Tunage innit. I like the philosophy of the band going into this that every song had to be a potential single. The fact that they come close to this aim while producing such a cohesive and diverse rock album is a testament to the band. Although I think the sound is slightly dated, you cannot deny the power of these songs nor the impact they had on alt. rock. (9/10)
7) THE KING OF LIMBS - This is almost more of a mood-piece than an album. A 35-minute flowing mix of rhythms that open up and blossom into something truly beautiful and cathartic. We all know how astonishing the second half is, but for me the star is Bloom. This is like Amnesiac’s take on nature, cold and beautiful. (8/10)
8) HAIL TO THE THIEF - An album I’ve never really understood. It feels like a slightly awkward compromise for all those who missed the guitars from the Kid A/mnesiac period, an album without a true vision - add the rough production and bloated tracklist, and you get the bands least-great album. However, this being Radiohead, it is still filled with incredible music from 2+2=5 to Where I End... to There There to Myxomatosis and A Wolf at the Door. I do wish they’d have pushed deeper into experimentalism before re-emerging properly with In Rainbows, though. (7/10)
9) PABLO HONEY - Oh, just listen to Nirvana. (5/10)
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Post by beentherenow on Mar 15, 2018 10:11:11 GMT -5
My personal ranking is
OK Computer (10/10)
Astronomical, extraordinary, life changing, can’t praise this album enough! Let Down might be the most beautiful song ever, Climbing Up The Wall, Exit Music are harrowing but majestic. Not a single weak moment (even Fitter Happier)
The Bends (9/10)
Definitely the album which got me into Radiohead so probably why it ranks so highly. Fake Plastic Trees, Just, Street Spirit reads like a best of and the album definitely contains some of their greatest moments.
Kid A (9/10)
Not as accessible as the other two for me initially but once you get into it, the music has so many levels and contains outstanding unique gorgeous music. Motion Picture Soundtrack might be my favourite Radiohead song
Amnesiac (8/10)
I really rate this album and never saw it has Kid A’s little brother like many did but a great album in its own right. Pyramid Song, I Might Be Wrong and Life in a Glasshouse are truly great
In Rainbows (8/10)
Didn’t rate it as high as some upon release but still a great return to form. All I Need and Videotape are personal favourites
A Moon Shaped Pool (7/10)
Feel harsh giving it 7/10 but these marks are by Radiohead standards and whilst it was a beautiful almost tranquil record I haven’t gone back much. Also I was slightly disappointed by True Love Waits and much preferred the Live I Might Be Wrong version
Hail To The Thief (6/10)
It’s 4 songs too long which doesn’t make for a great record. Very unusual by Radiohead to include so much unnecessary filler. Does have its moments like There There and Where I End and You Begin
Pablo Honey (5/10)
Young and brash, honestly never seen a jump in quality between two albums as this a The Bends. It’s not a disaster which some say and has some decent songs other than creep but compared with what came later, not in the same league
King of Limbs (5/10)
Huge disappointment after In Rainbows. Waiting 4 years for 8 songs of fairly average quality. Been so long since I heard it
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Post by Headmaster on Mar 15, 2018 15:06:36 GMT -5
Pablo Honey (3/10) - 1 Creep plus 11 crap songs, sounds so early 90's alternative rock to me (I have this problem with Smashing Pumpkins debut too).
The Bends (10/10) - Outstanding, enough said.
Ok Computer (9,5/10) - Classic, but I can't give a 10 to an album with Fitter Happier.
Kid A (8/10) - Great but a bit overrated, Blur did this kind of album a year before and nobody paid attention, but Blur isn't Radiohead so...
Amnesiac (7/10) - Grew a lot on me over the years, but still Kid A b-sides. Kid B??
Hail To The Thief (6,5/10) - Half of it is genious, but the other half is awful.
In Rainbows (9/10) - Great record, maybe their most acessible one.
The King of Limbs (6/10) - A bunch of OK-ish songs, it desperately needs a memorable great song.
A Moon Shapped Pool (8/10) - Beatiful record, liked the more slow sad vibes.
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Post by matt on Mar 16, 2018 22:16:48 GMT -5
A very strange band, I never chased it but they draw you in very subtly. Thought they were incredibly overrated, but bought The Bends years ago and loved it, but aside from that, they were still overrated. Then got OK Computer soon after, thought it was overrated. Now I think it's much better than The Bends. And before I knew it, I had all of their albums without even noticing. There's never been a eureka moment with any of their albums and, aside from The Bends and A Moon Shaped Pool, they all very slowly came into prominence. Even The King of Limbs I've come round to - when I first heard Bloom I thought it sounded like Bertha having a nervous breakdown. All very mechanical, too complex - the more sparse and simple tunes like Codex I found far superior. Yet it caught me off guard one day and I found the jarring rhythms and Thom Yorke's dazed vocals weirdly meditative and transcendent, and now I really see the brilliance in it. They're not a band that's going to hit you like a freight train ala Oasis when I first heard Rock N Roll Star. But they crawl into your soul and stay there. I wouldn't say I love them, I think they are great but my favourite acts all have a bit more warmth to them, but I don't see them as overrated these days as they are undoubtedly great and I see why people love them. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 16, 2018 23:01:35 GMT -5
Pablo Honey (3/10) - 1 Creep plus 11 crap songs, sounds so early 90's alternative rock to me (I have this problem with Smashing Pumpkins debut too). The Bends (10/10) - Outstanding, enough said. Ok Computer (9,5/10) - Classic, but I can't give a 10 to an album with Fitter Happier. Kid A (8/10) - Great but a bit overrated, Blur did this kind of album a year before and nobody paid attention, but Blur isn't Radiohead so... Amnesiac (7/10) - Grew a lot on me over the years, but still Kid A b-sides. Kid B?? Hail To The Thief (6,5/10) - Half of it is genious, but the other half is awful. In Rainbows (9/10) - Great record, maybe their most acessible one. The King of Limbs (6/10) - A bunch of OK-ish songs, it desperately needs a memorable great song. A Moon Shapped Pool (8/10) - Beatiful record, liked the more slow sad vibes. Sorta but not really. 13 is full of more straight ahead traditional type songs with plenty of guitars (Tender, Bugman, Coffee & TV, No Distance Left To Run, etc). Its got plenty of their Pavement influences and some odd ball electic tunes mixed in. At the core is drums, bass, guitar. Plus all the singles were extremely mainstream. Damn fine album but Kid A is a complete teardown of what Radiohead was. |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Mar 17, 2018 11:27:31 GMT -5
Did this the other week in the Count up to 1,000,000 posts!! thread. Here's my ranking of their albums (apart from Pablo Honey, which I haven't heard):
1. OK Computer [1997] //10
2. The Bends [1995] //9.5
3. Kid A [2000] //9.5
4. Hail to the Thief (Or, The Gloaming) [2003] //8.5
5. In Rainbows [2007] //8.5
6. A Moon Shaped Pool [2016] //8
7. Amnesiac [2001] //7.5
8. The King of Limbs [2011] //7
I'm sorry to see Hail to the Thief is so under appreciated. Maybe people'll come round to it after it has its twentieth anniversary. It'll have its way in its own time--it'll have its say; its star will shine.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 17, 2018 12:07:44 GMT -5
Did this the other week in the Count up to 1,000,000 posts!! thread. Here's my ranking of their albums (apart from Pablo Honey, which I haven't heard): 1. OK Computer [1997] // 102. The Bends [1995] // 9.53. Kid A [2000] // 9.54. Hail to the Thief (Or, The Gloaming) [2003] // 8.55. In Rainbows [2007] // 8.56. A Moon Shaped Pool [2016] // 87. Amnesiac [2001] // 7.58. The King of Limbs [2011] // 7I'm sorry to see Hail to the Thief is so under appreciated. Maybe people'll come round to it after it has its twentieth anniversary. It'll have its way in its own time--it'll have its say; its star will shine. HTTT is just ok. Some extremely bright shining moments like There There and Go To Sleep but overall it’s uneven playlist, too long and rushed. Even the band hates it. Thom created an alternate track list he prefers to use these days. There There The Gloaming Sail to the Moon Sit Down. Stand Up Go to Sleep Where I End and You Begin Scatterbrain 2+2=5 Myxomatosis A Wolf At the Door |
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Post by glider on Mar 17, 2018 13:29:09 GMT -5
Their holy trinity is
The Bends - OK Computer - Kid A
Can't think of tracks from those LPs that aren't good or subpar. HTTT with a 11 song tracklist is a better record. In Rainbows is a 21st century classic. Outside of them, could never get into TKOL but AMSP was very good, if not as good as In Rainbows.
My rating:
OK Computer
Kid A
The Bends
In Rainbows
My Iron Lung (EP)
A Moon Shaped Pool
Hail To The Thief
Amnesiac
The King of Limbs / Pablo Honey
On Pablo: It's the sound of post-Nirvana England mimicking Seattlegrunge angst rock, unfortunately. There's some good tracks on there (You, Lurgee, I Can't, Blow Out, Thinking About You) but it sounds so dated and dime a dozen even for that time. Would've worked as an EP.
Almost forgot about Amnesiac - I enjoy it the more I hear it, but I prefer the B-sides to some of the album tracks. Fog, Cuttooth, and Trans-Atlantic Drawl should've been on the album.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Mar 17, 2018 13:46:30 GMT -5
Did this the other week in the Count up to 1,000,000 posts!! thread. Here's my ranking of their albums (apart from Pablo Honey, which I haven't heard): 1. OK Computer [1997] // 102. The Bends [1995] // 9.53. Kid A [2000] // 9.54. Hail to the Thief (Or, The Gloaming) [2003] // 8.55. In Rainbows [2007] // 8.56. A Moon Shaped Pool [2016] // 87. Amnesiac [2001] // 7.58. The King of Limbs [2011] // 7I'm sorry to see Hail to the Thief is so under appreciated. Maybe people'll come round to it after it has its twentieth anniversary. It'll have its way in its own time--it'll have its say; its star will shine. HTTT is just ok. Some extremely bright shining moments like There There and Go To Sleep but overall it’s uneven playlist, too long and rushed. Even the band hates it. Thom created an alternate track list he prefers to use these days. There There The Gloaming Sail to the Moon Sit Down. Stand Up Go to Sleep Where I End and You Begin Scatterbrain 2+2=5 Myxomatosis A Wolf At the Door I don't care if the band hates it. Noel hates Be Here Now. Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy) is embarrassed by Regeneration. Doesn't mean a thing to me; I still love both those albums. Also, that playlist doesn't work for me. A Punchup at a Wedding is one of the best things on Hail to the Thief, by my reckoning, and We suck Young Blood is great too. The only thing that (probably) didn't deserve to make it onto an album is Sit Down. Stand Up., and he's gone and made that the fourth track! |
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Post by glider on Mar 17, 2018 13:51:46 GMT -5
HTTT is just ok. Some extremely bright shining moments like There There and Go To Sleep but overall it’s uneven playlist, too long and rushed. Even the band hates it. Thom created an alternate track list he prefers to use these days. There There The Gloaming Sail to the Moon Sit Down. Stand Up Go to Sleep Where I End and You Begin Scatterbrain 2+2=5 Myxomatosis A Wolf At the Door I don't care if the band hates it. Noel hates Be Here Now. Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy) is embarrassed by Regeneration. Doesn't mean a thing to me; I still love both those albums. Also, that playlist doesn't work for me. A Punchup at a Wedding is one of the best things on Hail to the Thief, by my reckoning, and We suck Young Blood is great too. The only thing that didn't deserve to make it onto an album is Sit Down. Stand Up., and he's gone and made that the fourth track! I've had this tracklist for awhile, good pace to it: 01) 2+2 = 5 02) There, There 03) Sail To The Moon 04) Where I End And You Begin 05) Backdrifts 06) I Will (B-Side Version) 07) A Punchup At A Wedding 08) The Gloaming 09) Myxomatosis 10) Scatterbrain 11) A Wolf At The Door I edited I Will and Punch-up together and it blends well with I Will as the interlude piece. |
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Post by matt on Mar 17, 2018 15:37:52 GMT -5
Compared to a band I equally like in Blur, Pablo Honey is a bit like Blurs debut Leisure. Derivative but there are tunes on there and it’s the sound of a band trying to figure themselves out. Similarly, Hail To The Thief is a bit like The Great Escape - messy and unfocused but with tweaks and a couple of changes here and there, it would be great.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 16:15:11 GMT -5
Compared to a band I equally like in Blur, Pablo Honey is a bit like Blurs debut Leisure. Derivative but there are tunes on there and it’s the sound of a band trying to figure themselves out. Similarly, Hail To The Thief is a bit like The Great Escape - messy and unfocused but with tweaks and a couple of changes here and there, it would be great. There's No Other Way and She's So High might be my top-5 Blur songs both  But yeah I agree it's not that good album overall. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 16:50:55 GMT -5
Compared to a band I equally like in Blur, Pablo Honey is a bit like Blurs debut Leisure. Derivative but there are tunes on there and it’s the sound of a band trying to figure themselves out. Similarly, Hail To The Thief is a bit like The Great Escape - messy and unfocused but with tweaks and a couple of changes here and there, it would be great. There's No Other Way and She's So High might be my top-5 Blur songs both But yeah I agree it's not that good album overall. She's So High might be my favourite too, along with Tender. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2018 16:58:38 GMT -5
On the 2nd best band of the 90's subject, my favourite ones are the four in a row The Bends, Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac. TB and OKC, I consider both as absolute all time classics.
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Post by funhouse on Mar 17, 2018 17:03:57 GMT -5
Read this thread, thought I'd relisten to a few of their albums, but as I'm now listening to Kid A I guess I'll just have to accept that post 90's Radiohead will probably never be my cup of tea. Great instrumentation and production (almost)all over, but I don't think the actual songs are that great tbh. I'll get the pitchforks up in my face for saying this, but a lot of this sounds like Thom Yorke trying a little too hard. I know that sounds vague, but maybe I'll try to explain further in case someone responds angrily to this comment  Edit: Nah, that wasn't the correct explenation of how I felt about it. But it was simply a bit unengaging for some of the time. Still, I'll give it a light six (said in the voice of Anthony Fantano). |
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