Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

I like the later stuff, but I think that ultimately the greater albums in music history need the songs to back them up. A combination of the sound, the artistic innovation, and the decent number of great individual standalone songs. Like The Soft Bulletin.

I'll get flamed for this but I think Hail To The Thief is more refined, channelled, and a better overall achievement than Kid A and Amnesiac. Radiohead play to their own real strengths on HttT. On the previous two records it sounds more like they're engaged in a momentous, epic battle with their own strengths.