Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
 

Listening to it now. Shall check back later.

Half way through my 3rd listen now. Not sure what I'd rate it yet, but I like it, a lot. Looking like it will easily be a 4+.

Not really a Radiohead fan anymore, but pretty much everyone on the internet seems to love it.
Gotta go to sleep now, but looking forward to checking it out tomorrow.

I think it's really, hauntingly beautiful. Great folk and baroque moments interlaced with jazz and electronic. Some top, top Radiohead tracks (Ful Stop, Identikit, True Love Waits). One of their best imo. Obviously it's still too early to say but I love it.

Can we just talk about A Moon Shaped Pool?
 

Personally, this is one of their best releases. They've really done something unique with this album again. If this hits mainstream, it could signal the beginning of a new era in popular music. While some critique that certain tracks are filler (many pointing out Desert Island Disk, which personally is a favorite), I feel like every track has a place on this album.

What are your thoughts on Radiohead's new album?

I'll give it a listen tonight.

I still like the first two tracks the best, but Radiohead songs always grow on me inevitably. Needless to say, it's a really good album. Not needless to say, but still just as relevant, I would certainly call this the best album of the past 10 years. Nothing comes close to the dizzying heights this album reached for me.

I've heard people say they didn't like Daydreaming and it blows me away, probably my favourite cut from the whole album. Love love love it (and the fact that PTA directed the video helped it make an even better impression.)

That video does kickass. Nobody could've filmed Thom Yorke walking around as seamless as PTA did.

Just listened to it with a whiskey double in my hand. I loved it, but....like all Radiohead albums thus far, it failed to touch me deep down in my I-get-chills-and-cry-at-music spot. That being said, I think it's brilliant.

One thing struck me, though, and I could be totally wrong about this because I just listen to music casually. I'm not a critic...unlike their earlier works, this album doesn't have a cohesive musical voice. This isn't a criticism, just noting the contrast.

Having said that, there is a sublime moment of cohesion between "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief" and "True Love Waits".

God damn

Looking forward to it. Last one I liked was In rainbows. Not big on that Dancy bull****. This one seems promising.

Listened to the first 4-5 songs. Probably nice, but didn't grab me at all.
Will give it a few more chances though.

A lot of people enjoy the second half more.

Oh yes, I like this very much, the first few and last few tracks especially. As it stands now this is definitely a 4.5 star album for me, might possibly rise close to a clear 5 if the middle of the album grows on me even more. Gonna round it up to a 5 for the purposes of the poll. Favorite track currently is probably Daydreaming.

Every great band has a golden age before their albums get worse. Zeppelin's golden age ended with Physical Graffiti, Sabbath's ended in the early 80's... Radiohead is still popping out great albums 20 years after their first grand hit, The Bends.

Best record since In Rainbows. They're on the right track to making great music again.

Totally different from their previous albums. Their discography never really tried to go for an "emotional resonance," (not that their albums didn't succeed in that anyway). This album tries and succeeds. Plus, this new Chamber Pop sound of theirs makes it very new.

I played this for a friend last night without telling him what it was. He asked in a surprised voice about halfway through, "Is this Radiohead?" I nodded. Then he added, "Wow, it's much more chill than I expect from them."

Snooze/10

I think at this point we've confirmed that anything even mildly interesting is boring to Frown. He revels in lame twinkly guitar and broken chords.

Mildly interesting is a good way to put it. The instrumentation occasionally has great interplay and cool textures, which is why I gave it a 2 instead of a 1. The compositions themselves are just bland to me, like someone just wrote down what they figured would be a cool song without knowing how it sounds.

Literally no one does that. Not that you would know lol.

"Sounds like"

Wonder what his top 100 is like.

that's all I do. Results speak for themselves

This is my AOTYSF right ahead of the new Teen Suicide. This is by and large my favorite Radiohead album since Kid A, which is surprising because I think that Amnesiac and HTTT are nearly as good, nearly every single song works perfectly by itself and in the context of the album. Goddamn this one is just too good, worth the 5 year wait.

Just bought the album yesterday and I am quite pleased with my purchase! I wasn't too crazy about king of limbs as the follow-up to the awesome in rainbows but they have redeemed themselves with this one. My favorite so far is Daydreaming but that might change the more I listen to the album.

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I would say that I sort of agree with this but maybe not as harshly. It certainly has its moments of impressive instrumentation and subtle excitement but overall I just get sleepy toward the last couple tracks. Not that that's a bad, I ended up rating it a four because it's still a solid Radiohead album, but it just didn't really smash the sh*t out of me like In Rainbows did. I'd rate this with their last effort and that's definitely lower than Kid A, In Rainbows, Amnesiac, and OK Computer.

It was amazing!

You would think so.

I'm actually surprised by how much I like this album. Originally, I wasn't even going to bother, but I had a change of heart, and now I really like it.

Maybe not, but they'll still be damn awesome.

How? I'm not even a fan of Radiohead and I found this album to be fantastic.

Does it have anything to do the new sound being quite different from their original sound?

Nope. Still dull as hell. A 180 is exactly what the band needs if they want to make interesting music.

^So, if Radiohead wants to be interesting, in your estimation, they must cease to be Radiohead?

They should cease sounding like Radiohead. Everything else is up to them.