The Official Radiohead Thread

[khfreek]

Originally Posted by gunnels

So I gave OK Computer about 495028049 tries and it just won't click with me. However, I freaking love Kid A. So, since Amnesiac is supposed to be the only Radiohead album similar to Kid A, I'll give that a shot next.
And after that....I don't know. What would you guys reccomend? I've read mixed reviews about In Rainbows and The Bends, I've heard from pretty much everywhere that Pablo Honey is shit, and I haven't heard anything about Hail to the Thief.

You'd like Pablo Honey and The Bends, I know that.

[boo boo]

Am I the only one that thinks Hail to the Thief is very underrated?

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Am I the only one that thinks Hail to the Thief is very underrated?

I prefer it to In Rainbows to be honest.

[debaserr]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Am I the only one that thinks Hail to the Thief is very underrated?

no

and i agree with urban too

[dac]

HTTT would be fantastic if it just dropped Sit Down Stand Up, Backdrifts, and possibly Sail to the Moon, Go to Sleep, and Scatterbrain. HTTT just isn't as concise as Kid A or OK Computer.

[Sneer]

Originally Posted by boo boo

Am I the only one that thinks Hail to the Thief is very underrated?

No, i think it's hideously underrated. I love how it melds together the experimental, electronic work of Kid A and Amnesiac with the more guitar-based melancholy of OKC. A lot of people accuse it of being disjointed and lacking in direction - but i think that's it's strength. It conveys the themes of the album perfectly.

[Sneer]

Originally Posted by dac

HTTT would be fantastic if it just dropped Sit Down Stand Up, Backdrifts, and possibly Sail to the Moon, Go to Sleep, and Scatterbrain. HTTT just isn't as concise as Kid A or OK Computer.

Whaaaaaaaaat?! SDSU, Sail To The Moon and Backdrifts are three of Radiohead's best songs and form, along with 2+2=5, what i think are the best opening four tracks of any album. Scatterbrain is also great, you have in fact named four of my favourite Radiohead songs as 'filler' haha. Even Go To Sleep is good. The only song i'd cut is The Gloaming. As for your concise statement, as i've said, i love the meandering nature of HTTT - and i wouldnt exactly call Kid A concise anyway, i think it's anything but.

[dac]

Originally Posted by Stu

The only song i'd cut is The Gloaming.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by dac

HTTT would be fantastic if it just dropped Sit Down Stand Up, Backdrifts, and possibly Sail to the Moon, Go to Sleep, and Scatterbrain.

WTF?

Those are all among the best tracks on the album, what's wrong witchoo?

Only songs I'd can would be Where I End and You Begin and A Punchup at a Wedding. Then it would be a perfect and consistant album. And while I like The Gloaming, I think it's inferior to all the songs you mentioned and it probably is the weakest track aside from the other two I mentioned.

I think it's one of their most consistant albums in fact.

[Sneer]

What the hell is wrong with people here? Where I End And You Begin is one of the highlights on HTTT, whilst Punchup... is almost as good.