I haven't listened to the Basement thingy, though I've heard some TKOL tracks live, and they didn't really impress there either, so as much I as I don't like the production, I think the songs are really not to my taste. But maybe I should check it out anyway.

"Thom Yorke has threatened to "sue the living ****" out of David Cameron if the prime minister uses a Radiohead song in a future election campaign."

Link

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OK Computer is a great album, it's the first one I heard from Radiohead. First song off of the album I heard was "Let Down", I was hooked after that.

Sorry I was so late; AMOK has leaked. I'm making my final preparations for my first listen right now.

My body is ready

A newer member here, and without reading the thread, it seems I am one of the few that actually like TKOL, although with the caveat that I listen to it on my home system cranked up. I hated the album when I first got it listening in my car and PMP only to discover it came to life (for me) when given the benefit of my home system.

It showed me just how much of a difference a good amp, good speakers, and lossless audio can make.

TKOL is more than sound, too, but when I bundle it with the extra tracks they've put out since its release, it makes for a nice album and a fairly radical departure from what In Rainbows had been and similar to the way Kid A departed from the OK Computer sound. Then again, I've always been considered weird by friends who don't understand why my favorite Radiohead albums are Kid A and Amnesiac (and TKOL now) rather than the Bends, OK Computer, or In Rainbows.

Kid A and Amnesiac have never gotten old to me while the other three albums have not aged well for my ears. The Bends and OK Computer sound a bit dated to me now. My brother-in-law thinks TKOL, Kid A, and Amnesiac will only appeal to people who like Electronic or Jazz music. He may be right.

Nah, I don't listen to electronic music or jazz, and I love Kid A, so he's wrong. :p What do you mean by dated, though? I find both The Bends and Kid A to be kind of timeless. Great production and sweet songs can never grow old, in my opinion.

OKC drags for me, but the Bends is just a nice, fun album, good for road trips and such. I agree that TKOL was a pretty nice departure; some critics complained that it just wasn't different enough, but I thin they were just caught off guard by it. I mean, it's pretty hard to be as radical as Kid A, but it only had one song that really resembled anything of the past, and that was Codex. IR, on the other hand, sounded very much like upbeat HTTT, yet it garnered great acclaim, especially over TKOL.

i probably already said this

OK Computer no doubt. Listen to that album every weekend at my cousins house.

God damn it, this was hard.

Oh well, I picked Kid A because it had most of my favorite tracks on it.

Thom Yorke and his annoying singing ruins Idioteque. Sometimes, he is so detrimental to the band.

Is it me, or does No Surprises and Fake Plastic Trees sound exactly the same? I think its the vocal melody.

They don't sound exactly the same at all, the vocal melody and the mood are different to me. If they do sound similar it's because they are both made by the same band.

Mad props.

Not to mention he can't sing his way out of a paper bag to begin with.

Whoa this thread went over a month without a bump.

They've made two very good albums, the obvious two, and after that they just get progressively worse.

The Bends and OK Computer are both very good albums, Kid A has its moments but it never really gets off the ground, Amnesiac is so dull the wall paper leaves the room, Hail to the Thief is an embarrassment to everyone and anyone concerned, In Rainbows is the musical equivalent of watching your entire family being murdered and The King of Limbs doesn't even class as music.


TAXI FOR RADIOHEAD. They should call it a day and do themselves and everyone else a favour, its becoming painful to watch/listen to.

You're obnoxious.

So, thinking that Radiohead lost it years ago makes a person obnoxious does it. I could start lying if that helps.

On second thoughts I'd rather be obnoxious than gullible.




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I think Hail To The Thief and In Rainbows are great albums. 'There There' and 'Videotape' are two of my favourite Radiohead songs. Make what you want out of that.

I'm surprised you don't like "In Rainbows" at all, though, it's maybe their best, and has elements from most of their eras.

Nobody asked you to lie, just that you not be so dramatic about opinions that haven't even been supplied reason. If you're going to equate In Rainbows to the death of your whole family with no reason, I'm going to call you a liar, and gullible, and obnoxious. Also, OKC can't be an "obviously" good album when half of it isn't very interesting, or just drags along. HTTT is guilty of that as well, I admit, though I wouldn't say so for the interesting factor, just that it drags.

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Kewl!

That is so rad, and legit, I'm psyched

Guys this new Thom Yorke is pretty killer, def worth the 6 bucks

Thom Yorke: Tomorrow's Modern Boxes | Album Reviews | Pitchfork

I wanted to see what you guys thought of the album, and how accurate y'all thought this review was. I hardly find myself agreeing. Although it is pretty undeniable that this pushes the ambient/electronic elements even further to the forefront, I don't think it should be thought of as a poorer album for it. Mainly I take issue with the reviewer seeming to conflate "most Radiohead-like" with best, as this shouldn't be how we regard Yorke's solo material, as being good only when it sticks closest to Radiohead.

I like the album for what it is, which to me is a little experimental in the sense that it has a fairly neutral tone throughout, or at least doesn't bring the ominous or despairing nature to the forefront as Yorke/Radiohead usually do, and not relying on distinct melody throughout but still maintaining its own kind of hooks and charm. It also may not seem, especially in the second half, that it has a discernible direction it aims for, but I like this kind of ambiguity the album has, personally.

EDIT: There may be a discernible tone here in melancholy, but it feels pretty subtle to me, or maybe it's just that I'm not used to hearing something like a bit of ordinary sadness in a Radiohead/Yorke album. And this is not a bad thing, I love Yorke's use of mainly drum machines, piano, and effects here. It feels tight for it, the whole album just flows.

I'm kinda ready for Thom Yorke to try something new. Yea, it's cool and all, but he's already been there done that, a thousand times over. I want something fresh and new. That's why Thom desperately needs Johnny.

I think Atoms for Peace was the best thing he did since In Rainbows.

But I think I heard recently that Radiohead is back and recording. I'm not a huge fan of TKoL, but it had it's moments. I'm hoping for something dense and catchy, but either way, it will be done well.

Amok was great, not all the songs were perfect, but the sound it had was amazing imo. King Of Limbs was underrated Bloom, Codex, Little By Little, Give Up The Ghost, and Separator were all great tracks, I don't really see why it gets all the hate it does. It'd be cool with me if the new record went farther in the floating electronic sound, but just executed with a bit more expertise.

I'm just hoping it's not like Tomorrow's Modern Boxes. I ended up liking one song, Brain in a Bottle.

I thought Mother Lode was pretty good, but admittedly, I only ever listened to TMB once and promptly forgot it existed a week later.

OK Cumputer for sure.

I'm a Bends kind of guy. I heard OK Computer at first, thought it was good, I preferred the poppier tracks. Then I heard some of the singles from The Bends, and started to get into their other work. Then I heard The Bends all the way through for the first time, and I was blown away. Every single song on that album is gold IMO. All of their others have their highs and lows.

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You guys have some boring taste. OK Computer is a strong Alt Rock album, but Kid A and Amnesiac are far more interesting.

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Kid A is miles ahead of OKC.

It's really hard for me to choose between OK Computer and Kid A, so I'm not going to.