You're welcome!
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not quite eating my hat, but I like this a *lot* more than I thought I would.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I've heard the CD that will be in the discbox will be only 128 kbps!
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:33 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
― gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:34 (sixteen years ago) link
am i allowed to talk about the music yet
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:36 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm not expecting this to be anywhere near as good as Kid A or Amnesiac, but I certainly hope it's as amazing as HTTT.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I prefer the orchestral version of "Arpeggi" to this one.
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, the Ether version of Arpeggi is beautiful. This one is very bland in comparison.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link
oops
― gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link
I couldn't help but notice the similarity between bits on "House of Cards" and Galaxie 500's "Tugboat Captain." "I don' wanna be your friend...I just wanna be your lover" is similarly sung even.
― Cunga, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:39 (sixteen years ago) link
six tracks in and loving this so far.
― ^@^, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:39 (sixteen years ago) link
"I am listening to the studio version of this. This is the most perfect moment of my life. I don't have a girlfriend I have nothing. But I don't care. Because I have the studio version of this song."
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Got to "House Of Cards" and I'm ranking this better than HTTT and Amnesiac
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:47 (sixteen years ago) link
its definitely better than httt. shame about "house of cards" though.
― ^@^, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
WHAT IS WITH YOU PEOPLE HATING ON AMNESIAC?
Pyramid Song Life In a Glass House Like Spinning Plates I Might Be Wrong Packt Like Sardines etc.
EXCELLENT RECORD.
― The Brainwasher, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:49 (sixteen years ago) link
And don't forget "Dollars & Cents," The Brainwasher. That song slays me.
― Turangalila, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:50 (sixteen years ago) link
at laaaaaaaaaaaaast
― deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:51 (sixteen years ago) link
If my shamefully late rediscovery & appreciation of HTTT is anything to go by, I'll love this in 2011.
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:54 (sixteen years ago) link
"nude" "all i need"
incredible
whole album is good but those are the big standouts for me right now
― gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Ok. Predict the Pitchfork score.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:56 (sixteen years ago) link
6.2
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:57 (sixteen years ago) link
wow. that was gorgeous. love the last two songs.
8.6
― negotiable, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:57 (sixteen years ago) link
my official cover art:
http://givemetakeyou.com/supercentral/inrainbows.png
― oo, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:59 (sixteen years ago) link
downloaded the official download in less than 3 minutes at over 330 KB/sec here - very impressive.
-- StanM, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:24
same here
lolz to hyperbacklash
lovin this so far
"15th Step" so much better than the shitty bootleg I played on my podcast last summer.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 06:59 (sixteen years ago) link
'Videotape' is a good closer. Love the percussion on that.
If anything, Thom's the weak link on this imho.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:00 (sixteen years ago) link
THERE IS ROCKINGS NOW
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:00 (sixteen years ago) link
guys i am 45 minutes late to the party
THE GOOD TIMES ARE OVA
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:01 (sixteen years ago) link
9.1 PFM score
― Cunga, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"All I need", "Faust Arp", definite standouts at this point. Wow.
This feels much more immediate than HTTT, though I'm not entirely sure if this is because I'm already somewhat familiar with the tracks.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:03 (sixteen years ago) link
PFM score: 9.0
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:04 (sixteen years ago) link
This is their "love" record. Slow and ballad-y. On the initial spin, my favorite moment is early in "Nude", when Thom's voice comes in, clear as daylight, exactly as it should.
And didn't "Reckoner" used to be a rocker? Although the version here is appropriate for the album.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:04 (sixteen years ago) link
thom sounds better than ever, i think. his voice just weaves through the general lushness of it all.
― negotiable, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, Thom sounds amazing on this.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:05 (sixteen years ago) link
"v v immediate" agreed, coming from someone sig less familiar than the "i've been following these songs on tour for a decade" crowd
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:06 (sixteen years ago) link
yah roz...faust arp is great
― gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:07 (sixteen years ago) link
'Bodysnatchers' makes me think of Devo at the start.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:08 (sixteen years ago) link
thom used to call HTTT their sexy record, I think he was an album early.
This is a pretty sexy record.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:12 (sixteen years ago) link
It really is.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:12 (sixteen years ago) link
the infrastructure will collapse
― gman, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I was totally calling this a very sensual, sexy record to a friend a few minutes ago on aim. God then reckoner came on and I would have never imagined it being the sexiest thing Radiohead's ever done!
― Clay, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:16 (sixteen years ago) link
bodysnatchers yesssss.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:16 (sixteen years ago) link
also MP3 QUALITY MOST OVERRATED INTERNET CONTROVERSY EVVVVVVEEEEER.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:17 (sixteen years ago) link
aka this sounds great.
lol jordan otm about the mp3 quality.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:18 (sixteen years ago) link
also MP3 QUALITY MOST OVERRATED INTERNET CONTROVERSY EVVVVVVEEEEER.-- Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:17 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
-- Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:17 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
lol... i was thinking that exact thing when listening !!! ... i think i've regained sanity and remembered all of the times i've listened to an mp3 album then heard it on cd later and liked it better
― oo, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:23 (sixteen years ago) link
'House Of Cards' is great. Thom sounds reflective rather than righteous, it's far more affecting.
Of course it sounds fine, it sound well compressed though.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Faust Arp sounds like an undiscovered Beatles song. So beautiful.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:25 (sixteen years ago) link
i think i've regained sanity and remembered all of the times i've listened to an mp3 album then heard it on cd later and liked it better
sorry to gatecrash the thread like this but i thought jordan was implying that mp3's sounded ok!?
― sam500, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha I just heard the earlier version of Reckoner and can now see why so many people are pissed about it.
I think it's nice though.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Agreed. This will most likely not go down as my fave Radiohead album, but I'm loving it all the same.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link