Radiohead - In Rainbows

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.

I prefer the orchestral version of "Arpeggi" to this one.

Yeah, the Ether version of Arpeggi is beautiful. This one is very bland in comparison.

am i allowed to talk about the music yet

oops

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.

six tracks in and loving this so far.

"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."

Got to "House Of Cards" and I'm ranking this better than HTTT and Amnesiac

its definitely better than httt. shame about "house of cards" though.

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.

And don't forget "Dollars & Cents," The Brainwasher. That song slays me.

at laaaaaaaaaaaaast

If my shamefully late rediscovery & appreciation of HTTT is anything to go by, I'll love this in 2011.

"nude"
"all i need"

incredible

whole album is good but those are the big standouts for me right now

Ok. Predict the Pitchfork score.

6.2

wow. that was gorgeous. love the last two songs.

8.6

my official cover art:

http://givemetakeyou.com/supercentral/inrainbows.png

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.

'Videotape' is a good closer. Love the percussion on that.

If anything, Thom's the weak link on this imho.

THERE IS ROCKINGS NOW

guys i am 45 minutes late to the party

THE GOOD TIMES ARE OVA

9.1 PFM score

"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.

PFM score: 9.0

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.

thom sounds better than ever, i think. his voice just weaves through the general lushness of it all.

Yeah, Thom sounds amazing on this.

"v v immediate" agreed, coming from someone sig less familiar than the "i've been following these songs on tour for a decade" crowd

yah roz...faust arp is great

'Bodysnatchers' makes me think of Devo at the start.

thom used to call HTTT their sexy record, I think he was an album early.

This is a pretty sexy record.

It really is.

the infrastructure will collapse

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!

bodysnatchers yesssss.

also MP3 QUALITY MOST OVERRATED INTERNET CONTROVERSY EVVVVVVEEEEER.

aka this sounds great.

lol jordan otm about the mp3 quality.

also MP3 QUALITY MOST OVERRATED INTERNET CONTROVERSY EVVVVVVEEEEER.

-- 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

'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.

Faust Arp sounds like an undiscovered Beatles song. So beautiful.

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!?

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.

bodysnatchers yesssss.

Agreed. This will most likely not go down as my fave Radiohead album, but I'm loving it all the same.

Well it sounds a bit like a released one from the guitar pattern. Reminds me a little of 'Julia'. But yeah, the strings are pretty Beatlesy.

They've done well with the running order on this I think.

hm well my mp3s sound just fine sorry for your loss :( :( :(

reckoner is surely the standout track here

agreed.