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
bodysnatchers yesssss.
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
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.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:28 (sixteen years ago) link
They've done well with the running order on this I think.
― Mister Craig, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:29 (sixteen years ago) link
hm well my mp3s sound just fine sorry for your loss :( :( :(
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:30 (sixteen years ago) link
reckoner is surely the standout track here
― deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:32 (sixteen years ago) link
agreed.
― Clay, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Reckoner is amazing. His voice, those strings... And it's a weird progression for them. Kind of 1970s folk-rockish.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:34 (sixteen years ago) link
nude is stunning.
― negotiable, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:36 (sixteen years ago) link
hm well my mp3s sound just fine sorry for your loss :( :( :(-- Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:30 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
-- Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:30 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
now worries, probably only about 15-20 bucks when i buy it :)
― oo, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:37 (sixteen years ago) link
The kinetics are a little too front-loaded for my taste, I think. I'll like this just as well on shuffle.
I eagerly await the vinyl, which will surely melt my speakers with awesome.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:39 (sixteen years ago) link
guys jigsaw falling into place
it is great
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I wanted this record to be more dancey and angry, but I think I quite like this more.
Alright, I'm going home to listen to this on proper speakers.
― Roz, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:43 (sixteen years ago) link
IT BEGINS
-- Ned Raggett, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:40 AM
a classic
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:46 (sixteen years ago) link
guys we're getting almost doubled by the comments on the oink torrent.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:49 (sixteen years ago) link
now's no time for resting on our laurels.
Okay. I have a feast of hats to eat.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Backing Vox on 'House of Cards' sound disturbingly Bono Vox.
― Huey in Melbourne, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 07:56 (sixteen years ago) link
i think weird fishes/arpeggi is getting srsly underrated by everyone thanks to youtube or whatever. 2nd best song here.
― deeznuts, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 08:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Not sure about the sequencing yet, doesn't seem necessary. And a few stretches sound kinda lightweight. Can't see the forest etc. I think.
Reckoner is fucking sublime. Going back to that now.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 08:07 (sixteen years ago) link
THE KING BOY PATO OFFICIAL REVIEW OF RADIOHEAD'S LATEST AND GREATEST ARTISTIC PIECE WHICH AGAIN BLOWS THE MIND WHILE CREATING A SINGULAR PIECE OF ART NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND NEVER WILL BE AGAIN, "IN RAINBOWS":
What a load of boring old shit.
― King Boy Pato, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 08:33 (sixteen years ago) link
7 years ago, I bought Kid A at a midnight sale, came back home, put on the headphones and fell asleep while listening. tonight I finished a book at 2 am, turned on computer, downloaded, and once again fell asleep listening with the same headphones. I woke back up during Reckoner though, thinking it was great, made it through to the end, and am now on my 2nd listen cuz I wanted to hear the middle tracks that I slept through the first time.
― stingy, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 08:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I fail to hate this album at the moment. :-/
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:14 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
Where's my activation code?
― Matthew H, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:34 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck you spam filter, i thought the internet hated me for a minute there
― tissp, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Huh? Did they make the Atease board registered only all of a sudden?
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I've listened to it twice now. I think I like it.
― treefell, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:50 (sixteen years ago) link
bizarrely, i have fallen for the hype. i love the whole event aspect, and subsequently didn't want to be left out (a rare situation with regards to radiohead product for me) also, as a sideline, the servers are holding up remarkably well - registered and d/l'd all within 7 minutes.
― mark e, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:54 (sixteen years ago) link
What does that mean?
Need to get home. I really want to download this album!
― kv_nol, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't expect anything out of this record. I never cared at all for Hail to the Thief, but man. This record is really, really good. Just so sensual and quiet and so warm and I'm loving it.
― Clay, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:58 (sixteen years ago) link
It's so warm!
ysi?
― koogs, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I want to email them pretending to be someone's grandma who downloaded the wrong album for her grandson's birthday but it turns out he really wanted 'The Bends' and wants to ask if she could get an exchange or refund.
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
d/l real quick - now listening - warm is right.
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Warm is good, most of their best material is warm. Radiohead have never been particularly good at doing chilly.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
This may have been covered upthread, but am I right in assuming this record won't chart?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Xfm are doing a full album playback at 12 midday (NOW) listen in
X-clusive: Hear The New Radiohead Album Today On Xfm http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=490630#
first established media review of the album posted by John Mulvey @ Uncut
Uncut.co.uk | Wild Mercury Sound - Post details: Radiohead's "In Rainbows" http://tinyurl.com/2ygc7r
― djmartian, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Sounds nice so far.
― Mr. Perpetua, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 11:26 (sixteen years ago) link
is there a pop song on it?
― pisces, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 11:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, there's about 10 or so I'd say.
― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Paul Morley blogging about it: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observermusic/2007/10/rainbow_warriors.html
― NickB, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 11:46 (sixteen years ago) link
some very quick first thoughts
some tracks:
Bodysnatchers = The Notwist + Smashing Pumpkins. The most rock track on the album?
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi = Brian Eno produced U2 Unforgettable Fire
All I Need = Talk Talk + Manual + Ulrich Schnauss + Kraftwerk + The Blue Nile + The Broadway Project
Faust ARP = Beatles influenced melodies
House Of Cards - more Talk Talk and a.r.kane influences
Jigsaw Falling Into Place - more The Notwist + The Woodentops circa 1986 + even James - the way the acoustic guitars have an uptempo jangle style
Videotape - more Talk Talk / Mark Holis slow paced arty-rock piano minimalism, this even sounds like Ulver on their new album !
― djmartian, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 11:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Bodysnatchers starts off like a long lost Pablo Honey rarity - especially Thom's voice which he uses in a way I haven't heard in a very long time. It soon bursts into something else though.
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 12:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Will everyone stop fucking fooling themselves? This is typical Radiohead - ie: a load of boring old shit. Anyone who can compare this to Talk Talk is a really stupid cunt who needs to educate themselves on how to fucking listen asap.
― King Boy Pato, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 12:03 (sixteen years ago) link
You can fuck off any time you want, thank you.
― Melissa W, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 12:04 (sixteen years ago) link