Radiohead - In Rainbows

UK tour dates coming soon!

So the second disc, then.

After two listens I like it a lot, especially Bangers & Mash and Last Flowers. Some of the songs remind me vaguely of other Radiohead songs - there's a little bit of Karma Police in one song, a little bit of There There in another. Also the acoustic guitar on one or two of the songs sounds brilliant.

And the low bitrate on disc 1 really made a difference - it really shines now, whereas it used to sound like it had a layer of dust on it.

So, we all gettin' our LP boxes today?

Mine arrived about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, by courier. Keep your mobile handy because they'll phone if need to because it has to be signed for.

Oh great. I'm nowhere near my home (which is in cleethorpes, you burglars)

Mine just arrived 15 mins ago (by courier)

The box set that will be released by EMI (who don't understand the music business, alledgedly) will contain a bonus live album.

(i.e. an online stream of the Eurockéennes show from 2003)

Still not interested.

Judging by the tour venues on Dead Air Space, it looks like they're putting on a few big open air concerts, or maybe more big tent style shows like a few years ago.

It's hard to believe that's the best they could come up with.

In Rainbows disc 2 >>> disc 1 ?

yeah disc 2 is really nice. a lot more spacious than disc 1, which says a lot. i think the mk bits are very nice.

Right, I here, no sign.

Presumably, those that ordered first, get theirs first.

I bought mine in a fit of madness, then thought "DoI really want this?"

And now I have the music anyway (ta the mxxxxxx's)

US release date for In Rainbows:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000YXMMAE/ref=amb_link_5899772_7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=13JFYWKX68Y7QWZ557T5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=334889701&pf_rd_i=320225011

# Audio CD (January 1, 2008)
# Original Release Date: October 10, 2007
# Number of Discs: 1
# Label: Ato Records / Red

i still hope there's another avenue for the disc 2 songs, like a normal 2-cd release; but i doubt it

no way is disc 2 better than disc 1. (i say this as someone who thinks disc one is really pretty, but nothing particularly special.) loooove "4 minute warning" though.

I've played disc 2 several times now but it still seems to me they're wandering a lot and my attention wavers. "Bangers & Mash" is promising, though...and the Prince-style falsetto on "Down Is The New Up" is a hoot. I'd still like to think these guys have got another boundary-stretching album up their sleeves in the future.

I'm gonna continue to listen to this disc, though. Maybe it just takes awhile to sink in like the first one did.

I'm delighted to know they're touring and that the US is first. I've been playing my live boots lately. They are so good live, it's ridiculous. I'm not even sure if I can think of another band I appreciate more live. I listened to Amnesiac last night and it was so weird to hear the (substandard) studio versions of those songs!

Tickets on sale Friday morning for the 2 UK shows and too broke right now to buy them.

just bid £0.00 duh

Uh, tickets are on sale now from W.A.S.T.E.

go go go!

For UK dates, that is.

yes i'll repeat it, disc 2 is very very nice. there's lots of stuff on here that i like a lot more than disc 1. seems a little darker, doesn't it? maybe.

still hope there's another avenue for the disc 2 songs, like a normal 2-cd release; but i doubt it

yea, this kind of sucks. i just downloaded it. after liking IR quite a lot but not enough to buy the discbox, there's no way i was gonna drop $80 just to hear disc 2. i'd pay for a ep-priced release for it but that probably won't happen. shame that the only way this will probably be released is with the big expensive package.

I have heard a rumor that the physical release of the album will contain bonus tracks (source: fimoculous.com)?

I would like to thank the internets for this.

"Bangers and Mash" SO GOOD.

I actually think "Last Flowers" is a little embarrassing, I think it's an older song and it really sounds it. The rest are great though, especially "Bangers", which rivals Idioteque as their most dance-able track.

Just got this:

FAREWELL TO IN RAINBOWS DOWNLOAD AREA
We also thought you'd like to know that the download area that is 'In Rainbows' will be
shutting its doors on the 10th December so if you've not yet downloaded,
here is the place to go www.inrainbows.com

The discbox will still be available at w.a.s.t.e. until they have all gone. We then have no plans to make further stock.

4 Minute Warning is really good.

I'd kind of prefer Disc 2 to have seven Mks and 4 Minute Warning.

drums + piano in "down is the new up" are fantastic

"shame that the only way this will probably be released is with the big expensive package"

right, so why not just steal it instead?

yes that's what i did, which i don't like doing. i just meant that it'd be cool if they released it as an ep-priced thing, and then i would buy it.

agreed, it'd be cool if they released the extra tracks as an EP (and who knows, they still might). in the meantime, unfortunately (for radiohead), you don't dislike doing it enough to not do it.

the irony of file "sharing" the second disc after they effectively gave the first disc away for less than the price of an EP should not be lost on anyone.

My disc box still hasn't arrived yet (Belgian post, come on!) :-(

could be worse, you could be on the other side of the pond,

"Wherever possible (especially to customers in the USA), we’ve sent these by road and sea."

by sea!(?) how quaint!(?)

needless to say, my discbox hasn't arrived yet either.

New York Times today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/music/09pare.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin

"Pay What You Want for This Article

Taking chances with commerce as well as art: From left, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Phil Selway (reflected in the mirror) and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.

By JON PARELES
Published: December 9, 2007"

“Money makes you numb, as M.I.A. wrote."

I am also in Belgium and still no sign of the discbox arriving. Hard to believe it is coming by courier and can take more than 1 week!! hope it is worth the wait!!!

Four Minute Warning OMG!

I don't really 'get' Bangers & Mash, but I keep wanting Thom to follow that last line with "I've got the remedy".

Am I the only one who likes Weird Fishes/Arpeggi? The last 1:40 of the song are glorious

No, I love it too. It's gone from being my least favourite to my nearly-favourite - Faust Arp is now top.

yea i think it's great.

"Down Is the New Up"... grooves. Reminds me of "Talk Show Host" a bit.

Top 3 (subject to change once I hear Disc 2):

1. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
2. Reckoner
3. Videotape

4 minute warning should have taken Videotape's spot on disc 1.

For people who already got the discbox: Does the vinyl include all the songs, or just the songs from disc 1?

Vinyl = disc one.

4 minute warning should have taken Videotape's spot on disc 1.

To quote one Vincent Vega, "That's a bold statement." Cue the Pepsi challenge once my discbox arrives...stay tuned (and hot with anticipation).

Vinyl = disc one.

Damn, 2 LPs for 10 songs? Oh well.

Last Flowers has some interesting guitar parts in the right channel that weave nicely and subtly with the piano, but Thom's voice is mixed so high it's almost hard to hear. Still a nice song, though.