Of the remaining 4 albums, this being ILM, I have no honest idea of how they'll be ranked. I'd go with Bends-IR-OKC-Kid A but who knows.
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0JJZRyI.jpg
04. The Bends [38 votes | 3 #1 votes | 1230 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
They really should have released an Airbag/My Iron Lung equivalent of Kid Amnesiac b-sides.
― Van Horn Street
For sure. Choosing 7-8 b-sides from that era to create a fake EP would be a fun process
― Karl Malone
Problem is Airbag is from 1998 and My Iron Lung 1994 so they're not really from the same era. Itch is from 1994 too... maybe a great EP could be created with Itch+My Iron Lung+The Bends b-sides which are all dated 1994/1995, here's the list:
The Bends "B-Sides"----------------------1. Lewis (Mistreated)2. Maquiladora3. How Can You Be Sure?4. Banana Co.5. Molasses6. Killer Cars7. India Rubber8. You Never Wash Up After Yourself9. Talk Show Host10. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong11. Bishop's Robes12. Lozenge of Love13. The Trickster14. Permanent Daylight
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
― Moka, Monday, September 8
Lol just realized you're talking about the kid a era. We already have one of those it's called Amnesiac.
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0VT505r.jpg
03. In Rainbows [40 votes | 11 #1 votes | 1372 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
thank God for small favors
― stacked as fuck & imposing (DJP), Monday, 8 September 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
so Black Holes and Revelations isn't placing then?
― post...aftermath (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
*high 5s nearby radiohead fans*
Damn, Muse are way more popular than radiohead among spotify users.
― post...aftermath (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I'm more of a Parachutes fan myself, wish that one had placed.
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IMoQQ7n.png
02. Kid A [48 votes | 19 #1 votes | 1732 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ctqmWar.png
01. OK Computer [52 votes | 13 #1 votes | 1831 points]
Thought Kid A would win this one. More #1 votes but I guess there's a couple of ILM users who didn't even consider it in their top 5 albums.
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
Bleuch. ALL WRONG.
But I only have myself to blame as I got really sick and forgot to vote.
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Monday, 8 September 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
I love Muse, I'd love to run a Muse ILM poll but I figure I'd get like 3 participants.
― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Monday, 8 September 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
If the albums had been ordered according to how many points their songs received in the tracks ballot, it would've been:
01. OK Computer02. Kid A03. The Bends04. Hail to the Thief05. In Rainbows06. Amnesiac07. The King of Limbs08. Pablo Honey
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
how many total ballots again? did everyone vote OKC?
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
I'm viewing that as essentially a Kid A/OKC tie. With 19 #1 votes, you probably wouldn't have to tinker with the scoring system much to put Kid A in first.
― jmm, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
yeah, like making #1 votes the only ones that count
― post...aftermath (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
Album rankings pretty much OTM, except I'd place Pablo Honey over The King Of Limbs. Say what you like, but as flawed as their debut is, it still boasts some (in my opinion) good material (and no, I'm not thinking about the obvious here either), and has a youthful energy to it that their later material lacks. I guess it's kinda like their Adolescent Sex to Kid A's Tin Drum, or whatever. The King Of Limbs is obviously more "exploratory" (for want of a better term) and more in the art-rock vein, but while it sounds beautiful it places, the songs at their core aren't really up to snuff IMO.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
amnesiac is far too low imo. my #1.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
muse are one of the least ilm-friendly bands possible
― ogmor, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
ilm just needs some training: http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Muse-Fan
― a puddle of quivering 501s (soref), Monday, 8 September 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
did we get enough ballots for a music videos poll?
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Only 4! I'll run down the top 3:
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qMagfZtv8
03. Just [2 votes | 1 #1 vote | 73 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPLEbAVjiLA
02. Paranoid Android [3 votes | 96 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
so classic
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg
01. No Surprises [4 votes | 1 #1 vote | 145 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
cool. thanks for that!
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
Going to start the tracks now. Hope I don't embarrass myself with the graphics, never done anything like that before. There's no rhyme or reason to the pictures used. Also, credit is due to whoever did the amazing pictures for the Madonna poll, whose style I've shamelessly stolen.
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/JsxSzEp.jpg
50. Videotape [9 votes | 202 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
― a puddle of quivering 501s (soref)
Appreciate the use of classical pieces in songs such as 'Butterflies and Hurricanes', and 'Space Dementia'. Understand that Bellamy is a genius and has many classical influences.
http://www.reactionface.info/sites/default/files/imagecache/Node_Page/images/1310408441466.jpg
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
Oh nate I could have helped with the banners! Should have told me! I did a quick one for a past tribute event we had at one of my bars, it would've been easy to adapt to your poll:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10477365_296838937156891_4158892196298291131_o.jpg
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:18 (nine years ago) link
Ah man they would've looked amazing! I wish I had subbed it out.
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/jliZTRr.jpg
49. Palo Alto [10 votes | 1 #1 vote | 202 points]
these graphics are cool
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
^^
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
yes they work well
xp how many bars do u have
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/UoG53fk.jpg
48. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) [10 votes | 1 #1 vote | 208 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
damn, these #1 votes are interesting
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
oh polyethylene would've totally made my ballot if it hadn't apparently totally slipped my mind by the time I dashed it off
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
i listened to the airbag ep mowing the lawn every week, true story
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
'Videotape' is one of those tracks for me that works better in the context of the album than in isolation. I don't mind it, and the effects towards the end sound great on headphones, but there's much better from In Rainbows to come in this poll, I suspect.
'Palo Alto' is fucking great, though. That vocal melody is so Michael Stipe it hurts.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
Yeah these images you have, Nate, are really fitting with the band's aesthetic either way! They look really nice.
xxxp: two bars so far, and a club coming up sometime next year.
― Moka, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
also started a geocities fan website in 1997 that didn't go anywhere, truly loved underscores and clinical fonts
― mattresslessness, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
polyethelene popped into my head out of nowhere about 6 months ago.
― cajunsunday, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/JY54HTN.jpg
47. Fog [8 votes | 2 #1 votes | 210 points]
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 September 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
part 2 of polyethylene is awesome. I completely overlooked this one.
― wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
'Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)' is pretty decent, and have always enjoyed the way it starts with just Thom and acoustic, before he gives up and the band come in and start rocking. It's definitely a B-side though, in my opinion.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 8 September 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
I've been listening to Kid A and Amnesiac on my daily commute to work since this poll!
― Welcome To (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 08:55 (nine years ago) link
My work here is done.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 16 September 2014 09:31 (nine years ago) link
Actually Thom's "wtf is he singing these aren't even words"ness is pretty heavily in evidence on Creep. I've no idea wtf he's singing before the "run run run RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuun" bit. Not a clue.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 19 September 2014 09:08 (nine years ago) link
I hear it as "she's running out again"
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 19 September 2014 09:13 (nine years ago) link
but yeah, he's never been that intelligible; probably working out the Michael Stipe book.Which reminds me - I properly got into this band and REM at the same time after hiring cassettes of Out of Time and The Bends from the local library. That was a cheery week for 14 y/o me.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 19 September 2014 09:17 (nine years ago) link
'How I Made My Millions' is almost a pisstake of Thom's non-verbal singing, right?
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Friday, 19 September 2014 09:58 (nine years ago) link
When There There, Planet Telex, and then Bodysnatchers run into each other on a playlist in that order it doesn't seem like Radiohead have actually been all that radical in their development over that 13/14 year period. Obviously there's a lot of other stuff too, but I used to think of Kid A as a real "this is a new band" moment and it's, of course, not that simple at all.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 19 September 2014 11:56 (nine years ago) link
This poll's really fucking broken me.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 19 September 2014 12:02 (nine years ago) link
This was tweeted by Thom and just retweeted by Radiohead.
http://i.imgur.com/SR8HuMM.jpg
― nate woolls, Monday, 22 September 2014 12:01 (nine years ago) link
more linocut artwork, huh
― alanbatman (abanana), Monday, 22 September 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
God, coloured vinyl always looks so good.
― Welcome To (Turrican), Monday, 22 September 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
p. sure that's just a dinner plate
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 02:33 (nine years ago) link
great poll
― niels, Saturday, 10 June 2017 08:53 (six years ago) link
I'd love to do another one to see how A Moon Shaped Pool would get on.
― nate woolls, Saturday, 10 June 2017 10:15 (six years ago) link
would think it needs more time, surely KoL would fare better by now
― niels, Saturday, 10 June 2017 11:13 (six years ago) link
I also think we should have a thread for hilarious fan hyperbole and fill it with quotes on Radiohead
also, FIGHT!:
http://i.imgur.com/cJOKUb7.png
― niels, Saturday, 10 June 2017 11:45 (six years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/23859-grant-gee-radiohead-interview-meeting-people-is-easy
Excellent and amusing insight into how Grant Gee made the No Surprises video. I'd love to read a nice fat Q+A type book about their whole career. There still isn't a decent Radiohead book as far as i'm aware?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
I kept things simple. Only four!.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
Solid list.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
My top four, too — but their best rock riff is The National Anthem.
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
“Bodysnatchers” for me, but I will rep for “There, There” too.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
'I Might Be Wrong'
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
Kid A for me, but leaving out The Bends is like leaving out the heart.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
You guys been listening to the weekly gigs from their archive? Dublin 2000 and Bonaroo 2006 have been really excellent so far. Soundboard quality too. Astoria ‘94 tonight..
https://youtu.be/RjQZd8p-eBM
― piscesx, Thursday, 28 May 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
it's cool they're doing this weekly thing for the pandemic... though it's all (so far) stuff they already put out on their "public library" site. I'd probably be more enthused to check it out if not for that... even though I haven't gotten around to much of it yet! Oh well.
About this poll.... I just recently did my first ilm artist ballot and I may have misunderstood about albums. Are you only supposed to list the ones you really like (or, i guess, "rate")? I'm just surprised at the low number of votes for Pablo Honey. I doubt that few of the voters ever heard Pablo Honey. They just didn't even bother to put it last on their list?
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 May 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
the rules for polls vary a fair bit, the underworld poll is definitely a huge outlier in ballot size. i'd imagine for this one people were only allowed to vote for a maximum of 5 albums.
― ufo, Friday, 29 May 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link