Radiohead - In Rainbows

'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.

Reckoner is amazing. His voice, those strings... And it's a weird progression for them. Kind of 1970s folk-rockish.

nude is stunning.

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

now worries, probably only about 15-20 bucks when i buy it :)

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.

guys jigsaw falling into place

it is great

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.

IT BEGINS

-- Ned Raggett, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:40 AM

a classic

guys we're getting almost doubled by the comments on the oink torrent.

now's no time for resting on our laurels.

Okay. I have a feast of hats to eat.

Backing Vox on 'House of Cards' sound disturbingly Bono Vox.

i think weird fishes/arpeggi is getting srsly underrated by everyone thanks to youtube or whatever. 2nd best song here.

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.

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What a load of boring old shit.

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.

I fail to hate this album at the moment. :-/

:(

Where's my activation code?

fuck you spam filter, i thought the internet hated me for a minute there

Huh? Did they make the Atease board registered only all of a sudden?

I've listened to it twice now.
I think I like it.

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.

guys we're getting almost doubled by the comments on the oink torrent.

What does that mean?

Need to get home. I really want to download this album!

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.

It's so warm!

ysi?

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.

d/l real quick - now listening - warm is right.

Warm is good, most of their best material is warm. Radiohead have never been particularly good at doing chilly.

This may have been covered upthread, but am I right in assuming this record won't chart?

Xfm are doing a full album playback at 12 midday (NOW) listen in

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first established media review of the album posted by John Mulvey @ Uncut

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