Radiohead - In Rainbows

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.

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.

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

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

Sounds nice so far.

is there a pop song on it?

Yeah, there's about 10 or so I'd say.

Paul Morley blogging about it:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/observermusic/2007/10/rainbow_warriors.html

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 !

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.

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.

You can fuck off any time you want, thank you.

open up your ears - they have used similar sound construction techniques to talk talk on this album, e.g slow paced delicate drummimg

King Boy Pato: you do know that Talk Talk made more than just the two hits everyone knows, right?

Faust Arp sounds like Polyethylene part 1 crossed with Exit Music. But there's more to it once again.