Radiohead - Airbag/How Am I Driving? [EP] [Limited Edition]
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Free Music Review: Reminder
Hit: 5 Stars
I rewriting a review here because one I wrote about this EP over 4 years ago somehow got lost in bizarro world.
I wrote back then that it seemed all the reviewers here had overlooked the song "Reminder". Since that time it appears that some have recognized the genius of this song, which I think ranks among Radiohead's best. The EP is worth it for that song and Pearly, of course. I'd give anything to hear "Pearly" live and I've been to several concerts.
This EP is a little gem that may not be worth the price for some, but for diehard fans it's a must. All the songs range from very solid to superb. The sound and feel is certainly an extension to OK Computer and a nod to earlier albums like The Bends(think Palo Alto and Polyurethane).
Interesting note on the song Airbag - the opener from OKC. I found the production value on the EP to be less superior than on the album. This fact is probably normal for most EPs or maxi-singles, whatever you want to call it. However, I think to some degree this spilled over to the other songs that were never released on a real album. Point being, I wonder how incredible all these songs would sound with better production value.
Free Music Review: Awesome
Hit: 5 Stars
I don't know if this is worth paying 77 dollars for, but it sure is good. These songs all could have ended up on O.K. Computer, possibly making it the best double album of all time, but as it happened, these songs ended up on this somewhat hard to find EP. Here's a brief summary of each track:1. Airbag - As most readers probably know, this one's available on O.K. computer. Airbag is a fine track with all the standard Radiohead cordage. Awesome Lyrics. Crunching Guitars. Profundities.
2. Pearly - Great Song. More of the same excellence.
3. Meeting In The Aisle - Sadly none of Thom's vocals, but it's still a great song. It's something like a Techno song but it has that special Radiohead feel appended to it.
4. A Reminder - An ambling intro with lots of weird stuff going on in the backround and then the bulk of the song is slow and melancholic.
5. Polyethylene - Beautiful acoustic beginning leading up to a spectacular, swirling rock song.
6. Melatonin - Organ, drums, bass and Thom. Another really good song.
7. Palo Alto - One of Thom's discontment songs about society. Yet another spectacular track.
Free Music Review: Awesome
Hit: 5 Stars
I don't know if this is worth paying 77 dollars for, but it sure is good. These songs all could have ended up on O.K. Computer, possibly making it the best double album of all time, but as it happened, these songs ended up on this somewhat hard to find EP. Here's a brief summary of each track:1. Airbag - As most readers probably know, this one's available on O.K. computer. Airbag is a fine track with all the standard Radiohead cordage. Awesome Lyrics. Crunching Guitars. Profundities.
2. Pearly - Great Song. More of the same excellence.
3. Meeting In The Aisle - Sadly none of Thom's vocals, but it's still a great song. It's something like a Techno song but it has that special Radiohead feel appended to it.
4. A Reminder - An ambling intro with lots of weird stuff going on in the backround and then the bulk of the song is slow and melancholic.
5. Polyethylene - Beautiful acoustic beginning leading up to a spectacular, swirling rock song.
6. Melatonin - Organ, drums, bass and Thom. Another really good song.
7. Palo Alto - One of Thom's discontment songs about society. Yet another spectacular track.
Free Music Review: Ok computer revisited
Hit: 5 Stars
They might not be willing to deliver a full-length album sequel to OK Computer, but this EP should tie you over for a little while. Every track on this has been a favorite of mine at one time or another, and to this day I always listen to it beginning to end. Palo Alto is one of the best straight-forward (for radiohead, at least) rock songs I've heard in ages. Polyethelene will pull some emotional strings in part I and then knock your socks off in the aggressive part II. The instrumental piece is ethereal and pure, a wonderful departure. Pearly is haunting, and it gets better and better as time goes on. When I first heard this CD, I was already familiar with OKC and the Bends and considered Radiohead one of the best bands in the business. This release pushed them to the top of the heap for me. For the first time in my life, I felt that there was a uber-legitimate band in the process of creating musical history. Now, after the release of Kid A and Amnesiac, and having seen this band live at the gorge in Washington in one of the most life-affirming experiences I've ever had, I have to say, Radiohead is the best. Period.
Free Music Review: Simply the best
Hit: 5 Stars
Airbag is simply the best single (pushing to dethrone OK Computer for best album) ever by Radiohead (or that I have heard by anybody). [In a related note, I apologize for too many parentheses.]
It is a complete, beautiful EP that can be considered as an extention to OK Computer. Each track is melodically beautiful in its own right.
Palo Alto is remaniscent of The Bends, a driving rock piece with excellent use of dynamics and melody.
Melatonin is a chordal synthasizer piece leaning towards the Kid A/Amnesiac albums.
Polyethylene (Part 1 & 2) is a brilliant song which feels like it should have made OK Computer.
A Reminder, Meeting at the Aisle, and Pearly are all available on other EPs in some form and, while they are good, lack the unbelievable quality and mastery of the other songs.
All in all, this is a must have, whether you are a Radiohead fan or a casual listener, you WILL NOT find a better collection of music anywhere.
Buy this for your own good!