Radiohead - In Rainbows
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Free Music Review: Still briliant
Hit: 5 Stars
Radiohead remains one of the most creative musical collaborations ever. Every one of their albums is fresh innovative and extremely tight. This is no exception. Buy it!Free Music Review: Radiohead rocks, again.
Hit: 4 Stars
"In Rainbows" is yet another killer album from Radiohead. I do believe it will take me a few more listens to rank it up there with some of their previous work...not quite as natural to me as they were...but I will get there. I can see why this was called one of the best albums of 2007. It seems like the guys from Radiohead will be turning out rock music that is both unique and thought-provoking for a very long time to come.Free Music Review: Why all the nay-sayers?
Hit: 5 Stars
I don't write many album reviews (in fact, this is my first) but I wanted to throw my two cents in here. I gotta say, I'm a little confused by the overall negative and/or ambivalent reaction to this album. I'll admit this is definitely not as groundbreaking or inspired as, say, Ok Computer, but I don't think the greatness of a past release should be used as a template for judging everything else a band produces. If you look at this as just a rock album, it really, really works. I'll even go so far as to say I enjoy In Rainbows every bit as much as Ok Computer and The Bends. (I'd say the same thing for Hail to the Thief as well.) It's subtle and subdued but it still retains the same kind of complex, ambient, distant sound that you aren't quite sure how to label. I'd say if you're a fan of good music and you're not expecting Ok Computer Part II, you can't go wrong with picking this up.
Free Music Review: An instant classic - 4.5 stars
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been a long time fan of Radiohead. To this day The Bends destroys most "alternative rock" albums being made. OK Computer is a masterpiece, after countless times listening to it it still sounds fresh and interesting. Kid A and Amnesiac, while interesting at first haven't aged quite as well, mostly because they lacked honest to god songs (although HTDC is one of my favorites). They're more like tone poems. Hail to the Thief had some great songs but it was scattershot and all over the place. So it's been since OK Computer that I felt that Radiohead made an album that had both great songs and a great cohesive package of mood and tonality. In that sense In Rainbows is a triumphant return to excellence. 9 of the ten songs on here are fantastic (Sorry House of Cards, you're pretty boring) and Radiohead has finally mastered mixing the organic sounds of the entire band with the electronic sounds of Thom and Nigel (their producer). Phil sounds better and more precise than any drum machines and Ed and Johnny get to dust off their guitars and play, although I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to hear Johnny going apes&^t on his guitar. Colin continues to be a main driving force in the songs with his slick, rolling bass lines looping in and out of the songs.
This is not an earth-shattering, ground breaking album like OK COmputer and Kid A were. Those albums were paradigm-shifts in the sound of Radiohead and the sound of alternative rock in general. While Radiohead is just one of many influences modern bands have, there's no denying an overall shift in the style of many bands towards adopting a more electronic sound. Instead, this album is more of a refinement. Taking their previous sounds and shaping them into something new and exciting and at the same time organic and satisfying. It's a welcome return to Radiohead the band that writes beautiful songs rather than the Radiohead that writes beautiful noise.
Free Music Review: No Leprechauns Here...No Pot of Gold
Hit: 1 Stars
0 of 69 people will find this review helpful. To begin, I have listened to every Radiohead album. I would call many of them masterpieces and even indulge in the Reggae Tribute to Radiohead. But, this CD...it's self indulgent woo is me and made me realize that Thom Yorke's style served as a template for boredom in music. I had just purchased a new stereo and thought a modern CD would be a good way to showcase the music. I was wrong, like that $20.00 lottery ticket that loses same concept. This is a band that you never hear anything negative about and any album they release will be praised to the heavens. Good for them, but after buying every Radiohead cd thus far and just selling the majority of them later on..... 5 star reviews I'm not falling for them anymore. I think perhaps this music is so ahead of its time I just don't get it. Upon listening the music drones and the lyrics sound like teen angst high school woe is me poetry. Radiohead you are not taking my money anymore. I will always listen to the Talking Heads song "Radiohead" and think wow this song inspired a band to rip me off and keep coming back for more. Brilliant artwork, brilliant album title but there ain't no Leprachauns or Rainbows here. No pot of gold either. The sublimity of Radio head though is I could say its sad that people flock to each new release by positive reviews and not give other new artists a try but, thats not radioheads fault they sell the cd for any price on their website. The purpose of this review is if you like artists like VNV Nation, Cocorosie, Antony and the Johnsons, Sparks, Pulp, Nico, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Morrissey, T Rex...then go buy or try a different band. Don't waste any of your money on Radiohead. Go buy a $20.00 scratch off ticket instead then you might find yourself in a rainbow rather than this sewer of a CD. Don't Buy it Now. Don't even buy the mint used copy I have up for sale. Save your money.