Radiohead - In Rainbows
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Free Music Review: blah
Hit: 3 Stars
It seems although thom yorke hasc given up all attempts at actual words but, to his credit his vocal abilties are still present. Its as if he plays his vocal cords as an instrument, eerie mellow and undoubtably couthe. His genious is present but it feels simialar lane staleys efforts in his final years. I hoped for an angelic almost surpassing effort perhaps better than o.k computer alas.... but when alls said and done it still better than 90 percent of the s**t nowadays even if its drab by there standards. Buy it, listen too it and tell me if you still feel it cause i do---------substance_x_06611@yahoo.comFree Music Review: radiohead have done it again
Hit: 5 Stars
radiohead have shown once more why there are the only true band that relly matters the create great album after great album.this is my 2nd favorite album in the world only behind ok computer wich will never be beat.IN RAINBOWS is perfect from start to finish and these are the most beautiful songs they have ever done.thanks to radiohead for blowing my mind with everything they do.get this album you will not be dissapointed it will stick in your mind and thats a good thing.Free Music Review: Nowhere near as good as the 2007 live versions
Hit: 2 Stars
For those lucky enough to have heard the live versions of these songs found on the Internet from their 2007 American tour, they'll probably notice they grooved and moved far more to those tracks than the extremely boring, mellow versions found on "In Rainbows". Thom was inspired as all hell at those shows, and it showed in the music, but this album is simply a bunch of boring rehashes of great songs done way way better live on the small theater stages in 2007. And what the hell did the band do to "4 Minute Warning" on the bonus CD?! They butchered what was probably their best song since "Exit Music"!Free Music Review: In Rainbows is a Capstone to a Glorious Career
Hit: 5 Stars
Why does it seem that the serious artist that will be remembered far beyond their death were fairly miserable and penniless in the end? Is it the artist mentality? Is it the lack of commercialism? Is the disconnectedness from the everyday mundane world that sets them apart? Whatever it is, Radiohead has that quality. I highly expect them to die a penniless and love-less death, like Mozart, like Dali, like Bosquiat, like Miles Davis...need I go on? I highly suspect this is Thomas Yorke's lot in life. Just because he and his band of Radiohead's are so far head and antlers above the rest in musicality and inventiveness. Yep, they are heading for an early and tragic end. Just watch and wait, and you too will be entertained.
"In Rainbows," is yet another genius work. Let me tell you where I'm coming from. I was a very very reluctant Radiohead fan. I started with OK Computer when it came out and approached it with the attitude of, "What's the hype?" I listened to it along with my wife in a drive along the beaches of Normandy in France. I wasn't sold. I kept buying Radiohead albums and wasn't converted until let's say Kid A. I, all the sudden, started seeing them as more than modern day Pink Floyd rip-offs and realized the musical worthiness was here to stay. Yes, Thomas Yorke was indeed a musical prodigy.
With "In Rainbows," Radiohead only steps it up a notch with the bar they set for all others to try to reach. Not only did they revolutionize the music distribution industry with their unique approach to "pay what you feel the work deserves" approach to album release but they again created something a cut above. They are indeed musical geniuses.
It's a solid mellow listen all the way through. From the opening track of "15 step," with its electronic other-worldness and it's danger mouse-like beats to the rocking "Bodysnatchers," Radiohead has a little something to meet all tastes.
If you want to get on the bandwagon for a band that will be talked about in the same breath as the Beetles, Stones, and Floyd, then get Radiohead's "In Rainbows." If you want to miss the train, then certainly go pick up Madonna's latest, Brittney Spears or Kylie Minogue's latest hits. Don't miss out on these sublime Brit's. You won't be sorry. ...mmw
Free Music Review: Is it possible 231 reviewers before me could be wrong?
Hit: 5 Stars
Not a chance! I read somewhere that RadioHead fans would blindly accept anything this band produced without any critical thought because they are so firm in their convicitions that this band has the Midas touch - not the muffler & brake guys. BTW this may be a fact - they may even be from another planet - I should check with Charlie Manson. I have listened Radiohead's music since the mid 90's and I can listen to their CD's from the new to the old. One can sense the more mature sound in the later years but their early material is still very strong. It does not sound dated to my ears but then I may be well into my Geritol and Centrum Silver Formula years. Well whatever it is the more Radiohead I listen the younger & angrier I feel :-)
Having said that, the album's packaging is a disaster - a booklet rather than a jewel-case that took 10 days to arrive from Innuendo Entertainment which claimed First Class shipment. Innuendo's First Class delivery must be by truck or maybe the GrayHound Bus Service. I don't understand the card-board cd sleeve that's an "accident waiting to happen". Designed to scratch the disk surface rather than protect it. The decals were a nuissance too but they were not as annoying as the sleeve. Come on marketing & distribution executives, decision-makers and deciders - are you guys sharing a single brain cell? This is the best rock band in the world and you can't put together a servicable package for the consumer?
Music-wise there are no weak tracks on this CD. They are tastefully arranged and complement one another. The songs are creative, they have all the markings that they will stand the test of time, professionally mixed and recorded.
I am very happy with the audio aspects of this recording which IMHO is tough to come by in the rock recording business. I'm particularly impressed with the clarity and realism of the percussion instruments, the placement of the vocals, the layering of the sound effects, positioning of the instruments for the sound stage. On first listen I had a strong sense for the recording environment, the atmosphere and ambiance the artists were creating was vey palpable.
Needless to say RadioHead has to be the most significant rock band of our times. Not long ago I watched a 1994 concert DVD from the London - Astoria Hotel. Camerawork was very twitchy like somebody was experiencing a heavy rush of amphetamines or something similar because the lense could hardly focus on anything no longer than 2-3 seconds. But the music and the band's performance was top-notch and it probably was a no-brainer to the most casual audience member that this band was the real deal.
Rainbows is another confirmation that more cutting edge material is to follow from these highly talented musicians. I sensed no attempts at commercial fillers with any of the tracks. I respect their professionalism for not releasing anything before they were convinced the product was ready. If Radiohead somehow looses the magic - they can always be proud looking back on a great collection of recordings which redefined rock music.
One other thing that always impressed me about their approach is apart from their highly innovative material they have paid tributes in subtle ways to important musicians that came before them showing us the evolution of rock, the beautiful chords and rythms of by-gone years that can be improved upon, played with more dynamism, sheer virtuosity, sensitivity and courage.
Thank you for another gem!!! Dana Carvey & Mike Myer's are spot-on - "we are not worthy..."