Radiohead - The Best of (Special Edition 2CD)
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Free Music Review: Harsh EtheReality
Hit: 5 Stars
I am frequently a late comer to what is hip and cool. I had listened to Radiohead early on (Kid A, the Bends, Pablo Honey) but just didn't get it. In a twisted way I returned to Radiohead after my new found appreciation of groups like Coldplay, Muse, Keane, and the like. This Best of CD may not be all their best music but it is extensive and awesome. I couldn't stop listening to disc one with many of the familiar tunes but eventually found may way into disc two which is just as excellent in its own right. Songs like Let Down and Planet Telex really hold their own, even if they may not be their better known material.
Listening to Radiohead is a unique experience, and the critics were right about this group early on. I remember hearing an interview with Tony Banks from Genesis (one of my musical heroes), and he was asked who he liked in the modern musical scene. His first reply was Radiohead. I tucked that away in the recesses of my cerebrum until I finally "got it" about Radiohead. I can best describe them as a mixture of U2 and Beck. There is clearly the musical talent and the VOICE of Bellamy but there is also a distinctive push into a new style/genre of rock music that sets Radiohead apart.
If you haven't quite gotten into Radiohead, I highly recommend this collection. It has opened my ears to a group that has changed the direction of much of what we here today.
Free Music Review: For everyone else (and you)
Hit: 5 Stars
Radiohead fans will want every complete release. Because everything they do IS the best of. Sure, this is a compilation of highlights, but Radiohead has never made anything less. There are no filler songs on a single one of their cds.
Of course, die-hard fans have to get it all. A special edition collectors booklet is just enough carrot. Even a little Radiohead goes a long way.
So who is this really for? Everyone else. Get this for the friend who thinks you're talking about a part of your stereo system when you mention the band's name. Best Of is for your lover who wants to know you better. It's for anyone who doesn't know Radiohead.
Everyone needs to know Radiohead.
And yes, this is for you, the fan, even though you already have every single thing they've ever released. Even though you know that the best of is this and the rest of. It's everything they've done, are doing, and will continue to do.
Free Music Review: All the classics on one handy CD
Hit: 5 Stars
This is going to be an 'Indiana Jones 4' of on an album, you're either going to love it or hate it.
Its a great compilation of their best songs, the order is interesting, but any Radiohead fan will already have the majority of these tracks. Its just on one handy CD. For the newbies to Radiohead it's a great listen.
Yes, it's an EMI cash in since the band have left the label. All the classics are on disc one, the 2 Disc edition I would recommend, as it holds some of the more offbeat tracks and gives you more of a rounded impression of their music.
An alternative though would be to buy the Limited Edition Box Set and get them in all their glory, that's minus 'In Rainbows' mind.
This is getting 5 stars for the music.
Free Music Review: I'm the one this is meant for.
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm the type of fan that this compilation is meant for, to answer a prior posed question. I have OK Computer and In Rainbows, but no other Radiohead CDs. The music is great, and I heard songs that I liked from the past, but hadn't even registered in my head as being from Radiohead(such as Creep). This helps me catch up with the band.
Also...if you like this, you need to look out for Tom's brother's CD, coming out July 18. Andy Yorke fronted the band The Unbelievable Truth, and the couple of songs I've heard from the new release show that it promises to be outstanding. The solo CD will be called Simple.
Free Music Review: The Sons of Pink Floyd
Hit: 5 Stars
Excuse me my hereticism of view , but after listening to this 2 cds back to back for 2 days on good cosmic mind organic self i could be convince that this is the reencarnation of Pink Floyd . The overall music mind set is just that , incredible music for our times , from early Chicago , to King Crimson ( horns and all ) , with some Young Marble Giants in the way , the Smiths and the Buzzcocks ... Anyway , buy it , steal it , borrow it , estimulate yourself with good soul cosmic music ... Inmerse in the times we live , insane and tragic and lovely fearful and who could really care for me if not myself ...