the sucky part about this stream is that there are no tracklisitings!! lol I have to go search for it... lol

Well for those who are interested, in case you're still listening to that leak that came out back in May, BUY THE ALBUM! or I guess u can download it now but the quality is MUCH better in the mastered version, and some of the songs have different/proper intros (i.e. analyse).

 

So pick it up! Also, black swan is in the credits for that new keanu reeves movie "a scanner darkly"

the stream is excellent quality as well..... but I can't wait to buy it. :nice:

Got my Copy today!!! :D :D

 

the Artwork looks very good....

the Artwork looks very good....

 

hail to Stanley Donwood ;)

Ah damn parental advisory!! WTF I hate being 17! :(

 

Oh well I'll just go get it later and take a parent along with me. :D

i got the leak but i am definately no doubt about it getting the album...its just as and when i have the money to get it :confused:

w00t that was shortlived. I love this album; completely blew away my expectations. Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich are gods. It took me a while to realise just how simple everything was, but put together so masterfully.

 

My favorite is probably Black Swan, though all the rest are so good. Skip Divided and It Rained All Night, and maybe Analyze are also standouts.

While its creator cites recent inspiration for its inception, "The Eraser," the new solo album by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, has been long in its genesis.

 

In 1999, Radiohead was the most popular band on both sides of the Atlantic, each hemisphere salivating with anticipation for the follow-up to 1997's stupendous "OK Computer." At its creative and commercial peak, the band had established itself as the most talented atmospheric group since the Roger Waters incarnation of Pink Floyd.

 

Where "OK Computer" was a sprawling, oceanic masterpiece of melodic exploration, however, "Kid A" was a barren, distant and lunar endeavor into the depths of beats, electronica and synthesizers that the group had only hinted at before.

 

2001's "Amnesiac"was a more subtle, muted effort that echoed the nuances of "Kid A"and more firmly established the band's ability to fashion song structures around a synthesized foundation.

 

In 2003, "Hail to the Thief" reconciled the divided Radiohead fan base by featuring songs that would appeal equally to those preferring the band's work from "The Bends" through "OK Computer" and those who held favor with the work from "Kid A"onward.

 

In early 2006, as rumors abounded as to Radiohead's plans for a new album, Yorke, lead singer, guitarist, pianist and visionary, announced that he would release his debut solo album, "The Eraser," in July.

 

In many ways, as "Amnesiac" was "Kid A's" successor, "The Eraser" is "Amnesiac's"successor. It was inevitable that, as the band regrouped and brought guitar-based rock back into focus, as it seemed to be doing with "Thief,"Yorke would be anxious to release his impulses in some form or another. And, as a Radiohead double-album seems unlikely (though one can dream), "The Eraser"seemed to be the next logical step.

 

Yorke made it clear that the album was an individually conceived and entirely computerized venture. The piano, the guitar, even his own angelic vocals were all run through a computer before they reached wax.

 

Statements like this tempted skepticism. As powerful a front man as Yorke is, he shares a creative burden with multi-instrumentalist and lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, a man whose credits include a composer's position for the BBC.

 

This skepticism diminishes significantly at the introduction of the title-track opener. An elegant and rhythmic piano drone ushers in the metronomic bliss of Yorke's vocals, as he hits highs and lows with a casual brilliance that rivals Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin's work.

 

"Analyse", a fast-paced, "Amnesiac"-era track driven by hypnotic percussion and an ethereal piano loop, reinforces the apparent theme of insetting panic, frustration, fear and doubt that culminate in "The Clock," a scatterbrained piece swallowed by a thin but ever-present guitar hum and unsettlingly mechanical vocal effects by Yorke himself.

 

"Black Swan" returns to "Amnesiac" trends, reminiscent of "I Might Be Wrong," the namesake of Radiohead's 2001 live album, but unlike that song, and much of that album, the song gets boring quickly. Here, Yorke finally begins the loss of momentum that he had effectively avoided for the first half of the album, and the listener is forced to confront the problem that anyone but die-hard fans of artists like trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack or avant-guard rockers Stereolab eventually reaches: This is not a rock album, this is an electronica album.

 

"Skip Divided" and "Atoms for Peace" are almost identical in their incessant repetition of essentially the same rhythm, and when played back to back (as they are unfortunately positioned), there is no distinction between them other than the vocal direction Yorke chooses.

 

"And It Rained All Night" shows a little more vocal flourish, a little more instrumental thought, but its potential is squandered as Yorke refuses to challenge himself melodically; polished monotony is still monotony.

 

There is a brief return to form with "Harrowdown Hill." Supporting the beat structure is a human-sounding guitar riff and a more varied melody, a Christmas present in the midst of a heavily calculated electronic winter.

 

There was a great amount of promise, when it was announced that the track would close the freak-out science fiction film "A Scanner Darkly, for the album's epilogue, "Cymbal Rush," and, like that announcement, the track shows similar promise. Unfortunately, a song that spends most of its minute-and-55-second lifespan incubating under an electronic surface is never given the opportunity to fully blossom.

 

"The Eraser" is true to its title; in the album's wake, nothing remains. These are the sounds of utter ambivalence; passion, optimism, anger are all absent. Only the growing sense of paranoia is present, and even then, only as the mechanistic conclusion to the equation that Yorke has laid before the listener.

 

To say that "The Eraser" is a disappointment is unfair, because there are those who will relish a full-on electronica effort, albeit fewer than those who enjoy moderately accessible, relatable rock music.

 

The album also helps to answer the question of the repercussions of a wholly electronic Radiohead sound, and why it was in the best interest of the band to return to guitar rock. In an effort to make a truly synthesized album, Yorke ended up creating a stifled, claustrophobic creation; ironic in that the album was supposed to allow exploration outside of the confines of the band.

 

"The Eraser" has its shining moments, but the composition overall is hampered by its obstinacy to creative input. Those anxious to sample Radiohead at its finest should start with "OK Computer" and work their way inward to "The Eraser." None should question Yorke's abilities as a musician, but this album seems self-indulgent and unnecessary at a time when other projects should be holding his attention.

 

Final rating: 3.5 out of 5.

 

Source: http://www.dailyrecord.com

The Drunkk Machine just leaked! It's the b-side for harrowdown hill.

 

It's pretty good! :)

Got my Copy today!!! :D :D

 

the Artwork looks very good....

I saw a whole article about it in my design magazine.....was great! I love the design on lino print!!! Its the kinda thing Ive been doing all year at art college and it looks awesome on that front cover!

 

My brother just got this album so Im gonna listen to it this weekend....Harrowdown Hill sounds great already when I heard it on the radio.

i have heard the drunk machine once and it sounds pretty good!

 

awww kara i didnt know you were studying art i love art! :) i'm doing it for sixth form in september as one of my subjects.

I've heard many opinions about this album and somewhy people mostly say it's a bit disappinting. But I don't know, I love it. There's a couple of songs that I don't love that much but the rest is just awesome. And Cymbal Rush... Oh, it's just genius.

as for reviews...

 

there was one in croatian newspapers and as soon as read that that critic person thinks last three radiohead cd's were disapoiting (for him) and that eraser is better in that perspective (but lame anyway)i stopped reading...how can anyone say kid a is disapointing.. bs

 

eraser is greaaaat.

^^ i know i dont see why so many people say they are a little dissapointed and reviews say its self indulgent and there was no need to do it or whatever but i am happy with each song for its own reasons.....

The Drunkk Machine just leaked! It's the b-side for harrowdown hill.

 

It's pretty good! :)

 

What?? could you PLEASE upload it? :D :D

It has?

HERE

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/28198079/The_Drunkk_Machine.mp3.html

 

 

 

Sounds great......whack up the volume!

HERE

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/28198079/The_Drunkk_Machine.mp3.html

 

 

 

Sounds great......whack up the volume!

 

Thanks mate! :)

anymore of the single leaked?

^^ i know i dont see why so many people say they are a little dissapointed and reviews say its self indulgent and there was no need to do it or whatever but i am happy with each song for its own reasons.....

 

totally ;)

Haha...I can't believe it...but they played Thom Yorke on the radio yesterday....I think it was harrowdown hill.....the first song I've heard now of this album....I liked it..

I'm coming home, I'm coming hooome....

 

I love the HH video, very creative.

I'm coming home, I'm coming hooome....

 

I love the HH video, very creative.

 

Yes, awesome video to an awesome song.

haha...they said on the radio that this is probably the only song of this album you can play on the radio..