January 6, 200719 yr Author there are 4 albums left. quite obvious which albums, i think... any predictions? :rolleyes:
January 6, 200719 yr If Muse and Keane are both in the top 2, than there is something wrong with the music tastes of this forum...
January 6, 200719 yr If Muse and Keane are both in the top 2' date=' than there is something wrong with the music tastes of this forum...[/quote'] Why would you say that?
January 6, 200719 yr Author okay guys, i will now reveal the #4... maybe it will be a surprise for some of you... so who didn't make the top 3??? you'll know it in my next post :o
January 6, 200719 yr Author 4. Keane - Under The Iron Sea 8525 points 27 votes highest rank from busybeeburns (1), Chris015 (1), emilien88 (1), Azor (2), Loretin (2), markos (2), maxie1p (2), winnie (2), __therese (2), jspodx (4), mariapeinazo (4) and talisman (4) Reviews: Metacritic overall: 60/100 Q: 8/10 PopMatters: 4/10 Stylus Magazine: D Pitchfork: 4.1/10 Rolling Stone: 3/5 Entertainment Weekly: 91/100 Uncut: 7/10 Quotes: Even if Keane hasn't completely gone down with Under The Iron Sea' date=' the band is merely treading water here. [/quote'] Aside from a single misstep (the title track' date=' an instrumental that could serve as the too-ponderous theme for an art film about the rise and fall of Atlantis), the strings and things work well, adding density and drama.[/quote'] It would appear that Tim' date=' Tom and Richard have spent some time at the U2 School of Squillion-Selling Records, their final project sounding more expansive and dramatic than Hopes And Fears ever did.[/quote'] What they have done' date=' to their credit, is take the best elements from those bands--Radiohead's soaring melodies, U2's scope and volume, Coldplay's dogged earnestness--and combine them into something that, for much of Under The Iron Sea's running time, is a perfectly respectable alternative to, say, the likes of Train or The Goo Goo Dolls or to Coldplay's comparatively bland X&Y.[/quote'] Keane have talked up Under the Iron Sea as being bleaker' date=' more raw than their debut album. It is about the things they have seen over the last two years, the problems, the horrors, the sin. But Keane have not been uncovering the carcases of napalmed babies for the last two years. They’ve been playing music.[/quote'] Despite the rousing music and the earnestness of Tom Chaplin's voice' date=' Keane still sing passionately about not very much in particular.[/quote'] YouTube: Keane - Atlantic [media=320,240]http://youtube.com/watch?v=o3Q1hMkwKtc[/media]
January 6, 200719 yr Why would you say that? Both albums ain't great. Muse's album has a good start, but it dips in the middle to end with KoC. And Keane's album is just average, no real stand-out tracks which will be remembered in years to come.
January 6, 200719 yr Author 3. Thom Yorke - The Eraser 9790 points 31 votes highest rank from Lera (1), anniep_93 (2), busybeeburns (2), frostbitepanda (2), RadCold (2), staring elf (2), thinker (2), VERVE (2), anna111 (3), Chris015 (3), dajrekshn (3) and Erin (3) Reviews: Metacritic overall: 77/100 Stylus Magazine: A- NME: 8/10 Rolling Stone: 4/5 tinymixtapes: 7/10 Pitchfork: 6.6/10 cokemachineglow: 69% PopMatters: 7/10 Quotes: Where The Eraser sags is in the middle' date=' with tracks 3-5 falling particularly flat. Like too many of Radiohead's new songs, they contain a single weak idea dragged on interminably.[/quote'] The Eraser is a triumph. 'The Eraser' is Radiohead's fourth best album' date=' and not bad considering it's the first one with only one man on it. [/quote'] If anything' date=' The Eraser more than proves that Yorke, no matter how intriguing or forward-thinking his ideas, needs the democracy of Radiohead to ground his more angular artistic impulses.[/quote'] Slight' date=' but carrying a fair amount of weight, The Eraser isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s much more than solo-project divergence. [/quote'] The Eraser is full of moments when you wait for the band to kick in' date=' and it doesn't happen. [/quote'] YouTube: Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush (live) [media=320, 240]http://youtube.com/watch?v=wqs8EABl0H8[/media]
January 6, 200719 yr Thom!my baby.. :heart: thoguh i must say it surprises me baring in mind how little ppl here enjoy RH and still put this one on top
January 6, 200719 yr Author Thom!my baby.. :heart: thoguh i must say it surprises me baring in mind how little ppl here enjoy RH and still put this one on top it was a big surprise to see The Eraser in 31 lists. i mean it's certainly a good album, but somehow it doesn't fit into this top 10... but actually, after some ridicilously overrated albums that made the top 10/15, i'm not surprised at all...looks like everything can happen lol
January 6, 200719 yr Thom!my baby.. :heart: thoguh i must say it surprises me baring in mind how little ppl here enjoy RH and still put this one on top Uh... there seems to be more people who like Radiohead on here than any other band besides Coldplay... :huh: Don't let the naysayers get you down- I probably wouldn't have given them a proper listen without this forum ;)
January 6, 200719 yr Author i now have a dinner with some nice guests, so you won't know the winner till 8 PM CET let's say however... 2 albums left... i can reveal: surprisingly, the 2nd place got by far (6) more mentions/votes than the 1st place... even so, the 1st place beat no.2 by more than 1000 points... hmmm...
January 6, 200719 yr Nah I love The Eraser just because I love the music, not because it's Thom Yorke's album... So what the fuck. But I didn't excpect so many people to put it in their lists. And, unfortunately, that's maybe somehow Radiohead-love related.
January 6, 200719 yr Uh... there seems to be more people who like Radiohead on here than any other band besides Coldplay... :huh: Don't let the naysayers get you down- I probably wouldn't have given them a proper listen without this forum ;) I like Radiohead more than coldplay now i think. And this forum is a big part of why I started listening to many of the bands I now like.
January 6, 200719 yr Nah I love The Eraser just because I love the music' date=' not because it's Thom Yorke's album... So what the fuck. But I didn't excpect [i']so[/i] many people to put it in their lists. And, unfortunately, that's maybe somehow Radiohead-love related. I downloaded the Eraser before I ever listened to any Radiohead and I loved it which some people, myself included, may find rather suprising.
January 6, 200719 yr Nah I love The Eraser just because I love the music' date=' not because it's Thom Yorke's album... So what the fuck. But I didn't excpect [i']so[/i] many people to put it in their lists. And, unfortunately, that's maybe somehow Radiohead-love related. I waited until getting the CD before listening to the Eraser, and on first listen it was good, but I put the CD on last month and it sounded not as good as it previously sounded. It sounded like out-takes from the Kid A/Amnesiac sessions mixed with some tracks Thom did when bored.
January 6, 200719 yr I downloaded the Eraser before I ever listened to any Radiohead and I loved it which some people' date=' myself included, may find rather suprising.[/quote'] I think that might actually be it. Providing the top 5 is what I'm assuming it is, every one of these 5 albums were the 5 big albums that leaked onto this board before their release date, as far as I remember. Could be that more non fans bothered to listen because of that. An album is far more likely to get votes if more people have actually listened. I waited until getting the CD before listening to the Eraser' date=' and on first listen it was good, but I put the CD on last month and it sounded not as good as it previously sounded. It sounded like out-takes from the Kid A/Amnesiac sessions mixed with some tracks Thom did when bored.[/quote'] I downloaded it before I knew much Radiohead stuff, and it took me awhile to 'get' it. I usually have a listen and delete policy with stuff I download. I couldn't get rid of it. I would miss it whenever I did, and download it again. Finally after several months of this, I just went out and bought it, even though I didn't have the money to at the time. It's great for listening to when I'm writing or drawing or something like that- there's something about it that gets my imagination going in a way even Radiohead stuff doesn't.
January 6, 200719 yr What??!!? Eraser at 3?!?!!? ugh :sick: thats juts wrong... No, Muse in top two is wrong. I don't have any bad thing about Muse but man, BHAR was like, awful :sick:
January 6, 200719 yr It sounded like out-takes from the Kid A/Amnesiac sessions mixed with some tracks Thom did when bored. After buying Kid A I must agree with you on that.
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