I think the eraser is a really dark album.

Thats the point and not Amnesiac which blows goats

blows goats?!

 

you must be an idiot..or you would like the album

I'll probably be beaten to death for this comment but I cant handle Amnesiac. Kid A is ok but I tried listening to Amnesiac today and I couldn't make it to the end. So I put on The Bends... again. I'm addicted to that album right now

And radiohead have always matched the sound with the lyrics.

 

actually not always......Killer Cars, Let Down, No Surprises, Go To Sleep, etc...the music contrasting the lyrics, and there's a lot of that on In Rainbows as well...while the sound is uplifting, lyrically that's not always the case. take 15 step for example, don't you just wanna get up and dance to it? :dance: but the song is about rejection, isn't it? what about Nude, where that angelic voice croons sweetly informing us that we're all going to hell for what our dirty minds are thinking. :P

or the beginning of Arpeggi...sounds almost happy?...

In Rainbows overall sounds very bright and sunny and even blissful at times, but lyrically it's not all rainbows and unicorns, obviously.

 

blows goats?!

 

you must be an idiot..or you would like the album

 

what she said. :wacko:

Thats the point and not Amnesiac which blows goats

 

:laugh3:wtf

I'll probably be beaten to death for this comment but I cant handle Amnesiac. Kid A is ok but I tried listening to Amnesiac today and I couldn't make it to the end. So I put on The Bends... again. I'm addicted to that album right now

 

I agree with you.

 

But this gives me an idea for a pointless poll

Oh god, He's got an idea! Stand back!

I love Amnesiac : it's almost becoming my favourit RH album, ex aequo with OKC. What's sure is : I like it a lot better than Kid A.

blows goats?!

 

you must be an idiot..or you would like the album

 

:lol:

 

I don't get amnesiac hate, its probably my 3rd fav album of theirs.

Thats the point and not Amnesiac which blows goats

 

:freak:

 

:bomb:

 

:worried2:

Amnesiac is my second favourite. I enjoy it more than OK Computer to be honest.

It's hard to rank my favourite RH albums in order, but here goes...

 

1. OK Computer (their ultimate classic; my #1 album of all-time) 10/10

2. Kid A (perfect from beginning to end) 10/10

3. In Rainbows (again, perfect from beginning to end... It's really, really great) 9.5/10

4. The Bends (their most brilliant pop album) 9.5.10

5. Hail To The Thief (all ace tunes, but doesn't 'flow' well) 9.10

6. Amnesiac (terrific Kid A twin, but some tracks are just a waste of space > Hunting Bears, The Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Pulk/Pull...) 8.5/10

7. Pablo Honey (good, for what it's worth) 7/10

6. Amnesiac (terrific Kid A twin, but some tracks are just a waste of space > Hunting Bears, The Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Pulk/Pull...) 8.5/10

 

How dare you insult that wonderful track! ;)

It's hard to rank them because like most will put OK and KA at the top, and amnesiac and HTTH are usually then near the bottom, it doesnt mean they are bad though hah.

How dare you insult that wonderful track! ;)

 

no, but seriously. i don't get Pulk/Pull hate. like, i don't really get how one can say Kid A is 10/10 perfect with Kid A and Treefingers on it and then in the same breath proclaim Amnesiac goatshit for having Pulk/Pull and Hunting Bears on it. wtf?

 

It's hard to rank them because like most will put OK and KA at the top...

not me :sneaky:

Amnesiac and HTTT are at the very top of my list. :wacko:

:lol:......are you joking? You know you could be teasing just to make my statement wrong haha so you know just checking :D

I've never realized how beautiful Backdrifts really is.

:lol:......are you joking? You know you could be teasing just to make my statement wrong haha so you know just checking :D

 

no, i'm absolutely serious.

i love HTTT and Amnesiac more than any other radiohead album.

I've never realized how beautiful Backdrifts really is.

 

 

oh oh ooooooooooooooooooooh you fell into our aaaaaaaaaaaarms, you fell into our aaaaaaaaaaaaaarms...

 

:sneaky::D

 

 

:) fair enough. I do hate all the HTTH hate too that you get on the messageboards and that critics know it as their worst, too. I think its just that people are too obsessed with comparing every new album to OK and Kid A, because of the major feats they achieved.

:) fair enough. I do hate all the HTTH hate too that you get on the messageboards and that critics know it as their worst, too. I think its just that people are too obsessed with comparing every new album to OK and Kid A, because of the major feats they achieved.

 

critics don't know it as their worst. if you look at the reviews, most of them are in fact more favorable than the reviews for Kid A and Amnesiac.

i think the problem is that most people tend to think that HTTT is a political anti-bush album, which it isn't at all. i mean, the topics that it touches upon are truly timeless. but overall, it's not an easy listen to some. so of course most gush over In Rainbows now just because of how easy to listen to and beautiful it is.

not many see HTTT for what it is, but rather for what they wish it was, but isn't. but it is what it is...dark, frantic, aggressive and grotesque, just like the fucked-up world we live in.

True, i like that last line, the world is very far from perfect....

 

Yea i see what you mean about the critics, in that they critisise amnesiac and kid a for being harder to get into, but i get the idea that critics talk about htth as patchy, even though they deemed it as a 'return to form' in some ways (more return to guitars etc). But yea i was a bit frustrated when one review of in rainbows said they were turning into snow patrol!

True, i like that last line, the world is very far from perfect....

 

Yea i see what you mean about the critics, in that they critisise amnesiac and kid a for being harder to get into, but i get the idea that critics talk about htth as patchy, even though they deemed it as a 'return to form' in some ways (more return to guitars etc). But yea i was a bit frustrated when one review of in rainbows said they were turning into snow patrol!

 

HTTT's disjointed chaotic nature is an integral part of its concept. only those who don't get it will criticize HTTT for it.

 

aye, the comparison of In Rainbows to Snow Patrol is insulting. but i sorta see where they're coming from. i've read some user reviews and it seems like a lot of people who never liked Radiohead or liked them during The Bends era go absolutely apeshit (in a good way) over this album. ermm...it's very 'pop' sounding, if you know what i mean. not that it's a bad thing...whatever Radiohead does, it's of the best variety, even if it's pop.

 

 

:wacko:

some bits from HTTT reviews...ahhh...make me feel all warm and fuzzy:

 

Alternative Press: There's something for everyone here.

 

Spin: It feels more like a band playing to a multitude of strengths than the formal wrestling of Kid A.

 

Pitchfork: For its moments of gravity and excellence, Hail to the Thief is an arrow pointing toward the clearly darker, more frenetic territory the band have up to now only poked at curiously.

 

Urb: The band seems more comfortable in the studio than ever.

 

The Onion (A.V. Club): Radiohead effectively split the difference between its best-known incarnations on Hail To The Thief, which brings the group's Consecutive Great Albums total to a remarkable five.

 

Uncut: For all its muddied textures and sideways lurches, it is a magnificently engaging and expansive work.

 

Dot Music: It's startling that a commercial rock band could sound this blood-and-oxygen vital, this meaningful and mighty six albums into their career.

 

New York Magazine: Hail to the Thief is overloaded with miraculous sounds.

 

PopMatters: An incredible album from a band that continues to redefine its boundaries.

 

Delusions of Adequacy: This is truly an album that will stay with you once you’ve let it work its way in.

 

Amazon.com: Like all of the band’s best work, Thief requires more than a few listens to fully appreciate, but those who stick around will be richly rewarded.

 

Rolling Stone: Despite the anger and bitterness, Hail to the Thief is more musically inviting than Radiohead's last two outings.

 

Mojo: Coheres as well as anything else in their canon.

no, but seriously. i don't get Pulk/Pull hate. like, i don't really get how one can say Kid A is 10/10 perfect with Kid A and Treefingers on it and then in the same breath proclaim Amnesiac goatshit for having Pulk/Pull and Hunting Bears on it. wtf?

 

I find that Kid A and Treefingers both fit into the album more than perhaps Hunting Bears or Pulk/Pull. For example Kid A is the perfect build up for the National Anthem and Treefingers is a perfect beautiful instrumental to happen right after HTDC.

 

Pulk/Pull just seems to pop out of nowhere after Pyramid Song, a complete shift in gears. I really enjoy the song just because of all the sounds that are going on in the song are interesting.

I find that Kid A and Treefingers both fit into the album more than perhaps Hunting Bears or Pulk/Pull. For example Kid A is the perfect build up for the National Anthem and Treefingers is a perfect beautiful instrumental to happen right after HTDC.

 

Pulk/Pull just seems to pop out of nowhere after Pyramid Song, a complete shift in gears. I really enjoy the song just because of all the sounds that are going on in the song are interesting.

 

it pops out of nowhere, cause it's amnesiac...it forgot where it's supposed to be. everything in its wrong place. :wacko: