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Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2003

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Hail To the Thief
Album Summary

Hail to the Thief is the sixth album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 9 June 2003 through Parlophone internationally and a day later through Capitol Records in the United States. It was the last album released under Radiohead's record contract with EMI, the parent company of Parlophone and Capitol. After transitioning to a more electronic style on their albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), which were recorded through protracted studio experimentation, Radiohead sought to work more spontaneously, combining electronic and rock music. They recorded most of Hail to the Thief in two weeks in Los Angeles with their longtime producer Nigel Godrich, focusing on live takes rather than overdubs. Songwriter Thom Yorke wrote lyrics influenced by the unfolding war on terror and the surrounding political discourse, incorporating influences from fairy tales and children's literature. The cover artwork, created by artist Stanley Donwood, is a roadmap of Hollywood with words taken from roadside advertising in Los Angeles and from Yorke's lyrics. Following a high-profile internet leak of unfinished material ten weeks before release, Hail to the Thief debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number three on the US Billboard 200 chart. It is certified platinum in the UK and Canada and gold in several countries. It was promoted with singles and music videos for "There There", "Go to Sleep" and "2 + 2 = 5". Hail to the Thief received positive reviews and was the fifth consecutive Radiohead album nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album; it won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Album.

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3.44

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Genres

  • Rock
  • Indie

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Jun 14 2022
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3

Am I the only one that thinks Radiohead is boring?

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Jul 14 2022
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Rating Radiohead is hard. I mean, this is a five star album. But it's less good than four or five five star albums by Radiohead. So I'm giving it four stars because relativity. Even though it's five stars in reality. You with me?

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Jul 12 2022
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3

Direct quote from my wife; “Oh my god that’s terrible. Turn it off.”

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Sep 26 2022
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Thom York and Radiohead continue to baffle me as to how they make so many albums that people love. I find him and his music tedious, boring ,and painful to sit through.

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Feb 18 2023
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In my mind, there are two Radioheads. Good Radiohead is thoughtful, provocative, and importantly, fun to listen to. Bad Radiohead is cloying, weirdly preachy, and gives you a tension headache if you listen to more than three songs in a row. This album is firmly in the latter camp.

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Sep 17 2022
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4

Angry, bitter and mesmerising. A clandestine club which you're not invited to.

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Jun 13 2022
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5

It listens as the album where Radiohead mixed the elements from their rockier-oriented career start with their later electronic experimental style. Call it a Kid A meets OK Computer. This was certainly not an album I 'got' in just one listen. It has taken a few proper sessions to get through the somewhat dark and inaccessible layers this album has. Not just musically, but lyrically the band seems to be a lot more cynical and angry than I've known them. But I'm enjoying the album more with every listen, mostly because there's so much to discover with every playthrough. There are so many details that are revealed with each new listen, and those details are presented in a truly varied way. There is rarely any repetition; the variety is huge and you're traveling quickly from one place to another, which sometimes makes the album feel a bit disjointed at the start. But after a few listens I think only We Suck Young Blood is a lesser song on a truly great album. Slowly this might be becoming one of my favourite Radiohead albums. I'm putting it at 4,5*, but this album might end up as a 5* album in a few years if I revisit it.

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Oct 14 2022
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I already told you twice, I hate Radiohead. And this album certainly isn’t going to change that. Fuck off, wankers.

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Aug 08 2022
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4

The most challenging and abstruse Radiohead album by far - even more so than the juvenile effort of Pablo Honey and the rhythmic jungle of TKOL. Took me years to get into and appreciate this one as a whole, so I fully understand all the low ratings here. The crowd-pleasing '2+2 = 5' is a fitting opener, as while it seems to herald a return to Bends-ish territory from Kid A/Amnesiac the shifting 3-act structure belies the melodic and rhythmic menagerie that follows. From here, the complete downshift into 'Sit Down' thus begins the surprising, hills and valleys that make up this LP. I think this is far and away the least polished RH album, especially given that Thom's lyrical subtlety is about as smooth as sandpaper throughout ("Fuck Bush. Fuck you, Bush. What were you doing in Iraq, Bush?"). Themes aside, even the instrumentals and vocals sound slightly rawer than the vacuum-sealed electronic efforts that came before. That's not to say they lack interest or staying power - 'Where I End' was one of the first Radiohead tracks I listened to on repeat solely for the bass, '2+2' shreds obviously, 'Young Blood' builds to one of the most satisfying climaxes in the group's discography, and even 'Gloaming' has a bit of frenetic charm to it. In describing these tracks, though, it's clear that the melodic throughline is a bit lax. Rather, the thing that holds this burgeoning mess of tracks together is the airtight production and distinct instrumental palette throughout. It's a recalibration period for the band, a step back to OKC territory but with a bigger synth presence after the practice afforded on Kid A and its twin. At its heart, however, is Amnesiac 1.5 in disguise - listening at all to Thom's lyricism betrays the same sense of curdled hope that has passed through cynicism into bitter despair. So yeah, there's a lot going on here. Not all of it works, it's bumpy tempo transition-wise, and some of it just isn't even palatable the first time around. But despite its flaws, the LP presents such a logical step in the band's discography and overall sound that it shines in context (and honestly presents some experimental pathways I wish the band had followed). I don't fault anybody who hates this on first listen or just doesn't get it - an album that requires understanding an entire band's output to 'get' isn't perfect by a long shot. For me, though, I keep coming back to this runt of the litter LP that wears its 'Scatterbrain' on its sleeve and finding things new to love about this band.

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Jan 17 2023
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I’ve heard this Radiohead song before. It’s most Radiohead songs. With only a couple exceptions.

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Aug 30 2022
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Fuck I hate Radiohead. This is about the 600th album of theirs here, because they're from the UK. What an absolute chore to get through. It just kept going and going and fucking going. Made muse sound exciting. 1/5.

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Jul 12 2022
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5

I've heard this one before and I know it's a 9.5/10 the last .5 is saved for OK Computer and Kid A lol

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Oct 16 2023
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This cockle eyed cunt has a brass neck calling anybody else a thief. He’s been stealing a living for the last 25 years.

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Dec 20 2022
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2 Radiohead to me is the musical equivalent of Rick & Morty, in that I tend to find their fanbase insufferable. In both cases, they’re largely comprised of devout fanatics that seem to think a certain level of intellect is required to appreciate the content, when really it’s nowhere near as complex or as clever they make it out to be. While I don’t outright hate the band or the TV show themselves, I do think they’re largely overrated and that the fans need to take it back a notch or two. Anyway, that being said, I’ve heard a few Radiohead albums in my life, but this is the first I’ve heard Hail to the Thief. And idk, coming off of OK Computer and Kid A (I admittedly haven’t heard Amnesiac), this seems like they were playing it a bit safe? In some ways, it feels like the “lite” versions of those albums - the hints are there, but you never quite get a full taste of the real thing. To put it more bluntly, it’s boring, and it doesn’t flow nearly as well as their previous work. I’ll give credit where credit is due when we inevitably see more of this band’s work pop up on this list, but… this one? Really? Didn't completely hate it, but not super interested in listening again. Decent songs: Go To Sleep, There, There, A Wolf at the Door

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May 31 2023
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It kind of bugs me. The guy is probably a millionaire and adored by his fans yet he's still moaning like a bitch. And I can't make out any of the words. To me it just sounds like a whinge for the sake of it. Absolute twaddle.

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Aug 27 2022
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Ok the highlights on this album were incredible, with “2 + 2 = 5” probably being my favorite, but “There, There” and “Where I End and You Begin” also being standouts. At this point in Radiohead’s discography, there were 2 groups of fans they had: those who preferred their more traditional rock sounds of “The Bends” and “OK Computer”, and the other group of fans who preferred the more experimental/electronic sounds of “Kid A” and “Amnesiac”. Personally I’m in the former, but I feel like this album does a good job of bridging the gap between those two camps. This album is pretty political and that can get pretty one-note and tiring, especially when you add in the fact that this is Radiohead’s longest album, coming in at 56 minutes. Overall, I really enjoyed it, but it wouldn’t be the first Radiohead album I’d recommend to someone. Solid 7/10

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Nov 12 2022
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I'm not a fan of Radiohead in general, but this is their worst album on this list so far. 90% just pretentious electronica. It seems mainstream music was generally pretty lost in the 2000s.

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Sep 29 2022
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Drivel. His whiney voice is so annoying

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Sep 14 2022
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5

Ah. This is fabulous. I'm not a Radiohead-junkie but bit part hit fan. So I knew nothing of Hail to the Thief, experimental electronics led album. But it's great. I know the band didn't love the album, but I love the sound. No hits, no filler (Radiohead disagree) a proper album.

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Sep 15 2022
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4

Even tho it's not The Bends or OK Computer, this album is really good, and I find it to be extremely overlooked compared to other Radiohead LPs, which is a shame

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Apr 10 2023
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Overall not a big fan of their more Rock-y sound, I wish they'd stick to their creepy electronic stuff. I was thinking no song really stands out, but then Backdrifts hits with an absolutely wicked intro. We Suck Young Blood could've been shortened to We Suck, that song is awful. The whole second half of the album was disappointing to be fair..

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Aug 05 2022
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I couldn't even get through this album. This is where Radiohead lost me. So whiny and depressing.

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Dec 08 2022
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5

This album came out at a transitional time in my life, so my memories of it aren't as strong as they are with other Radiohead albums. It was right before I moved to Providence, away from everyone I knew, save for my alcoholic girlfriend who was moving with me. It was a fairly lonely, but eye opening year, and I was soaking in all kinds of new things - not least of which was a grim sense of reality that didn't so much start to sink in, but slap me in the face. This album is great - a natural extension of what they established on their previous two albums. It's Radiohead. It's amazing. But this is where my engagement with them starts to drift away. This was partially due to somewhat painful associations with ex-girlfriends and the fact that I didn't need their existentially sad sound at that time in my life. It would've put me over the edge to wallow in it. That and I think they were starting to repeat themselves a bit here. Not that I don't love the sound but it didn't surprise me in the same way that their previous albums had. I'm not gonna say there were no surprises, but I feel like they had settled into a creative comfort zone of sorts. Understandably so, as they were pretty much universally revered by this point, and could easily rest on those laurels. They were a big fish now, a whale really, and I suppose being that size it was harder to make sharp turns or change directions.

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Dec 08 2022
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5

Listening to this just reaffirms for me how Radiohead feel so far and ahead of most music in the list, but I'm extremely biased. Production wise its top notch. Reading the Wikipedia again, it's interesting to hear it was a very focused 2-week effort to record in California, like a "summer camp" retreat. It's manic, it's frantic, and it encapsulated the times... and still does. I love that a lot of the album was just recorded, then they moved on and didn't dwell on it as much. Of course, this only works if you're really fucking good. Some of Radiohead's best live banger in here: 2+2=5, The Gloaming, There There, Myxomatosis all go hard live but they are all top notch on the album as well. I know the band is not fully happy with the end mixes and there is disagreement between them, but I think it's great as-is. There is a leaked early version that is interesting for the hardcore, but the differences are end up as minutiae. For further listening, Glastonbury 2003 is divine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sAoHCiTqUc

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Sep 17 2022
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5

Great album! Compositionally very fresh and complex but still holds a beautiful simplicity.

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Sep 17 2022
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5

The drunken voice inside my head is telling me it's time to go home. I stumble into a bush and rest. As I lay there Hail to the Thief flicks a switch in my mind and the night is illuminated. The rain pours down and drowns my soul, but a glimmer of light claws open my imagination and a chasm of colour drains out into the world. It's coming at me at 3 million miles an hour and my heart is racing, chasing, embracing the wonders within.

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Jul 26 2022
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5

Tous les albums de Radiohead pourraient se retrouver sur cette liste vu qu'ils ont toujours cherché à se renouveler et ont presque toujours surpris à chacune des sorties d'album à partir d'Ok Computer. Cet album est un grand favori pour plusieurs pour le retour plus marqué des guitares et instruments plus acoustiques. C'est effectivement le point déterminant de cet album, mais les expérimentations de Kid A et Amnesiac sont bien maitrisées et servent bien les chansons ici. On est en territoire plus accessible en terme de mélodies, mais avec un petit edge intéressant dans l'emballage. Je crois pouvoir affirmer sans me tromper que c'est l'album qui se situe au centre de ce que Radiohead peut livrer comme chansons rock indies et expérimentations électroniques.

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Jul 11 2022
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4

It’s a very solid album. However it did not blow me away like kid a/ ok computer did. There are a few stand out tracks: there, there being my favorite. But the album doesn’t beg to be listened to straight through the way Kid A does for me.

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Jun 14 2022
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Couldn’t stand listening to this

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Sep 07 2022
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5

Still one of my favorite Radiohead albums, so many poignant tracks, catchy riffs and solid bass lines

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Jul 10 2022
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5

Every song is a banger or is super memorable. I listened to this album years ago and still recall so much of it. Between hypnotic electronic ragas to and cryptic political rock bops, this album has a little something for every mood.

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Jun 27 2022
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Hi. I might be the weirdo that thinks this is, song for song, my favorite Radiohead album. (I loved "In Rainbows," too, so consider yourselves warned.) I'd have to listen to "The Bends" again, but yeah. For me, I have always felt like they got the balance of the alt-indie rock stuff they'd done in the past with the electronic and looser song structure shit they were into on the two previous albums just right on "Hail to the Thief." It's a moody record. But they didn't forget that distortion pedals and guitars exist. But they added more vocal harmonies and let the bass guitar lead a little more here and there. I don't know. It's a weird mix and I know even Radiohead fans are soft on this one, but I saw them live on the "In Rainbows" tour and "Myxomatosis" just destroyed. All three of the final tunes here are as good as anything they've done, imo.

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Sep 03 2022
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Massive fan of Radiohead. I got this album as a bday present from a friend when it first came out. I haven't listen to it nearly as much as The Bends, OK Computer, King of Limbs, In Rainbows. Going through it again is a bit of a trip. Might require some additional listening, but really really solid album too. Is it their best? Probably not. Stand out tracks: There There, Go To Sleep, Myxomatosis.

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Nov 03 2023
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You: Mom, can we get Radiohead? Mom: We have Radiohead at home, honey. Radiohead at Home: Hail to the Thief

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Jan 11 2025
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5

I thought this would be a hard one to rate. This is a great album with plenty of bangers, including some of their most straightforward & accessible made this side of 2000, but it's generally not considered to be top-tier Radiohead. I remember liking it a lot on release, but in my mind it stands in the shadow of the albums found on either side of it. It also *feels* front-loaded to me even though there's plenty of good stuff in the back half as well. Maybe it's the sequencing, maybe it's the fact that Scatterbrain is pretty weak, and I've never been huge on Wolf at the Door either. I had to go back and bump my 4 rating to a 5. It might not be Radiohead's best, but it certainly deserves a top-tier placement among the 1000+ albums here.

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Jan 10 2025
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5

They say it ain’t as good as the best but they lie.

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Jan 01 2025
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5

Not the best radiohead album but better than most albums on this list.

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Jun 08 2024
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5

One of my all time favorite albums, especially with headphones. Atmospheric and still melodic, challenging and still accessible. I've listened to it a hundred times and still find it fresh. Instant 5 stars.

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Nov 06 2023
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5

I sincerely like Radiohead for a lot of reasons, but not in a "listen to two full Radiohead albums in a week" kinda way. pro level sad bitch music lol

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Aug 30 2023
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5

Radiohead <3 10/10 of course Top songs: - 2 + 2 = 5 - Sail To The Moon - There, There - I Will (though prefer the LA version) - A Wolf At the Door Most people say it’s the weakest RH album, I love it

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Mar 21 2023
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I have always maintained that even the worst Radiohead album is still a 4/5. And this is not the worst Radiohead album (that would be Pablo Honey). Radiohead is a band that hits me in all the right ways. I love their instrumentation. I love their dark, melancholy, eerie sound. I love Thom Yorke's voice. If I had to choose one band to name as the "perfect" band, I would probably say Radiohead. Hail To the Thief is not my favorite of theirs, but it is still a perfect album. Zero skips, and nearly every song gives me chills at some point or another. Beautiful song after beautiful song. I'm glad this album popped up because it has been a few years since my last listen, and rediscovering it was fantastic. Standout Tracks: "Backdrift," "There, There," "A Wolf At the Door," "A Punch Up at a Wedding"

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Mar 03 2023
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5

Not my favourite Radiohead, but it’s still Radiohead

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Feb 08 2023
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5

Despite being a very local band, I'd not really listened to much Radiohead until quite recently, and I had been sort of unsure about what I thought of them. There were definitely some songs I enjoyed and others I was initially unsure about. This is the first Radiohead album I've listened to in its entirety and I have to say that I loved it. The riffs are great, and I loved how somber and calm beginnings often swelled into driven electronic climaxes. It was a pleasant surprise to see how electronic-focused this album was. Judging by what others have been saying, I don't know if this'll be my favourite Radiohead album by the end of the list, but I must say that I really enjoyed this. Favourite: Go To Sleep

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Jan 24 2023
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5

It feels weird to say it but this is for sure radioheads most underrated album, an absolute masterpiece in my opinion

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Aug 21 2023
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Still to sad for me but I like it more now then a few years ago. This actually had some very great moments.

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Sep 26 2023
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Whining while I hit my tin can. Waaaaah. Search a dreamer. 2 and 2 is 5. Waaaah. Now it sounds like it's skipping. Sit down. Waaaah. Stand up. Waaaaah. Bell noises. Waaaah. Oh, Sail to the Moon is so goo--oh wait, he's whining again. Nevermind. Backdrifts, ooh, spacy, panning, damnit, he's whining again. This would have been so nice if he would just stay quiet. The music is tolerable on this one. Go To Sleep. Sigh. Where I eeeeeennnnnnndddddd....waaah. I wish it would end already. We suck. (young blood). Clap. Oooooh. Whining. Clap. WTF is going on? Are you toooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn WAaaaaaahhh Holy fuck make it stop. The Gloaming. Oooh, sounds cool. More of this clippy Autechre type snare and weird FX. Cool. So far so good. FUCK. He starts making mouth noises again. There, There. Drums. Made it 60 second before the whining. I Will. No. I most certainly will not. Iwoooonn''tttt leeett thissss happennn to my ccchhiillldreeeen. WTF A Punch Up At A Wedding, ooh nice piano, annnnnd he's droning again. Welp. Myxomatosis - Wow. Synth. And depressing singing again. I don't. Know. What. I. Feel. So. Don't. Know. What. Please stop. Scatterbrain - OOOOooooooh, no. A Wolf At The Door - Oh, he's talking now. Don't you dare. Don't you dare. Don't you dare. The worst thing I have ever heard.

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Sep 19 2023
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Shite wrapped shite with a squishy shite centre

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Aug 15 2023
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My second Radiohead album after Kid A (1/5). Boy, do I hate Radiohead. I'd rather listen to 57 minutes of complete silence. Or maybe just the music without the whiny ass singer. One of the songs is called "We Suck Young Blood." They should have just shortened it to "We Suck" and then given that title to all the songs and the album too. I know I'm in the minority in hating this band, but that's my opinion.

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May 23 2023
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With all their genius they forgot the tune.

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May 21 2023
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Absolute snooze fest what the actual fuck.

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Feb 02 2023
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Out of tune art-rock. Music to slash your wrists to. Can't listen to this, it's rubbish.

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Dec 20 2022
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I'm way behind and going to attempt to catch up over next couple weeks so my reviews my be brief.... This album was a big WTF. Not a fan and won't re- listen.

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Dec 13 2022
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Sorry I know they are musical geniuses and I'm a philistine but its nails on a chalkboard stuff for me. Probably should be a 2 but I'm exaggerating for effect.

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Jan 20 2025
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I have this record in my cd collection. Hail To The Thief was my first radiohead album, I bought it during the pandemic. Now, I feel greatful about this 1001 almbus generator because it´s been a long time since I played httt again.

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Jan 10 2025
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5

Not my fav album of theirs but I still love it so

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Jan 09 2025
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5

Underrated album in their catalog but one of my favorites.

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Jan 06 2025
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5

Love this album, more than most it seems.

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Jan 06 2025
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5

Possibly not as great as OK Computer but in some ways even better. This is a straightforwardly super collection of glumtastic indie with an extra slollop of icy piano, beats and synths plus a few regular full-throttle rock moments like on the scintillating opener 2+2=5 , strident lead single There, There and folksier Go To Sleep. Myxomatosis towards the backend is another doomy, searing hellscape of a highlight. 4.5 stars because there are a couple of threadbare moments like on I Will and Scatterbrain but I would be inclined to round this up to 5.

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Jan 01 2025
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5

Penetration! Penetration! Penetration! Haha gotta love Radiohead. No matter my mood, they have a way of bending it into something a little more complex. I'm not going to say negative or dark.. because there's something so inherently beautiful about their delivery and exploration. So much creativity and feeling. I hope this music is an outlet for them as much as it's an ..inlet for me..?

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Dec 28 2024
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5

Fresh off the back of what is probably the best commercial music concept of all time in Kid A/Amnesiac, in the wake of 9/11 and the ensuing Global War on Terror, Radiohead assimilated a near-hour concoction of uncertainty, anger and existentialism in song. Fluttering between the frenetic guitar-driven indignation that they mastered with The Bends and OK Computer and the relatively recently-established electronically-layered masterclasses mastered in the aforementioned back-to-back of Kid A and Amnesiac, a combination of the two alongside political motivation to form a successful album seemed unlikely, but not impossible. And as heard within this gripping hour of experimentation with that robust, friendly, guitar-based backing, they’d done it again. It’s not part of the ‘holy trinity’ of OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows, but put it in any other rock band’s catalogue and it’d be among their very best.

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Dec 19 2024
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5

Never had an issue with Thom's voice, and it's great to hear to used as another lead instrument on this effort. A lot more glitchy and electronic than previous albums, but it all works and there is the usual fine musicianship on show.

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Dec 16 2024
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5

Big Radiohead fan but first time listening to this, pleasantly surprised. I actually think the high points of this album are better than Kid A in some respects but unfortunately just lacks the complete consistency to get itself there. 9/10 Fav tracks - 2+2=5, Sit Down. Stand Up, Backdrifts , Where I End and You Begin, There There, A Punch Up at a Wedding, Myxomatosis Least fav - none

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Dec 13 2024
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5

its really great, the instrumentals are amazing. lots of variety

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Dec 06 2024
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5

It's the devil's way now, there is no way out. Walk into the jaws of hell. I sucked the moon, I spoke too soon and how much did it cost? We're rotten fruit, we're damaged goods. May pretty horses come to you as you sleep, where I end and you begin. Are you sweet? Are you fresh? Are you strung up by the wrists? We want the young blood, we are accidents waiting to happen; I won't let this happen to my children. A bully in a china shop, when I turn around you stay frozen to the spot. I don't know why I feel tongue-tied. Lightning fuse, power cut, get the flan in the face.

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Dec 02 2024
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5

All the hallmarks of a Radiohead album that you come to expect, with no filler or fluff.

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Oct 21 2024
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5

Best shit: "2+2=5", "Where I End and You Begin", "We Suck Young Blood", "The Gloaming", "There, There" (top 100 songs ever IMO), "I Will", "Myxomatosis", "A Wolf at the Door". That's most of them. This shit fucks. 4.5/5

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Jun 15 2024
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5

The second Radiohead-album I bought and still one of my favorite. I love the atmospheric, melodic and energetic sound on this album with electronic elements, driving drumbeats and basslines and nice guitars. Very diversified. Favorite tracks: "2 + 2 = 5", "Where I End and You Begin", "The Gloaming", "There there", "A Punchup at a Wedding" 4,5

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May 19 2024
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5

Definitely one of those bands and experiences where a good set of headphones really adds to engagement. The tracks can be pretty challenging, though most of them find a pretty unique groove and just nail it (Sail to the Moon, Where I End and You Begin, There There). A great sonic experience.

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May 16 2024
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5

I love this album. I'll admit that I don't always reach for it like I do with in Rainbows or Kid A, but it's just fantastic front to back.

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May 15 2024
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5

My favorite Radiohead album. A perfect collision of the rock songs of OK computer and the sonic experimentation of Kid A.

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May 05 2024
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5

This is without a doubt Radiohead's most underrated album. It was the last one I got round to listening to when I was first getting into them, and I'll never forget it. I'd heard that it wasn't one of their best, so I left it until last. And I was blown away, and it still holds up now to me to this day as a very well established Radiohead fan. 2 + 2 = 5 rivals Bowie's Five Years for the greatest opening track on an album of all time, and Sail To The Moon is one of the most musically complex songs ever written. And the back half of the album still continues to impress, with songs like A Punch Up At A Wedding, Wolf At The Door, and Myxomatosis being some of the best on the album. Thom's voice is showcased beautifully on just about every song, and really shows how he is one of the best vocalists of his time.

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May 04 2024
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5

I didn’t like this album at first, but came around on it big time later

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May 03 2024
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5

Great album. A return to the more rock centric of The Bends and Ok Computer ilk.

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Apr 28 2024
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5

Great, creative, and fairly accessible for a Radiohead album. A Wolf At the Door, There, There, 2+2=5, Sit Down. Stand Up, Where I End and You Begin, were all good songs. It was just a strong album overall. Not Radioheads biggest hits, but still captures a style I really like. A 4.5.

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Apr 25 2024
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5

Sososososo good. Remembering prosecuted hamburger security

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Apr 24 2024
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5

A deeply complex album with so many great sound scapes of distorted synths and guitars. Goes in so many directions of beautiful melodies and darkness. A very special album.

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Apr 21 2024
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5

Great album. Radiohead has a knack for making sounds so unnatural yet music so good. They have better than this, but that's more for how good Radiohead is rather than any fault of this record

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Apr 19 2024
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5

Outstanding!!! Not really listened to this before… now I’m going to work my way through all their albums.

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Apr 18 2024
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5

The album has so many beautiful harmonies and arrangements amongst all the anger and bleakness. ‘Where I End’, ‘Go to Sleep’, ‘There there’ and ‘Punch Up’ are all just brilliant. ‘Sail to the Moon’ has the dreaminess of stuff to come on ‘In Rainbows’. Not their best album, but some tracks are up there amongst their very best.

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Apr 12 2024
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5

Relative to other Radiohead records, it isn't a 5, but it's still Radiohead and better than 90% of the rest of these albums. Pretty sad.

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Apr 05 2024
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5

As a huge Radiohead fan, I had never listened to this album. I was 13 when it came out and only listened to emo and rap so that's probably why. The cover looks like something Basquiat and Monet would have made together and I quite like it. It's crazy how little Thom's voice has changed over the years. He sounds like this still on his most recent The Smile album. Would love to listen to this with headphones, half way through and its absolutely up my alley. Part of my library, boom!

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Apr 05 2024
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5

This album has some amazing textures and is a perfect blend of electronic music with a full band. I love Radiohead so much

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Apr 04 2024
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5

It's funny because I don't have a very good memory of Radiohead from this period. I'm a kid from the '90s so Creep is part of the background noise I grew up with and loved, but starting with Kid A, I felt like I was losing my balance, the music was off/odd, it was a bit too strange for me; more likely I was not yet ready for it. I listened to Kid A not so long ago and loved it and was surprised how easy it was to listen to and how great it was (compared to my old memories). I remember well when Hail to the Thief came out (partly because of the huge "fuck you!" they addressed to the music industry and greedy artists like Metallica, releasing the album for a "pay what you want" price) and I remember having a hard time wrapping my head around their music. And now, years later (and a reasonable number of strange music listen to in the mileage -- Igorrr, amiright?), I feel at home. It's a great album: it's diverse yet coherent, the electronic bits are well used and the other instruments still find their place in the mix, Thom Yorke voice is of course still great, it's kinda entertaining in its bizarre way.

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Mar 26 2024
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5

One of my favorite bands. Evolutionary. Arguably one of the best bands of all time. Due to constant change and never settling for a tried and true sound that gets radio play or the guaranteed dollar makes this band interesting.

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Mar 25 2024
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5

Several Radiohead albums I would rank higher than this, and yet it is still a 5 star album for me. A Wolf at the Door is an excellent closer.

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Mar 23 2024
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5

This is my favorite Radiohead album. A little biased, but I think their best. So much originality when it first came out.

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Mar 19 2024
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5

the transition from the end of i will and to the beginning of a punch up at a wedding is so good favorites: 2+2=5, there, there, myxomatosis and a wolf at the door (new fav jam!)

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Mar 19 2024
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5

One of my favorite Radiohead albums!!! I love all the songs but my faves are Wolf at the Door, Myxamotosis, Where I end and you begin, sail to the moon, and Punch Up!!!

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