Hail To the Thief

Alright, mix of good and bad

Appreciate the longevity and the style, but just cant get into it like the fans can. Thom is impressive but it goes stale after 4 or 5 songs

3.5/5. This was good. Not my favorite Radiohead album, but good.

I thought I would end up liking this album more, as I've had some interest in listening to Radiohead for a long time, but I feel that I'm missing something here. Maybe I'd like their older albums more than this one. I think it picked up with the last five or so songs, but I was kind of bored before that. Nothing really grabbed my attention. My favourite songs were 2 + 2 = 5 and A Punch Up At a Wedding.

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Radiohead, for as much praise as they get, are not perfect. That's not to say that Hail To the Thief is bad, it's just sandwiched between two fantastic sound-defining albums. Amnesiac, released just two years earlier, was a dark and atmospheric album that purposefully explored electronic and even ambient spaces. Hail To the Thief would be followed up by In Rainbows 4 years later, which was a lush, mellow rock experience that was more grounded in it's sound. Where does that leave Hail To the Thief? Our awkward middle child is anything but. It confidently wields synths against dissonant guitars. Drummer Philip Selway plays an instrumental part of the sound as he provides a strong foundation as the rest of the band explores strange new sounds. If Radiohead is to be remembered for anything, it's their willingness to experiment. While I am open to the band expanding their sonic pallet, this is one of the times where it has varying success. While other albums have a more consistent tone and theme to them, Hail To the Thief feels like it doesn't know quite where to hang it's hat. This is further exemplified by every song having two titles (unnecessary) and the cover art being a messy word collage that evokes no strong feelings. That's not to say that all of Hail To the Thief is bad. Some of Radiohead's best songs are on here (2 + 2 = 5 and There There come to mind). Radiohead's capacity towards great output is not diminished with this release, it just doesn't quite match the same level of excellence set by the albums before or after it. It's a perfectly serviceable album that I don't see myself returning to any time soon.

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Welp, there were a few tracks that I would describe as slower chill beats. Those were interesting, mainly for the highly stylized use of random sounds and synth. Best complemented with a dark, complex stout. Then there were several tracks that were angrier and didn’t have much melody. As in most Radiohead work, the lyrics are intricately woven and meaningful, with this album politically driven at times. Lyrically, their absolute worst album can be considered 10x better than a ‘best album’ from one of dozens of late 80’s boozy hairbands. But I’d probably enjoy the lighter lyrics with those bands, along with a cold light beer. I still like The Bends and Kid A much better.

Solid album by the always reliable Radiohead. Can't say I'm really a big fan, but I appreciate that they release some good listenable music with so much other crap in the world. I don't know if I believe the hype about the band, but they are enjoyable enough. 3.5/5

The difference between "Ok Computer" and this album is whopping. I prefer the first since my taste for electronic music is not so accurate and, usually, I'm not too fond of it. Still, I must assume that some songs caught my attention—a solid 3 stars in my not-so-solid personal rate system.

I am a fan of the earlier Radiohead albums. By the time this one came out, I had lost interest. I had never listened to this album in its entirety and it IS notable. But not enjoyable. I feel like I’m wading through treacle. There were a couple of really decent songs: 2+2 = 5, There, There. Admirable work, guys. You are great at experimentation but you lost me on the ride.

3.7/5

I just don't 'get' Radiohead. No doubt they are very creative and hugely talented musicians who make varied and intricate music, but their songs and albums just do nothing for me. This isn't one of their 'rated' albums but, although a bit overlong, I thought it was fine. With repeated listens the political themes and musical subtleties may become more apparent, but why would I put in the work when there are other artists I enjoy infinitely more straight away? Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: 2 + 2 = 5 Date listened: 16/11/22

I tend to overlook this album when listening to Radiohead discovery. This is a good album and most likely deserves its place on the list. It just happened to be in the shadows of the other Radiohead true masterpieces. And I would still even prefer the Bends and Amenesica to this. But an average radio head album is still a very good album.

I find that Radiohead is one of those bands that you have to get to really enjoy - and I don't get them all that well. The evidence being the fact that I thought Creep was better than a chunk of these songs. When the record veers more into regular alt rock with songs like Go to Sleep, There, There or Where I End and You Begin, it sounds great. When it teeters the line between that and more atmospheric elements like We Suck Young Blood & Sail to the Moon, it's still fun. But when the songs start sounding like the soundtrack to an alien abduction, that's when I tune out.

Es el tercer disco que ya me tocó escuchar acá de Radiohead. Este no me llamó tanto la atención.

Some of it is brilliant, some of it veers perilously close to pretentious bullshit. 3 stars.

Thom Yorke has a pleasant ghost alien voice. Not my fav Radiohead album, but still great. I always found this one to be a little creepy

I've never listened to this before - I know Radiohead more for their earlier albums like The Bends or OK Computer. Other reviewers are dropping 5 stars but saying it's a challenging listen that requires multiple listens to really get a lot out of it. This is a challenging listen, but I don't want to listen to this multiple times to leave a review so I can possibly get everything out of this. I thought listening to this album was more of a chore and isn't really immediately accessible unless you've been watching Radiohead change as a band from their earlier output to this. I'm sure it's a good album, but it's just not really for me.

Most certainly not my favorite Radiohead album, but it is certainly creative and pushes boundaries. I think the electronic incorporation is cool, but it is better done on In Rainbows. Not to say that it isn't good, it's just not the best and not nearly my favorite. Highlights: 1, 12, and 14.

‘There, There’ elevates this album from a two.

I once saw this as one of Radiohead's weaker releases, but it isn't bad at all. I think this is one of those albums that grows on you over time.

3.3 + I might rank this Radiohead album below Pablo Honey. Mostly it sounds like a Thom Yorke solo project, which tend to fixate on beats and textures and less on tunes and ideas. There are a few clunkers, most notably “Sit Down, Stand Up”, which kills the flow of side A. The best moments are when Yorke lets in the rest of the band - “There, There” and “Go To Sleep.” A boring and confusing mess.

Ce n'est pas mon album de Radiohead préféré. À la longue, je trouve le ton plaintif un peu lassant.

Nice

Hail to the Thief is the sixth album by English alternative rock band Radiohead. The album is critically acclaimed, it won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Album in 2004, and has been certified platinum in the US. Compared to previous Radiohead albums, this one feels a tad long and lackluster. It still contains the same type of art rock music, but centered more on guitars which I can appreciate it. This may be one of the poorer performing Radiohead albums.

This album felt super boring. I don’t really have much positive to say, but it also wasn’t bad I guess

this feels like a step backwards for radiohead given what i know of their earlier work. it’s….fine. 2+2=5 is solid, but everything else is meh.

just radiohead really, innit? very melancholy slow, jammy, mellow -Sit Down, Stand Up -Where I End and You Begin -Myxomatosis

Not their strongest.

Good to finally listen to some Radiohead. I can see its appeal to some (many, apparently) with some great atmospheric sounds and vibes. But it’s not something I’m likely to come back to. So once again, three stars from me.

Sometimes criticized for not being as much of a reinvention as their previous few albums, this is a bit of a return to a more standard style (more guitar, keyboards, more recognizable song structures, recorded quickly and in a more live format), although this could hardly be accused of being a ordinary or by-the-book album. I find it a bit of a relief to return to something more approaching a band-like format rather than the deliberate and extreme experimentation of the previous few albums. It is hardly OK Computer, though. I found this pleasantly listenable, if not particularly memorable or enervating. It is nice to hear the occasional guitar that sounds like, you know, a _guitar_.

Didn't much fit with me, some good moments but in the end feels like is something I wouldn't want to listen again

Best Song: Sit Down. Stand Up. I really like the flurry of chaos that happens around 3:00 in. I wish the album were full of more moments like that. Worst Song: Scatterbrain. Melancholy caterwauling. One of those songs where I don't have an emotional reaction, despite the vocalist's attempts to emote really hard. Overall: Probably my favourite of the three Radiohead albums I've had thus far, if only by a small margin. Still, I'm left wishing their songs were on average more adventurous than they end up being.

Very melancholy tones and distorted sound.

Good

was ok

I love this album it gets my wife right in the mood. Fred West

I'm trapped in a basement

niet heel onder de indruk voor mij klonk dit als ne typische zweverige zagerige radiohead

Vocals are great and emotional as usual for Radiohead. The lyrics are also pretty good in general. But the style is too electronic for me, some songs are unlistenable to, giving me an instant headache (the gloaming, myxomatosis)

Weird. Like normal Radiohead. Not for me

Yeah it’s good. It’s Radiohead, right? It’s just a bit too meditative and less gripping. Perhaps I should be kinder. Ok, three stars feels kind.

Dit is na OK Computer het eerstvolgende album waar ik weer enigszins aanhaakte. Maar niet alle nummers kunnen mij bekoren, dus ik houd het op een keurige drie sterren

Not bad, but parts that are too angsty/dark for me. Parts of this sound like In Rainbows, which is cool. Not exactly my cup of tea but I'm glad I listened to it.

Dang, they must have the whole Radiohead catalog on here. Someone's a Radioheadhead. As usual, quirky music, lots of atmospheric synthy stuff going on, faint industrial production. I liked a number of tracks, but I agree with Alex's assessment that this is on the lower end of the RH albums we've had, possibly the bottom. Still decent, but not much to write home about. Favorite tracks: Sit Down Stand Up, Backdrifts, Myxomatosis. Album art: I do like this one, I've seen it before and had no idea it was Radiohead. Looks like a melting heap of license plates. 3/5

Las 3 primeras canciones son un rollo. Las 3 siguientes están bien; Go to Sleep, de hecho, está muy bien. Con We Suck Young Blood vuelve el muermo, pero encima con berreo. There, There también me gusta. PD: No me gusta que en el libro valore los álbumes en relación al historial del mismo artista/banda, porque eso no aporta nada a explicar por qué hay que escuchar ese disco antes de morir (a.k.a. por qué es un buen disco).

A very, um, challenging listen. It did get better each time I tried again, but I’m at the point where appreciating is gonna lose out to enjoying every time.

Liked In Rainbows more.

Suave y un tanto melancólico. Buena voz y con algunos arreglos correctos. A medio camino entre el pop y el rock suave

Þetta er mögulega sú plata með Radiohead sem ég hef sjaldnast hlustað á. Hún er ágæt.

Cool variety, nice soundscapes, great guitar and synth tones on this. Really enjoyed scatterbrained and there there

Very eerie, but good.

Another radiohead album... It amazes me that an album which has (IMO) radioheads best song as its opener can then drone on to such nothingness... its a 3 because 2+2=5 is great and there's one more song that's pretty good but I can't remember the name lol

tHERES BEtter Radiohead AlbubMs

Good soundscapes. Potential for a second listen, but nothing that caught my attention immediately.

Weird! but good!

Like a soundtrack to a movie set in a future dystopian society

I've always shied away from Radiohead. Too big, too ambitious. But it has to be better than bloody Coldplay. Hail to the Thief was a pleasant surprise. Some lovely harmonising and melodies. It feels a little dated and of the time with the subject matter. The world was a different place in 2003 when all we had to worry about was The War on Terror. This has quite a rainy day feel to it. Which was fitting as I listened to it on the day we had our first downpour in a couple of months.

Curiós que fins i tot el pitjor disc de la banda estigui a la llista, tot i que sembla que va desparéixer en les últimes edicions. Malgrat ser clarament la seva obra més fluixa, continua incorporant tots els elements que han fet de Radiohead un nom intocable. Aquí simplement passaven per un moment baix d'inspiració

This is a difficult one for me to rate. I really do like the band, and maybe even more than that, I appreciate how innovative and groundbreaking they are. But, I don't know what any of these songs are about. I enjoy this album, more than the two preceding it, but OK Computer stands as the high water mark for me with this band. There is almost something deliberately obtuse about some of this music, which I also appreciate. I'm vacillating between a 3 and 4 on this (it's a 3.5 damnit), but saving a 4 for the Radiohead albums I'm more likely to better understand. So many great moments on this though — I love how Yorke uses his voice as another instrument in the arrangements.

La canción que abre, que fue sencillo y que creo que es la mejor del disco pone la barra bastante alta para el resto y al no ser fan de la banda, creo que nunca vuelven a llegar. No es mala música pero me despiertan nada.

Going into this, I know “2+2=5” and “Punch Up at a Wedding.” I like ambient and electronic music, though I never really got into Radiohead, who seem to famously fuse those sensibilities with rock. I read that 1) this album was recorded primarily with live takes to kind of dispel the machiney sound with all the electronics and 2) the themes are largely dealing with BBC coverage of the War on Terror, words infused with more emotion than they were reported with (according to Thom Yorke). I was born around this time, so I can only wonder if this album captures the atmosphere of the moment. So far, I think “Backdrifts” is a really standout track — I like the feel and the lyrics. The vibe dramatically shifts from that song to “Go to Sleep,” which is an acoustic guitar forward song. I really like “Where I End and You Begin.” There’s a dark sense of foreboding throughout this album — an attempt to unravel parts of reality and a fear of what’s beneath. Thought “the Gloaming” was cool — many of these songs would sound great in movies. I understand that the overall effect of this album may have been meant to come across as a spontaneous and experimental unleashing of bad phrases and stuff on tv and in the press and in reality. “There, There” really felt like one of the only full-fledged songs with a clear arrangement, not necessarily making it the best (or only) song on the whole record, but definitely making it stand out. Yorke himself thought this track was Radiohead at their best. Not surprised to see this was the first single from this album — it definitely feels like a thesis statement. “Punch Up at a Wedding” is a good one, too. I’m determining that I like the instrumentation on most of the songs, but kind of wish Thom Yorke would be quiet. It would probably be cool to see Radiohead perform this live, but I can’t shake the feeling that I don’t think I need to ever listen to this album again.

Sometimes criticized for not being as much of a reinvention as their previous few albums, this is a bit of a return to a more standard style (more guitar, keyboards, more usual song structures, recorded quickly and in a more live format), although this could hardly be accused of being a ordinary or pedestrian album. I find it a bit of a relief to return to something more approaching a band-like format rather than the deliberate experimentation of the previous few albums. it is hardly OK Computer, though. I found this pleasantly listenable, in not particularly memorable or enervating. It is nice to hear the occasional guitar that sounds like, you know, a _guitar_.

Good chill rock, can be very slow and indulgent at times. Lots of ambience, if you're in to that sort of thing with rock music. It's personally too much for me.

Not such a fanboy of this album... Maybe my least favourite

Again, this would be like 3rd or 4th on my radiohead top albums list. Which makes me wonder where this list is coming from. Either they don't have ok computer and Pablo honey, which would be insane. Or they have at least 3 radiohead albums on the list, which makes me feel like the spots on the list are being inefficiently used. However, this was a decent album

kinda slow

yk i like radiohead, but this album just wasnt my cup of tea. a bit tedious.

Radiohead makes me sleepy

This was my first Radiohead album. I saw some release poster or something and thought “this is a band I hear about all the time lemme check them out”. I was underwhelmed and confused. Almost 20 years later and I’m happy to report that I’m still pretty underwhelmed and confused. This is almost good enough at times to rate 4 stars but then Thom Yorke opens up his whiney trap and I’m back down to 2. It averages out to 3 I guess.

Slow and plodding.

This is some fine stuff, but I'm still dealing with my deep, deep feelings of disappointment at this and the two previous albums in the wake of Ok Computer, which I loved. I wanted more of that, and just didn't get it. I wanted fan service! There's good stuff on all the albums, but none of it got anywhere close to OK Computer for me. Not fair to compare an album to an expectation, but that's where it is. Some bright spots on this one, though - 2+2=5, Sail to The Moon, Go To Sleep, The Gloaming

Rock alternativo. Se me ha hecho un poco pesado. Ni fu ni fa.

Sort of confirms to me that I don't like Radiohead. Heard some of their stuff before and always thought them dreary and depressing. This confirms it for me. It all blends into one sad listening experience

Didn’t enjoy, didn’t hate as much as I thought I would. I liked one song. Matey boys voice was doing my head in.

No standouts

Dang, they forgot to make the good tracks on this one. Few songs got there but not most.

did not enjoy this at all (1.6/5)

Again, not really my thing

Like I can tell it’s good but it just does absolutely nothing for me

Good first song, then it tails off badly and is quite boring unfortunately

I didn't care for the vocals, but the instrumentals were tolerable.

No one makes a full hour of Thom Yorke's insufferable whining and moaning with the least interesting, mind-numbing techno-piano alt garbage music quite like Radiohead.

Förstår fortfarande inte radiohead riktigt två bra låtar men vägen dit var verkligen inte rolig

Blech I just can’t get into Radiohead.

please stop making me listen to radiohead

love radiohead but this sucked

Honestly underwhelming. Too experimental for me

The more and more I dive into Radiohead I simply don’t understand what’s so polarizing about them. Half of their stuff we’ve gotten on here is just noise slop with super droney vocals. Sure they’ve got their hits, and they’ve got a handful of songs I enjoy. But the full album experience from these guys.. Is putting me to sleep 😴 Jesus am I becoming a boomer? Enjoyed the first track and everything went downhill from there. Idk man why does Thom sound like such a pompous all the time?

Another Radio head album that I don’t really understand. It’s a bunch of moaning with okay instrumental and lyrics that I’m sure mean something but it’s less poetry and more nonsense to me. Interesting soundscapes that really don’t engage me as this should. Thom Yorke and friends are in their bag you can tell they know what they are doing but it’s more of the same. Perhaps it leads itself more to the reinvention that comes from in rainbows but I could not be bothered to

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A very Radiohead album

did not like this one. starting tracks were good, quickly went downhill imo and i was just not interested by the second half. many tracks felt like they went nowhere musically and i got bored of the sound of the album fast. maybe im just a radiohead hater tho bc i can understand why ppl like them, this album just wasnt for me at all enjoyment: 32/100 fav: backdrifts least favs: the gloaming, i will

I’ve never really been much of a Radiohead fan but this album was melodically depressing for me.

Through this journey I’ve grown a greater appreciation for Radiohead, but as the 4th album of theirs I’ve received in this list (In Rainbows, Amnesiac, The Bends) I had a harder time getting into this one, even with several listens through/deep dive on lyrics, etc.

Compared to all their albums before hail to the thief this is average. Not a standout track amongst them. Political tracks take away from the tunes and melodies in previous albums

This is entry #4 on the list from Radiohead. Again, they must be a favorite of the list maker. The album cover is colorful. The music seemed boring and plodding. Nothing memorable here.

I feel like Kid A was the beginning of the end for this band. I dont hate Kid A by any means, but ever since, thier music has lacked that it factor that helped them bridge so many genres and gained such a diverse fam base.

Thom Yorke whining about american politcs over bland beats

Almost unlistenable I like a lot of Radio Head but this was painful, what I was able to get through. It felt more interesting than good. I couldn't even finish it.

Grumpy goths

I keep trying to follow where they are taking me, but I just can’t with this one.

Kinda creepy weird. Bailey's "is he going to kill me" album

I am not a Radiohead fan. Sorry.

Pretty tedious.

Never got much into Radiohead not sure why..but now I do..not horrible but

Meh. Never been a Radiohead fan. Fully aware it's not for me.

Просите, друзья, но я ненавижу радиохэд 🪦

Assuming the "1001 Albums..." Wikipedia page is correct, I've now listened to every Radiohead album in the generator, and I can now take a sigh of relief. As usual, the album was more of a vibe than an album. It had a few enjoyable moments, but it was mostly boring, forgettable, and just nonsensical noises. Favorite Track: "2+2=5". Favorite Radiohead album in the generator: "The Bends".

2+2=5 - 2/5 Sit down. Stand up - 2/5 Sail to the moon - 3/5 Backdrifts - 3/5 Go to sleep - 3/5 Where I end and you begin - 4/5 We suck young blood - 1/5 The gloaming - 2/5 There, there - 4/5 I will - 2/5 A punch up at a wedding - 2/5 Myxomatosis - 1/5 Scatterbrain - 2/5 A wolf at the door - 1/5

For me, Radiohead are either incredible or incredibly dull and very difficult to listen to. Sadly, this album falls into the latter. A 2 seems a little harsh but I simply wouldn't relisten.

tylsin radiohead

Se me ha hecho cuesta arriba

again, Radiohead. just like some women. Loud and Whiney. their albums seem to last for an eternity.

I never understood the love affair with Radiohead. It's borderline unlistenable. There are some glimpses of genius, but it's mostly just boring head music. I guess if I did drugs I would feel differently.

Very methodical. The lyrics seemed to be drone on.

Still not getting Radiohead.

Solid background music where every song sounds almost identical to each other and so allows you to focus on whatever else you want to focus on rather than listening to Radiohead.

Half of this was okay. The other half sounded like wailing and smacking spoons in a messy kitchen. I still don’t get Radiohead

It was good but wasn’t really in the mood for Radiohead

this is ahh but I liked 2 songs so

This is the album that radiohead imploded in on itself.

Radiohead are a band I just do not 'get' at all. I try to give every album a fair chance but this was so incredibly dull. The only word I can find to describe this is 'meh'.

They are so popular I just don’t get it. It just seems a little weird and boring.

Electro-trance-rock (?) album. 2.5

Radioheadin soundit ja tuttu laulaja. Tällaista samaa se on aina

no must listen to songs, just ok.

Never listened to Radiohead properly, but thought that it was generally dull music for dull people. Still, I was ready to have my mind changed today. There were flashes of interesting music and ideas, but no single song grabbed me particularly. So this doesn't get a passing grade today, but I want to keep my mind open for the next album of theirs on the list.

I dunno man. I get why people like it but its not me.

when i first saw that i had to listen a radiohead album i was like oh yeah radiohead, it has to be great. Now that i listened it i feel kinda disappointed. It doesn’t mean is a terrible album, it has some songs that are ok, but only a few.

Solid, Im not the biggest radiohead guy but it worked for me

what a tedious load of wank

This album is entirely about the legend Len Houmous 14/14 A Wolf At The Door

I just don’t care

There's a lot of stealing in this one for sure Second half gets slightly better but this still very pretentious

It's just much less interesting than it pretends to be.

Buen album, aunque no son mis vibes. Es la ansiedad hecha musica. Es incómoda y te genera vibes de main character whose life is falling apart. No es depre (que era como conocía a Radiohead), es paranoica.

Oh man, Radiohead are SUCH hard work, and they have SIX albums on here 🤦🏻‍♂️

Expectation: -> Can't be worse than Kid A, right? After listening: -> Indeed, clearly a step up from Kid A. Listenable. Not all that enjoyable. No tracks really stood out or that I plan to return to. There are some great Radiohead songs out there. Just not here. Track ranking: (skipped)

I thought I hated Radiohead for the longest time because Hail To the Thief was my first exposure. No, it turns out this is just a bad album from a good band, rightfully removed from the 1001 albums in later editions.

Album 155. Hail To the Thief (https://open.spotify.com/album/5mzoI3VH0ZWk1pLFR6RoYy?si=pCKvDa-tRuWKKe_uFOm6-A) — Radiohead (2003) Radiohead tried to ruin my day today lol. There are six albums on the list (oh shit) and this is already the second I've gotten. Definitely not outstanding, okay for one-time listen. 2/5 No liked songs

Lauter rumgeheule

I can never get past the whiny voice with Radiohead

Overall, I just don’t like it. I have not listened to a good Radiohead album yet.

Me copa radiohead, pero este disco se me hizo un poco chato y largo.

Not their best effort. 2 or 3 worthy songs surrounded by a lot of meh effort. Seemed like a band just trying to put something out to pay the bills while waiting for past inspiration to strike them. Usually love Radiohead but I can see now why this album slipped by me when it was released. Nothing truly noteworthy.

Never really liked Radiohead. This kind of solidified that lol

Hard to get into honestly. Found myself distracted every song and not enjoying much of it.

None of the Radiohead albums on this list have changed my view that this band is highly over-rated and most of their songs are barely listenable. I would give it one star, but I will reserve that rating for the even worse albums that made it onto this list

A little whiney, even for Radiohead

Do not understand the hype for this band, not a fan.

++: Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.), Backdrifts. (Honeymoon Is Over.), Where I End and You Begin. (The Sky Is Falling In.), We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time Is Up.), Myxomatosis. (Judge, Jury & Executioner.) +: Sail to the Moon. (Brush the Cobwebs Out of the Sky.), There, There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.), A Punch Up at a Wedding. (No No No No No No No No.) +-: Go to Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased.), The Gloaming. (Softly Open Our Mouths in the Cold.), I Will. (No Man's Land.), Scatterbrain. (As Dead as Leaves.), A Wolf at the Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.) -: 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.) 5,5/10

Day806 - five albums into radiohead and i still don’t get it. i can be as melancholy as the next genx-er but come on

This is the first time I’ve attempted a Radiohead album, and I’m not sure I can stand Thom Yorke’s whole thing.

Crazy how this band can make two of my all time favorites (OK Computer and In Rainbows) and then make other albums that I can’t even get through. If There There wasn’t on this, it’d be 1 star for me.

Just wayyy too much Radiohead on this Radiohead record. It gets very tiresome after a while.

Not for me.

I am not familiar with Radiohead but have heard the name for a long time. I had hoped to like them. It was like each song started great, all pretty unique, but then they turned sideways either with the vocalist or the instrumentation. Two stars.

Okay for the background, would have hoped to get a little more energy out of them overall.

Thought I would have a revelation on a relisten but it's still their worst non-debut album. Some good tracks but this is the only Radiobead album where I find myself a little bit bored. Only a couple of tracks stand out and they wouldn't on a better album. Decent, but nothing that special.

Of all the depressing, tuneless, bleeps-and-bloops Radiohead albums on this list, this might be the bleepiest if not the bloopiest.

Two days in a row of decent music ruined by the vocals. Yesterday's Bjork is today's Yorke. Admittedly I am not a Radiohead fan, mostly because I do not care for Thom's vocals. Especially when he's at his whiniest. When I say I don't care for them, We Suck Young Blood is exatcly what I don't like. They can't all be Just or OK Computer.

I like Radiohead. I do not like this Radiohead. This album is almost a meme of Radiohead. If that's Yorke's intent, well he's a genius.

I normally like Radiohead, but this is pretty meh.

Dette overbeviser meg ikke om at Radiohead er et bra band. 📻📻

Heilt OK, eit par gode, men trudde eg kom til å like det betre. 2.5.

Wow I really didn't like this one compared to other Radiohead albums on here. So whiny

No me gusto. Canciones muy parecidas entre si, la voz siempre se mantiene en el mismo tono sin tener variaciones y las melodías tambien similares.

I actually can't listen to radiohead the songs all kinda sound the same. My dog looked at me, concerned when "The Gloaming" started playing. 2+2=5 was the only one that i enjoyed

Enjoyed in rainbows better

didn't have one song stand out to me just kind of dramatic and moany

Kinda boring and sad. Feels like typical [[Radiohead]] sadness.

Ehhh

Sorry, Julia… this album is up there with Robert Wyatt for me. Whiny. I’m sure there’s some deep meaning behind the lyrics, but I can’t get behind how the music sounds.

The arrangements and sound was ok. I could not take the vocals.

I’m usually a sucker for a whiney little guy but this felt sooo long and nothing stood out….sorry Thom :,(

Wow that felt like the longest album I’ve ever listened to

Why do all the songs sound like they're being played backwards? Everything is distorted and I can't tell what Thom Yorke is saying. If someone asked me what my favourite Radiohead lyric was, I'd have to say "Aaaaahhhhhhhgeeeeeebyeeeeeeaaaayyyy"

A bit dull

It was interesting, but nothing that I particularly enjoyed. Nothing stuck out to me and I didn't think anything was great.

Whining into a tin can while installing enough effects plugins to give your computer a migraine

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2 This reminds me of a looking at a Nick Cave sculpture. Kind of crazy to see, but I wouldn’t want it in my house.

Hmm did not enjoy this album except for A Wolf At the Door

Bleh. A slog. Saved one song mainly to make listening to the album worth it.

No matter how hard this list makes me try, I'm just not a big Radiohead fan. It's my own problem, I know. But these guys just don't do it for me.

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not consistent 6/10

Must have lost touch with Radiohead because this had me mad bored

The music writing is pretty good but I cant just stand that voice... It makes it impossible to enjoy.

not my type of music.

I know, I know. All hail to the Radiohead. I just didn't feel it.

Overall Rating - 2.46/5 (4.93/10). Forgettable. Not my kind of music.

Just ok

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Both whiny and yelly at the same time. Would rate as 3 on the second listen

I do not care for radiohead

Meh

I may change my review later, but will need to really re-listen to this album.

Dreary, even for Radiohead.

I had this on CD when it was first released. Tried very hard to like it, but it never grabbed me in the same way as Radiohead's earlier albums. Over the years I've listened again a few times, wondering what I've been missing. It's still never clicked with me and, honestly, I can't stand the thought of playing it again today. It's technically very interesting but I can't find any emotional appeal. Thom's singing and lyrics are unrelentingly gloomy, morbid and (dare I say) self-indulgent. Sorry!

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I can see the appeal of this album (and Radiohead) -- the soundscape is vibrant and emotional. I just can't get into the tracks. There aren't really any songs I enjoyed, even if the album as a whole wasn't bad.

Don’t like his voice, otherwise could be a chill music.

Smooth but not my fav

One of the most forgettable albums. The terrible albums will hold a place in brain but this just eh album won’t.

still mad at you york

we really could have picked a different radiohead album, this was whatever. they had to have been bullshitting on some of these. saved: 2+2=5, there there.

Strike two, Radiohead.

Ok. We get it. There were a lot of raindrops. Smh. The second album from Radiohead to make this list and I’m still not that impressed; although it was definitely better than Ok Computer. This feels like a rough draft of an unfinished product to me. There seems to be an under lying thought for these songs to work together but a lot still needs to hit the editing room floor, if you are picking up what I’m putting down. As the album went on, I felt like the tracks got better musically, but I was still wanting more from the band. Maybe the monotone vocals just never got me excited enough to buy in.

Even Radiohead hates this Radiohead album. Why should we disagree?

2.5 - Nothing memorable but not bad.

I got about halfway through it and gave up. I'm not much of a Radiohead fan.

Just really not a Radiohead fan.. This album especially is very wainy and drags on. There are few good songs, I actually do really enjoy the intro track, probably one of my favorite Radiohead songs, but there isnt much after that IMO.

This radiohead album sounds a lot like a radiohead album. Kind of boring/repetitive. Classic radiohead! 5/10

It’s an intellectual experience. Interesting and neurotic. When the album was revealed I was disappointed because I wasn’t up for a tedious listen. Some people claim that Radiohead is effortlessly compelling to them. I think they’re lying. They can be rewarding but it’s work.

My god they’re boring

2.5

While Radiohead has some great stuff and I appreciate the experimental nature of the album, the music did not click for me. The lead vocals are just too whiny and end up making the album feel immature.

Definitely some interesting things going on on this album, but the vocals are just so whiny. Not bad listening, but I also am not going to be the one to turn on Radiohead.

*2003. *Tried listening to this a couple of times, and it didn't really stick with me. *Some decent stuff, but mostly it's way too whiny for me. RATING - 6/10

Radiohead jusr never does it for me

It's a mediocre Radiohead album.

Very frustrating listen, as the other Radiohead albums have been. We Suck Young Blood sounded cool at first, but then the whining just kept going and killed it. Myxomatosis and Go To Sleep stood out. They were good. 2/5

'You have not been paying attention.' Contrary to his detractors, Yorke is not a whiner, a moper, or even a lamenter: he's a nuanced and perpetual droner, a strangely aloof and not very emotional castaway. Unfortunately, he's also a very bad poet, pretentious and threadbare at the same time. When the band decides the write a song, as they do w/ 'Go To Sleep,' they are tolerable and moderately successful. When they do not, which is the case w/ much of Hail To The Thief, they're pretty unbearable. It's the worst Radiohead I've heard (I haven't listened to The King of Limbs) b/c it's not even remotely fun: 'Why so green / And lonely, and lonely / And lonely.' Ya know, I can dig the darkness, just not the weary or densely drab. Faugh!

Missed the Radiohead craze when it was new. Wanted to love this but it just didn't click.

Some really good songs like “Punch Up at a Wedding” and “Where I End and You Begin,” but overall half of the album is worth a skip.

Wasn't for me.

Some other reviewer noted, there is absolutely great Radiohead and then there is unlistenable falsetto draining on Radiohead

For Radiohead, the more recent, the more annoying is his voice !

this album is mind numbing. Ok computer's cousin no one talks to because it sucks. Not every radiohead album needs to be on this list and this one shouldn't be called great please let it end. 2/5 6.79/10

Not as good as the first

None of the songs are bad and most are well above average. But, prescient politics aside, it's just nothing special and feels like Radiohead going back and seeing what worked before (albeit in a mix-and-match manner), which, for better or worse, is an impulse that they generally resist. Basically taking Kid A(mnesiac) style lyrics and combining them with more OK Computer style instrumentals. The album is entirely too long and could have used some editing. I don't think there's too terribly much individual identity on these tracks. It's one of those things where I know every single one of them but can't match the titles to the songs. Just pick 3 to cut and it's a better album. Any 3. According to Wikipedia, "In 2008, Yorke posted an alternative track listing on Radiohead's website, omitting "Backdrifts", "We Suck Young Blood", "I Will" and "A Punchup at a Wedding,"" which would have knocked this down to a lovely 39:17. So, I removed those tracks and re-ordered the album per Thom's suggested alternative. It was an overall better experience. I just can't really tell you a situation outside a random album of the day generator where I feel inclined to sit down with this and listen front to back. Also the last Radiohead concert I went to had a very HTTT heavy setlist and I found it boring.

Music needs to be give and take. There wasn’t a lot of give in this.

Never really warmed to this group.

Such a Radiohead

Kommer Pablo Honey snart??

Another indistinguishable Radiohead album, notable only for being way too long

Well done but not really my thing

Too much whining.

Just not a fan

Slightly too long

I obviously don’t get Radiohead. Didn’t like this at all.

I guess I don’t like Radiohead. This is the third album and they’ve all been just meh. Nothing memorable about any of them.

Got bored half way thru and didn’t finish.

Not familiar with this album. A few moments but probably too long.

Whiny white boys with guitars. Poor. Not a fan.

Just felt whiney as hell

Radiohead has always been hit or miss for me and this album is more miss than hit. A few songs I like but it is mostly a slog. Favorites: 2+2=5, Go to Sleep Would I listen to it again: No

Well this is the first radiohead record I've heard that I don't know a single song off of, so that's funny. It has its moments, but like any other radiohead record, it becomes nauseatingly british and I end up disliking it.

I consider it a minor tragedy that a band that can make an album so accomplished, so poignant as the Bends can think that just saying the word "raindrops" (in Sit Down/Stand up) repetitively is interesting. The concept of rain as refreshing, cleansing, and melancholic has been completely unused here. Rainy Days and Mondays, Here comes the Rain Again, hell, even Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head have better lyrics than some of the so called songs here. And while some of the melodies towards the end of the album are acceptable I am left listless and bored. All I can do is hope for a thunderstorm to invigorate me.

I know I'm in the minority, but I cannot stand Radiohead. Thom Yorke's voice grates on my nerves like fingernails on a chalkboard.

H: bro this shit sucks. I wish I would’ve DMFd. 0/10 H fav song: N/A Z: this album feels like a link between past and present. Familiar yet new and forward thinking. No major individual standouts but as a whole it flows well. Thom’s voice seemed to improve as the project went on— I wasn’t a fan of the start. 6.5/10 Z fav song: There, There

I don’t like defining a band by its most prominent hit… but with this backlog?

Not my favourite of theirs

this is more of the radiohead that I'm used to. Which is not good Best Song: A Wolf at the Door Rating: 4/10 Stars: 2/5

2+2=5 is such a classic Radiohead track, and a great opener. It would be a good fit for OK Computer. After that it goes downhill fast. At 14 songs, it outstays it's welcome with too much plodding and wailing. The last 6 songs, from There, There to A Wolf at the Door offer some relief, but overall it is an album I have never been able to enjoy, and listening to it today only confirms my opinion. Luckily they followed this album up with the brilliant In Rainbows.

Not my favourite Radiohead, but it sounds very Radiohead.

I have nothing against this album or radiohead, but just couldn’t get into it

I guess I never listened to radio head… I didn’t like this.

I really don’t see what’s so special about this album that it had to be included on the generator. Radiohead has some decent songs but none are present here. It’s dissonant but forgettable…

Maybe my least favourite post-Pablo Honey album (depending on the day; it’s in competition with Limbs and AMSP). Now it’s even harder to stomach. As recently as the fall of 2024, 2+2=5 was in my head as the soundtrack for American collapse. And then Yorke’s real personality - always present and hinted at in the music, both in Radiohead and solo - became unavoidably public. It’s a tough pill to swallow, seeing someone you trusted, celebrated, defended, etc turn out to be just another asshole. Bands, artists, etc do take on a particular responsibility when their artwork concerns social strife, actual political issues - you are playing with a kind of power and hold over people. The run from OKC to HTTT saw Radiohead specifically courting and aligning themselves with leftist political concerns and branding, introducing ideas from Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, culminating in an album title critical of the western allies - primarily the USA and UK - Iraq invasion. On the tour they leaned into this, playing No Surprises with its “bring down the government, they don’t speak for us” lyrics particular resonant amongst left-leaning Americans and others. There was no mystery about the object of their ire and political alignment: Bush and Blair. The album itself? Not that great unfortunately. Was the Bush and Blair criticism just a handy sales line to hang around a jumbled mess of More Radiohead? I could never tell at the time and today it just plays like a failure. It felt like a series of attempts at moving on from the dissonant, alienating music of Kid A and Amnesiac (which reflected thematic content, that’s not a knock) and incorporating what they had achieved earlier as a rock band and their subsequent “experimental” electronic music group revelations. But, there was no there, there. Whatever spark Yorke and Greenwood had was lost or whatever material was left around from 1997-2000 just could not live up to the expectations of fans who had seen these one hit wonders blossom into The Best Band in the World from the Bends through Amnesiac. Instead it’s an angry, angsty set of songs, somehow more dour and dark than Pyramid Song, but just not as interesting. This is the sound of a very talented band stuck in a rut. Fortunately, they moved on, recalibrating for their follow-up, taking their time to get it right and rediscovering the melodic spark. Alas, that same righteous contempt they once had for power is nowhere to be found when it concerns Israel’s war against the Palestinians. Then, it’s a mealy-mouthed two sides story, having to defend JG and his wife either directly or via obfuscation. There is no room for Free Palestine on their stage, a concept that would’ve been a given during their late 90s and early 00s heyday. What do we do when artists fail us as people? I still don’t know. I deeply love many Radiohead songs still and my own singing voice is in part based on Yorke’s range as a model, let alone my early guitar-playing aspiring to be as pristine and violent as Greenwood/O’Brien/Yorke.

Same boring Radiohead with one or two decent songs.

Trash

Love Radiohead but the vibe of this album is slightly dreary for me, which is not bad in itself but a dreary vibe needs a few sing along/belters to help the audience (me) get into the vibe. 3?

Bit slow for my preference, some different sounds

The only good thing about this album is it confirmed my surprise at liking the earlier Radiohead album. This sucks. It’s background noise with some moaning on top.

4/10

Only 1 song added. Not the biggest fan of Radiohead's style, despite recognizing that a lot of people do enjoy it.

It's not bad, but it's just kinda forgettable and Meh but that is a very hot take from me. I just don't click with Radiohead as a whole

I tried to listen to this multiple times, it isn't bad, but nothing in it really draws me in or makes me want to listen to it again.

I've never been a huge radio head fan and this album doesn't even have any of their top hits on it. Some songs were OK but I didn't end up finishing this one.

It's for some reason not what I thought it would be, and exactly what I expected. I don't think I've ever actively listened to Radiohead before, and based on this, it will likely stay this way. I can't imagine a situation where I'd want to listen to this band: if I'm ever in the mood, Muse seems to do it better.

Just not my thing. Experimential , yes maybe, but not a pleasurable listening experience.

I didn’t vibe with this album that much

Not great

2 plus 2 is not 5, and this album is not good. I thought I might like this because I don’t mind shoegaze or dreampop, but this is just a gaping void of emptiness. If I have to listen to an album 5000 times to “get it” then I’m not going to bother, and this random lot of soullessness seems to be exactly that sort of challenge. I’m all for an album that grows on you, but this is the sort of album that wants to make you feel stupid. I listen to music that speaks to me on an equal level, not this sort of snotty Art School pretentiousness. Parts of some songs are good, and some tracks I almost liked entirely, but overall this is just Radiohead being pseudo-highbrow music intellectuals. And quite honestly, I can’t be bothered with it.

Still don't really like Radiohead, and I've never met anybody who's ever wanted to sing them at the top of their lungs. When it comes to Hail To the Thief, I think I like it better than more famous albums like Kid A. That said, there's nothing worth mentioning in this release. I don't get their appeal.

Radiohead is overrated

Honestly really disappointed with this album compared to others by Radiohead

“Oh goodie, another Radiohead album!” - Said no one ever.

some radiohead songs touched my soul at the first two months of my recovery from alcohol and i don’t really listen to him like i used to now. his whiney voice in this album makes it hard to really listen to any of the songs. none of the songs besides one, “there, there” spoke to me with a few of the lyrics but didn’t feel any connection to the rest. I did add that one song to a playlist i use to help me sleep so there’s that benefit i guess

I don't know why, but Radiohead (and this album) just reminds me of whiney men...

Cringe. Thom yorke does not do it for me. It’s mostly an hour of him whining? I don’t get it?

Radiohead just rarely speaks to me or resonates with me.

I didn't enjoy this

Meh

Man, I just cannot get into Radiohead. I don't see it, and by "it" I mean whatever it is that causes people to like them. The band gives me "better than you" vibes and they think you're welcome for it. I'd only heard a few of their songs before this recommendation, and listening to the album did nothing to change my opinion. The music is boring. The vocals are whiny and annoying. The lyrics are pretentious. There's nothing there that gets my attention and makes me want to listen. Yet, the album is nearly an hour long. It felt like I was listening to an extended lullaby trying to put me to sleep, but that didn't because it was somehow too bland to be comforting noise. It also seemed it was trying to be somewhat disconcerting, which kind of took away from the effect to and instead make it cringey. Positively, I didn't hate Go to Sleep and Myxomatosis and actually kind of liked There, There, so that's something. I guess there had to be at least a couple tracks I could like when there were 14 there to pick from. But the few that were good did very little to elevate the rest of the album for me. I've probably graded this a little harshly since I had a negative expectation going into it. That said, it easily met that negative expectation, and I was still disappointed. I found it dull with only a few tracks doing anything that caught my interest or were memorable. Those tracks brought it up from the bottom. As a whole, though, I can't rate it very highly. A 2 feels a bit too high, but a 1 would feel too low. Overall: 2/5

Not fan

The vocals suck

Sounds like most other Radiohead stuff but more boring. I don't think this should be on the list.

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Not a great advert for Radiohead.

If you’re looking to suck the life out of a party then here it is, a total buzzkill of an album. Upvoted to a 2 based on production skills…

Jut not feeling connected to this album. Can't say the music is good or the lyrics are special. Trying to connectbut not happening Rating 2

It’s like the noiserock version of indie/edm. I’m not really into it, I’ve like other Radiohead stuff but this one I find just meh.

I think I may hate Radiohead.

Artsy fartsy and annoying. I vibed with a couple. It's the sort of music you experience once and then never return to.