Hail To the Thief

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.

Sorry but Radiohead is so boring, I never believe it when people say Radiohead is their favourite band, have they heard any other music before? Fav song: Sot Down. Stand Up

4/10 - I do not think I am the biggest radiohead fan. He is too whiny

1.5 stars This was the first Radiohead album I listened to and it turned me off from the band for years. I don’t know why this made it on the list even temporarily. It’s like an album full of filler tracks. Nothing memorable.

I’ve been way too kind to the billion other radiohead albums so: snore city

I love feeling angsty on a Monday work morning... Yeah not quite the music I needed yesterday. Not really my taste in general. I somewhat enjoyed the sound of a few of these songs but overall the mood and tone just isn't what I gravitate towards. I did enjoy the ending section of 'Where I End You Begin', that's about it.

Harmillisesti ei yhtään kappaletta jäänyt omille listoille tai mieleen. Höh.

I remember when this album was coming out I kept hearing how excited everyone was. Then it came out and nobody said anything about it. Guess we know why.

What felt daring and important in its time comes off pretentious and depressing quite frankly. I've never liked Radiohead from their Beep-and-Boop era on, so I wasn't bound to like this. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I bought this CD when it came out, but never even cracked it open. I'm such a completist that way. I guarantee there isn't a soul alive who has a hankering to listen to 'Hail to the Thief' on a Saturday afternoon. Would be nice to see Thom Yorke and crew come out with a record lambasting their own authoritarian government at the present moment, but identity politics only works one direction, I guess.

I know people love Radiohead, but they've always been a bit depressing for me. That doesn't mean they don't have some satisfying grooves, and A Punch up at Wedding is definitely one of those, and Go to Sleep. Most of the rest is classic Radiohead--kind of like nerve-wracked meth music that sounds perfect at 3am after you split up with your boyfriend while a teenager. 2/5

This is not a good or interesting record by Radiohead. Admittedly I am not their biggest fan but I can appreciate their other works. This is just boring and I guess angst filled while not really having or at least making a point or statement. I read the Wikipedia and see what it was supposed to be about but I don't hear that. Instead it just seems whiny.

Some songs were passable, even good, but most of the album was annoying, I cannot really give 3 stars to an album that took me 2 days to go through.

Didn't finish it. I mean I like some Radiohead but ... meh

Barely tolerated it. This album started to give me a headache and I like Radiohead Not great Radiohead

Thom Yorke is a boner and this is not one of the better Radiohead albums. At least I know OK Computer is on here

I feel like I’d be really into Radiohead if it was instrumental, but thom York’s vocals really harsh my vibe

Radiohead really good at making you feel headachy and sleepy. Listening to at work was awful but the last song was really good

Am I ever going to enjoy Radiohead? It's not looking good bruv. I can't stand Thoms whiny vocals.

Not my fav Radiohead album. Only really liked A Wolf At the Door

Not their best

Not for me

2 out of 5. Like their other albums this has some good stuff but still not for me.

Do I like Radiohead? I honestly don't know. The few hits I've heard are good, but nothing on this album is doing anything for me. There are a few tracks that are above average (not great) and a few that are annoying (but not to the point of skipping them). The whiny vocals got to me after a couple of tracks too. It's a 2.5, but I'm rounding down because as an album it wears out it's welcome less than halfway in.

I dont like Radiohead much. It doesnt hook me. Maybe 2 of their popular songs.

Another Radiohead album but why?? Really need six albuns on the list, really? In the fact we are more nearby to dead after heard this mourmoring depressing songs.

Radiohead suck 😬

Yeah, I just don't get it. Nothing about it is bad but equally nothing about is memorable. Their first 3 albums were great but then they took an artistic turn that wasn't for me. This band makes me feel dumb because I really just dont like it

I liked some of the beats but the voice and lyrics were so slow and I couldn't really see the deeper meaning.

It was just ok. Something I wouldn’t skip if someone put on but not something I’d look forward to listening to

i just don’t like radiohead. it’s so depressing

I have fondness for 90s Radiohead, but this is where they sort of lost me.

Not my bag, I think radiohead is a bit overrated

not rlly my vibe a bit too technical for me

Som någon som säger att han vill ta livet av sig men aldrig kommer göra det

This album would be vastly improved if Thom Yorke was kicked in the shin and replaced by Cartman. musically, it’s not terrible, but my lord is it boring.

Tenía apuntadas tres canciones en favoritos: "Sit Down. Stand Up", "Where I End and You Begin" y "There There". Vuelto a escuchar me parece un disco en general aburrido incluso si eres seguidor del grupo. No es necesario escucharlo.

Better than the last album I heard on here by them, but not a fan of this artist. Their lyrics are disturbing. I’m thinking the person who wrote them has some psychological issues.

i did not like Radiohead for a while i don't hate them but i just cant get into their music idk why same for this

I just don't think Radiohead is for me. I get excited for 2+2=5 then bummed when I hear some of the others. It just drags on and I'm really just not a fan of Thoms voice.

I've seen Radiohead several times live. The bends is amazing, ok computer is out of this world, I love Pablo Honey, I enjoy Kid A, but I can't for the life of me love this album. I'm going to listen to in rainbows and make myself feel better.

I like some of their songs…..but I do not rate them on the astral level as so many others do.

This isn't the strongest radiohead album. I thought it started interestingly enough, but, then rapidly became something boring and repetitive.

It's ok... couple of good songs, but you really have to be in the right mood for this album.

Very moody, not my taste

Como todo se descompone, se pudre, quizá le llegó a esta banda, o ¿Será que están transformándose musicalmente en algo mejor?, no lo creo, pero por un salto de fe les daré un 2

I’m not sure how to describe this album as anything other than consisting of nothing but the generic Radiohead music that I don’t really care for. It’s as good as any other Radiohead record, but nothing on this particular record comes anywhere close to how good their best music is. I’m not sure if I’ve just listened to too much Radiohead because of this list, or if this is just a weak showing by the band, but I don’t really have any desire to hear a single song from this album ever again. 2*

Alright I think we're getting a little carried away with the Radiohead here. 'OK Computer' and 'In Rainbows' is really all this list needs. 'Kid A' OR 'The Bends' if you REALLY want. But not both. Anyway, this album isn't unenjoyable, but I don't think it's especially remarkable either, and having just listened to 'OK Computer' like a week ago, it's at the forefront of my mind that 'Hail To the Thief' doesn't seem to break any new ground for Radiohead. Not every artist needs to sound different with every album they release, but I think that kind of creative evolution is where Radiohead excels and what makes them interesting. I don't find this album excellent or interesting because it kinda just sounds like their previous four albums rehashed into one. There are too many tracks on this album and not a single one stands out to me. It's perfectly fine as background music but not an album I will ever actively put on myself.

Can we start to have the conversation that outside of the hits and some one-offs....Radiohead is kinda overrated. I don't know...they just don't do it for me. All their songs start to sound the same...monotone and depressing. They have some hits and great songs, but I'm not impressed so far. This album def has moments, but their guitars are kinda boring and their vocals just make me sad....When they DO decide to pick up the pace and be energetic (which they do a few times this album) they are really enjoyable to listen to. Liked Songs: "2+2=5" , "Go To Sleep" , "Where I End and You Begin" , "There, There" , "Myxomatosis" , "A Wolf At the Door"

My daughter really likes Radiohead, although not necessarily this album, me not so much. The instrumentation is fine and the first couple songs were okay… if I had stopped there I might have called this a classic 3 star album. Unfortunately, 4-5 songs in it got a little too much for me, especially the vocals.!I did read 2 of my fellow group members reviews before writing this one so I can say I’m not quite as turned off as they were, but it’s still not doing much for me, I’ll be generous and say this is the low end of 2 stars.

This was very, very Radiohead to me. Not exactly sure what that means, but I wasn't in love with it but I didn't turn it off either.

Standard Radiohead fare from the point where their noodling became longer than any discernable tunes.

I mean average at best. Definitely not for me. Some okay tracks but honestly not an enjoyable listen. 5.1/10

Nicht mein Ding. Zu langwierig und dadurch langweilig. Vielleicht habe ich auch einfach nicht die Zeit gefunden

Good psychadelics would be 2.5

I am one of the biggest Radiohead Glazers you will meet, I literally made my own merch for them but I hate this album. It's boring and lacks soul, feeling more like an imitation of true emotion than anything real. I like three songs from this album: Sail to the moon, Myxomatosis, and A wolf at the door.

Selections like this one make me wonder whether my review should be about the album itself or the choice to include it in the list of 1,001 albums. Back when this album was released, it felt like Radiohead was starting to get high on its own supply, like the band was convinced of its own importance, and hearing it today bears that out. While there are some nice moments, this is a dreary listen. A slog. Nowhere near Radiohead's best work, before or since.

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Рrostration, melancholy, apathy, grief, depression, dejection....

I found this to be a bit of a mess from a group that I usually like. Not so much so this time around.

I listened to this on the plane yesterday as I was flying home. It honestly just didn't do a ton for me. I wasn't as drawn in as 'Ok Computer' and not being a huge fan of Yorke's style... this one just falls a bit to the side. not bad by any means, but this being our third Radiohead album... I need something more to draw me in.

Hail to the thief that stole the time I’ll never get back by listening to this album. (That’s a bit harsh but i did not like it)

I think I like this less than the other Radiohead albums we've had? I don't know. I'm still not a Radiohead fan.

Too much whining to me. Towards the end of the album it got a bit better. Still, nothing special.

Ive said it before- I am not a huge Radiohead fan. Unlike other albums of theirs on this list, this one really didnt have anything that stood out to me. It felt a little one note and there were a lot of dissonant sounds that didnt jive for me. Overall- fine, but not for me

I don’t get Radiohead. I do not like Radiohead. This is the second album of theirs on this album generator (and we still haven’t gotten any Beatles??). No tracks stood out to me.

I just don't get the appeal of Radiohead. The only song that I liked was "A Wolf At the Door" - I think it's because it's the only one that Thom York actually sang in his normal register - or maybe it should be his normal register. I just find his falsetto grating. The music was also for be boring. I don't need to ever listen to this again - 2 stars since I'm feeling generous.

Not one of Radiohead’s better albums in my opinion, it just doesn’t strike me much, but I do really like the songs Go to Sleep, There There and A Wolf at the Door. (2.5 stars)

I quite enjoyed the last Radiohead album on this list, but this one felt quite listless and the nasal high singing really irritated me.

I could tell it was music and listening to it didn't actively make me unhappy. Only song I liked on the album was "There There". 3/10

Hm, this is the epitome of the Radiohead sound. No particular song stood out to me in this wall of lilting fuzzy Radiohead. Not bad, just not something I need. None of the songs had any interest factors which stood out to me, so like 2/5 stars.

Don't really know how I feel about this album. Was expecting a bit more from it. I tried focusing on it but I kept tuning out. Some good songs though.

Yup. Still can’t get into Radiohead after all these years

Definitly not my favorite radiohead album

Quite a long way from their best. Heard it beffr and didn't like it, still dont

290/1001 Se me atragantan, son depresivos.... 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Not necessarily my vibe

Not a big fan

A bit too meandering but has its moments.

confusing and depressing. dergy. the gloaming gave me a headache

First? 2,5/5 Again? 1,5/5

Standouts: There, There

Aside from "There, There" I really didn't care for this album. The other two Radioheads I got during this project were great. I found this mostly unpleasant, all of the beeps and bloops just didn't work for me this time around.

Not sure about this one. Maybe if I'd discovered it in college, but now I just find it annoying

I've never been able to enjoy Thom Yorke as a singer. There's something I despise about how he doesn't properly enunciate any consonants ever, so he just endlessly wails indecipherable vowels. It's a style of singing that seems to have gained popularity in recent years. I just cannot stand that high-pitched yowl of his. The album is otherwise ok. Some interesting electronic sounds sputter along. Endlessly vague lyrics. The occasional burst of energy in the otherwise withdrawn and limp songs. Yorke continues his irritating whine whilst I continue to miss the supposed greatness of this group.

Better than the other indie rock sounding albums that I got before. I enjoyed some of the Electronic sections. I give it 2 stars only because it's not Coldplay.

bro this shit was so BORING

nah

Not bad if you're into that style of music. Good production, and allowing space to breathe. It's just not my vibe.

My initial though...ugh Radiohead again. So I took a deep breath, regrouped and said, yay Radiohead, so I could give it a fair shot. Somehow I feel like they have such meaningful lyrics and dumb and repetitive lyrics at the same time. Says and the raindrops for half the song and then I will eat you alive, there will be no more lies for another. Which makes them so hard for me to like or dislike. I like Backdrifts, Going to Sleep, and There, There. But overall I don't get the total love and almost worshipness of them. On kind of a random tangent...I get it the song is complaining about W Bush and invading Iraq and the war on terror. I am not ever going defend W and the Merica dream, but I do find interesting that he bases the whole album on that and people following along like sheep. Yes W was the figurehead and a lot of people followed like sheep, but your country didn't "fall into the lie," they benefited from it, they wanted to do it as well, they knew there were no weapons...yes W was a problem, but it wasn't jus us, so in a way in retrospect this feels a little bit of money grabby and trying to jump on a bandwagon to make an album to just make money at Merica's expense.

Radiohead full albums just never do it for me. It is like a lesser newer King Crimson with a whinny voice. I do think they would be interesting live.

I love sad music but, not like this.

Look, I find elements of Hail To the Thief cool and very unique sonically but god, is it a drag to listen to. It's the same type of feeling I get when everyone is crowded by a film in a museum; it's fun for a few minutes but is pretty boring to sit with for long.

Oh god - I thought I was going to enjoy this one, but was not to be. Made me feel so sleepy and tired. Really nothing to write about - just blah really.

Too experimental

Veerrrry far from their best work

Blah

Dramatic. Whiny. Melancholy. Radiohead could be cool, but they aren’t. The production is nice so it’s getting a 2.

Okei, alussa on ihan rockia mukana, parasta Radioheadia tähän asti! Mutta sitten keskiosa on taas pelkkää mutinaa.

Olin vähän naiivi ajatellessani toisen biisin jälkeen, että tämä saattaisi olla Oikeasti Hyvä Radiohead-levy. LP taitaa silti olla suosikkini. Miksi? Ehkä bändi välittää biisinteosta juuri sopivan paljon ja sopivan vähän: musiikki ei ole pelkkää tunnelmointia, muttei myöskään ontoksi hinkattua "sävellystyötä". Riitti synnyttämään halun kokeilla paria biisiä uudestaan.

Still sleeping. 2 stars or D.

Man I was bummed listening to this one. After rejecting anything Radiohead in my youth, I’ve used this list to come around on them and enjoyed a few albums already that came up as daily picks. Sadly this is not one of them. This album is way too damn whiny for me. I skipped 3 or 4 tracks because I was getting so annoyed by Thom Yorke’s voice. First flop from Radiohead I’ve gotten.

There were parts of this that I did not hate, dare I say there were moments that I found myself actually enjoying some of the composition on display Then I'm reminded of what I'm listening to when inundated by irritating sappiness and political musings from someone who folded almost immediately after being heckled by an Australian. Less about this annoyed me compared to the lowest lows on Kid A but this was a bit more of a blase album by comparison

I find it extremely ironic for an album's theme to criticise the Iraq War and the regime of Bush Jr while at the same time Thom Yorke will play concerts in an apartheid state and ignore calls from his fellow artists to boycott Israel. A thoroughly same-y, forgettable album. A great sleeping aid. It took me multiple attempts to get through this album and I do not see myself returning to this. Highlights: Punch Up at a Wedding, Myxomatosis

Low and slow, kinda sad

Despite there being over 1000 albums, random fate has decided I need to listen to the entire radiohead catalog before I even get halfway through. As with every other of their albums, I don't get why they're here. This album, like the others, isn't special or notable. It's boring. Dry. Whiny. It would sound better submerged underwater

Jotenkin mitäänsanomaton. Loppua kohden ehkä vähän parani. Aika chill rock mutta tuntui vaisulta???

I just don’t get this album

Ne volim Radiohead i nikad nisam (!) slušala ovaj album, ali ajde, dat ću priliku. Meni je ovo užasno, nemam šta drugo reći. Doslovce nema ničeg što mogu izdvojiti kao dobro, naporno mi je slušati i zvuči mi preseratorski. Na trenutke mi malo baca na Muse, stilski i po vokalu, ali mi nije ni blizu Musea, oni su barem melodični u svom stilu i rokaju i sve ima glavu i rep. Tako neki fejk zvukovi u nekoj zbunjenosti od melodije i taj njegov iritantni glas. Ahhh napokon gotovo. Jednostavno mi ne paše i to je to. 2/5, 3/10

3/10 Joj, ovo je bilo baš teško izdržati većinu vremena. Par puta godišnje bi se zapitao zašto ovom bendu nisam dao više prostora da ih čujem i doživim, ali očito neke stvari se same slože. Na par momenata čujem neke okej riffove i bass me ugodno iznenadi, ali me Thom Yorke uvijek neugodno iznenadi sa svojim glasom. Vjerujem da ima on šta za reći i da su mu neke stvari (valjda) dobre ali jednostavno ne uživam u ovoj glazbi. Barem ne u ovom albumu, a vjerujem ni ostalima koji dolaze od ovog benda. Radiohead mi je u muzici ono što mi je marcipan u životu - ideja dobra ali izvedba užasna.

really boring. i enjoyed the electronic songs (backdrifts) more than the rock ones.

2 Stars (5/15)

Too much computer music.

I stopped following Radiohead around the Kid A era because I was not a fan of Thom Yorke, in my opinion, whining over an electronic beat. This album a couple year down the road does nothing to convince me different. There are a couple good songs on here but there are some that to me are not my thing.

2+2=5- 3 sit down, stand up- 3 or 4 sail to the moon- 3 backdrifts- 3 go to sleep- 3 where i end and you begin- 2 or 3 we suck young blood- 2 or 3 the gloaming- 3 shut up

I know Radiohead has done better than this. Probably won’t return to. There, There was good once it started going though

I was very disappointed by this album, I found it boring and felt as though it sounded like background music with little beat to it. Highlights were few and far between with most songs merging into one, however Myxomatosis sounded like an unfinished Muse song and A Wolf At The Door felt like a song in the background of a film. Will not be going back to listen any songs as not to my taste.

Really highlights the limited diversity of this band musically. Not quite as good as OK Computer, but it's sort of hard to tell the difference.

Third Radiohead album so far on this list. I'm yet to be convinced they're not utter shit.

that's crazy sail to the mooonnn theres a part in "where i end and you begin" that sounds like Rocky from Project Hail mary. it got good/better at the end there lol

Typical Radiohead - warbling, ghostly, and I know I'm supposed to really like it, but it's just meh....

That sure is one of the Radiohead albums! I don’t mind anything here but none of it stands out either.

This is what depression sounds like!

Pour vrai ça sonne toute pareil

This album made me sleepy

Not too bad of an album but I thought that it would be slightly better and I also thought that there would more popular songs but these ones were a bit meh.

Because I need to leave a detailed review: (1) This is very boring music. (2) "Backdrift" features a full minute of a drum machine solo for no reason. (3) If this was supposed to somehow be topical, nothing in the 7 decipherable words had anything to do with anything recognizable. (4) Maybe this kind of music is groundbreaking and experimental, but I've heard minor inversions before, and experiments often fail. (5) There's just nothing exciting in any of this.

A couple songs were pretty good. A couple bearable. The rest - trash.

I cannot believe there are (at least!) 4 Radiohead albums on this list. They all sound the same and they're all dreadfully boring. This album was also overly long. I've said it before and I'll say it again - sad music for sad people. Not giving 1 star because it's at least actual music and not just noise, unlike some of the albums in this list

Radiohead

Das Album lässt einen etwas ratlos zurück. Ein paar spannende Rock-Ansätze, viel Gewimmer, experimentelle Elektro-Schnipsel. Nichts, was ich nochmal höen würde. 2/5

Not a huge fan, it was just a constant droning noise in the background

Hmm, wel vet ofzo Maar ben gwn niet zo'n Radiohead fan Wel vette album cover

This is music for depressed college students.

When I was younger, I used to watch Hannah Montana and there was this episode where Lily and Oliver fought over Radiohead and Coldplay. Ever since then, I have wanted to like Radiohead. I cannot. This is so boring. This is like black and white music.

Radiohead just doesn’t do it for me

1 und 2 ganz ok 8 ist cool 9 auch ok Rest ist unerträgliches Gejammere.

Letztes radiohead album noch wohlwollend mit 3 Sternen bewertet. Ich werd kein fan mehr glaub ich. +1 fürs album Cover

Enh... I'm just not a big Radiohead fan and this album didn't do anything to change my perception of them.

I did not connect at all with this album. Poor languishing songs with repetitive beat just irritated my nerves.

This seems like a mix of "old" and "newer" Radiohead in terms of the sound. Of course, still socially conscious as ever, but the group attempts to bridge the traditional rock sounds of their "OK Computer" days with the experimental, electronic sounds from "Kid A" and after here. It's fine I guess, if not inconsistent. I've never cared for "Kid A", contrary to how others seem to feel about it, and I've always preferred Radiohead's earlier work & sound. Maybe that opinion will change as I get more Radiohead albums in this list, but I doubt it. On to the next one I guess.

Hail to the Thief, Radiohead (2003) v depressive, supposed to be political? did it have to be so obvious about it? apparently 4 out of 5 group member were simultaneously drumming on the song There, There. curious to watch a live performance of it. that song is also my favourite overall. wasn’t matching my mood of the day, didn’t excite me, and i probably won’t revisit this one. BYE 2/5

I specifically remember listening to this on a Saturday morning in 2003, and the girl living beneath me at the time asked me to turn it down but also said, "it sounds nice." While Radiohead's work has usually been pretty nebulous and rooted in a vague dissatisfaction with (then) modern life, this is a much more pointed attack on Bush and Blair's war on terror. It veers even further away from their rock beginnings and down the experimental path of Kid A and Amnesiac, leaning into Johnny Greenwood's soundtrack work at times. Great to start with, but it soon becomes boring and cloying. About a third of the way into this album is exactly when Radiohead ran out of ideas.

Now I do generally enjoy Radiohead, but this album feels like a load of dull, self-indulgent wankery. This album feels like something a middle class uni student who likes to pretend they have a personality by making 'deep meaningful music' that is actually just not very good, but they think they are the greatest musician to ever get money from daddy's wallet. I don't really like it.

Never been a Radiohead fan, unfortunately it doesn't change with this album

I continue to try and get into/enjoy Radiohead but I just don't like it. Thom Yorke's vocals are difficult and I feel like I need to be in a very specific mood for them. I know there are better Radiohead albums out there as well so this one doesn't score too well for me. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

I always want to like Radiohead. I just don't. This album is meh for me.

Every Radiohead song sounds the same.

Opening track made me think this would be a heavier album but I was wrong, felt very all over the place. If I plan on having a cry in the future I’ll put this on tho

This is the last album I bought a physical copy of. I bought it on CD in a garage, then played it once while driving, hated it, stuck it in the glove compartment, forgot about it. I love OK Computer and the albums before that. I detested everything that came after, with this album probably being a low point. It feels like it might be good if I listened to it over and over, but I just don't want to make a chore out of something I should enjoy. Maybe I just need to make more of an effort, or maybe this is just an awful album?

Meh

I typically like this genre, but the lead singer is so grating to listen to.

The voice just grates at my ears. Radiohead is just mopey to my ears. I'm sure there's some great depth to the actual lyrics but that's not what I listen to so it just doesn't land for me.

It was okay, but not something I enjoyed much. Would not put it in my rotation. Just kind of blah to me.

Hail To the Sleep

Radiohead does not do it for me, and this is a weaker offering of theirs.

A little too out there for me. Not their best work

This one is not for me. I found listening to it relegated to background music, I was seldom drawn in and the vocals were irritating at times. There were a few bright spots but otherwise......no.

This music sounds like depression to me.

Just don’t like Radiohead.

Overall... fine. A few tracks I'll come back to, and while there were some pretty neat and interesting ideas here, a lot of it just grew too bland or samey, and most tracks just faded to the background of my attention, despite my efforts to keep them at the forefront. There just wasn't much I could really latch onto unlike the other Radiohead albums I've heard thus far on this list.

Not really for me

eso lightheaded electro rock

Not a real Radiohead album in my opinion. More a collection of thoughts, try-outs, doodles, kinda very Yorke-centred, like b-sides from one of his solo albums. „There, there“ is really great though.

There are two kinds of Radioheads. The cool, rocky "The Bends" Radiohead, with cool riffs and stuff like that, and the lousy, whimpering, cry-baby Radiohead. I think it's clear where I think this one belongs to. 1.6* (round up to two)

Maybe you love this, fine, but I just don't. Please don't make me listen to any more.

I don’t think I would want to sit and listen to this. Too conceptual too actually enjoy .

There are better Radiohead records out there, as this one bored me through most of its runtime. Some interesting grooves and time signatures, but overall a flat record.

Wasn't too impressed with this album.

Way too much Radiohead on this list… 4/50 albums so far have been radio head…

This is a first time listen for me. I've enjoyed other Radiohead albums, but this one didn't connect with me. I barely liked a few songs. I would not have regrets if I did not hear this before I die.

I really like The Bends. This album isn’t as good as the bends. It’s actually shockingly boring, with a few very good moments sprinkled here and there Myxomatosis is a good song.

Please stop making me listen to Radiohead. They aren’t getting better.

Lame. Scott Tenorman can keep all the Radiohead

I think with more caffeine and attention I could grow to like this album. Reading the wiki on it, it seems like a strong concept album. But in actuality I just couldn't get into it. Too slow and droning for my tastes.

I fluctuated between 2 and 4 stars for this album... overall I didn't liked, but I have to admit, there are quite a few bangbangs on here. Sorry Radiohead. I really like some of your songs, but a full album not so much. Songs I liked: "2 + 2 = 5", Where I End and You Begin ... "Myxomatosis" is also okay.

Radiohead for me falls firmly in the camp of bands that I should like but just don't. I have tried on multiple occasions to look deeper into their catalog to find something that I latch onto, to no avail. In my heart I know the songs are technically and musically "good", even some I find enjoyable like this album's opener "2+2=5", but ultimately I don't find this band to be for me. Some elements I will give credit to are Thom Yorke's vocals and some of the synthy/electro-rock elements to be interesting. Overall though, while I recognize their merit and don't disparage anyone to whom this band is important, but I don't think I'll be revisiting Radiohead. 5/10

We get it - Thom is a genius. But I don't fuckin get it. Everything after ok computer is kinda garbage. There, there was a good rip.

A solid radiohead album, but in comparison to their other work this feels less iconic and less memorable. An interesting listen, but not one I'll remember.

Amazing how much a band's sound can change in three years, and not always for the better. While Radiohead has some interesting ambient instrumentation and drum work on this record, the vocals have taken a significant noise dive from their previous works. Whining, repetitive, slurred, uninspiring nonsense for 14 tracks. I wish the rest of the music was interesting or enjoyable enough to make up for the bad singing, but sadly, not quite. Stand out tracks include \"2 + 2 = 5\", \"Sail To The Moon\", \"There, There\" and \"Myxomatosis\".

This album just didn’t click for me. Radiohead is very hit or miss and unfortunately this one was a miss

Not my style

Thom Yorke has some wailing thoughts and some distorted guitars. 2.3/5

Chato

Radiohead has some of the best albums ever made. But this one didn’t blow me away like others. Few good songs, but overall not great.. His voice gets annoying and whiny sometimes. Too bad I was expecting something better.

why does this music sound so depressing

Not the worst Radiohead but still shit

Garbage

Tbh a bit non descript, preferred earlier albums

Album Nr. 49 Ich hatte mir mehr von dem Album erhofft. Es trägt bei mir leider das Prädikat uninteressant / langweilig.

D+

Entirely Forgettable

Meh. Radiohead. Boring, whiny, repetitive. Weird, but not in a good way. It's not the worst thing I've ever heard, but, I'd never choose to listen to this.

Wolf at the door

I enjoyed a couple songs and hated a couple.

Okay….

Just not into this selection. Lots of noise but made no sense.

Radiohead is a band that I have been listening to for nearly 31 years.... ...and yet, none of their albums do anything for me. I respect what their music seems to do for other fans. And I am glad those fans have their outlet. Personally, I only enjoy a handful of their songs, the songs that most Radiohead fans would probably cringe about. HAIL TO THE THIEF is not for me.

Not a big fan of Radiohead really. Couldn't get into their off tempo sound.

Has to be my least favourite Radiohead album (haven't really listened to the debut). It's just a mess of half-ideas, throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. The ballads are all pretty dull, you do get some bangers like 'Where I End...' and 'There There', but most of it is pretty tough to get through, at least compared to how good their other albums are. No idea why this is in the list when you've already got OK Computer, Kid A, and In Rainbows. That's all the essentials anyone needs.

Reminds me quite a lot of Shinjuku Mad, which I quite like. But this doesn't have the same energy and excitement, so comes across a bit flat.

I have never really been a fan of Radiohead, and Hail to the Thief does not change that for me. There are moments where individual songs are perfectly fine, but as a full album it feels overly long and a bit repetitive. The mood rarely shifts enough to fully pull me in, and after a while many of the tracks start to blur together. I can hear the ambition and the political edge running through it, and I respect what they are trying to do. It just does not connect with me emotionally. A lot of it sits in that space of being OK rather than memorable. Favourite track: None that truly stood out Least favourite: The overall sound becomes repetitive over the length of the album Album artwork: Distinctive and bold, certainly more striking than the music for me

Radiohead ist overrated

Doesn’t really say anything to me but yeah okay.

Me lo he puesto entero y es pa tenerlo de fondo, no me ha llamado mucho...

Not my cup of tea

This is the second Radiohead album I have listened to because of this website. I have to say, I still don’t like them. None of the songs stood out to me and most I didn’t want to listen again. I did like: Go to Sleep though. I can’t tell if this was worse than Kid A but regardless I won’t listen again.

Wtf did I listen to 😆

I just don't get how they're so acclaimed

Very weird album...technically proficient but what mood do I have to be in to enjoy this??? I'm not going to be singing along with these songs anytime soon. This is definitely Portland why am I alive music.

Too melancholy for me

Melodic album with some decent songs. 2

Not my favorite Radiohead album by far....

Not my cup of tea.

This album is not really a serve I'm not really liking it. It's not very Lana del Rey which is what I mainly listen too

Experimental

Meh. Too whiny.

Thought I would like it better but didn't much like at all. Mostly slow and depressing to me.

Not my taste. It gave me depressions and i felt uncomfortable while listening to it.

Is Radiohead considered Emo? This felt very emo.

Definitely a Radiohead album. I enjoyed this album well enough but it wasn't my favorite album by them. There were a few songs that stood out to me but jone on the level of OK Computer, The Bends or Kid A. Overall I probably won't be coming back to this album too much but I will still come back to Radiohead.

Overall it felt very one-note. All the songs felt like they were exactly the same, causing this to seem like it went on forever.

yuck. 1.79

Didn't really enjoy this one. I wanted to, but so much of it was rumbly and winding and slow and boring, I just couldn't get into it.

honestly, not really my vibe and i can't really tell when one song ends and another one starts