Reviews (page 6 of 14)
listened a bit
Never really warmed to this group.
Didn't really connect with this one
Bom album
On this outing Radiohead sounds like an ace pitcher heading into the middle of their career: knowing they are not able to simply rely on the knockout stuff of their youth, they have honed their craft over a wider variety of styles to prove they can take it the full 9 and turn in a winner.
The last of Roadiohead's rock sound, I miss it dearly.
I enjoy Radiohead, but I don't think this is one of their best albums. Not as much variety, but still a lot of interesting melodies and understated vocals
Although I wouldn't put this in my personal Radiohead top 5 albums, it's still great, and sits at an interesting position between the glitchy electronica of Kid A/Amnesiac and the relatively more "traditional rock" In Rainbows (Phil gets to play drums on almost every song!) Some songs here that I absolutely love, like Sit Down, Stand Up and There, There, and this is probably the most political Radiohead ever got. Some pretty dark repeated snatches of lyrics that have stuck with me over the years ("walk into the jaws of hell", "I will eat you alive") and just an overall sort of paranoid vibe. They're always musically interesting, and although it isn't the top of the mountain for this band, there's still a lot to love.
okish
é um album de musica
ugHHHH
It was really good
Not their best. Not in my top 1000
Not my favourite
I really feel like I should like this but it doesn’t grab me
MILR- Man I Love Radiohead
Radiohead tax 👍
Not my favorite Radiohead album.
I dont know why but Radiohead to me, is always a chore to listen to, and most of my favourite bands are heavy influenced by them. So,ok, Hail to the Thief has some good tracks, like the single "There, There" or the opening "2+2=5", but the album drags, and mostly, in my opinion, it is not the instrumental that is quite clever (althoughthe electronica did not do any favours at times), but, man, Thom Yorke voice and wven some of the powtry gets tiring. It is a 3.5 for me but rounding to 3 because lots of people will judge by the name and not the content
That voice is like nails on a chalkboard
I don't know, I liked it.
honestly didn’t listen much to the words but i always love the weird cool sound of radiohead
Such a Radiohead
De olika albumen är så himla annorlunda från varandra. Ibland känner jag inte igen att det är Radiohead. Hail to the Thief är så himla 2003!
I got into Radiohead just before this album came out, so I have fond memories of the buildup and release. At the time, it felt like a return to the guitar-driven sound the band had previously made, but looking back now, it seems more like a combination of all their styles up to that point. This also makes it longer than most Radiohead albums, and at times, a bit bloated and unfocused. It still includes some of their best songs like There There, but it could definitely have done with some trimming. Back then, I worried the band’s best days were behind them, but luckily In Rainbows arrived a few years later and is rightly considered another classic. As for HTTT, it’s definitely one of their albums I’ve returned to less often.
Helter skelter, great live 2 + 2=5 Sit down stand up We suck young blood There there
Kommer Pablo Honey snart??
Poetic and melodic
мне не зашло!
Know this album intimately from my favourite band. Not their best but contains some of my favourite radiohead songs. Album needs 3 removing to make it 5 stars
Jesus, this is a difficult one to rank. I am a big Radiohead guy, I fully expect most, if not all, of their album to be on there. It is brilliant, it is meaningful, if it were the first Radiohead record I heard I would be blown away. It is however, not the best in their discography. In fact, it is my second to last favorite. This one I can live with a four, cause while brilliant it does not move the needle that forward, it is a bit samey, a bit long. But some of them are gorgeous songs, and it absolutely should be on there.
Will listen more
This was extremely hard to rate objectively. But that’s not the point of this is it? It’s far from their best album in terms of individual tracks, but as a cohesive piece, it’s arguably a masterpiece. Musically, it’s a great mixture of their (at the time) newer electronic experimentation and alt-rock origins. Of all the Radiohead albums, this one has the strongest attachment to time and place for me, and the memories that entails. Listening to this album gives me such a delightful feeling of nostalgia, the way Don Draper described it: “It’s a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone. . .It takes us to a place where we ache to go again.” It’s a 5/5.
This is actually one of my least favourite Radiohead albums. It's not bad, but I just don't connect to it as well as most of their other ones. There are some really fantastic tracks, but there's also a lot of filler or songs that I find boring.
Love Radiohead. Not my favorite of theirs for a listen, but love this era for sure.
I’ve always been a huge fan of experimental music, and what’s funny is that I remember in the early/mid 2000s when Radiohead was at their peak, I just couldn’t ever get into them, despite trying several times. However, over the last six months since I’ve been using this album generator, I’ve been able to grasp and enjoy Radiohead for what they are. On this album particularly, I really enjoyed the electronic elements, especially the piano and some of the programmed drum patterns and beats. I’m actually going to start looking into some of the side projects and solo albums that have branched off of Radiohead.
8/10 Another post-OK Computer album that I find myself reassessing. Much better than I remember - I was still looking for tunes and "proper" song structure when it was released, but in retrospect this is dense and interesting.
I didn't think I would enjoy this album. Honestly, Radiohead doesn't make the kind of music I would want to listen to. But maybe this is just a prejudice. This album is great at some parts, about others I don't really care. But, as an overall, it feels very well done, cohesive and not repetitive at all (which was what happened to me when I listened to Amnesiac, I felt it was bland and boring, with not much to say, actually). So I'm glad this album is much better that what I expected, and to have really liked it.
Solid album, not their absolute best but it really works well in spots. Aged well and definitely worth the time. There There, 2 x 2 =5, and We Suck Young Blood are classics.
Similar to my In Rainbows review I often find it hard to understand what Thom is saying. It's a stylistic choice and not on every track but I'm not reading lyrics to understand what someone is trying to say. Overall it's a hit and miss album, some big highs followed by lows. I liked it but it definitely runs too long, 2-3 weaker tracks could have been cut. I preferred In Rainbows overall which was a 4 so I'm going 3.5/5. Raising to 4.
I am a huge radiohead fan. Love this album but i have others I like more
Another indistinguishable Radiohead album, notable only for being way too long
Filled with interesting driving organic percussion beats and typical newer Radiohead vocalizations, this album is interesting at times, but exciting very seldom. It's not their best effort, not an album to listen to over and over. I love Radiohead but this one I only pulled a few track and pitched the rest.
good, but not as good as ok computer
I LOVE THIS ALBUMS TOP 3 RADIOHEAD PERCHANCE???
I liked the atmosphere, was harder for me to pay attention to the lyrics and did go a bit long for me
It was fine
Well done but not really my thing
good
Not a huge fan of Radiohead, and this album sounds just like all of their stuff past The Bends. It has some great parts, but it’s not that engaging. I don’t know how to explain it. I like when they do more generic rock songs (like 2 + 2 = 5 on this album), but the “whininess” of their other songs is a turn off for me. That being said, the relative uniqueness of their music and superb production are enough to make it somewhat enjoyable. 7/10
The Bends, Kid A and Ok Computer are some of the best albums going in my book. I don't even consider myself a Radiohead fan particularly. This one is far less accessible and a hard to access Radiohead album is not a good sign for the general audience members taking on this list. It's a good album, I enjoyed it, but it's so much grittier, no real catchy hooks or even particularly catchy rhythms and bass lines like in other works. I'm torn between a 3 and a 4. It's a 3 and a half for sure. I'm going to lean to a 4 because I would go back to it and a lot of 3s I don't go back to.
front and back end have some good highlights. Middle is where it falters for me with songs like "go to sleep" and "the gloaming" really harsh my vibe. The pretty harsh mixing is especially distracting in these songs but even in songs i like the harsh mixing i think takes away from it. I also find the lyrics overall are quite abstract (although some songs like "scatter brain" seem more direct). I think when i like the music the lyrics can be more intriguing but when I don't it just exasperates me lol. Like "we suck blood", the clapping is so annoying lol and i think it just makes all the rhetorical questions that don't mean anything just annoying as well. I think the allusions to something political without really being about anything specific just does not really matter to me unless the music is good lol. I think the stretch from "There, There" to "A wolf at the door" Is pretty solid. and of course, "2+2=5" Is a classic. Although i do really like some of the songs and the production throughout is solid and interesting, the harsh mixing especially in some tracks, some odd production choices with weird high pitch noises that don't seem to do anything, and the abstract lyrics does hamper my experience. 3 out of 5 stars
Day 51, 9th record I own. 3rd in a row! I was big into this band in high school. Looking forward to spinning this for the first time in ages. "There There" is still an absolute banger and I don't even need to rewatch the music video to remember that it's one of Michel Gondry's best. Nothing was bad but this very much feels like it can stay in my youth. Ever the optimist, I'm looking forward to listening to the recent Live release of 12 of these tracks. My favorite albums of '03 aren't represented on the list: Ween's Quebec, Sun Oil Moon's Ghosts of the Great Highway, Magnolia Electric Co., Jay-Z's Black Album. On the list, however, is Elephant by the White Stripes and that may rate higher than I go for this particular slight misstep from Radiohead. This is a solid 3.5 but since Radiohead has so much better music I'll have to give it a 3. Live release from just over a month ago: "2+2=5" is better, "Sit Down, Stand Up" is much better, as are "Go to Sleep" and "We Suck Young Blood"; all around this release is preferable. It's incredible that such an excellent studio band can turn the heat up even more live. It's too bad I've only seen them live once, in 2008 for the In Rainbows tour. They played "There There", "The Gloaming", and "Where I End and You Begin". I might go deep enough down this rabbit hole to find audience tapes and compare them to both the studio and live takes they included on their compilation but those 3 tracks aren't as improved or even altered really to warrant a third distinction.
I didn’t really know what to expect from this. It’s not one of the Radiohead albums I’m familiar with but for the most part I liked it. I mean, it’s pretty typical Radiohead but it sounded fine
Too much whining.
confesso que me esforcei um pouco para escuta o album ate o final, eu curto algumas musicas do radiohead mas esse foi um album que não me agradou tanto quanto eu esperava
Ei niin suosittu Radiohead levy. Tyyliltään kyllä täysin Radioheadia, mutta ei sisällä klassikoita. Sanoisin kuitenkin että parempi kuin Amnesiac. Hyvä sekoitus elektronista pärinää ja suoraviivaisempaa rokkia. Parhaat: Sail To The Moon, A Punch Up at a Wedding, Scatterbrain
Will give this another listen later but some really cool moments on this one and some others that were dragging. Favorite song by far was There , There.
I loved Radiohead from Creep through The Bends to OK Computer. Kid A and this one passed me by completely, purely because babies arrived and priorities changed! I've grown to love Kid A but never listened to this in full before, despite loving certain tracks. Opener '2+2=5' is one of them, classic edgy, fidgety Radiohead, blistering guitars. 'Sail To The Moon' is glorious, beautiful. 'Go To Sleep' is great, starts as folky as Radiohead could be and blends into more familiar brillance. 'Where I End and You Begin' was a shock, as a fan of early Simple Minds I loved it. 'A Punch Up at a Wedding' lays down a rare Radiohead groove. Of course the mighty 'There, There' is my favourite. One of their finest tracks, and one of the best rock songs of the millennium. It broods, it builds, it explodes. I've loved it since I saw their scorching Glastonbury version years ago. But overall this has too many average tracks to match up to their best albums. Great moments though.
Dark, moody, brooding, and that’s just Jonny Greenwood’s haircut. Hail To the Thief is an album that I never paid much attention to as a Radiohead fan until recently, and despite my ignorance, I’m actually glad for this album to be so fresh to me. It’s bloody brilliant. There’s a definite theme, and many tracks follow a similar format - starting slow and wistful, before growing and finally exploding into a burst of pained energy. It’s a winning formula. This album feels like a perfect mid point between the slightly more conventionally rock-sounding In Rainbows, and the experimental, electronic Kid A. As an appreciator of all forms of Radiohead, this is a great balance to have. It is also the album that to me sounds most like Muse (or rather, Muse sound like IT). Many tracks feel straight out of Origin of Symmetry or Showbiz. A top tier album that has recently become one of my favourites by Radiohead.
This album was good to listen to in the evening right before bedtime. I only wish You Tube Music could publish the lyrics along with the track listing. Smooth relaxing sounds with interesting lyrical content.
One of the lesser great Radiohead albums, but still a great album. The band brings back the guitars here and mixes them in with the electronics, though it's rare that the two really get going at the same time ("Where I End and You Begin" is one song where they do). It ends up being a nice set of songs that rock while still having a lot of little details in the background. "There There" and the closer are the major highlights, but "Sit Down. Stand Up." and "Myxamatosis" are great too. It's main problem is it's length and the number of subpar songs on the tracklist, with "We Suck Young Blood" chief among them. There's an exceptional 40 minute album in here somewhere, but even as it is it's still great.
3.5
Radiohead goes back to guitars after the Kid A/Amnesiac experimentations and makes a foreboding album with classics like 2+2=5, There There, and A Wolf At The Door. I think it's my 5th favorite Radiohead album.
We need bands like Radiohead. Not my favorite of theirs but a favorite album nonetheless.
It's not Radiohead's best album but it's really dang good. There isn't a "hit" per se but I like the mix of typical rock elements and electronic. 8/10
its radiohead--a bunch of really interesting sounds. nothing quite sounds like this band. quality is good and many songs just become an earworm
At the time Kid A / Amnesiac were released, for some reason I missed the boat slightly, maybe I didn’t quite get it at first and it wasn’t until later that I came back to appreciate them, in fact, it wasn’t until after Hail to the Thief that I decided to go back and catch up. HTTF, with the release of a more straight up single in There, There, it caught my attention and delved in and got my Radiohead listening back on track, so HTTF feels like an important chapter in my Radiohead journey. In truth, HTTF took me a long time to fully appreciate as once I got hold of In Rainbows, my attention switched somewhat. Over 20 years later I’m still finding HTTF keeps giving; my favourite track is Where I End and You Begin and it was probably about 10 years ago that my appreciation of this track really elevated. Radiohead are the only band, to my mind, that I keep discovering songs on new levels to how I found them previously. For this listen, I decided to give the recently released Live Recordings 2003-2009 version of this album another spin, instead of the original album - live versions always seem to give another perspective and help me appreciate some tracks even more, and it’s Go To Sleep that has been standing out lately.
Just not a fan
Slightly too long
Tried to listen with fresh ears but it's so difficult. I have a real history with this record. It was difficult to imagine how they could make the production interesting after kid a and amnesiac, but I really think they managed it. The super saturated live feel production is definitely not what I would go for first but it works here. Some tracks are like indie band meets trance anthem. And there's still beautiful songwriting at the heart.
Their best album.
Pretty good, not my favorite Radiohead album, but okay.
I normally really love Radiohead, but I understand why people find their music boring after listening to this album.
To complain about a Radiohead album is hard, but for some reason this one has never done it for me.
Ugh. This sucked even worse than the last Radiohead album.
I found this quite a hypnotic listen. It seems very layered and like multiple listens will be rewarding. A bit melancholy, mostly languid, and a bit angry.
nope nope nope
прекрасный опыт
Muy bueno
not their best, still pretty great. Could by trimmed to 11 tracks quiet easily
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.
Nothings beat “In Rainbows” yet. The album cover is chock full of potential band names though
Favorites: Sail To The Moon Backdrifts Go To Sleep We Suck Young Blood The Gloaming There, There A Punch Up at a Wedding Myxomatosis Scatterbrain A Wolf At the Door Dark and somber. This album feels like being in a trance, then a fugue state, and then - if you're lucky - spurred into action. If not, you will sink deeper and deeper down into yourself.
fine i guess
This is the fourth Radiohead album I've gotten so far, there's six in here. I feel bad for anyone who hates Radiohead, but I will literally end up giving all of these a 5 I'm sorry.
An interesting album that doesn't quite reach the emotional heights of Kid A and Amnesiac because it doesn't have the melodies that grab a hold of your soul and stay there. But it is a very worthwhile listen for the musical ideas at play, and the idea of play itself
This one will be a hard one to review. Not because I don't like Radiohead - on the contrary I think they are great because they are doing their own thing, sound like no one else, draw from a wide range of influences and are not afraid to experiment. I feel like this is not the sort of music you can listen once or twice and form a good opinion. My experience with them only goes as far as OK Computer, Kid A, Bends and In Rainbows all of which I love a lot. It took me quite a few times to get In Rainbows, so I suspect this one will take some time to soak in as well. From the first full listen I love the influence of drone and krautrock which induces hypnotic, relaxed state of mind. Not too many songs instantly stand out however it's about vibe. So far this is easily strong 4.0/5.0, but will need to REVISIT in the future.
Maybe it's my expectations from all of Radiohead's other incredible releases, but this album feels a bit weak compared to them. While I found the listening experience enjoyable, it felt as if this was more of a by-the-book release they did for fun rather than a completely revolutionary album. It's just a bit of an inconsistent release for them, with songs like I Will not hitting the gold standard they themselves set. Still, Radiohead is one of those bands that really can't produce a single bad album, and there are still songs like There There and A Wolf At the Door on this record that absolutely blows me away with each listen. It's realistically a rapid fire album with no filler, but I do wish a few of these songs spent a bit more time in the oven to be up to fluff with their other releases.
Got bored half way thru and didn’t finish.
2+2 does not equal 5, and it got worse from there. In seriousness, I enjoyed lots of this. But not enough to buy a ticket to the show.
Not my favourite Radiohead album, but I am a fan boy
Not the best Radiohead album, however reasonably solid throughout. A few highlights in the album.
Not familiar with this album. A few moments but probably too long.
Whiny white boys with guitars. Poor. Not a fan.
Musically, Radiohead are very good. This album was decent, just didn't quite hit as much as Okay Computer which I got last week.
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
Always felt this was the weaker of Radiohead's albums, nothing particularly stand out I feel just going through the motions 3.5*
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.
It's Radiohead. It's a great album, lots of cool sounds that I've never heard before. I don't think you could hear something similar from other bands as well. 5/5
Very good!
Radiohead just makes interesting music. This is more electronic but still really enjoyable (I'm a bigger fan of earlier Radiohead, hence -1, but it is better than a lot of 4* albums on here).
I'm not a huge fan of Radiohead, but I didn't mind this album so much
Good album but not my favorite by Radiohead. It seemed like a buildup without a payoff. It is an album that I would listen to alone.
I don't like Radiohead, and I don't have to. And it's mostly because I don't like Thom Yorke as a singer. Once again, on this album, he's just not singing well, and I don't like it. It makes the music hard for me to listen to. I like plenty of experimental music, but when it comes to Radiohead they just seem to ignore giving the audience anything to hold onto which bears any resemblance to non-experimental music. What do I mean by that? Radiohead are described as being a rock band, at least at some level. But where's the rock? This is so far outside rock, and everything else for that matter, that it's just tough to find a way into understanding it. Any other band that cites Radiohead as an influence often has much more of a rock underpinning, with experimental elements, and the results are much more enjoyable. With Radiohead, their albums regularly feel almost completely forgettable as result. Even when they come close to something more enjoyable as normal music, that's when Thom's singing is even worse. I don't see a point in listening to this again.
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.
Pretty good, pretty good Fav song: A Wolf At the Door
It’s not my favourite Radiohead album, but maybe top 3? I like it more than I remembered.
No standouts on this album for me but it good.
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
It's basically impossible to comment on Radiohead without being accused of either over- or under-stating their quality or importance. It's kind of fair: they've been darlings of music critics for like thirty years, so people have opinions. They're an experimental rock band, too; takes veer wildly between "they're no Captain Beefheart" and "shut up and just play The Bends". They've got some tropes of their own: there are usually some repetitive electronic elements that underpin the rhythm, the guitars don't just strum, Thom York wails plaintively in his falsetto register, songs suddenly stop or start or just change character altogether. The thing is, those are all actually very hard to do -- especially in a way that's as listenable as Radiohead remains. It's a good album. There are some really catchy beats (Phil Selway is an underrated drummer), some nice tunes (I really enjoyed 'Go To Sleep') but also some real drags: 'We Suck Young Blood' takes three whole minutes to pick up from its hand-clapping, monotonous dirge and then goes immediately back into it. The melancholy is highly affective (and effective!), to be sure, but it's a profoundly unpleasant listen. Like listening to a eulogy at half-speed. This is exactly the kind of thing that people hate about Radiohead. 'There, There' is a great example of the less-weird stuff that Radiohead can do. The open, acoustic sound of the drumming (I think the first cymbal hit is at 1:47) propels this one while Colin Greenwood's bass winds around it melodically but subtly, producing a deep groove. Ed O'Brien and the More Famous Greenwood's guitars strum along sparsely with a sound that is both overdriven and somehow shimmering. It all builds, piece by piece, into a busy final third but at that point, the listener can still hear the central features that the song started from; they've followed the whole plot. Yorke's voice soars over the whole thing, extending for bars with quavering vibrato, serving almost as a background instrument. And then for the last verse, it all falls back and the song feels complete. Radiohead's ability to build something and pull the listener along so that the sound bath isn't overwhelming exists -- sometimes they just don't seem to bother. 'A Punch Up at a Wedding' has a cool-as-hell groove driven by bass, drums and piano. Yorke's contributions are occasionally Way Too Many Vocal Layers, but the intensity of the Choir Of Yorkes is used mostly sparingly. It's not a perfect album by any means -- on first listen, much of it is too dense or too melancholic to invite anyone to listen a second time. But Radiohead remain an immensely capable band who are very able to inject electronic strangeness, sonic complexity and emotional depth into rock music that is just that -- perfectly recognizable as rock music. If all your experiments work, you're not actually experimenting. This is a solid 3.5/5 album and its second half makes it well worth a listen. If you're here giving this 5/5 just because it's dense and weird, fuck off. If you're here giving this 1/5 just because you've got beef with Radiohead fans, please equally fuck off. Would be 4/5 but for the interminable dirges on the first half.
I don’t like defining a band by its most prominent hit… but with this backlog?
Not my favourite of theirs
Whereas Kid A and Amnesiac are cerebral, Hail To the Thief is physical. It is more immediate, more raw, though I wouldn't describe it as guitar driven or entirely a rock album. It's kind of an ongoing clash between guitar driven rock and electronic synthy atmospheric aspects. A lot of folks complain about the length. It's long, but it's not an absolute deal-breaker. I do think it could have been trimmed to give a more focused sound or theme. But I think the length and variety of songs convey a sense of chaos or frustration that sits at the core to many of these songs. Likewise, it's described as a political album. I really think that's exaggerated-- yes, the Bush-era protests and reactions are there, but they sit backseat to the musical ideas. Overall, it's a behemoth, like a Thanksgiving meal of sound. It's not Radiohead's best album, but their bar is so high that it is comparatively a far better album than nearly all music of its time. I'm glad I spent time with this album as it had long been my least favorite Radiohead, and a close listen was worthwhile. My favorite tracks: "Sail To the Moon", "Where I End And You Begin", "There, There", "A Punch Up At a Wedding", "Myxomatosis".
Not their best album by far. Deserves a 4 just for "There, there".
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
First Radiohead album on this list. I liked the first couple songs but I kinda lost interest after a bit. Radiohead's great but they have way stronger stuff than this.
Not my favorite Radiohead project. Still very very good and 2+2=5 allways goes hard
Need to listen again. 3.75
I love Radiohead, so every album is an enjoyable listening experience, but I found myself zoning out more than I usually do with their other projects. Still enjoyed it, but was a bit surprised that it didn’t grip me as much as the others.
Some of the tracks were a bit long, but just fantastic music.
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.
I always avoided Radiohead because they were so ubiquitously popular among my generation that I was almost sick of them by association. They are also very much to blame for ushering in an era of dreary alt-rock that took decades to go away. I don't know. There are some decent tracks here. Maybe I'll give it another listen but it's not made me an instant fan. Some of the guitar work is quite interesting. As a band they are just over rated I'm afraid.
Not my favourite Radiohead, but it sounds very Radiohead.
Of course Radiohead is amazing. This isn't their very best work IMHO, but it's solid example of why they have so many fans.
i listen this album live actually and thought it was phenomenal
Perfect mix of Radiohead's mastery over analog and electric instruments
The last good Radiohead album.
I don't think I've ever listened to this or knew it existed - not a huge fan of this one (guess I'll just stick with 1995-2000 Radiohead).
Sonical Masterpiece, well put together album
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I really want to give this a 5 but it feels a bit too long and the mixing leaves a tad more to be desired. This was only my 2nd listen of this album and I am surprised at myself by how much I threw this album under the radar. To me, it does not quite reach the standard of Radiohead's absolute bests, but it certainly is not much below them. 4.5/5
Radiohead still doing Radiohead
I have nothing against this album or radiohead, but just couldn’t get into it
Great album, shame Thom York is a pile of doggy doo doo.
Not a radiohead man at all. Don't use my rating to decide if you should listen
I guess I never listened to radio head… I didn’t like this.
Dug it, a lot. Haven't listened to it in years and it kinda took me by surprise as I'd felt like I'd had my fill of Radiohead. Reminded me of why they're such a great band.
Surprised this one is considered one of their less great albums, I do this it's a little bloated but honestly I enjoyed it all the same. I love when radiohead are at their most indie.
Some great songs but not as consistent as their other albums.
I want to like Radiohead so bad but it just doesn't resonate with me. I like songs here and there. On this album Go to Sleep was cool.
"¿Sos un soñador que querés arreglar el mundo? Yo me voy a quedar en mi casa eternamente, donde 2 + 2 siempre es 5" Así abre este disco genial. Otro que podría referirse al mundo de hoy, al de la posverdad y el oscurantismo medieval en el que vivimos. Yo pensaba ponerle a este disco 4 estrellas, porque Radiohead tiene tres discos que me parecen mejores que este, pero después de escuchar los primeros segundos, y a medida que fui reescuchando el disco le tengo que poner las 5. Es un 9/10 estrellitas, un 5 débil. Pero le tengo demasiado cariño a este disco como para ponerle menos: 2+2= 5, Sail to the Moon, Where I End and You Begin, There There (mi canción favorita del disco), We Suck Young Blood, A Punch Up at the Wedding y A Wolf at the Door están entre las mejores canciones de la banda. O sea, 7 de 14 canciones están entre las MEJORES canciones de la banda. Y el resto del disco está muy bien también: Scatterbrain, Sit Down, Stand Up, I Will, Myxomatosis... son muy buenas. Hay un par de canciones que no me gustan mucho. Un par de canciones DE CATORCE: Backdrifts es la "mayor ofensa". Simplemente porque es una canción que no me dice mucho y dura más de 5 minutos. Entre comillas, tampoco está mal. Hay efectos con la guitarra que están buenos. Algunos electrónicos también. The Gloaming es la otra que nunca me convenció mucho, pero su electrónica es más interesante. ¿Y qué es Hail to the Thief? Es un disco que rompe con su pasado reciente, los electrónicos Kid A y Amnesiac, con Johnny Greenwood volviendo a agarrar la guitarra para patear culos. También creo que es el disco más cancionero de Radiohead, tal vez junto a The Bends y In Rainbows. HTTT es el disco con más canciones de la banda y es el disco que tiene más canciones cortas (si bien también Backdrifts y There There superan los 5 minutos y hay otras cuantas que duran más de 4). También es el disco más variado de la banda: tiene canciones como Backdrift que podrían haber estado en Amnesiac o Kid A, más electrónica y con weas raras; tenés canciones que rockean como 2+2=5, Go to Sleep o There There; baladas radioheadianas como Sail to the Moon a A Punchup at a Wedding, y también tenés canciones raras que solo Radiohead puede hacer: la marcha fúnebre de We Suck Young Blood, el recitado (super melódico) de desgracias como A Wolf at the Door o la pequeña balada minimalista de I Will. Después están las letras. Este sería el disco "político" de Radiohead, como dije al principio. Un comentario pelotudo porque Radiohead casi siempre fue político. ¿OK Computer y Kid A no son discos políticos? Pero sí es un disco que tomó inspiración a partir de los discursos de Bush y su Guerra contra el Terror. Dicho eso, Radiohead siempre fue una banda muy inteligente y va más allá. Todo bien con American Idiot y ese tipo de discos, pero Hail to the Thief no es un disco anti-Bush, sino que refleja el estado de neurosis y psicosis que tenemos las personas comunes en la vida moderna. Los Bush son la consecuencia (y tal vez también la causa) de eso, pero el tema es la vida de hoy. Entonces, tenemos letras que son explícitamente políticas, como 2+2=5 (que describe la distopía orwelliana en la que estamos viviendo hace 20 años) o ese lamento a las corporaciones (los vampiros de la vida real), We Suck Young Blood; pero también tenemos canciones que hablan sobre la distancia que hay entre las personas, como Where I End and You Begin, o sobre las neurosis que aquejan al hombre cotidiano (A Wolf at the Door). Hasta la tapa es totalmente icónica, presentando distintos carteles y panfletos que nos forman y deforman. En fin, DISCAZO. No es tan bueno como Kid A, Ok Computer y A Moon Shaped Pool, pero eso solo nos muestra lo increíble que es esta banda.
Okay, not their best
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.
Complex, dark and light, textured, diverse.
I gave myself 2 days for this one and did 2 different listens. The first listen was the studio recording and I could identify its musical complexities but I had no idea what it was about and what it meant. 3/5 initial reaction. The next day I listened to the newly released live album. I didn't gain a new understanding of the material but the music really connected more. Im sure there are 100+ youtube videos and blogs over analyzing this and its some political commentary masterpiece. Off my 2 listens I didn't get it. Cool sounds though and I look forward to listening to more Radiohead.
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
Myxomatosis reminds me of weather top lotr
When I first heard this album, I didn't get it, it. did not move much at all. I am a Radiohead fan, but this album never got high up the list for me. As the band continued to evolve, I just wasn't sure what they were doing. Listening to it today, I wouldn't say it's in my top 3 of Radiohead albums, but I definitely enjoyed it more than I had before. I think it was a little iffy with "Reckoner" and "House of Cards". "Videotape" has a bit of a "Pyramid Song" vibe to it, but creepier instead of the immense sadness I feel when I hear "Pyramid Song". A weird way to end the album, but nonetheless here we are. So all in all it's a pretty good album, much better than I remember it. Top tracks: "15 Step," "Bodysnatchers," "Nude," "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi," "All I Need," "Faust Arp"
Radiohead was really humming for over a decade between 1995's The Bends and 2007's In Rainbows. But I think this was the weakest of the six. Still better than a 3 but not a clear 4 and certainly not a 5. It just feels a bit caught between two worlds - electronica and rock - and less seamless than their other efforts. Thom Yorke's despairing vocals still shine through and there are some great tunes, including 2 + 2 = 5, Sail to the Moon, Go to Sleep, We Suck Young Blood, There There, A Punch Up at a Wedding, and Myxomatosis.
I've mentioned before that OK Computer was the last Radiohead album I really liked before they got fully Weird with a capital W. As I listened to the first couple of tracks, I thought, "Here we go again." How wrong I was. At first, I just appreciated a lot of the songs that were based in regular instruments rather than electronica (e.g., Sail to the Moon, Go to Sleep, A Punchup at a Wedding), but it was on repeat listens that I started to get pulled into more and more tracks (incl. Myxomatosis and A Wolf at the Door). I was busy this week and it took a while to get to a close listen, but I was already clearly at a 4 for the album by then. Then, I did my close listen and frankly was blown away by how much better the album was when paying close attention. The lyrics are sheer poetry and horror - the sense of foreboding throughout the album is palpable. It's a shame Thom Yorke doesn't enunciate well when he sings (and I know he's capable - that always irks me) because the lyrics are outstanding. Every single song hit me on close listen, so much that I'm not even going to list "favorite tracks" (but a few that really hit me for the first time during the close listen included Where I End and You Begin, We Suck Young Blood, and The Gloaming and if I had to pick one track to call a favorite it would be A Wolf at the Door). Simply put, this is an amazing album - can't believe they pulled this from the book - I slept on this one and I'm glad the 1001 got me to give it another chance.
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.
Radiohead meet Neil Young and the Who in the I Don't Understand the Hype Room of the 1001 Albums Generator Inn. If there's anything redeeming about this it's that it's about my own personal fixation, the war on terror.
This is the more annoying electronic whiny stuff I have come to associate with Radiohead. There is some neat experimental stuff here (lullabies, shanties, etc.), but it's also depressing and grating at times. Credit I suppose for melding child-like fantasy and the political era, and also seeing the future rise of fascism, if unintentionally. I'll give it a 3, but it's really more of a 2.5
4/10
excellent
Really solid! Could’ve been a 5 if it was cut down by 15 minutes or so.
2 + 2 =5 is an absolute banger, this album is so inventive though not without some misses
You know when you have something really good? I mean like perfect and decadent as hell? Then it’s so available that you just keep consuming it. Eventually it loses meaning. You know it’s good but it doesn’t compute. That’s how I got by the end of this album. Lyrically, musically, thematically? Awesome!
Only 1 song added. Not the biggest fan of Radiohead's style, despite recognizing that a lot of people do enjoy it.
Chill and kind of calming. Nearly put me to sleep, but better than I expected from my preconceived notions of Radiohead.
Vraiment sympa, des rythmes variés, une valeur sure
Radiohead quoi… c’est super cool et très qualitatif ! Groupe de génies. Mais c’est pas joyeux haha donc ça peut vite plomber le moral
Je crois que j'avais jamais écouté un album de Radiohead du début à la fin, vraiment très cool ! Mention spéciale Sail to the Moon, We Suck Young Blood, There There, A Punch at A Wedding, Scatterbrain et A Wolf At The Door. 4/5
I really want to like this but it just feels like emo without the irony or self awareness.
Essential? Not really, when Radiohead have plenty of superior albums already on the list. This one is a little under-produced and lacking focus. Nevertheless, it has plenty of variety and the performances are stellar as usual with Radiohead.
boring
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
Bit dreary but great.
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.
no me enloqueció, es un album que siento que me va a cautivar mientras mas lo escuche. pero es un solido 3, lo volveria a escuchar para entenderlo mejor
Listens: A LOT (20+ listens, 430+ song scrobbles) Standout Tracks: 2+2=5, Sail To The Moon, Where I End And You Begin, We Suck Young Blood, There, There, A Punchup at a Wedding I have listened to this album somewhere in the range of 20-30 times according to Last FM, and more recently a Maloja container I've been running in Docker. Look it up; its basically a locally-hosted Last FM deployment, but more simplistic. But I digress. When I first started listening to Radiohead, this album didn't even register on my radar. I was all about In Rainbows and OK Computer. Jigsaw Falling Into Places, Karma Police and especially Climbing Up The Walls are some of my favorite Radiohead songs and perhaps some of my favorite songs of all times. As I explored their extensive catalog, I got into The Bends (which is the first entry of my 1001 Albums Journey) and A Moon Shaped Pool before discovering Hail To The Thief. It was only in the last ~12 months that I tried out this album, and damn does it hit hard. I am hard-pressed to name a bad song on this album. Some are more forgettable than others, but not a single one is skippable or un-listenable. This album isn't quite the perfection that is OK Computer, but its in my top 3 I think. If I had to pick favorites, it would probably be We Suck Young Blood; Such a haunting, creepy tune, and There, There which has a killer, trippy third "verse" where they really go ham on the instrumentation. But honestly, this album is just full of bangers, and its one of the easiest 5-stars (so far) I will give out during this journey. And just recently, Radiohead released a live version of this album, a live recording of each song on the album put together in the same order as the studio album, so I've been listening to that as well.
Based on public review? I feel like I am in the minority for liking this album, bridging their rock and electric sound albums. It's cool! Makes me want to listen to more radiohead. Not all the songs are bangers, but they are all unique and worth the time to listen thru. Political, but we've come back to the point where it's relevant again, so I feel more attuned to the messaging.
call me a male manipulator but i love radiohead
Damn these guys need stronger antidepressants
I didn’t vibe with this album that much
4-5
I really liked this one.. 4.5?
One of the great bands releasing a fantastic mix of music. 4.5/5
As a teenager metalhead, back in the day I despised these band. But now it is evident that the only reason is that I was stupid and I hated "normal people". This band is extremely good and each of their albums (at least those that I've heard) are special in some way. For this record, what captivated me was the electronic bases, even close to breakbeat in some parts, while keeping a kind of progressive mood. Really good one for driving (added it to my list!). Listening notes: Amazing drum sounds at the beginning of the album. pianos, ruiditos, segundo tema, breakbeat!! luego el tema de a punch up at a wedding me suena a prog 70s, to wapo. sinte masivo en myxomatosis
I think I must have once made a list of everything I like about music and Radiohead stole that list and has made it their mission to do the absolute opposite of everything on that list for their entire career just to mess with me. I hate everything about the world that has happened since about the year 2000, but one recent development that I’ve very much enjoyed is that the people who make “Israel is bad” their entire personality and Radiohead have been beefing and it’s always nice when the two most annoying people in the world start feuding. It’s like Laura Loomer v. MTG or Trump v. Elon. Like, yes, fight fight fight! Also can both of you lose? They’re like the Highlander of being obnoxious. There can be only one!
Tror ikkje da e mitt nye favorittalbum av dei, etter første gjennomlytt
Combines elements of their career to date, both the rockier sounds and the electronic experimentation. Not perfect by a long shot, some dirgy parts but usually interesting and inviting of further listens.
Not great
Good album not my favorite from them.
3.5 rounded up cause I like Radiohead
omfg
Some moments of weary beauty if not an easy hour
Almost gave it five stars - kind of a revelation for me since I haven't spent any time with these guys.
I liked the album. It started slowly at first but then it got pretty intense. Very radiohead-y. Not my favourite album from them but still like it. Favourite track is "There, There". And I got the rear feeling of wanting to listen to it a couple more times to fully get it. Good album.
Lesser Radiohead, maybe, but still a favourite of mine. Loved it at the time, but did think it could drop a couple of tracks. 4.5 rounded down Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes, 7/1001, 7/24 (29%) Will I get? Already have Recommend: Yes
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.
In my mind, this was always the album they were trying to create when following up OK Computer. This to me sounds like a natural next step. I was not a fan of Kid A and felt they unnecessarily messed with some of my favorite b-sides. Amnesiac was even worse. This is where Radiohead hit another home run after a couple whiffs.
It’s alright. Radiohead full projects just seem to drone on at times. Their big songs on his are great. But I just get bored of the full album.
Pretty good.
This would be most artists' best album. But for Radiohead, it's probably their 6th- best album? It's very good, but not as consistently excellent as much of their other work.
Not bad but not great for Radiohead 3.7
क्या
Si bien Ok, Computer es más conocido y referenciado, Hail to The Thief tiene mucho merito propio y demuestra que Radiohead es una banda de genios musicales. Eso sí, no es un disco que le pueda recomendar a un público general.
Will need to re-listen, but on first listen not many stuck out to me as much as other Radiohead songs / albums I've listened to.
I know there an important band but don’t know there work, it’s very good it’s more a way of working, like some process they have to go through as do we as listener. they’re doing something brilliant
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.
I'll say it again: I don't get Radiohead. Most of their songs are incredibly grating and irritating. I think A Punch Up At A Wedding might have been the one exception on this album, but, I'm not adding it to any playlists.
If you haven't heard any other Radiohead record, this one could be seen as either epic, mesmerizing, and unique, or as pretentious, empty, and boring. Being a fan of Kid A and OK Computer back in the day, and not thinking about Radiohead again until In Rainbows, I never gave this one a try when it came out. Listening to it for the first time, it feels like a very Radiohead-esque Radiohead album, giving you everything you love about Radiohead even if not close to as good as their best albums.
There are far better Radiohead albums than this. Musically, it is intricate and sophisticated, but at times it is too self indulgent for its own good. “Sit Down. Stand Up”, “Myxomatosis” and “There There” are the highlights. “We Suck Young Blood” and “I Will” are the lowest points. A strange analogy: during the scene in Parks & Recreation where Ben plays Cones Of Dunshire with the internet people, he compliments their advanced moves and clever strategy, but just before he delivers the final blow in his victory, one line he speaks is very profound: “You forgot the essence of the game. It’s about the cones.” I feel this way about “Hail To The Thief”. Sure, it’s sophisticated and technically proficient, but they forgot one essence of music: to entertain. Tom Yorke’s vocals are grating at times; he sounds like a banshee who has just stepped on a Lego brick with his bare foot. It’s difficult to listen to and annoying enough to distract from the excellent backing music. Hail To The Thief is too much. I would rather listen to The Bends, OK Computer or even Amnesiac.
Unfamiliar with Radiohead (yes, too old) I was hoping, again, to be pleasantly surprised. Nevertheless, this didn't do it for me. There were ok'ish songs on this album. Punch up at a wedding. There there, Wolf at the Door. I do like the variation of styles and tunes. This gets Hall my 3 star rating.
holy shit man, what a fuckin album. incredible. 5/5
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
4.5
Sullen, slow, depressing. It is lovely.
Vivid memories of my first listen. As I’ve gotten older, I enjoy this album more and more.
Perfectly encapsulates the feeling of living through the W Bush era
Needed ~2 1/2 playbacks to rate, and likely another 3 to fully process. I think I'm a basic Radioheadhead (Nude, anyone??)
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?
a huge album for me but nowhere near their best. wolf at the door still gives me the willies every time
2+2 actually equals 4 and that’s all the stars you’re getting. Do better next time Thom
It took me years to get into post ok computer Radiohead which is now so embarrassing to say.
This was more enjoyable than I thought it would be. But it's sometimes noisy but not in the best kind of way. Would probably relisten
Ok this is better than I remember it being. In my head, I thought the first half was really good and the rest a slog. But, there are definitely some good tunes in the back half. I think I might have been really put off by one of the REALLY slow falsetto songs that Thom insisted on.
I always wonder who the target audience is for this type of music. Cause I sure ain't it
Radiohead just rarely speaks to me or resonates with me.
I didn't enjoy this
@PUNTUACIÓN DE CADA CANCIÓN: 1. 2 + 2 = 5 — 4.42 2. Sit down. Stand up — 3.5 3. Sail to the moon — 4.4 4. Backdrift — 3.85 5. Go to sleep — 3.95 6. Where I end and you begin — 4.1 7. Scatterbrain — 3.1 8. A wolf at the door — 3.6 9. We suck young blood — 2.75 10. The gloaming — 2.75 11. There there — 2.75 12. I will — 2.75 13. A punching up at a wedding — 3.0 14. Myxomatosis — 4.3 @RESEÑA: Hail to the Thief me gustó bastante por cómo experimentan con sonidos bien extravagantes que me encantaron, como en 2+2=5 y Myxomatosis. La mayoría de las letras están piolas y me gustaron, aunque el ritmo de casi todas las canciones es medio lento, y eso no es tanto lo mío. Algunas canciones me parecieron raras pero piolas, otras melancólicas y románticas, y otras con letras copadas pero ritmo que no me atrapó tanto. En resumen, me gustó la onda experimental y las letras, pero el ritmo pausado bajó un poco la nota para mí. @PUNTUACIÓN FINAL: 3.52/5
I feel like I always forget about the existence of Hail to the Thief. Like it's a good Radiohead album, just maybe not a great one
Need more
It’s a good album, not great but good nothing outstanding.
Seems a bit rough around the edges, maybe, but it's got the Radiohead song structures, Radiohead chord progressions, the Radiohead treatment of time signatures and Radiohead's compelling, often off-kilter instrumentations with all this relative weirdness still hitting the right spot for me. I may have to face the fact that I'm kind of a fan, after all: every album past (but also including) OK Computer happens to feature some of my favourite music. Plus, they're just the ultimate band to do a horizontal head-shake dance to. Naturally, 5/5.
I very much enjoyed, the vibe was very correct and the balance was lovely
8/10, nice but get me in my feels
Sucks about thom though
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
This is good but not something I’d seek out and I honestly wished it would finish sooner.
Masterpiece! It is a very balanced album. There is no new super hits, but it is really good.
Radiohead has always looked good on paper to me, but when I listen, I think, yeah, they're pretty cool, but I don't understand the rabid fandom. I think I really need to rethink that attitude--Radiohead has produced so much compelling music. Even "Hail To The Thief" seems like it was a reaction to GW Bush and Tony Blair, but really it was of its time without those figures. Modern problems are not about individual people, but the despair we all feel and the reactivity that we're prone to. Combine this album with its two predecessors and you've got a hell of a run.
Not fan
Alright album, not as good as some of their others.
Hybrid of rock and electronic music. It works well. Sonically pleasing. Intelligent without being overbearing. I can see why this did so well.
Another masterpiece from the best band still going.
The vocals suck
Very good opener and closer, but even with the political angst, it's just not as good as some of Radiohead's other albums.
Ok
Meh.
Love the experimental aspects, and I love Radiohead but I hadn’t listened to a lot of those songs before. It’s isn’t something I would usually listen to, but it’s not bad.
Sympa mais rien de marquant pour moi
Great album by a great band
Preferred some of their other albums
Probably my least listened to Radiohead album, and for good reason. Not as attention grabbing as earlier ones, but still some of the same DNA. Might grow on me if I listen to it more.
4/8
Myxomatosis is otherworldly.
Sounds like most other Radiohead stuff but more boring. I don't think this should be on the list.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
there there timeless classic
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…
This is great, but less great than some of their other albums
Eerie, mournful continuation of amnesia but this time more dynamic. Notable tracks: There There, 2+2=5.
Not my fave Radiohead album, even though I have a copy, but not a bad collection of tracks. Plenty of mood pieces, guitars and electronica means there is something for everyone. Maybe that is the flaw here, trying to please the whole fanbase.
Underrated Radiohead album. I think it gets lost being smack dab in the middle of one of the greatest album runs ever. It's a wide-ranging album, with some of their strangest and most complicated songs. "Sail to the Moon" is so beautiful and strange! Anyways. The raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops the raindrops FIVE STARS
My initial intro to Radiohead that portends greatness.
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
I get that they're being experimental, and I appreciate that, but they're not much fun. They're not angry, they're just a bit whiny.
had a way better time listening to this compared to the last time i tried maybe 10+ years ago raw & experimental with a lot of delightful tracks not my favorite radiohead album as a whole, but deserves to be in the conversation
Absolutely excellent. I've never really listened to much Radiohead but now I completely get the hype. It was an experience and an adventure
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.
4.8
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.
There's much better Radiohead out there (OK Computer), still had some enjoyable moments though. Highlights: There, There, A Wolf at the Door
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
Honestly not massively inspired by this. It's fine but not particularly engaging. Perhaps it was the time I listened to this but there are better Radiohead albums out there for me
There are no 'Bad' Radiohead albums, but despite loving this at the time it's not a great album by itself. The songs are good and the peaks- There There, the bassline in Myxamatosis, the whole first third or so - are majestic, and it does reward repeated listens. But as a playlist, it drags in places. Punch Up is a bit weak, which just takes the edge off. It's a very, VERY strong 4, but I can't recommend it.
4/10 - I do not think I am the biggest radiohead fan. He is too whiny
Doesn’t really hold up when compared to other Radiohead stuff, still a good album. As Om would say though, comparison is the thief of joy.
I dont like radiohead. It seems like lots of people who do dont really like this album. This might be the only album of there's so far I didnt hate, not that it was good but it was less of a chore. More like background music.
Every song on this album will have you tapping your feet and saying, "I'm enjoying it, but what the hell is this song about?" This album contains so many weird sounds. Definitely an emotion factory. Probably best to listen to it stoned. But these chaps are talented, no doubt, and I'm sure this album was ground breaking. It's just not one that I would reach for that often.
it’s just so insanely good i’m sorry. this was the album that really made radiohead click for me. i remember listening to it and thinking that i finally understood why thom yorke always dances like a nut while performing, because the music courses through you like an electric current. it’s that immediate and devastating…you’re just helpless to move… it was specifically ‘where i end and you begin’ that got me way back in 2022, because it has all the hallmarks of an Instant Emilia Favorite—prominent bass line, lyrics about a codependent relationship, spiky guitar, throbbing percussion. this album (like *in rainbows*) is fairly bass-heavy, or at least heavier than their earlier albums, which is maybe why i like it so much…? i think thom’s voice was also really strong in this era—he started singing in a slightly lower register and relied less on his falsetto. i like it when he sings through his teeth, lol. i like when male vocalists sing in a way that rings as desperate but NOT whiny. i love ‘there, there’ and all the footage of them playing it live on the HTTT tour—it was almost always their opener because it requires three sets of drums and i just can’t imagine how fucking exciting it was to see them kick off a set like that. “just ‘cause you feel it / doesn’t mean it’s there” is such a brilliant lyric. in general i love how so many of the songs on this album seem to lend themselves to dual interpretations, simultaneously menacing and comforting… ‘myxomatosis’ is another favorite…i love that revving guitar sound and the absolutely gut wrenching lyrics. don't you just want to go ape shitt? unfortunately, my attachment to this album and its intentions as an anti-war record are the main contributing factors to my hesitance to enjoy radiohead fully now in light of their support of zionism (EXCEPT FOR ED!!!). i don’t actually care a lot about the political implications of this album—i think many of radiohead’s lyrics referencing politics are their weakest and most trite (see: “kicking squealing gucci little piggy” in ‘paranoid android’ which makes me want to puke, or even the reference to 1984 with ‘2+2=5’. eye roll). but that’s what THOM wanted to convey with this album, and i just can’t square it with his refusal to fully condemn israel’s actions. blah. as a record it’s still gorgeous. but my ability to get lost in it is significantly diminished now, which does make me very sad. fav tracks: WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN!!!!!!; myxomatosis; there, there; a wolf at the door; sit down. stand up.; 2+2=5; a punch up at a wedding; the gloaming
i liked it. this feels like the kind of album i wouldn't pick songs from to listen to in different contexts, which is fine because the whole thing itself feels like it belongs together. Fav tracks: There, There;
A good album for Radiohead. Started down the road of obscurity for me.
Pretty decent. Not their best work (obviously)
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.
Cool use of different sounds and dissonance. A little gloomy for my taste but it’s politically charged gloom so I’m not mad at it.
My favorite album from one of my favorite bands! This is the album that got me into Radiohead. Thom Yorke’s voice is otherworldly.
Radiohead's music-as-art-project career continued here with alt-rock more angular than an icosahedron. Will take a couple of listens to get used to the different techniques on display; again don't expect strict adherence to 4-4 time or try and second-guess where a chord progression will head. It's dark, it's moody, it's expressive, and it's rather good. It's no OK Computer, but it's worth a go.
this is another one of those albums that i listened to obsessively as a teenager so giving it anything less than a 5 feels dishonest to myself even if ~objectively~ it probably isn't a 5* album. like it's messy and not all of it works perfectly but that's why i always loved it, you know????
⭐︎4.5 OKコンピュータとKID Aを足して割った感じ。そこまで難解ではない印象。 レディオヘッドが好きだからか、すんなり頭に入った。 長尺曲が少ないこともポイント。