Reviews (page 9 of 14)
Penetration! Penetration! Penetration! Haha gotta love Radiohead. No matter my mood, they have a way of bending it into something a little more complex. I'm not going to say negative or dark.. because there's something so inherently beautiful about their delivery and exploration. So much creativity and feeling. I hope this music is an outlet for them as much as it's an ..inlet for me..?
Pretty good. Makes Radiohead grow on me. I’ll keep listening to them. Especially this album. His voice doesn’t always do it for me but I appreciate what they are doing.
Radiohead slaydiohead
Εννοω συνειδητοποιω οτι ειναι απτα αλμπουμ με πολλες λεπτομερειες και ποτενσιαλ να ανεβαινει στα ματια σου ανα listen δεν θεωρω οτι καταφερνει να αποσπασει κατευθειαν απο εμενα 5 αστερια. Λατρευω 2 3 κομματια τα υπολοιπα μαρεσουν ως "μουσικη" αλλα δεν χτυπανε εντονα.
6th best Radiohead album makes it a classic nonetheless
Enjoyed the last 3 songs the most, felt it was a very sad dark genre, familiar with Radiohead but isn’t my usual cup of tea. Myxomatosis was a strong piece of music
All I can think is it's a good thing I was happy and upbeat at the start of this album otherwise I don't know if I would have made it to the end...maybe I don't like Radiohead like I thought I did
I know I have heard some good Radiohead music but I didn't recognize any of these and the vocal were so grating to my ears that I was barely able to make it through once.
I can understand how someone might not enjoy Radiohead or not enjoy this album in particular, but I think it's pretty strong. Runs just a touch too long, maybe.
Better than I expected. Three or four listens in and I feel I can do another three or four more. Lyrics are getting to me more so than other albums..3 stars with potential for more.
Radiohead and Oasis can suck it. Overrated
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.
Fresh off the back of what is probably the best commercial music concept of all time in Kid A/Amnesiac, in the wake of 9/11 and the ensuing Global War on Terror, Radiohead assimilated a near-hour concoction of uncertainty, anger and existentialism in song. Fluttering between the frenetic guitar-driven indignation that they mastered with The Bends and OK Computer and the relatively recently-established electronically-layered masterclasses mastered in the aforementioned back-to-back of Kid A and Amnesiac, a combination of the two alongside political motivation to form a successful album seemed unlikely, but not impossible. And as heard within this gripping hour of experimentation with that robust, friendly, guitar-based backing, they’d done it again. It’s not part of the ‘holy trinity’ of OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows, but put it in any other rock band’s catalogue and it’d be among their very best.
it was fine
Radiohead is always a weird band for me. On first listen I almost never like their songs but somehow I keep returning to it, and I realize at some point it has grown on me. This album is the same.
I was a little hesitant when I saw yet ANOTHER radiohead album but then I heard it and I was like nahhhhhhhhhh these guys can stay
I historically get kind of annoyed by Radiohead and this album is exactly why ~ I mean, I get it, and their sound is cool but I just never find myself wanting to listen to it. Kudos for being Radiohead ~ well done for it being what it is.
This is a tougher album to rank for me. On one hand, Radiohead continues their streak of putting out excellent and captivating albums as they always do. But this one didn't grip me like their previous releases. It did feel a little bloated, and only 2 songs really blew me away instead of a majority. So still a fantastic album, but below standard for Radiohead. Top tracks: 2 + 2 = 5; There, There; Myxomatosis
This album has its ups and downs, but it's overall a decent listen.
Still sleeping. 2 stars or D.
Look, I like Radiohead. I think Radiohead has many five star albums. I think Radiohead is a group that deserves multiple entries on this list. But Jesus Christ they put every freaking Radiohead album they ever made on here while completely ignoring other artists. So if you have to pass on one of their 17 submissions, I might make it this one
eerste nummer kon er nog mee door.. daarna was het als een kaartenhuisje in een tropische storm...
Not my favorite Radiohead album but I like their sound enough for a 3
Not quite as melodic as some others of theirs, but still very much enjoyed it, feel like one that would grow on me.
Raro. No mal, tampoco increíble. Solo raro.
Groupe connu, j'ai mis la note maximale à 'Kid A", album que je trouve vraiment excellent. Difficile d'atteindre le même niveau de qualité et d'originalité ... J'ai apprécié de découvrir ce nouvel album, mais je ne pense pas l'ajouter à ma collection : il reste original, mais de mon point de vue il est bien moins créatif que 'Kid A'. =>3/5
I feel it’s very safe to say that Radiohead’s run in the 2000s should, and likely forever will be studied. It’s inexplicable how a group of six gentlemen could come together during a ten-year period and create a body of work like that. Despite what the many detractors say, they will never not marvel me with how immense their creations are. They have managed to both abandon their own styles completely and still maintain the same musical identity for over thirty years. But they’ve never abandoned each other. Remove one member from this mix, and Radiohead is not the same. In a way, every record they release is a turning point for them, both personally and creatively. Hail to the Thief feels like an especially potent one though. The band was officially entering the age of the Internet. And with that came the choice of whether to adapt to the public’s changing mindset regarding music. The way I interpret this record is the precursor to the release which would succeed it. Which I am intentionally choosing not to name. For no real reason in particular, other than to withheld my thoughts on it as much as I can. Obviously they didn’t know this at the time, but in hindsight it’s very clear. The arduous, and electronically focused, recording sessions that birthed Kid A and Amnesia permanently altered the band and its members, both positively and negatively. So they decided they would record the next album in a manner as far removed from those methods as possible. They wanted to work efficiently, and they wanted the album done in a timely manner. Everything you hear on this, particularly when it comes to the electronic parts, was all recorded in a very short period of time. And they refused to overdub any of it. It’s all live takes. This even affected the amount of time Thom was given to write lyrics. Whether or not you like what they were going for here, it’s still an impressive effort. The reason why I label this as the precursor to unnamed album number seven is because this is the first time they really fused both halves of their identity. The rock and the electronic came together as one. Hail to the Thief highlights the band at potentially their most frantic and anxious up until that point. But also some of their most mellow writing. It features a handful of the most blood-pumping and electric sounding songs they’ve ever made. But also some of their most lifeless. Which works simultaneously for them and against them. Thom borrowed his own idea from years prior of cutting up random words and putting them into sentences to write his lyrics for this album. Which possibly makes them feel less put together, but there still is this overarching idea of the band’s time working in Hollywood, and also political conflicts that were taking place in the U.S. at the time. You do really get some of the member’s best performances here though. Especially on Philip Selway’s part. It’s just unfortunate that many of those amazing moments feel very short-lived. 2 + 2 = 5 is further proof that they always know how to properly open an album. Sail to the Moon is incredibly beautiful, but almost hauntingly so. We Suck Young Blood is so unnerving, especially with those live hand claps added in. Plus I like how it gets all manic and weird in the middle and then dies back down. Myxomatosis will forever be one of the band’s most underrated tracks, and it was my favorite on this record for a long time. And although I’m aware that Backdrifts maybe isn’t all that special, I think Thom gives a fantastic vocal performance, and I really enjoy the way the instrumental sort of floats about and whirs in your ears. Where my issues with this album lie is really in the album as a whole. Something feels so much less cohesive, and from one song to the next, it does not maintain the same consistency of their best work. Songs like I Will or Scatterbrain basically amount to nothing, and The Gloaming probably could have been left off the album entirely. I’m aware this is a whole lot of basically nothing for an album I don’t even like as much as it may seem. And as much as I want to give this a glowing five-star review because it’s Radiohead, and solely for that reason, I have to be fair and reasonable. If Kid A was the band’s experimentation with electronic music in its purest form, but arguably at its best, Amnesiac felt like a regression of what made that album succeed. Hail to the Thief is more on an even playing field with that previous album than not, and I think they are relatively equal in quality. I can only hope I won’t have to wait another 7 months for Radiohead to appear again, because it’s pretty clear I can spend a long time talking about them. Rating: 7/10
Classic
Never had an issue with Thom's voice, and it's great to hear to used as another lead instrument on this effort. A lot more glitchy and electronic than previous albums, but it all works and there is the usual fine musicianship on show.
Banger album, not the best radiohead has produced though
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.
Pretty good tbh never listened post Kid A Radiohead so was quite impressed
I actually hadn't heard this album before and I love Radiohead.
Some classic Radiohead tracks show up on this one. I understand it's not considered one of their best records but I enjoy it. it feels like them sort of returning to their 90's rock band roots the most since the bends. the first five tracks are great. there,there is one of the best radiohead songs ever.
Good music for a cold, rainy day
This is a weird one. Many of the songs are good, like 2+2, Where I End, There There and A Wolf. However, it doesn’t feel like a proper album. The sequencing is weird and makes the album hard to «get».
This album is the perfect in-between of alternative Radiohead and experimental Radiohead. I still think OK Computer is their magnum opus, but I've really grown to love Hail to the Thief over the years.
Alright
God this was fucking boring, I was done right after the second song. So far the worst Radiohead album I’ve listened to on this fucking list. More avant-garde artsy bullshit from this bunch of losers. It amazes me that people eat up this slop and still are somehow left wanting more. Just go listen to any other Radiohead album, they all sound exactly the same. Seriously, I don’t get it. The Bends was the closest thing I’ve listened to so far that was actually listenable. The rest of this discography just sounds like shit narcissists pretend to like so they can feel superior to us “non-believers”. Sit Down, Stand Up was the only song I had any remote interest in. After that it went straight back to normal bullshit whiny whacko nonsense. Fuck Radiohead.
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N1x0oz76vE
Big Radiohead fan but first time listening to this, pleasantly surprised. I actually think the high points of this album are better than Kid A in some respects but unfortunately just lacks the complete consistency to get itself there. 9/10 Fav tracks - 2+2=5, Sit Down. Stand Up, Backdrifts , Where I End and You Begin, There There, A Punch Up at a Wedding, Myxomatosis Least fav - none
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
Not my fav by them but still hard.
a work of decent beauty overshadowed by their other albums
Rating: 8/10 Some fantastic highlights, the band is a bit more experimental on this album. A few mediocre songs but great overall.
its really great, the instrumentals are amazing. lots of variety
I'd give it 3.5 if I could. It's too noodly, tbh.
ооох это было испытание для есфп опыт безусловно интересный,очень понравились инструментал песен и тексты это прям нереально круто всё но исполнение Тома Йорка погружало меня в депрессию (это ему комплимент) а мне не нравится такое состояние (исключение песня myxomatosis она вообще совершенно другая вот ее я себе и добавила) я клоню к тому что очень уважаю рэдиохед и восхищаюсь ими но это не моё 🙏
спасибо большое что для меня открылись такие гении как радиохед, музыка прекрасна, но дам 5 авансом, потому что уверен, что есть работы сильнее
The most overrated band in the history of rock and roll.
Mixed
# 381 : I really do not like Radiohead. Have the people that rate something 5 stars, actually listened/read/watched what they are rating? It baffles me how people rave about this twaddle.
Alot of it just didnt sound amazing. Of course a few radio head bangers but alot of it didnt jive with me
Low and slow, kinda sad
More accessible than I thought it would be, but kind of heavy-handed and grim, even for Radiohead. Nothing really stood out.
I'm pretty new to Radiohead, so I hadn't heard this one before. I like both their rock era and electronic era, so I dig the sound of this one. That said, fewer tracks stood out to me than I expected. ("Where I End and You Begin," "There, There," and "Myxomatosis" were the highlights for me.) I think if I wanted to listen to Radiohead, I'd probably just pick a different album. 3 stars.
Had a couple of epiphanies just relistening to this. But i’m not a fan of the quieter songs
I would not be surprised to learn the Radiohead is just early AI. Everything about them says they should be great, but I always walk away feeling like something was missing.
idk radiohead just isn't really for me
Gonna have to listen to this one again.
Excellent mix of traditional and modern instrumentation.
I do get why you’d make something like OK Computer, basically building the blueprint for experimental rock, with the world sitting with baited breath for your next move… and go nuclear with what Radiohead did next. But that doesn’t mean I particularly enjoy it. Thom Yorke stopped singing like a rock singer and adopted his fractured, falsetto style, Johnny Greenwood basically abandoned the guitar for synths and the drums became mechanical and stuttering. Hail To The Thief is probably the ‘rockiest’ of their experimental shift from where I’m sitting but I just can’t get on board with it. I’m craving a riff, hook or melody in the swirling murk. Maybe if they’d always been like this, I’d have appreciated it more but I’m just frustrated that what we had on The Bends and OK seems to have been thrown out. There are some nice moments but it’s too much hard work to go through this and keep finding them amongst the discordant space debris.
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
It's the devil's way now, there is no way out. Walk into the jaws of hell. I sucked the moon, I spoke too soon and how much did it cost? We're rotten fruit, we're damaged goods. May pretty horses come to you as you sleep, where I end and you begin. Are you sweet? Are you fresh? Are you strung up by the wrists? We want the young blood, we are accidents waiting to happen; I won't let this happen to my children. A bully in a china shop, when I turn around you stay frozen to the spot. I don't know why I feel tongue-tied. Lightning fuse, power cut, get the flan in the face.
Was not familiar with any of the songs, not my favorite Radiohead album. Maybe I wasn't depressed enough to properly enjoy it. However I did still really like these songs: 2+2=5, sail to the moon
A moody album, of its time, but very strong.
A little goes a long way
More of a The Bends guy I guess
Album art:4
All the hallmarks of a Radiohead album that you come to expect, with no filler or fluff.
Never really listened to the later Radiohead albums so this was a new one for me. It was better than I was expecting and I enjoyed some songs but some others felt like they were just flinging sounds into the mix hoping something would stick. Which didn’t always work in my opinion. An enjoyable listen though and one I will go back to.
My interest in Radiohead declined steadily as they evolved away from The Bends and OK Computer, so I hadn’t listened to this one in years. There are clearly some good songs on there and less of the weird ones from others albums. I really tried to love this, but the lack of catchiness and probably simplicity to the tunes stops it being a classic. I am pretty sure that making the songs inaccessible was what they were trying to achieve. Best track: There there 3.75
Definitely a ‘return to form’ after that Kid A experiment rubbish. Albeit this latter phase of their career carries some of the vibe of that. Anyway, there are some really great tracks in here, and some average ones (Thom does have a habit to overdo the wailing sometimes). But given I do listen to this and other latter Radiohead albums when I’m in the mood, that counts it for a 4* for me. I’m not sure what that mood is exactly, I guess a more quiet retrospective one, not one where you need music to cheer you up.
I have no recollection of ever listening to this album. It's got some cracking songs thank goodness and not as w*nky as the last effort. Bit too long ...
Jotenkin mitäänsanomaton. Loppua kohden ehkä vähän parani. Aika chill rock mutta tuntui vaisulta???
Favourite song - Where I end and you begin
There's something about this band that I really like and I really don't like. Why is that? Maybe Thom Yorke's voice gets on my nerves after a while? Lyrically and musically, I enjoy them. I'm not sure why I feel this way about Radiohead. 3.5 stars.
Radiohead remain such a marmite band for me. Thom Yorke is capable of singing like an angel, and yet so often he drones. The album is never unlistenable, but a lot of it blurs into one for me, so it never quite gets above the level of “background noise.” I’m starting to think that my love of In Rainbows is an exception to my usual take on Radiohead. Standout Song: We Suck Young Blood Score: 3/5
This is my least favorite of all their albums. I remember feeling disappointed a bit from it. Still some good gems but I don’t return to it much.
Sad boi
I just don’t get this album
I like this album more every time I listen. Which might be true for all Radiohead.
3.5/5
I did listen to this and liked it. not as much as some of their other stuff but it's Radiohead man! 4 stars.
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
Ovome sam se baš veselio. Dugo sam hejtao Radiohead i nisam im nikad dao priliku, a ovaj projekt je savršena prilika za tako nešto. Ono što mi je prije smetalo, a i dalje je malo iritantno, je taj njegov glas koji je savršen za bijele britanske mame koje se žale što ne mogu naći savršen popust na black friday akcijama. Ali se jako dobro uklapa u glazbu i daje taj neki melankolični štih tomu svemu Vidi se zašto su postali veliki bend, iako se tu potencijalno čuju utjecaji svega i svačega imam osjećaj da oni svoju glazbu izvode na svoj način Ima malo napornih trenutaka tipa I Will pjesma mi nije baš sjela, ali na pjesmu There, There sam baš fino zagruvao Sviđa mi se način na koji koriste elektroniku, od syntheva, bubnjeva do buke Jako mi je drago što sam poslušao ovaj album i ne mogu vjerovati da mi se album sviđa! Evo, palo je moje prvo iznenađenje od početka
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.
thom yorke
Sonically interesting with some good songs. Plenty of unique percussion and engaging rhythmic elements. The music is good, and the tones and textures always sound good. Except his voice. Man I hate his voice.
Weird I literally just had this album on over the weekend without knowing it was next. It’s a banger as is everything Radiohead
This was fine but I’ve never gotten the hype of Radiohead. Above average background music for me
I think that I’ve always had the opinion that Radiohead was kind of boring. Like their biggest song is Creep which is pretty boring. I kind of liked it though
really boring. i enjoyed the electronic songs (backdrifts) more than the rock ones.
Þetta er ekki uppáhalds Radiohead platan mín. Frekar mörgt steikt vælulög. En experimentalisminn er alltaf til staðar og nokkur geggjuð lög eins og There, there. Erfitt að fara lægra en 5. En þá væri in rainbows og ok computer 7.
Heldur ekki ein af mínum uppáhaldsplötum Radiohead og jafnast ekki alveg á við risana þeirra. Geldur fyrir það. En það breytir því ekki að í heildarmenginu er þetta frábær plata.
2 Stars (5/15)
Love Radiohead, this is awesome but not one of my favorites, together with Pablo Honey and Amnesiac (and still gave Amnesiac a 5 due to fanboyism, i still regret that) fav tracks: There, There, Sail to the Moon, Where I End and You Begin, I Will, A Wolf at the Door
# Album Name: Hail To The Thief # Artist: Radiohead # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: First half of the album is much stronger. Takes a bit of a dip after track 6. There’s some decent tracks on the 2nd half like there there, mixamatosis and wolf at the door but not at the same level as the first half. You can feel the transition of style which leads to the later albums. I prefer the earlier bends/OKC albums over this. However, its still a good album! # Top Tunes: 2+2 / Sit Down, stand up / Sail to the moon / GTS / Where i end.. / there there # Would I listen to it again? Yes
The lyrics were written under the impression of George W. Bushs election as president. What kind of album would that be now, after the second election of Donald Trump.
Most underrated RH ALBUM
Meh
Too much computer music.
Didn’t dislike this one but liked it less than previous album I listened to.
I'm one of those people who lost interest in Radiohead after OK Computer. I liked Creep and Fake Plastic Trees and Paranoid Android. After that it all got too noodle-y and too serious for me. The nervous, jazzy drumming and the convoluted chord progressions and Thom Yorke's whinier and whinier vocals and the lack of interesting melodies, it just really really grates on me. This has all of those things in spades. It's a wonder I made it all the way to the end.
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.
Some very good songs, will need to listen again as it can rise to perhaps a 4.
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
3.5
Good Radiohead but not transcendent Radiohead. Rock instruments, electronic instruments, energetic songs, atmospheric spacey songs, Thom Yorke’s voice, Greenwood’s perplexing riffs - it’s all here folks.
Not their best album but still brilliant. A rockier sound and it doesnt have as many stand out tracks but the quality is so high throughout i loved every second of this.
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.
Another album that I just don't get. The first 2 tracks remind me of James Brown looking for a word to add "Heaahh". Repeating the same line for half the song.
The thief in the title refers to Israel, whom Thom and Johnny both support in the illegal occupation and outright genocide of the Palestinian people. I love Radiohead's music, this album is solid and Kid A is one of my favs ever, but it's getting harder to enjoy the music knowing the people behind it support genocide so wholeheartedly.
I may be biased because I thoroughly enjoy Radiohead’s music, but I will try my best to be fair. Radiohead’s music always resonated well with me with their songs usually building up on instruments slowly and developing into an orchestra of emotion. Some of my favorite songs on the track are 2+2=5, sail to the moon, and go to sleep. While I don’t think this is one of Radiohead’s best albums, I’d definitely say it’s worth listening to as their instrumentals and lyrics are enchanting and always seem to amaze me.
Still sad boi music but more radiohead esq. Fav song 2+2=5
Oddly enough Radiohead is one of those bands that I just never could get into or understand. Their music isn’t bad or anything, it’s just not exciting? Maybe it’s also his voice/vocal style that is a little stale sounding to me. Music is subjective of course and I can see why people adore them.
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.
Þetta er ásamt OK Computer sú Radiohead plata sem ég hlustaði mest á í gegnum tíðina. Sé ekki eftir þeim hlustunum, svo við vinnum aðeins með understatementin.
This was my day-after-the-election album, and it feels quite fitting.
Third Radiohead album so far on this list. I'm yet to be convinced they're not utter shit.
Fluttery, indecisive, prone to pretentiousness. No boldness in any way.
At times grandiose and angry, then gentle and mesmerising, sometimes even sinister. With Thom's long held notes and the thick instrumentation, it's the kind of album that completely washes over you and coats you in a mood.
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
Favourite tracks: there there; punch up at a wedding; 2+2=5; scatterbrain; wolf at the door
altern. Rock, 2003 -> 3
Typical Radiohead - warbling, ghostly, and I know I'm supposed to really like it, but it's just meh....
Solid, but better Radiohead exists
Even at their most vague and uneven, Radiohead is great. It’s widely known that three of the tracks are poor by the band’s standard. And yet this album is still great, filled with memorable songs, such “There There” or “2+2=5”. If you are unconvinced about the track order, try Thom Yorke’s tweaking of the track order. With it, both the length and flow works better.
2 + 2 = 5 Where I End and You Begin There There Myxomatosis A Wolf at the Door
3.5
Yep, that sure is Radiohead alright
Another solid album!
not really listened to these before but i liked it and will check out more
I had forgotten how much I like this album. I must have spent half of college listening to this because I remembered every part of every song. Somehow in hindsight it's become "the one that 'There, There'" is on, but there is really great stuff throughout. It felt a little long listening to it now but it's an hour that's packed with ideas. 4.5
That sure is one of the Radiohead albums! I don’t mind anything here but none of it stands out either.
Not my favorite Radiohead album. I like the mix of electronic and more typical guitar rock, but the whininess of his voice got a little old.
wow, maybe they DID make a radiohead album for me. 3.5
angering every indie music boy I ever knew by calling this one "fine?"
True story: Went and saw Radiohead at Red Rocks on this tour with my little brother and we locked the keys in his mint green Geo Prizm ... so we called my dad in Boulder and told him to drive to Red Rocks during the show, find "Minty" in a sea of cars, and break in to get the keys out, which he did. Talk about a great dad. The show was pretty epic, too.
The bends will always be my favorite. This is a good record. They touched a lot of different genres here.
Just can't get into radiohead. This was sunshade ok but had a lot of posts i just find boring.
Radiomid
Ahh Radiohead - the masters of making music that forces me to question every facet of my existence. This was my first time listening to this album front to back, and what a ride it was.
Radiomiddest
Great album, a little messy
This is what depression sounds like!
Pour vrai ça sonne toute pareil
Alright for me. Solid 3
Their 6th studio album was well awaited and didn’t disappoint. Track after track of awesomeness, beauty, or beautiful awesomeness. Check out the video for There There as well, fantastic stuff. I enjoyed the limited edition version in which all the tracks had somewhat creepy second names such as There There (The Boney King of Nowhere). The Boney King of Nowhere being a song used in the children’s classic TV series Bagpus.
Contain the best Radiohead song (where i end and you begin). And at some point this was my favourite Radiohead album: all the different aspects of their music come together and strong songwriting overall ..but now: cannot stand this way of singing anymore, (in fact it often sounds pretty horrible to me). 2003: 5 stars 2024: 4 stars
I never checked out this one before, despite liking Kid A very much, but I can confirm this is another really good album.
Most of the songs are brilliant. Yet somehow the album does not feel like 5 stars for me, perhaps because it's not entirely coherent and it's too long.
Comparing it to other Radiohead albums, this is a strong three.
Very much liked it! Describe as "cake, with better voices". It was reminiscent of "Creep" but had a lot of variety.
Dislike his voice hardcore. Music is ok, though it's not a great morning listen. Kinda puts me to sleep.
bueno, pero muy experimental
Is it a great band operating at (or near) the peak of its powers? Yes. Is it also too long (by at least a few cuts) and somewhat indifferent/directionless compared to their other fantastic work of this same vintage? Their sixth or seventh best record is better than the best of most other artists in this esteemed list.
Well it's Radiohead innit? Even a lesser political album is still head and shoulders above most albums by other bands. Oddball sounds and rhythms, electronic and drum orientated with an occasional Rocky-interlude it blends together rather than having stand-out tracks. I know it's not for everyone but it is for me.
This band never really did anything that peaked my interest. Their song Creep, which isn't on this album, was great when it was sung by J Church. Other than that, they provide no musical worth to me.
This album made me sleepy
I have never listened to this album but what a great work of art. A perfect combination between electronics and rock music. I really enjoyed Tom's voice on this album. 5/5
I enjoyed this, particularly the first 3/4, which I found quite emotive at times. My attention started to wane a little towards the end on the first listen but I look forward to listening again with earphones.
I'm not a great fan of Thom Yorke's voice and I found this album to be rather dirge like and depressing. Not their greatest work.
Phwoar. Now we’re talking! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this for the first time in probably 20 years. Plenty of different ideas on here, which I’m into. At first my instinct was to champion the big riffs, electronic crescendos and general return to upbeat alternative music, but on reflection the quieter and drawn out moments are as much of the band’s back catalogue as anything else up to this point. This feels like a band confident enough to ignore the pull of constant invention and look back on their previous releases, revisiting whatever ideas they still find exciting. Oh, and the drums sounds incredible on this album.
There are some really good tracks here. Some others could’ve done with not being here. If this had been trimmed to a 40min album could’ve possibly been a 5* for me
I like Radiohead. I didn’t think this was their best album. I generally liked the songs but nothing stood out.
Everyone's second least favourite Radiohead album? Definitely too long. Glad I tried Thom Yorke's alternative track list, which is a superior version and would definitely up its star rating by one.
Great band, class album. Probably one of my favourite of Radiohead.
Not my favourite Radiohead album but nether the less a great revisit to it and staggered to be reminded it’s over 20 years old. “There There” the stand out of the singles released from it. Considering it was touted as a bit of a Protest album against the newly elected President Bush I don’t get a great deal of anger in it (certainly not from a Radiohead perspective anyway). Forgot what a great track “punch up at a wedding” was. And probably the 1st album where the band mashed together their old Indy rock sound with their new electronica experiments - early stirrings of what the Smile are now. Solid 4 for this one from me.
I certainly wasn't cool enough to be listening to this when it came out, and maybe I'm still not cool enough.. All hail to Thom Yorke. This album has always passed me by and never quite hit so much. I would place this among the lesser albums from them. It was made in the time of George W Bush being president and in the aftermath of 9/11. A bit too all over the place, too long, not consistent enough.
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.
Bekomme ich noch ein Radiohead-Album vorgeschlagen, raste ich aus
There was a time when this album probably woulda hit hard, but now it's mostly dated, probably about 20 minutes too long, and not really very interesting. Comfortably in the radiohead catalog with nothing to distinguish it.
once again---fine
Not fave radiohead but still decent
Not sure what all the hype is with this band.
Enjoyed quite a bit
Sorry Radiohead, this album you hate is great.
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.
Best shit: "2+2=5", "Where I End and You Begin", "We Suck Young Blood", "The Gloaming", "There, There" (top 100 songs ever IMO), "I Will", "Myxomatosis", "A Wolf at the Door". That's most of them. This shit fucks. 4.5/5
-1 killed wife not their best also
Started to loose interest around the time of this album
After not listening to them much I find that I enjoy their sound
I think its an underrated album. it has the real "radiohead thing."
A couple songs were pretty good. A couple bearable. The rest - trash.
I’m a decent Radiohead fan. When I’m in the mood they can be a great band. Though I will say they are a group Id probably never want to see Live , they are definition of listening to experimental melancholy music at home. They just don't conduct to many sing along numbers Now of all Radiohead Discography this is probably the one I rank lowest (besides “Pablo Honey” which I should give another listen too) , yes I’m one of the crazy fans that loves “The King Of Limbs) This record is still decent but it’s kinda scattered brained (no relation the song haha) and it’s a little drawn out Standout Tracks 2+2 = 5 SIT DOWN, STAND UP (favourite song on here) Sail To The Moon Backdrifts Where I End and You Begin We Suck Young Blood (works better as a standalone song) There , There I Will Myxomatosis ((works better as a standalone song) A Wolf At The Door In hindsight this everything Radiohead does well but is not taking the material to that next level. It’s not even that experimental by their standards. It’s a record that wants to do everything and in the end accomplishes almost nothing 3/5. (If I was to listen to each track on a song by song basis then it could be a 4 but with them all here in one BIG PACKAGE It doesn’t work as a body of work.)
Gave it a RadioHead 4 even though it's a 5 probs.
This album is so good, I’m not sure I have ever listened top to bottom before. And it’s still not their top 3.
Yeah, even as a long-time Radiohead fan, I can't let myself give every album of theirs 5 stars - not even to offset some of the mind-boggling 1- and 2-star reviews on here. This project is Radiohead's wild, bloated whirlwind - and after enough listens, it starts to hit pretty dang hard. Every track is charming in its own way, even the two-track dip of We Suck Young Blood and The Gloaming, and (contrary to the band's own opinion) I wouldn't cut any tracks out. Truly the White Album of Radiohead (and possibly of alternative rock overall, considering how big this album was upon its release). There's a paragraph from another reviewer that really resonated with me here: "So yeah, there's a lot going on here. Not all of it works, it's bumpy tempo transition-wise, and some of it just isn't even palatable the first time around. But despite its flaws, the LP presents such a logical step in the band's discography and overall sound that it shines in context (and honestly presents some experimental pathways I wish the band had followed). I don't fault anybody who hates this on first listen or just doesn't get it - an album that requires understanding an entire band's output to 'get' isn't perfect by a long shot. For me, though, I keep coming back to this runt of the litter LP that wears its 'Scatterbrain' on its sleeve and finding things new to love about this band." Seriously, though, whoever's calling Radiohead "boring" with the ridiculously intricate instrumentation, rhythms, chords/harmonies, and melodic lines has to be kidding themselves. A song doesn't have to be catchy to be engaging, but half of these are catchy anyway, and several of them made my "key tracks" list. The outro to 2+2=5 is explosive and packed with energy, as is the outro of the following track, Sit Down, Stand Up. The exciting country-esque acoustic guitar of Go To Sleep is also worth mentioning, and the chorus of A Wolf At the Door is as great as choruses can reasonably get. We hear an eclectic mix of styles from all throughout the band's career to that point - including The Bends-era, OK Computer-era, and Kid A / Amnesiac-era instrumentation and mood. I appreciate the overarching theme of the authoritarian government patting you on the head and telling you it'll be okay. Who doesn't like free pats? 4/5 Key tracks: 2+2=5, Sail To The Moon, Go To Sleep, There, There, A Wolf At the Door
Liked it better than I thought! Can see adding some of these to liked songs. Liked the buildup of some of them.
Very sonically interesting with lots of satisfying dissonance.
I've never listened to this; I went off Radiohead before this. Some nice stuff but, mostly they're still up their own arses. And to the reviewer who suggested watching their 2003 Glastonbury performance. I did, live — had a miserable time watching guitarists play their effects pedals while refusing to play a hit.
I have to avoid reading about what Thom Yorke thinks about his own work because it seems like I always disagree. For instance, he thought the song Backdrifts could have been left off the album when I thought it was a standout. Nonetheless, "Hail to the Thief" is like all Radiohead albums - never not interesting. Sonically shocking us this time, not with sounds like they lit a synthesizer on fire, but with acoustic guitar and a drum kit. WELL PLAYED, Radiohead. Well played.
I bought this album on CD when it came out and I've listened to it repeatedly. I find it wholly unmoving. Sonically, it's anxiety inducing. We know Thom can write beautiful melodies. It seems, however, that he's convinced himself that the concepts of melody, and even perhaps beauty, are banal. It comes across as wholly calculated and cynical; and it always leaves me feeling cold and empty.
I am at an odd impass. Sometimes an album I have never heard is not immediately some form of GOAT for me. Sometimes I have a vague awareness that it is something special but I need to listen to it a few times and let it sink in. I get that vibe with Hail to the Thief. Underneath is something really special. I just need to process it longer. I listened to this and Kid A in a row and believe I may end up liking this more after a while. This problem makes ratings "regrettable" when I under-rate something that later I find way better than I thought. I did this with Arcade Fire (off the top of my head) and a select few others over the years. I will not make that mistake now and offer an honest four stars.
Just not a Radiohead fan.
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Not one radioheads strongest albums but I enjoyed the listen
Ya lo conocía, no me vuelve loca.
Not my favorite albums there but very interesting
This is the worst Radiohead album I've ever listened to. I couldn't make it through most of the songs.
5+ listens, still can't decide if interesting or boring. Fine as background music at least.
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
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In many ways this is Radiohead’s loosest albums, often times feeling like a jam that hasn’t quite evolved to a finished song. But that’s a quality that I enjoy on this album given this bands tendency towards meticulous songwriting. At certain moments this is also the closest thing to what feels like a Radiohead folk album then it goes right back into an electronic freak out. Overall, there are many chances being taken through out the album, some land beautifully and some not as much. But that’s the nature of taking big swings. That being said none of the songs are bad too me and really, a less than perfect Radiohead song is still a great song in the context of other bands that have lasted as long as they have. Johnny Greenwood leans more into chaotic dirty guitars on this album which really gives the songs more life and personality. The “raindrops” section at the end of “Sit Down. Stand Up” is one of my favorite moments in a Radiohead song. That song, “Where I End and You Begin,” “There, There,” “A Punch Up at a Wedding,” “Myoxmatosis,” and “A Wolf at the Door” are all highlights from this album. Always a pleasure revisiting this one.
LOVE this album. The first seven songs are seven of my favorite from them. The buildup on Sit Down. Stand Up, man, I was sitting down, then I had to stand up and boogy. Then, I sat back down for Sail to the Moon. Such a beautiful song. The Gloaming, I could do without. There, There picks it right back up to be my favorite on this album. It's an easy 5 from me on this one.
Not every band has a masterpiece, let alone more than one. Radiohead's first two albums developed their guitar rock style and sound. By their third album, OK Computer, they introduced electronica into their sound and changed the musical landscape of rock forevermore. The pendulum swung all of the way to the left. Their next two albums explored that electronica almost exclusively. Here on Hail To The Theif--their sixth studio album--the pendulum swings all of the way to the right and brings the guitar rock back to the front, keeping all that they learned from their experiments with electronica and bringing a more tempered approach to incorporating it. I only find a small handful of misses on this album. I love almost every song. "Backdrifts", "Go To Sleep", "Where I End And You Begin", the single "There, There", and "A Wolf At The Door" are easy to like on early listens, but "Sail To The Moon" and "Scatterbrain" took some listens before I truly embraced them; now I think they are some of the very best songs Radiohead has ever written. And the theme of "We Suck Young Blood" is one I see around me more and more as I age. It just so happens I'm catching up on some of my past missed reviews where I left off, and I happen to be on this album the day that Trump won his second term in 2024. This album was written in protest of the Bush administration ("W"), and it's very fitting and haunting to revisit this album today. This album will always be great, but hopefully the bleak viewpoint will one day be less relevant.
Dense, yet sprawling. Claustrophobic. A lot of a lot going on. Heavy. A feeling of sinking. Redemption is still possible.
This is one of my more favored Radiohead albums. I think the word for this album is rhythm. There seems to be a reoccurring emphasis on rhythm. All throughout there are interesting time signatures and time shifts, moreso than I've picked up on other Radiohead albums. It's been quite some time since I've listened to this album but I remember Backdrifts being one of the standouts. Listening to it now I feel like it is one of the stronger songs on the album, and it feels cinematic. I also dig Where I End and You Begin and Myxomatosis is a rhythmic clinic.
I was surprised how much I enjoyed Amnesiac, so I had high hopes for this album. While it didn’t live up to those hopes, there were parts of it I really liked. And while I enjoyed it, I still don’t get why they have so many albums in the best ever. I keep listening to see if I can get it.
1st Radiohead album I've listened to from beginning to end. Pretty good, I missed out on a lot of their music as I was heavy into house/trance when they got big. It's good though, Im in.
Radiohead is the most bipolar band I've encountered. Some of their stuff is brilliant and some of it is shit. And then there's this. This was pretty ok.
Meh
I like Radiohead, but i think that this is an inconsistent effort. It's certainly nice to hear more guitars on this one, but I struggled to listen all the way through. I guess I'm more of a Bends person. Liked Songs Added: - 2 + 2 = 5 - Where I End And You Begin - There, There
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
love the left right audio manipulation
It’s good. Not my favorite Radiohead album (king of thieves takes the cake)
5 stars, no notes.
Niet zo goed als ok computer, kid a of in rainbows maar toch wel nice dingen soms
Hmm, wel vet ofzo Maar ben gwn niet zo'n Radiohead fan Wel vette album cover
I have something of a love/hate relationship with Radiohead albums; I don't care too much for OK Computer, while I prefer Kid A and Amnesia. I find Thom Yorke's vocals a bit difficult at times, and I think that's the source of by reserved opinion of the band's work. I was interested to listen to this album, coming as it did after Kid A and Amnesia, and located as a rather political commentary. And I do rather like this one.
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.
Awful
OK ***
Definitely the worst Radiohead album I've listened to but worth the listen... liked the jungle aspect in some of the songs but felt a bit strange generally. Will undoubtedly give another listen at some point. 3.2
Some filler but a lot of killer. Not their best but some bangers.
Only my second Radiohead album I’ve listened to (other being OK Computer). It’s cool, I like it, but I don’t know, it’s just not my vibe. Maybe something about Thom Yorke’s vocals, something about the music just doesn’t stick with me. Faves: 2 + 2 = 5, We Suck Young Blood
I listened to this album twice and was surprised how bored I was with it on the second listen (that's what I get for listening to it while working the first go around). Don't get me wrong, there's some really enjoyable songs (There, There) and moments (the fuzz on Myxomatosis and the beeps and boops on A Punch Up at a Wedding). Yet, I feel like overall, it's just a less punchy version of Ok Computer. Favorite song(s): There, There, 2 + 2 = 5 Least favorite: The Gloaming Knew before? no
5/10
Radiohead just doesn’t do it for me
Gott, ich hoffe es hört endlich auf mit dieser Band.
1 und 2 ganz ok 8 ist cool 9 auch ok Rest ist unerträgliches Gejammere.
radiohead fuckt mich jetzt richtig ab
Letztes radiohead album noch wohlwollend mit 3 Sternen bewertet. Ich werd kein fan mehr glaub ich. +1 fürs album Cover
Too many radio head albums on this list. Sorry, but they are not all unique enough to have so many here.
This is such a good album - I personally rate it as only just behind Kid A, Amnesiac and OK Computer. I totally get why some people just don't gel with this album, but there's so much really good stuff here - There There (which is amazing live), Sail To The Moon, Scatterbrain, A Wolf At The Door are amongst their very best material in my opinion. Brilliant, brilliant album
Solid outing for the start of the work week. Excellent contemporary band that fits the times
Enh... I'm just not a big Radiohead fan and this album didn't do anything to change my perception of them.
Best Muse album so far
72/100 very strong 3
I did not connect at all with this album. Poor languishing songs with repetitive beat just irritated my nerves.
Not one of Radiohead's best overall, but there are multiple amazing songs and it is still high quality
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.
Uuurrggg Radiohead at their most dreary
This album is slightly too long but it's Radiohead so it's hardly anything to complain about
I am biased but this is also brilliant
Radiohead kokoaa albumit "voimakkaiksi yhtenäisiksi lausunnoiksi" siihen nähden Smile-albumit muistuttavat kokoelmaa kaikesta, mitä ollaan työstetty viime aikoina.... mf's antamassa tälleä vähemmön kuin muile eivät ymmärrä albumin tärkeyttä thom yorken skaalalla... Ei olla tähteä alemmalla tässä.. Noh ollaan ollaan mitäs tässä pölisen heh... noh... emt... ei olla.. annetaas vitosta 2.99 looking ahh
A couple of songs I really liked, some others I was just lukewarm on. Overall a nice album, not my favorite of theirs though.
I enjoyed listening to this. My enjoyment peaked around Backdrifts and Go To Sleep, but then it waned. I'm sure I'd get more into it if I listened to it more, but I can't imagine putting this on often. It feels like hard work.
Not one of my favorites by them but definitely a great album.
Love it!
It's a lot of moody wailing but somehow it works. Very evocative.
another great album by this great band. having said that, I like radiohead as much as the next guy, but by my count this is somehow the sixth radiohead album on this list (so far)?
Man, I just don’t like this whiney-vocaled pussy-computerized music. WHY IS THIS SO POPULAR?
I’m currently reading Steven Hydens book on Kid A. So I’m deep into Radiohead lore right now. I often forget about this one as it comes between what we now largely consider the best album of the 2000s and what now people call the album for millennials with In Rainbows. I didn’t even think I had heard this one all the way through before. Turns out though I know every song so I just have spun it back in the day. This is really good, not any bad tracks on it. Certainly more of its time though than any Radiohead album between 1995 and 2007. Kid A especially just exists out of time. This though you have to understand he’s talking about George W Bush and the war on terror. Doesn’t make this any worse, just an outlier for them.
Awfully boring.
2+2=5 : Banger Didn’t expect the progression in track 2 Piano chords and time sig prominent in Sail to the Moon Listening to the rest of the album for sure
Dark, chaotic, bitter, and confused. Beautiful tunes written and recorded during a tumultuous time in world history. Yorke’s talent for writing a melody for any chord progression shines so brightly on this album.
to me this is pretty boring I prefer more base to mine enough to shake a car and anything im not really into smooth music i like it aggressive
I like this album but I don't think it is their best work. It just doesn't catch my attention and isn't really my vibe. I'm sure I will listen to it again because it is decent just not my favorite Radio Head album (OK Computer is my favorite).
First album on this app! Am very excited to begin the journey. All of these will be listened to while I am working so I won't be 100% locked in on every song. But from what I got from this album it was a solid start! Am not the biggest fan of Radiohead's music - this album being no exception. Solid 3/5 for me.
First Radiohead album I’ve come across om this list. I think this album is fairly mid when it comes to Radiohead. The highs on this album are high but the lows unfortunately outweigh those highs. That being said there are some killer tracks individually but as a whole project it feels a bit bloated and over stays it welcome. Fav tracks: 2+2=5, Sail to the Moon, Where I end and you begin, there there, a wolf at the door
yeah
Consistently good but rarely great. I know Radiohead can do better because I have heard four projects from them that I love.
Loved it
Not a fan
Always good
I really enjoyed this album right off the bat. 2 + 2 = 5 has a distinct Radiohead haunted wispiness to it that is so recognizable, though it's a song I'd never heard before. Much of the album is solid, with only one being a single I've heard a lot of, being There There. I also really liked Sail to the Moon and Where I End and You Begin.
I know this isn't their strongest album, but it's still one of my favorites of theirs. It's miles better than anything before OK Computer, and more palatable than King of Limbs or Moon Shaped Pool. It's also the album that convinced me they're not quite as overrated as I had stubbornly thought. I was listening to an Andrew Bird Pandora station high as fuck, washing dishes at the end of a shift at a bagel/coffee shop I worked at after college and "Punch Up At A Wedding" came on. As they layers built on themselves I thought "who the fuck is this and why haven't heard them before" and then Thom started singing and my heart sunk. Fuck... do I like Radiohead now?
I‘ve listened to this on my way to work while it was raining and while it was putting me in a sad mood in the beginning it lifted me up in the middle again. So rain was the perfect weather for this one and I went from disliking it to like it more and more. In the end it’s still Radiohead.
Fav: There, There Least Fav: The Gloaming Finally got an album I’ve already heard before! As far as Radiohead goes it’s got a couple flaws with the weaker songs but a majority of this album is amazing. Even some of the more experimental stuff was pretty nice, for the most part, with the highlights being conveniently at the beginning, middle and end of the album.
I really need to listen to their albums in chronological order. I liked it, but not as much as I thought I would and I can't even tell why
one of their worst albums
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
We Suck Young Blood, 2 + 2 = 5, There There, A Punchup at a Wedding, Scatterbrain, A Wolf at the Door
Ok. So. Radiohead. A band I have tried many times to properly appreciate. Lots of people I love and have huge respect for adore this band. And when I hear them talk about why, it always draws me in. I always think, wow, that band sounds amazing and right up my alley. And then I go and listen, and I have an experience roughly similar to when I read The Lord of the Rings. I love reading ABOUT Lord of the Rings. But actually reading it? Well... Likewise, listening to Radiohead always pales in comparison to hearing people discuss Radiohead. Mostly that comes down to the vocal. For me, I either love the singer and that makes me connect powerfully with the music, or I just can't stand the sound of their voice and it makes listening a chore. Musically the band is right up my alley. They mix up genres and rhythms and dynamics and everything is this nonstop series of beautiful surprises. But Thom Yorke is just always the same reed thin monotone drone. It works, and if I listen to the band one song at a time, it REALLY works, but an entire album of him sounding like air squealing out of a balloon is just too much for me. That being said, much love to anyone who's here for the band. Highlights for me were "2+2=5" and "Myxomatosis", the latter because it gave me something a little different from Yorke's normal whiny vocal and the music was just incredible.
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.
I don't know that ALL the Radiohead albums need to be on the list, but this one (like the rest) is pretty solid. It gave me some weird Neil Young vibes for some reason. But, it also sounded much more like Coldplay or even Travis than some of their other work. Obviously, I'm not saying Radiohead copied these other bands - they were clearly the influence on them. However, they sound more like their contemporaries on this album than they did with other releases.
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.
Pretty bold, and a few of the songs really grabbed my attention. I still wasn't in the right headspace to listen to this one at the time, so I really want to listen a few more times.
Not my favorite Radiohead Album but still great work
Love me some Radiohead.
Every Radiohead song sounds the same.
2004 passed me by. Whispery vocals, different lyrics & themes. Indie & experimental?
Not their best album, but still full of really impressive stuff.
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Out of all the Radiohead albums this is probably my fifth favourite, would doesn’t seem great until you think about how good a set of studio albums they have.
Expected more from Radiohead. Some good songs: Sail to the Moon Backdrifts There, There Scatterbrain but rather uninspiring stuff. Cool album cover though.
Mix of everything Radioheadish they’d made so far. Somehow overlooked in their catalogue but still masterful IMO
A little chiller, a little more fun, a little rockier than the past couple Radiohead albums I’ve listened to for this list. Kind of a return to basics. I enjoyed it!
More affirmation that snooty Radiohead fans are right, maybe they are the best band ever (3.5/5)