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It's good when a band release a 4* album... it's amazing when a band releases a 5* album... it's radiohead when radiohead release a radiohead album
i first heard this like 7 or 8 years ago right? the vocal part in 15 Steps feels like something i heard in an ad as a kid now for some reason first time noticing very big krautrock in Bodysnatchers & the album in general; radiohead fans should go listen to some can or neu or something idk oh and go outside ofc Weird Fishes is still gorgeous ngl and Jigsaw Falling Into Place has a super sweet structure honestly really like these two songs for same reasons oh and House of Cards is pretty fun all in all record doesn't hit me nearly as hard as it does some other people as it turns out and come to think of it even tho i always viewed it as one of their best i did so because of how consistent it is stylistically still feeling like i'd get more general enjoyment from The Bends if i was to listen to it now
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best radiohead album fr
Meh
Insanely good album with no skips, literally the first album to get me into rock (properly anyways) easily a 10 and Radiohead's best.
It's literally my favourite album ever. Funny that it was the first to come up
I have a hard time looking past the influences that Radiohead draws from on their latter day records. Sure, I see the Can and Neu! influence, some Brian Eno, a little Sonic Youth and maybe some Velvet Underground sprinkled in, but I don’t really see Radiohead taking that influence and making it into something more interesting than what their influences have already done. As an example, I really liked “Bodysnatchers”, but that’s because it kind of felt like Can by way of Sonic Youth, at least musically, and if forced to choose, I’d pick anything by those bands over that song. This is a very pretty and well produced record, without a doubt. It’s just that despite their influences, Radiohead is, to me, kind of a boring band.
84% Best: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi; All I Need; Jigsaw Falling Into Place; Videotape Must-Hear? Sure
Wasn't the best.
Was hating it on the car ride to work. Ended up letting it loop the entire work day. Fire. 5/5
Incredible, possibly their best album
Breaking boundaries with this album by releasing on a pay what you like scheme. I didn't get into it at the time but listening back now very much enjoyed and hear the constistent evolution of the band and their music.
its their best
Ok Computer es el álbum más aclamado de Radiohead y uno de los mejores del siglo, etc etc. Sin embargo tanto este In rainbows como también The bends podrían estar ocupando ese lugar. Comienza con 15 steps, hipnótico, que va creciendo y desarrollándose como una tema de jazz moderno y electrónico. Bodysnatchers presenta unas guitarras bastante duras y un riff, en mi opinión, influenciado por Black Sabbath. Nude es una de las canciones rescatadas de O.K. Computer y suena gloriosa. Weird fishes / arpeggi estuvo a punto de no entrar en la grabación. Por fortuna sí la incluyeron. All I need, es un tema muy creativo, de lo mejor del disco. Faust arp tiene una guitarra acústica que resuena a los años 60 de la costa oeste. Reckoner se apoya en una peculiar sección rítmica y en unas dobles voces muy bien encajadas. Otro temazo House of cards es una delicia, de principio a fin. Una de las mejores canciones de Radiohead. Jigsaw falling into place, que comienza con un estilo similar a Love y va acelerándose y creciendo sin fin. Cierran con Videotape, una canción con un piano repetitivo que se va transformando de una manera muy elegante. El álbum es una joya... ¿Pedir a cambio la voluntad? Too much, too soon... 2007 fue también el año de: Arcade Fire / Neon Bible, Low / Drums and guns , Amy Winehouse / Back To Black , Amy Winehouse / Back To Black , The National / Boxer, LCD Soundsystem / Sound Of Silver, M.I.A. / Kala, Animal Collective / Strawberry Jam, Spoon / Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Richard Hawley / Lady’s Bridge, Modest Mouse / We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank , Burial / Untrue , Justice / †, Wilco – Sky Blue Sky, Dinosaur Jr. – Beyond, Queens Of The Stone Age – Era Vulgaris, Soulsavers – It’s not how far you fall, It’s the way you land, y Nacho vegas con Cristina Rosenvinge, Triangulo de amor bizarro, Los planetas, La casa azul.
good
Pretty cool to think that the greatest piece of music ever written didn’t come around until 2007. I'm kidding. But it does seem like most critics and wannabe music snobs routinely place this album in that category. I've read and reviewed so many top 100 lists over the years, and while there are plenty of albums that consistently show up, this record is probably my favorite among them all. It's not my personal favorite album of all time, but it’s definitely my favorite among the critics' picks, which earns it a pretty high spot on my all-time list.
It's Radiohead, so it's decent, but this is the first album of the "boring Radiohead era". Still good though
This album speaks for itself. 4.4 stars
Perfect
Radiohead just being Radiohead
If you didn’t give this 5 stars it’s probably just cause you’re not intelligent enough to understand Radiohead. Radiohead only makes music for smart people, if your not in Mensa dont even think about listening to Radiohead. I bet mozart is happy he was born in the 1800s cause if he was trying to make music while Radiohead was around he probably would’ve quit knowing he could never match the genius that is Radiohead
Enjoy the more mellow tracks, like track three “Nude”
BOOOOOOOOORING!
One of my fav Radiohead albums
So, like most albums from Radiohead, I think you’ll get the best listening experience by listening to it on headphones or earbuds. In this case, you’ll be able to hear different elements of the track in a more multi-dimensional layered soundscape. I’ll point out the opening track “15 Step.” It begins with some vocals, then you hear some rhythmic guitar work. From there, you get some electronic beats and the track builds. The rhythmic guitar feels like it was unearthed from a dusty vinyl collection, looped and layered to create a rustic, vintage foundation. From there, Radiohead overlays clean, polished production of more modern sounds. This approach really adds a lot of depth and texture that blends nostalgic and modern elements seamlessly. Now, this is just one example, but the album is filled with multiple layers where each layer feels like it was created and produced separately.
I appreciate that Radiohead is different and pushes boundaries. And I like this. But I don't love it. Good, but not great. 7 out of 10, rounding down to 3. I love "House of Cards" though.
Easiest 5 I will likely give on this list...an absolute masterpiece.
Another great album, I'm on a run at the moment. I'm a huge Radiohead fan although I will admit I prefer their early stuff but I don't think they have ever made a bad album. Bodysnatchers, Nude, All I Need & Jigsaw Falling Into Place are all highlights but the whole album is worth a listen.
Lovely album!
Radiohead always has me kind of bouncing from “this is boring” to “this is great”, and this was no different.
This is my favorite album.
different not too creepy
Please schedule interviews with all the folks that rated this as 5 and let's have an intervention please. This is sadly ordinary and the vocals are irritating mostly throughout. A couple of songs seemed ok, but the last track put me over the edge.
Radiohead is difficult to review. Some of their music is otherworldly and some of it down and dirty rock. This album is stuck in between. The whiny high pitched 90’s baby talk vocals are horrendous no matter who is singing, that alone keeps me from being a fan. The band is incredible, no denying it, but there’s so much whine singing.
This is the first album recommended by this site to me. May be my most listened to radiohead album. It is great- but was hoping this site would lead me to new music? I mean, I will take a trip down memory lane.
I think this is my favorite Radiohead record. It’s moving, ethereal, melodic, beautifully composed. So many different moods captured throughout so many varied instrumentations. Each song is unique in its own right but makes this record truly whole. Glad I got to revisit this one.
Me and Radiohead are not meant for each other.
I mean come on.
Not my favorite Radiohead album but still solid
Could be a five but it’s like my fifth fav radiohead album
My cousin turned 16 the year this came out and told me she loved this album.
I was so excited to get this one! This was a big album for my teenage self - I can still remember the morning before the bell rang in high school where my friends and I breathlessly discussed the new Radiohead album that you could pay whatever you wanted for! Not every song is a perfect 5, but the album absolutely is. I was actually really surprised to see so many people complaining that everything sounded the same - Nude and All I Need are superficially similar slow songs, but 15 Step versus Jigsaw Falling Into Place? Totally different! There's a lot of variety here and a lot interesting things apparently happening on a music theory level that flew right over my head, but you don't need to understand time signatures to appreciate how cool some of these songs sound.
thinking back to how i used to be a total hater since radiohead was the hip, esoteric band that all the middle and high school music snobs i didn't like were into... i've since come around but it's still fun to make thom yorke jokes. anyway this album is great. there are some absolute bangers on here, and the other tracks are still cool, moody, evocative, or all of the above. i love that in rainbows was the first really notable example of the pay-what-you-want pricing structure that was unheard of in the music industry at the time and became huge for smaller labels and independent bands in the decade to come. radiohead sure are some top blokes, yeh? favorites: 15 step, weird fishes/arpeggi, all i need, jigsaw falling into place, videotape
Absolutely amazing album. Not a single bad song . Loved Nude, 15 step,Body snatchers,Jigsaw
Yes!
Top tier Radiohead
3.5
Meh
I feel like I'm missing something here. I found this pretty boring and I don't really know if it's that I just don't understand it or if it just is.
Decent, but didn't draw me in as much as some of their others
I was so glad when this album finished. I wish he would sing instead of wine. Also every song sound the same. There is no originality.
idk why radiohead likes making weird noises, but i like it
Their best album. A couple songs are still kind of cheeks. Like the last song. 🍑
First two songs are quite good then it turns into the same mildly boring song over and over.
I liked this more than the last Radiohead album, but still a bit gloomy overall. Sad music for sad people I feel
Enjoyed. 4/5
The drums are very grounding. Videotape: sounds a little like they’ve been listening to Willam Basinski. Really nice avant-something piece. The painterly approach to creating music remains but now it’s watercolor. Lacks the intensity and energy of some of their earlier work. Feels like the band have become extremely comfortable with whatever it is that bothers them. Now we just float around in it. Radiohead are great but I just can’t put my finger on what it is that bothers me about them. Maybe it’s that one time people liked the slow song, so every song is now a slow song. Maybe it’s the weird theorem that all singers want to be Frank Sinatra. It’s my theorem. All singers devolve into their favorite singers. Thom Yorke has a neat voice, but the bars-long sustain can be a bit much sometimes.
Beautiful, gloomy and lush as fuck. Hits in the feels every time.
Great album but, cmon guys, cheer up.
Here I'm Thom Yorke: "Wot if I was a computer mate, would I have emotions"
A great album, my only critique would be that the songs do feel long.
I have as much of a sentimental attachment to In Rainbows as I could have for any of Radiohead's albums. I vividly remember when it was surprise released as a pay-what-you-want deal; I was a junior in high school, 16 years old, working at a movie theater, and a couple of slightly older co-workers were mind-blown. I was too, to a degree - I wasn't aware of any other artist having done anything like that before - but since they were huge fans, it impacted them especially hard. I don't think I had heard a full album of theirs yet; although I knew "Fake Plastic Trees", "High and Dry", and "Karma Police" and liked them all, most Radiohead fans I knew were so insufferable that it stopped me from exploring further. But this was such a unique event that it convinced me to "buy" it for free and dive in. I was surprised to find that I liked it pretty much immediately and without reservation! Even still, I only listened a handful of times before it kind of fell to the back of my mind. I revisited it every now and then throughout the years to try and rebel against my Radiohead-averse attitude, was always reminded of its greatness, and promptly put it in my back pocket again. Although I still have somewhat conflicting feelings on the band, I have very much gotten over that initial hesitancy and would say, overall, that I'm a fan, if not to the level that many are. And even though I enjoy all of their albums to varying degrees, In Rainbows is still my favorite. It's the perfect blend of all their rocking and electronic tendencies. Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway are personally the stars of the show for me; every groove, as well as their individual tones/sounds are out of this world. This one may continue to rise in my estimations; going 5 stars for the site. 4.5/5
Was pretty underwhelmed with this, my 2nd, Radiohead album. 3/5
Not sure what it is about their tone, but it just feels flat. They have all the pieces that I enjoy and respect, but it feels as if they purposefully never let themselves go all out with feeling.
Good album
So, I like Radiohead. But this isn't their best work. The album art is amazing though so that makes up for... some of it?
Part The Strokes, part Nirvana, part Muse all packaged into the usual givings of Radiohead. Definitely an ambitious record where they took a huge gamble. 4.5/5
I suspect that ratings for this are either: 5 stars - musical and lyrical perfection or 2 stars - I appreciate why people might like this, know that I probably should like this, but just can't find the hook that draws me in.
One of the all time greats, saw it live in Glasgow Green 2008
8.8
Radiohead stuff, seemed like a lacklustre attempt to recreate past successes.
As a first album recommendation, it's nice. It's the type of music that focuses on instruments, and it hooked me from start to finish. The songs evoke different emotions in me. It's 4 a.m., and I'm inside the train on my way to work. This is the kind of music I would listen to if I want quietness but still like background music, and that's exactly where I am now. I have a lot of thoughts running through my head while listening to the album, but it's 5:43 a.m., and my brain's still foggy. I'll get back to this soon.
I think this is the third Radiohead album I have heard on this list and I can definitively say now that I don't like them. This is probably my favourite (so far?), some tracks having tunes and rhythm, but overall the meandering whine-rock doesn't do anything for me.
Just lovely
very beautiful very powerful
Pfff
Soulless. This starts where Radiohead went from my favorite to just confusing. Not a huge fan of any of the tracks. The music is repetitive, looped, computerized, noisy, bordering on boring and has no heart. Gone are the killer guitars, the emotional sing along vocals, the sound breaks, it's just a wall of sound now and not in a good way. I find myself getting 2 mins into each song and fast forwarding. "House Of Cards" is the only real keeper but "Jigsaw..." is solid, "Weird Fishes" (until it wanders aimlessly for 2 minutes at the end) and "Reckoner" (until it also wanders aimlessly for 2 minutes at the end) have their moments. Weak overall, and certainly not Top 1001 quality!!
Great album
This is one of my favorite late summer albums. I have this special category of music that fits perfectly this particular feeling you get during the last days of summer (late August - early September), when it's still sunny and beautiful but you get that its all coming to an end. There's this beautiful sunlight and nostalgic feeling, school/university is just behind the corner and the autumn is already seeping through. In Rainbows, not only among my personal top 3 Radiohead albums (no particular order, OKC and Kid A) is one of the strongest late summer albums. I love it and I can't imagine not listening to it every year.
Muzikaal echt prima. Album gaat van stevige rock naar slappe piemel rock. Maar ik kan gewoon echt niet met de zanger. Wat heeft die man het zeiken tot kunst verheven zeg, als ze een andere zanger hadden gehad had Radiohead best wel eens een aantal 4 sterren of 5 sterren albums gehad wat mij betreft. En ik weet dat ik een uitzondering ben, want ontzettend veel mensen vinden het prachtig, maar ik kan me er gewoon niet echt aan onttrekken dat ik het gezeik vind. Muzikaal is het wel echt top, word prachtig gespeeld en de langgerekte instrumentale stukken zijn geweldig, het had alleen zo fijn geweest als Meneer Yorke er niet overheen zou janken. Nummers los vallen me niet heel sterk op. Het album komt in zn geheel ook een klein beetje pretentieus over. Conclusie: ik vind het iets te pretentieus en zeikerig allemaal. Kan dan meer genieten van Pink Floyd. Jigsaw is het beste nummer van dit album voor mij omdat Thom daar zowaar iets minder 'huilt' FAVO: Jigsaw Falling into pieces
4.0
thom yorke’s usual signature warbling vocals layered upon the ethereal sound of his band. basically what you would expect from this band, although a few of the songs had an industrial sound to them. good album.
Just boring.
One of my all time favorite albums. I was a HUGE Radiohead fan in high school. My friend lent me his copy of The Bends my freshman year and the rest was history. I was 16 when this came out, and for my 17th birthday my parents got me tickets to see them in concert on the In Rainbows tour. To this day it is one of the best gifts I have ever received. They didn't know Radiohead's music at all, they just knew that I was obsessed with them and somehow knew they were on tour and got me tickets, I was absolutely stunned. I bought a wall flag/fabric art at this show and it has been prominently displayed in every place I've lived since, so I think of this concert often. One of the most incredible live performances I've ever witnessed, and I feel so fortunate that I had the opportunity to be there.
*Radiohead fanboying intensifies*
It's really quite surprising how despite nearly all of my favorite bands growing up being Radiohead clones, I never really listened to Radiohead until my mid to late 20s
I. Might rate it higher than 3. 31/2 would be more like it.
This may be the easiest 5 star I've had so far, as this is probably in my top 3 albums of all time. If that makes me a stereotypical music nerd, so be it.
Ah what a joy. I have gone off Radiohead in the past few years but this album is rock solid and beautiful. Sonic landscapes and actual songs embedded in them - weaving in and out of various emotions while still pumping and rocking throughout.
p915. 2007. 5 stars. Difficult to fault this, great songs, great vocals, great production. Not a weak track on this.
very somber and light album. Not your typical radiohead feel but is kinda a vibe.
Radiohead's best outing in my opinion. The production, the guitar work, the lyrics, and Thom Yorke's voice all work in this album's favor. Honestly as good as art rock gets.
Nothing special, but good. I enjoyed listening it
It's great. Not quite as avant-garde as some would have you believe. Rich and intriguing.
Literally the best ever
Far from my favorite Radiohead album. Not sure why this one made the list.
Wow, this album is boring! 2 stars or D- because I always need sleep.
fave track: house of cards
beautiful album, this and kid a are tied as my favorite radiohead album. i wish faust arp and videotape werent on the album because, while they arent bad, they arent on the same level as the rest of the songs here. 9/10
This is the second Radiohead album given here. I had never listened to them before. I really like them overall. Pleasantly surprised! 3.5
I really don't understand the hype for this band. The singer just drones on and on. I will give them credit for this album being the first pay what you want digital download by a major act.
Fucking biblical!
I just love Radiohead. This album just strengthens my opinion. It didn't bore me at all. Nearly all of the songs were amazing. I'm probably biased but I don't care. 5 stars for "In Rainbows".
Great variety of melancholic songs with beautiful guitar sounds and faster rhythmic songs.
Average Radiohead album
Good band, but Thom Yorke's whinny voice sometimes can get the better of you. House of Cards is a keeper.
I'd struggled to get into Radiohead before, but this album is just so good that I think I finally understand what all the fuss is about; sensational stuff.
Guys I think I’m starting to get it. Up-tempo Radiohead is much better than whiney ballad Radiohead. This is definitely my best experience with them so far. Or… maybe I’m just in a good mood today.
This is better than I remember it. I'm still nostalgic for OK Computer Radiohead, but some of that is here. I start to lose touch with it, though.
Yeah, even in this iteration of Radiohead's musical evolution, I still don't really get it. Probably never will.
It's fine. Nothing really stood out. It's not bad, it's just not that interesting. I'm trying to figure out what's notable about this album, and I think it's only the pay what you want release. Which makes it culturally notable, but does the release and marketing affect the experience of a work of art? Should it? Should it over a decade later? I don't know. I support the model, but the work is meh.
Enjoyed this, but can't explicitly say why. None of the songs particularly stuck out, but as a whole a pleasant listen.
Meandering and self-indulgent. I hated this slightly less than other Radiohead albums post OK Computer, but I would still never willingly listen to this for fun.
This isn’t bad but there’s so little here that resembles a tune Quite forgettable
das können die besser
Radiohead's like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get.
What a tune Jigsaw falling into pieces is. Only ever heard that one before from this album so the rest of the album was a suprise to me. I have to be honest It started badly. I really couldn’t stand 15 Step After the disapointment of track 1 the album improved dramatically with bodysnatchers and then with Nude which I would say is the standard Radiohead sound!! That said there are some great songs on this album and its a really enjoyable listen, it will be listened to again! Favourite song: Jigsaw falling to pieces and Bodysnatchers. Great songs. Least favourite: 15 Step Album artwork: Great album cover
A very solid album, one of Radiohead's best
Would give 6 stars if it was an option
This is the other album that competes for my #1 of all time spot. It gets better the more I listen to it.
This album is peak life years for me. Around this time all I cared about was music, girlfriend and friends. Great times, now I'm an adult with a job and all I care about is making money so I can be free for a few weeks in the year. Great system this capitalism bullshit. Doing great, loving life. The music is also great, they did the rock albums and the the electronic ones and then kind merged them into this. The energetic songs are really great and have those cool beats and snares that were very popular at the time.
Remember how groundbreaking this was when released? How seeing Radiohead on this tour is still one of my all time favourite shows. I can’t not 5/5
Not my favourite Radiohead...
Uncomfortably slow execution. 4/5
chill
3 stars
I liked this one better than Kid-A I just don't think Radiohead is for me. I was just generally disinterested by the droning on and on some of the songs had :(
this is one of the 5 albums i specifically wanted. jigsaw falling into place is one of the best songs i've ever heard, weird fishes / arpeggi too. easiest 5 stars so far
Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien said in 2008, “I never felt we were one of the great bands, up there with The Smiths or R.E.M. In my view, we’ve made three really good records The Bends, OK Computer and Kid A. What we needed was another great record just to seal it.” In Rainbows sealed it. For many, this album would be the bedrock of an argument for 2007 as the greatest year for indie rock. They’d have a strong case there. In his book This Isn’t Happening, Steven Hyden claims In Rainbows is the most beloved album in the Radiohead catalogue, even more than OK Computer and Kid A. That was published in 2020 and it’s become even more true in the ensuing years. In Rainbows didn’t have the kind of monumental career-making impact of OK Computer, or the prophetic, monolithic reputation of the genre-morphing Kid A. But it is arguably the most gorgeous collection of songs Radiohead ever released—each one taps into something deeply human and universal, without ever clearly being about anything specific. Yorke described the lyrics as based on “that anonymous fear thing, sitting in traffic, thinking, ‘I’m sure I’m supposed to be doing something else’…It’s similar to OK Computer in a way. It’s much more terrifying.” I’m not sure the manner in which In Rainbows was released has any influence on how the music is perceived today, but at the time it cast a wide shadow. Radiohead were not the first artist to release their music online as a pay-what-you-want download—Jeff Rosenstock, for one, already had been doing it for a while—but they were the biggest. The degree to which this choice influenced the way we think about and value music today, or whether it played a role in ushering in the streaming era is entirely up for debate. In my opinion, if it wasn’t Radiohead, it would’ve been some other major established musician. What I am sure of is that there is nothing else quite like In Rainbows in the history of rock music, and it will stand the test of time.
i'm pretty big on radiohead but this was only ok for me.
if not the best, at least *the* platonic, Radiohead album.
Big Radiohead fan and love this album!
3 stars
hell yea
It's hard to find fault with this album. The atmosphere is very good, each song really just sucks you in. My only complaint is that his voice sounds a bit weak when he sings high on this album, but besides that I think it's just swell. Although Radiohead is one of the most "Reddit" bands of all time they still have plenty of stuff I enjoy. I listened to "All I Need" a lot this weekend, very nice
I’m officially no longer a Radiohead hater, and it’s all because of this gorgina album full of weird time signatures and dynamics as powerful as hymnals. Thank you all. Your love has broken the curse and freed my soul. I’ll never have to kill again 🌸💖🌼🧚🏻♀️🥰
quite enjoyable, very low-tempo/ambient/atmospheric vibe, i prefer oki computa tho YYM
Brilliant
Haha. Geoff is gonna hate me. I love Radiohead. This is a top five album of theirs. Largely mellow, love the downtempo, electronic, depressing, introspective nature of the album. I remember when it came out you could “pay what you want.” As a twenty-year old [metaphorical] punk, I was elated to get music for free [without stealing it]. The bootlegged downloadable versions were glitchy, out of sequence, too long, named incorrectly… I suspect the lads just said, “Fuck it. They’ll just take it anyway. Let’s let those who have money/a guilty conscience pay what they want for it. Better than nothing.” TIL: Napster’s reign of terror was only June 1999-July 2001, barely two years. I knew this album was after, but I cannot recall which software was popular at the time. Limewire/Soulseek? Dunno. It was crap.
This is probably a pretty rad album but I’m just so sick of Radiohead on this list. I suppose I would say this is the third best one I’ve heard, and the absolute cut-off for the last album that MAYBE should be on the list (but they could have got away with just two… or one.)
Great atmosphere, beautifully weird, I love it...
I read the lyrics to 15 step while listening for the first time and that is not at all what I thought he was saying
muy bueno y bonito, clásico moderno!!
quizás el disco más solido y consistente de toda la discografía de Radiohead, todas las canciones fluyen muy bien, y tiene un sonido que deja la vara alta para la música de estos estilos. 10/10
Album hard, las reviews son en español de ahora en adelante ya que la mayoria estan en ingles. Puntos fuertes: Buen ciclo de canciones, en ningun momento llega a una meseta, se alternan temas de alta energia con otros que tienen menos. En especial me gustan las canciones en las que Thom realiza voces de fondo con mucho reverb, como las de "reckoner" "nude" o en "house of cards", en el otro lado estan canciones como "bodysnatchers", "15 step" o "jigsaw" donde brilla el lado mas rock de la banda pero sin olvidar lo que los hace radiohead. De la nada digo que me encanta la percusión no se si es programada, de "videotape". He escuchado todos los discos de la banda a excepción del "A moon shaped pool" hasta ahora este disco, el "hail to the thief" y el "ok computer" son los que mas me gustan.
Crazy how many perfect albums Radiohead can create that are all so different. This is the one I listened to the day of came out, so it has a special place in my heart.
Not what I expected, not unpleasant, not my thing. Sort of like marsh mallows, quite nice occasionally. But really just mushy nothingness. Want to give it a two as I didn't actively dislike it, but can't really justify it.
One of the best albums of all time ever. Where do you start to describe this? Not sure I can do it justice really. It is beautiful, emotional and intoxicating. Thom Yorkes falsettos are just dreamy throughout with some unbelievable harmonies. The album jumps from full on to subtle. To think they just gave this masterpiece to the world for free and said pay us how much you want only if you want. The biggest ‘fuck you’ to piracy and leaks and commercialism. Can’t pick a favourite track. It’s all 💯
I'd lost interest in Radiohead long before this came out. Turns out that it's not bad and just more of the same sounding songs. There is no particular stand out track on it. Which surprised me, but all are just good enough. Not sure if I'll ever bother with it again, unless I need some melancholy background music, but I have much better go to albums than this.
⭐️⭐️ no questions asked
Et dejligt album, men jeg er mere til OK Computer.
While every Radiohead album is at least good, "In Rainbows" is the last of Radiohead's great albums. It doesn't quite hit the highs of "OK Computer", but nothing the band has released since has equaled or surpassed "In Rainbows". Every song flows very well together ending with the somber, but comforting "Videotape".
Do yourself a favor, and listen to this album in its entirety, with no interruptions. To me, it feels warm, personal and bittersweet, without ever falling into excessive sentimentality. It has quickly become one of my favorite albums
Ma če sem čisto iskren mi to njihovo jodlanje ne sede najbolj.
Liked it. Darkly atmospheric and forlorn. Experimental in a good way. Everything makes sense here. Not quite as great as The Bends but this one will get revisited again.
Pretty confident this is Radiohead's most listenable and accessible album. I don't want to deduct points for lack of experimentation, since many albums take an already well-known sound and do amazing things with it, this album just doesn't give me much to think on. It's easy listening and decent enough when it's on but there's very little to pull me back to it. 7/10
Decent but nothing standout. Excellent background
Goated
This album is probably overrated, but overrated things can still be good. I’ve heard it before and I like it, although it did feel particularly meandering on this listen. Favorite tracks: Weird Fishes, Videotape
Highlights: Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi, All I Need, Reckoner 4,5/5
It’s hard to find any fault with this album. I don’t really connect with Radiohead like I probably should but recognize their musical craftsmanship.
Amazing
5/5 This collection of unique and often weird songs is a masterpiece. Thom's voice still feels so raw, fresh and new, to lead each song, and the minimal yet meaningful and poetic lyrics cut through each instrumental with impact. The production itself is carefully layered and beautiful without feeling overdone and losing the essence of each song. The refusal to stick with a section for too long before changing the mood makes this such an enjoyable experience. In fact the weakest songs 15 Step and Videotape which bookend the album are the most repetitive and least interesting musically. But the strength of the middle section makes this an exceptional recording. 15 Step 4/5 (LEAST FAV) Bodysnatchers 4.5/5 Nude 5/5 Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi 5/5 All I Need 5/5 Faust Arp 5/5 (FAV) Reckoner 5/5 House Of Cards 4.5/5 Jigsaw Falling Into Place 4.5/5 Videotape 4/5
Day 23 - June 24, 2024 Thom Yorke is a pathetic whining bitch but I'm here for it. 4/5
One of the best
Even better than OK Computer.
Some of the best and most interesting and captivating music ever recorded. I don't listen to it often because I find it requires so much attention. The first track is awesome and unique to radiohead. The closing track video tape is one of my favorites of all time. A remis is used for one of my favorite kendama videos of all time and I find it incredibly emotional and even transcendental. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI9bbb372y8 It's the type of music that radiohead makes and they're the best at making it. This thing is so cohesive and abstract and emotional, and the suprising part is that it is so accessible. I think someone who wants to dig into the music would prefer a different radiohead album but this is the kind of album that sends a generation of alt,indy heads down that pipeline.
No nostalgia for this album.
Radiohead’s discography started to fall apart for me around “Hail to the Thief”, which had some good songs but not all of them were winners, or even that interesting. It took me a long time and many listens of “Kid A” and “Amnesiac” to really appreciate them both but I I got there and they were worth the multiple listens. I didn’t do that to try and understand the albums, I did that because they were genuinely good and improved listen over listen. Unfortunately, this album doesn’t feel that way. There are two or maybe three different styles of songs on this album. The fast tempo with experimental instruments, the Thom Yorke odd ballad, and “Videotape”, which is the best track in my opinion. Radiohead has way more range than this album lets on, and it’s intimately a disappointment. The songs are all listenable and even pretty good in some cases but as whole this album is a let down to me. I expect so much more. It’s really not up to the standards set by literally every album before it.
This is my favorite of the 3 Radiohead albums we've had so far.
Great album with an great flow
**Shrug**
I like Radiohead. But not I have to say I like MOST Radiohead because this one was a snoozer.
++: 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, House of Cards, Jigsaw falling Into Place +Faust Arp, Reckoner, Videotape +-: Nude, All I Need 9,4/10
Every Radiohead album that comes up, I wish I'd listened to them all along. This another great album. It's chiller than some of their past ones, but it's still a good vibe. I listened twice and enjoyed it both times.
So, like most albums from Radiohead, I think you’ll get the best listening experience by listening to it on headphones or earbuds. In this case, you’ll be able to hear different elements of the track in a more multi-dimensional layered soundscape. I’ll point out the opening track “15 Step.” It begins with some vocals, then you hear some rhythmic guitar work. From there, you get some electronic beats and the track builds. The rhythmic guitar feels like it was unearthed from a dusty vinyl collection, looped and layered to create a rustic, vintage foundation. From there, Radiohead overlays clean, polished production of more modern sounds. This approach really adds a lot of depth and texture that blends nostalgic and modern elements seamlessly. Now, this is just one example, but the album is filled with multiple layers where each layer feels like it was created and produced separately.
Aunque In Rainbows fue puesto por la banda para descarga de manera casi gratuita (se dijo que el primer día de su lanzamiento, en octubre de 2007, fue descargado más de un millón de veces), no estamos ante una obra sin valor, si no más bien todo lo contrario. Quizás no sea el mejor disco de Radiohead, pero tiene canciones que están entre las mejores. Personalmente me gusta, y mucho, "Reckoner", con un potente ritmo nacido de capas electrónicas y un contenido trascendente: la aceptación de la mortalidad, la irrelevancia de todo lo material y la importancia de vivir con gratitud el presente. También me gusta "House of Cards" y su comienzo: "No quiero ser tu amigo/Sólo quiero ser tu amante"; y las canciones "All I Need" y "Jigsaw Falling Into Place". Todas las canciones están caracterizadas por texturas sonoras innovadoras, en las que la electrónica adquiere una presencia fundamental, y textos del acostumbrado lirismo de Radiohead mezclado con expresiones propias de una balada de amor. En mi modesta opinión, todo esto lo convierten en un gran álbum.
Masterpiece
Fuck Radiohead quit giving me this shit
Steady
I get that Thom Yorke has his own style, but man, I'm getting bored of it. The whole album just washed over me, it felt like one long whine.
not a fan at all. over rated
good shit but sad memories... hope it changes soon!
Yep sounds like Radiohead
Great diversion from the music I typically listen to. I highly recommend this album.
absolute genius.
7/10 Пиздострадания миллениалов пришлось слушать. Вроде модная нынче группа, а значит было бы довольно базированно с моей стороны хорошенько засрать альбом, но на самом деле, он неплох, мне вполне зашёл, хоть я не фанат такого, определённо. Хоть я и сказал что она модная, я уверен что большинство позеров-зумеров, которые врубают радиохед на попойках своих, не слышали этого альбома, так что хайповость группы на него не распространяется. После всего старья что было, приятно послушать относительно новый, хорошо записанный альбом. Хочу отметить такие треки как: 15 Step, Nude и All I Need после них всё совсем жидко шло вплоть до Jigsaw Falling Into Place, его я почти добавил к себе, хороший трек. В целом, треки по началу довольно интересные, хоть и к середине альбома надокучивают.
Not for me
I've often wondered why I don't listen to other radiohead songs other than creep. I now understand why I don't listen to other radiohead songs other than creep
Awesome and chill
Not the best Radiohead album. Best experienced in a dark room with great headphones
obviously awesome what can you say
Great music accompanied by some of the most dreadful lyrics, painfully moaned, I have ever heard
One of the best albums ever made!
I don't understand the Radiohead love to be honest.
Lots of noises, kinda overwhelming Nude-is this what cognitive dissonance sounds like? These dudes love instrumentals, I can tell I’m floating in the fish song This is like mitzki for emo dads So dramatic and for what (I get it) I love violin in songs It’s kinda jazzy
It was good... I think? The songs kind of blended together after a while and all sounded the same and sort of disassociated a bit so... maybe I'll have to relisten at some point.
Wegen Schönheit 5 Punkte.
so good so awesome I just love this Album
Not really for me.
It's a pretty good album. So much more to them than creep. The songs are all different, without tiring and overstaying its welcome
I still think Radiohead is perhaps the most overrated band of all time. Not terrible but like how is this anything special? I don't see it
one the best albums ever
I like mellow Radiohead but I like heavy Radiohead even better.
Ugh I love Radiohead’s Kid A, Ok Computer and The Bends, but I’ve never really gotten into this album. Not sure how much I like it either.
Absolutely brilliant. If you haven't listened to this band I suggest you do. Slight hints of U2 on some tracks I thought.
Some of the crunchy, distorted guitar parts in the opening couple of songs weren't my favorite. Otherwise, great album
Warm & Fuzzy
Do I like radiohead?
This is it, this is what all other Radiohead albums were building towards, almost like a season finale. Obviously we've gotten albums past this one, but this really feels like the culmination of what everything they had done before was forming into. There's more rock heavy tracks blended with more ethereal tracks, all with fantastic percussion that keeps the pace of the album up, even in the more solemn moments. The guitars and other strings are fantastic, Yorke sounds finally content with life, rather than seemingly relatively whiney, and it just feels like such a relaxed, Summer-y album (by Radiohead standards) that can still work on a cold, dark, Winter night. This is amazing, and the fact you could pay whatever you wanted to listen to this back when it released? Insane.
Didn’t know this album existed. Ok. Kind of discordant and experimental sounding. Not one i’d revisit.
Nice album to play in the background
#241. I know most people like Kid A, but I think this is Radiohead's best album. I could listen to this everyday, probably. 5/5: excellent *this is the sixth album from this book I already owned Song added to playlist: Weird Fishes/Arpeggi I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
Buen nivel de radiohead pero sin una canción que destaque.
It’s perfect. It’s my favourite album of all time. I can’t add a thing.
I loved this album when it came out, and I saw Radiohead play it at Victoria Park. It’s interesting that this has become the preferred Radiohead record for Gen Z (Austin Butler referred to it as his old faithful - cringe) as when it came out it was considered their most accessible and therefore un-Radiohead album yet. My tastes have shifted away from Radiohead in the intervening years but this album still brings back happy memories of a great band coming back with a great record.
Only a few good songs on this one. Older Radiohead is better imo
Radiohead will always be the band that a generation of people who wanted others to think they were 'deep intellectuals' and 'get music' said was their favorite. If you tell me Radiohead is your favorite band, I don't need to know anything else - I know exactly what type of person you are. I don't dislike Radiohead but I'm sort of indifferent about them. They have some good songs but if I never heard them again I wouldn't really count it as a loss. This album is fine. It's a good listen but it doesn't really stand out from any other album of the time to me. And I get the hate for Thom Yorke, he does seem like a super pretentious dude and that totally carries over into his band. I actually like his voice which is a sticking point with a lot of people. I can't really pick a favorite song, or even one to highlight, from this album. They all run together but in sort of a good way. The songs are structured well although they never really take off but I think that's kind of the point. 3/5
jigsaw rips, the rest made no impression
you wanna have the blues or listen to something while having a bad day? radioheads got you covered. Although its a little more "upbeat" than their usual, its still melancholy as hell in places.
I was feeling depressed today so I was looking forward to this album! It did the trick ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ what a fun time
Is this the 4th or 5th Radiohead album so far? I've been trying to get into this band for 20 years. I think it's safe to say I'm not going to get it. I just think it's ok.
It's a Radiohead album for sure
Chilled Radiohead vibes.
loved it
Six stars
pretty music attuned to the youthful soul
Not my favoriteRadiohead album. But I like them for doing it.
i mean it really is stunning, and just so beautiful. at the start its like this sprawling chaos of beauty that can be kinda hard to take in in a weird way, but by the time it ends it fits perfectly. it really does fall into place. and the ending is honestly breathtaking, having such a quiet but powerful song to close an album so spacious is perfect, it ties the explosiveness of the emotion with the intimacy. and by god this album is intimate. i crawl into it like a bed and lay under the covers warm. i love it. i really do.
So glad I can edit album reviews now. I did NOT appreciate this album enough when I first listened to it (may 2024). Radiohead music is somewhat of an acquired taste. It's genuinely amazing. My favourite track is definitely Weird Fishes / Arpeggi. It's so unique and just really cool to listen to. The main ostinato is one of the greatest uses of the electric guitar I have ever heard. The rest of the album is also extremely unique and just a great journey to listen to. Can't give this less than a five. 16/09/26
One of the best albums of the 2000's
Pretty good, even the bits that sound more like U2
Better then i remember
Beautiful album 🤲🏾
The more Radiohead I listen to, the more I realize how like the Velvet Underground they are. Not every song is a toe-tapping sing along, and some tracks are a challenge to listen to. But there’s always something interesting going on.
I expected more from Radiohead than Sleepy Pop.
Radiohead just doesn't do it for me. The music is good but I think I just don't love the lead singer's voice. Maybe I'll like their other albums more.
Started off interesting. Then I lost interest.
Much like Jazz as a genre, I don't think I'm cool and/or sophisticated enough to get Radiohead. I like a couple of their songs from other albums and they're clearly talented. Maybe some day I'll get it and join the ranks of. . . Radioheaders?
15 Step 3.5 Bodysnatchers 3.1 Nude 3 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 2.8 All I Need 3 Faust Arp 2.7 Reckoner 3.6 House of Cards 3.5 Jigsaw Falling into Place 3.4 Videotape 3 Score: 3.16
Well, I finally got my favourite album of all time by my favourite band of all time. I've listened to this album countless times and none of the tracks ever get old for me. I think there's been a point where each of the ten songs has been my favourite. I have literally no negative criticism towards this, it's just the best. Fav songs: All of them
Classic
2,5
Incredible
It was okay
i just dont get the attraction to Radiohead
This album has often been recommended, and for good reason. A diverse collection of alternative rock tracks, with meaningful lyrics and pulsing riffs. Radiohead has been sitting on the list and I’m interested to listen to others.
Probably my favourite Radiohead album. Had a good knowledge of the majority of songs before but great to listen to it all the way through. Thom Yorke just always hitting the spot with that voice !!!!
i've listened to this album COUNTLESS times i love radiohead so much they're one of my favourite bands ever. 15 step is playing as i write this and i am dancing in bio while tryna work on my project worth 10% of my grade :D anyways my favourite tracks are probably 15 step, faust arp, and jigsaw falling into place. i don't even need to listen to this album again to rate it but i will just for funs. 5 stars this is one of my fav albums.
Spent a few days here to make my mind up, although it's one I owned when it came out. There are some tracks I really enjoy here but there's also just too much arty, directionless later-Radiohead noodling under the whiny, mumbling version of Thom Yorke. I remember now why I lost interest in Radiohead after OK Computer. The good moments are too deeply buried in art noise.
Amazing album... one of the best. Easily a 4.5
Oh I was mistaken and there was another Radiohead album. Well my view hasn't changed. They are very good at writing the same song 10 times in a row. Did they really need 5 albums on this list? Absolutely not. 2 would be sufficient to get the gist.
Yeah i'm just not into Yorke's vocals, holds back the whole album for me. Favorite Track: Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi
Bodysnatchers, All I Need, and Jigsaw Falling Into Place were alright...
4000% better than ok computer. grew up listening to this album 7.5/10
Few decent songs but I didn't really enjoy it overall. Very sad sound.
It’s Radiohead so it’s great.
Not as engaging as other Radiohead albums for me. Best track Jigsaw Falling Into Place 3/5
More upbeat than I was expecting. Highlight tracks were nude and house of cards (which were more slow radiohead i was expecting). Saying that I'm not sure I'll ever sit and listen to radiohead.The strokes came on after and I much prefered that
Just not into Radiohead. I guess there's something to it I'm not getting.
Beyond odd songs, I can’t really get into Radiohead. That’s not to say this is bad, far from it, but it’s not something I’ll seek out again. 2.5
Trance Chill Alternative. That's Radiohead. It works.
Art rock to the max. This was a chill listen, and I would play it in the background in certain settings. I liked some of the elements and experimentation. I listened to it twice to give it a fair shake. Outside of the mainstream hits, I’m just not a huge Radiohead fan.
Definitely in my top 3 RH albums just behind OK Computer and The Bends. And it for sure leans more into the sounds and production of OK Computer. Not a bad song on the record and listening on headphones definitely allowed for an alternate feel, from dreamy and airy to downright strange and tension filled. All the feels you want out of a Radiohead album.
This is my fave Radiohead album, but there are others that will get this same rating for sure. This album vibes throughout and there isn’t anything on this album that shouldn’t be.
Nice lil album. Grateful for bands like radio head putting out different music when so much sounds the same. Liked this album but just needed something more for me to get to 4.
I ended up favoriting 8 of the 10 songs on this record and prob could have favorited the others. Super solid top to bottom. Easy 5*. 4.5/5
Seemed fine to me
A decent album. Doesn't pack the same punch as the Bends or OK Computer, but that might be nostalgia talking.
Well, dammit - do I like Radiohead now? I've been fighting it for a while now, but I really, really liked this album.
Couldn’t hit 5 fast enough. One of my favorite albums.
Yeaa, this album was awesome. I liked it significantly more than Kid A. A number of indie classics here that I hear fairly often, as well as some that were new to me. My favorites are 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Faust Arp, and Jigsaw Falling into Place.
Ambient thinness. Grateful for this suggestion. I'd never listenend to a full Radiohead album before. I wish the instruments were given more room to breathe under the vocals.
I think I've heard enough Radiohead to determine this isn't a band I enjoy. There may have been a song or 2 I thought was decent, but the more I keep hearing these guys, the more I'm even despising the song Creep. Thought this album slow, boring with zero drive to be entertaining to whatever audience they are seeking. That basically sums up every album I've listened to from this list and it seems we've had too many. No more Radiohead, please. It wasn't offensive to the ears, so I'll go with a 2. But damn, even a 2 was a stretch. 2
In Rainbows was the first Radiohead album I'd ever heard. I listened to it sometime back in 17' when my buddy Cody showed me a YouTube video of Videotape performed live. He explained to me about how Thom is playing on the offbeat and in the particular video Thom kind of snaps at the audience for clapping and throwing him off. I think he said "earworm". After that I decided it was time for my Radiohead phase which quickly gave way to my Weezer phase. This is probably my favorite Radiohead album that I've heard. It's fairly concise, pretty catchy and not too much. I had this on vinyl at one time but sold it. I've been meaning to pick it back up. 3.5
2 Noel Gallagher once said, “I reckon if Thom Yorke fucking shit into a light bulb and started blowing it like an empty beer bottle it’d probably get 9 out of 10 in fucking Mojo”. After having now listened to five Radiohead albums on this list (out of their nine total), I couldn’t agree with Noel more, though I think none have epitomized the spirit of that quote quite as well as this album right here. Look, I don’t outright hate the evolution of Radiohead’s sound - in some ways I even have a sense of respect for it - but it’s at a point here where Thom Yorke’s head is fully up his own ass. This isn’t nearly as deep or insightful as it pretends to be, nor is it even entertaining for that matter - it’s just the dude whining over a bunch of ambient stuff. I honestly have nothing else to say on this - at least they didn’t make people pay for this shit. While a large part of me wants to give this a 1, I can’t quite convince myself it’s objectively one of the worst things I’ve heard - but it’s far from what it’s made out to be.
buuuuuuuus
Good album, lots of interesting time signatures and haunting vocals. I enjoyed this!
WOOOOOOOO!!!!! Every note of this record is stitched into my soul. This is the best live band in the world. They dominated modern music for a solid 20 years. This album is a feast. Perfect. Beautiful. Heartbreaking. Stunning. Innovative. Still! This was released 17 years ago and still feels new.
Grim
Excellent album. Reminiscent of all-night work sessions in Uni. Ethereal and melancholic.
Really love the fact that this album is accessible and experimental all at the same time. Incredible album by an extremely creative band
Recently fallen in love with this albums. Just as beautiful as Kid, Amnesiac, OK Computer, and the Bends. 15 Steps, Bodysnatchers, Videotape, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi are all great tracks. 5/5!
Perfectly pleasant, but not in any way exciting
Really impressive
I'm not a big Radiohead fan, but I remember the debut of this album & all the buzz surrounding it. It's really damned good, beautifully crafted, and timeless.
It’s Radiohead
Didn't love this at first, but it grew on me as I listened. Not my favorite Radiohead, but even with that said, it's pretty good. My favorite songs were "Faust Arp," "Reckoner," and "Videotape." Wish I could give this a 3.5, but I'm rounding down.
Faudrait que jle réécoute.
Radiohead is hit or miss for me. Sometimes they strike me as brilliant and sometimes much less so. I had not listened to this record before today. There are elements that I enjoyed but as a whole it was just okay.
Es el album más precioso e intimo que he escuchado en mi vida. Genuinamente desde que escuche In Rainbows por primera vez recuerdo sentirme tan vulnerable y en contacto con emociones que había olvidado. El cello al inicio de "Nude" me deja la piel de gallina cada vez que lo escucho. Simplemente arte; One of the greatest albums of all time. 10/10.
10/10 mejor que el sexo
Poco escuchado, rock electrónico. Muy bueno.
Did not like this album.
I liked some moments of this but it just didn't grab me alas.
Not for me
Pretty solid, but a little goofy
Hmm - there are better albums from Radiohead
01) 15 Step - 9,0 02) Bodysnatchers - 9,5 03) Nude - 10,0 04) Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - 9,0 05) All I Need - 9,5 06) Faust Arp - 8,0 07) Reckoner - 10,0 08) House of Cards - 9,5 09) Jigsaw Falling into Place - 10,0 10) Videotape - 9,0 TOTAL: 9,35 (94/100) This is my third Radiohead album and while "OK Computer" was sure shot five-star material, I was surprised by "Amnesiac" and its five stars. So, I was asking myself how many listens would take for "In Rainbows", because the album didn't click with me back in 2007., just like "Amnesiac" didn't a few years earlier. Jigsaw fell into place after the second listening, and after listening to "Nude" for the second time, (going from 8,0 to 10,0!) I knew this would deserve top marks from me. "Reckoner", "Nude", "Jigsaw..." and "All I Need" are my favorites.