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One of the few Radiohead albums that I still go back to on a semi-yearly basis. 12 Step is a strong start to the album, but my favorite song still has to be Arpeggio/Weird Fishes. With the knowledge that Radiohead has an alt-rock sound (Pablo Honey, The Bends) and an experimental electronica sound (Kid A, Amnesiac), this album treads a fine line between the two.
I listen to this almost every week. One of my fave albums ever.
Radiohead has two modes: distorted and loud and annoying noise or moody and whiney and annoying noise
Not nearly enough Radiohead here
I do not think Radiohead is some great gift to mankind, but they do make pleasant if melancholy music that is well-crafted. I don't love Yorke as a vocalist, but there are plenty of artists that are far more grating. (3.5)
It was okay. A couple good songs, the rest were kinda aimless.
It wasn’t the worst
Unique, but requires another listen.
Margainly less inaccessible than the previous offerings but my goodness, what a lot of Radiohead in this list. Still not looking forward to the next offering…
As a big Radiohead fan, they have several 5* albums I'd be happy to listen to for the rest of my life. The exceptions: Pablo is a 3.5, TKOL is a 4, HTTT is 4.5.
There’ll be a Radiohead record I don’t give five to soon, but not yet. Love the lush sound of this one and the mix of musical styles from all that had gone before.
Tope de gamulan ya se sabe 4,5/5
15 Step - 5/5 Bodysnatchers - 5/5 Nude - 4.5/5 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - 5/5 All I Need - 4/5 Faust Arp - 4/5 Reckoner - 4.5/5 House of Cards - 4/5 Jigsaw Falling Into Place - 5/5 Videotape - 4/5 So after they experimented with more electronic and ambient sounds, Radiohead decided to do none of that and strip everything down, including one of the first surprise releases. The result comes out to be one of their best albums. The tight production on this produces something that's both haunting and beautiful, with some even going so far to say that this is among the best albums of all time. Do I agree? Maybe, I'll need a few more listens, but this already has some of my favorite RH songs on here, with Jigsaw Falling Into Place ranking among my top. Overall: 5/5 Favorites: 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Jigsaw Falling Into Place
According to my stats (which, after 400 albums, should be starting to mean something), I like Radiohead less than most people do, and I’m not particularly fond of music from the 2000s either. It’s not that I have anything against this band or that decade - I’d love to rate them differently, but then Radiohead comes along with “In Rainbows” and confirms all my reservations. The album isn’t bad at all, but like everything this band has released since “Creep,” it’s simply uninspired and monotonous. You can’t help but think of Coldplay, but at least with them, individual songs stand out. Radiohead, on the other hand, deliver more of a continuum of mediocre songs with a wide range of sound effects but little substance. If you’re already familiar with Radiohead, you don’t really need to listen to this album.
Not my favorite. I hear many rhythms or bass lines that could be great or are great but the lyrics and overall flow of the songs are…meh.
Pretty chill to listen to! It's not as much as a mainstay as the other albums I've listened to from Radiohead, but it's generally a pleasant experience.
No, I'm staying with my finding that early radiohead was best. The sound was more dynamic and the vocals better The songwriting really is undercut by the vocal. I often thought to myself: oh that's a nice instrumental intro... And then the voice comes in.
Perfect album, no skips
Well it's Radiohead so you'd expect it's pretty good, and it its!
If you didn't like the one with "Creep" and you didn't like the one with "Fake Plastic Trees" and you didn't like the one with "Paranoid Android" and you didn't like the one with "Everything In Its Right Place" and you didn't like the one with "Knives Out" and you didn't like the one with "There, There", then you are probably not going to like this one. C'mon, Dimery...give it a break. Six out of nine possible Radiohead albums is just too much. They aren't the most accessible band, which is kind of their point. All these spaces could go towards actually exposing us to worthwhile music we might otherwise have missed, which is exactly the point.. Let's give "In Rainbows" an added half-star for the album's unique promotion and sales scheme.
uauuu obviamente eu ja tinha escutado essa obra prima mas é sempre um prazer revisitar. eu acho esse disco praticamente perfeito, acho que existe bastante experimentação plástica nas camadas do som, escutar isso de olhos fechados traz a sensação de que eu vou voar. as letras são simplesmente poesia, o que é algo que eu valorizo muito em música, sou bem mais de letras do que de outros aspectos e in rainbows acertou nisso também. top tracks (todas as faixas são primorosas mas vou TENTAR escolher as minhas favoritas) nude ⭐️ bodysnatchers ⭐️ weird fishes ⭐️ all i need ⭐️ reckoner ⭐️ 15 step ⭐️
juuh ei tähän kyl voi muuta sanoo ku et sanattomaks vetää. tää on kyl mun ultimaattinen lempi lätty ikinä. saa mut tuntee kaiken maailman tunteita, mitä en ees tienny olevan olemassa. ja siihen ku lisää sen et näin puolet täst albumista livenä nii kylhän tää nyt ansaitsis enemmän ku 5/5, mutta mennään näillä
i think i listened to the album like 3x today, some of these songs will def be sprinkled throughout my future listening, slowly grew on me
This album is a bore, but thanks for "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"❤️
I wasn't really messing with this, but then I saw the old text from when my girlfriend said she didn't actually like me the first time, and then I was WAY more in. In all seriousness though, I don't really understand the love for this album the same way that I do for their others. Like it's clearly a very good album, it's groovy and fun and sad and everything you'd really want out of a Radiohead album, but it doesn't really do more than that. It doesn't push their sound, nor does it do their established sound better than any previous album. It's strong, but for it to be even in the same conversation as something like Ok Computer or something like that is insane to me. Favorites: 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Finally, the Radiohead album that reminds me why I don’t trust them. Most of the time, I feel bad for being suspicious of them, and I have to admit that they make good, compelling music. But I am writing this down, “You were right all along. You knew they would ultimately produce an album that would confirm your suspicions. In Rainbows is the one.” Got it.
top 3 Radiohead
no es mi estilo
Meh. Radiohead is overrated. It's fine though. I liked Bodysnatchers. And that was about it. I payed extra attention to House of Cards, because it was nominated for best Rock Song, but it must have been a slow year for Rock in general, because that was awful. Long story short, this album didn't really resonate with me.
I don't get Radiohead. It's certainly a distinct sound, and I can't say they've ventured far from their norm here. I like a good vamp, but Radiohead makes it seem repetitious. This record, like all Radiohead I've heard, is a drag.
Well, here it is. This probably isn't my favorite album of all time, but it's damn close. I've listened to this possibly more than any other album out there. In my opinion, even though it is close, this is Radiohead's best work. They showcase every single thing they can do, all masterfully, and all with a new and groundbreaking edge. We get angry, distorted rock; depressing, beautiful ballads; spacey, floating, sonic explorations; and it all comes together into a totally cohesive package. I will never get sick of listening to this music. I think it's timeless, beautiful, and utterly genius.
Sneaky good
This isn't as good of a listen as other Radiohead albums but so many of the bands best songs ever are on here so I can't really give this anything lower than a 5. Favs: Weird Fishes / Arpeggi, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Nude, All I Need
Listened
One of the great albums. I am ready a Radiohead fan. It was fun to revisit this one.
Masterpiece
I mean cmon its radiohead. But even so, I was surprised with how good the not so well known songs were in this album. The guitar riffs were standout for me throughout the album
Ya lo había escuchado y no me gustó, así que decidí escucharlo nuevamente para ver si es cierto que si lo escuchas nuevamente te gusta, pero no, sigue sin gustarme.
First Radiohead album on this list…I wonder how I’m gonna feel about it cause Radiohead songs usually have to grow on me quite a bit before i actually like them. There’s quite a blend of electronic and real instruments on this one, you can see how kid an influence them lol. Another thing I think this list is making me realize how much I prefer how real instruments sound compared to electronic sounds (excluding electric guitar ofc). I really enjoyed all the strings they added, especially on the back half of songs, my favourite of which is def reckoner, probably will be my fav song on the record. There were also some lo-fi (I think) sounding tracks on here like house of cards which I was suprised by as I don’t think the Radiohead stuff I’ve listened to showed that side of them. Once again though I can’t understand a word thom yorks is saying which tbh I think really prevents songs from connecting with me on an emotional level. The drums in videotape remind me a bit of the drums in snow globes though very much toned down. Overall though I enjoyed listening to this! I liked pretty much every song and I can see why this is seen as one of their best albums. I do think a lot of the songs will grow on me as well. Probably a 4.01/5
Radiohead somehow made an album that feels simultaneously sophisticated and human. One of their more personal albums finding beauty in vulnerability and fleeting intimacy. Every song feels meticulously crafted but not overworked. One of their more feel good albums, but its warmth still feels slightly haunting proving tenderness can be just as unsettling as alienation. A deeply sensual record with new revelations on each listen. I know I’m bias but it’s one of the best albums of the 2000s without a skippable song.
wowzers
It feels like another Radiohead album I'm supposed to like... And I mostly do, but sometimes I'd rather listen to The Bends, you know? A bit like Kid A, this was another Radiohead album I really needed to grow into. When In Rainbows initially came out in 2007 amid the massive hype of its whole pay-what-you-want release (I paid NOTHING), I honestly didn't appreciate it. Its serene, mid-tempo vibe almost felt like background music, lacking the sprawling angst of OK Computer or the weirdness of Kid A. But echoing the sentiments of so many others who took time to crack its code, this record is the ultimate grower. Coming back to it, I finally realise how beautifully warm, intimate, and accessible it is. It’s the sound of a band completely in control, trading their usual dystopian dread for intricate, melancholic beauty. It might have taken me years to truly understand it, but In Rainbows is a great album. Is it a must have? Ehhh, debatable, but it has its place in my collection.
Beautiful
Lovely mellow album, can imagine putting it on to have a chill out. It's the first Radiohead album I've listened to and would be interested in listening to earlier albums of they are of the same sound.
Odd. Atmospheric album. I still don’t really get Radiohead. I remember when the album came out it was revolutionary that it was pay what you want.
It's fine.
Not my favorite Radiohead, but Radiohead is never bad.
I've always loved Radiohead and I'm sure I've mentioned in other reviews how I lost that love with their overly experimental albums like "Kid A". I still prefer the Radiohead of the 90s, but this is one bridges that gap between their classic rock era and experimental electronic era. While their sound is heavily processed there are some that retain that original sound, like "Bodysnatchers" and "Faust Arp". Haunting and intimate. Overall it's a good album, but it still doesn't quite bring home that 90s Radiohead.
Ed O'Brien defined this record as "something universal. Lyrics doesn't have a political sense. It's just about... being human" and Thom Yorke tried to go further by saying "It's that fucking panic of being conscious that sooner or later you are gonna die, and that you could have a heart attack next time you go out to run" And by no means, In Rainbows it's exactly that. Pure and authentic existentialism. Not exactly in the nihilist way that punk did many years ago but it is, without a doubt an exploration of being human. The vast majority of their songs were introduced in the 2006 tour (with the album being released next year) and it featured some splendid work that were actually conceived many years prior to both these songs and the tour: Nude was premiered in the world tour of OK Computer but was introduced formally here with a different arrangement. For the opener "15 Step" the band worked with a group of children of Oxford. "Bodysnatchers" it's described by Yorke as "Wolfmother and NEU! having a child and looking at rock hippie". in "All i Need" Jonny Greenwood wanted to recreate white noise but being played by a band. Something that was never made before. ¿his solution? Putting a section of strings to produce all of the notes of a determined scales, leaving only some frequencies and as for Videotape it was constantly described as a painful experience and when Yorke left the studio, Jonny and Greenwood left it as what you can hear on the record: A minimalist ballad on Piano. The lyrics are, as ambitious as the record itself "Bodysnatchers" it's inspired on old victorian tales and as for "Jigsaw Falling into Place" it's basically a depiction of the constant horror and chaos Yorke was dealing, while he was walking in Oxford every weekend. In Rainbows it's after all, a double album an ambitious and creative piece of design, that positioned Radiohead even more as one of biggest names in Art Rock making them revaluating their legacy as one of the most undeniable acts when it comes to experimenting with sounds and concepts. after releases like Kid A, Amnesiac, and Hail to The Thief. Something that you should have on your mind when you wanna talk about taking things and a constant exploration of your sound almost to the extreme.
Every song feels like a different stage of a panic attack
81
Great album, never listened all the way through, reminds me of Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
This has always been my personal favourite Radiohead album. It's just perfect, showcasing the lads at their absolute peak in terms of technicality, musicianship, and emotionality. As I gave it a relisten today, I could find myself really getting more into the deep storytelling on display, becoming more teary eyed as I paid more attention to the lyrics than ever before. Insane guitarwork, beautiful lyrics, stellar mixing, and not a single track I'd take out. There's a reason why it's the only Radiohead album I own on vinyl.
This might be my favorite Radiohead album, but I haven't listed to most of the latter albums.
Reckoner best song. Not a single bad song.
Great album although not 100% my style. Would definitely listen again.
Brilliant album and a further step away from the traditional guitar Radiohead. Beats, squiggles and bleeps.
Radiohead's classic may be Ok Computer, but In Rainbows would felt a great contender as the magnum opus of any 2000's art rock act.
Great album. Love the atmosphere of the songs. Faust Arp is one of the best along with Nude, Fishes and Jigsaw. 5/5
Good music!
Me gustó por el hecho de que escuché un tipo de música que nunca había escuchado pero no termine de agarrarle la onda
Reckoner man. What a song, that song alone make this album a 4 for me. Captures raw emotion in it's chords and simple lyrics in a profound way.
No te voy a mentir, está bien pero tampoco me estoy volviendo loco.
Have listened to this album many times. My personal favorite Radiohead album. Only two songs that are a bit middle of the road (faust arp and videotape) but the other songs on the album make up for it by being so unbelievably beautiful.
3,5
Don't think I was ready for it when it came out.
Didn't think much of this when I had it in another project and my opinion hasn't change. Gave up on it.
It's not an unbearable listen and some of the songs I enjoyed, but maybe I am not a Radiohead person in the way that matters because most of the album didn't particularly strike a cord with me, aside from All I Need, which is because of an animation I've seen using that song which hurt me in such a personal way. First half didn't impress me, but second half was fantastic. Or at least Jigsaw and Videotape were just that enjoyable to me.
reckoner is one of the best songs ever, yet on the whole in rainbows is just good
I got lost in it, but no highlights
4 eme album après 'Kid A' et ‘Amnesiac’ (5/5 - originalité sans faille) et 'Hail to the Thief' (3/5 - beaucoup moins créatif que Kid A). Cet album m’a beaucoup plus intéressé que ‘Hail… ´, le groupe a retrouvé sa créativité passée. Certes pas au niveau de Kid A ou Amnesiac, mais pas loin. Il va rejoindre ma collection ! =>4/5
already listened to it, but its amazing
very good guitars
Possibly my favourite album of all time and Radiohead’s best album against stiff opposition. Incredibly tight, well produced, gorgeous and timeless album that never gets boring. Nude into All I Need is a sensational three song run. Easy 5
Classic
Such an amazing album. It’s the band concentrated yet somehow stripped down. Oh yeah, it’s also filled with amazing songs.
To me, the quintessential Radiohead album. Been a huge fan since it was released. A really solid mix of tight, upbeat, guitar-forward rock and ethereal/experimental melodrama. No skips.
I've never been a Radiohead fan but I recognize their impact in the alternative music scene. Bodysnatchers being in the bottom three of Spotify listens is criminal. It's by far the coolest song on the album. Other standouts are All I Need and Jigsaw Falling Into Place but for the most part it's a lot of the same thing feat. Bodysnatchers.
Nah
Wasn't blown away
There’s not much to be said that hasn’t already.
Sad background music. Really well done sad background music, done by fine musicians and with good lyrical content. It failed to stir my soul in any way.
What do you listen to? Brad Pitt: “Radiohead. Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead, Radiohead.”
it’s very good.
YOOOO HOLY FUCK We finally got it!!!!! Man I don't normally do this, but fuck it: this was my favorite Radiohead album before it was cool for this to be your favorite Radiohead album. Kid A and OK Computer could never. They never could!!! I stand by it!!!!! I vividly remember my first memory with this album: in 2010, one of my favorite activities was to turn on a fun Pandora station and deep clean my room. there was something special about playing video games in a hyper clean room, idk. anyway, I actually think back in the day you could make a Pandora station based on artist *or* song, and I had a station for either Passion Pit or specifically "The Reeling" from their 2009 album. Now why this album showed up on that Pandora station only makes vague sense to me, but it did. I think it was "The Reeling," which still doesn't sound much like a Radiohead song, but I'd almost put money on it being that. "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" came on and I remember that I stopped was I was doing to go look at my iPod (docked, of course, in the iHome-- thanks 2010) and see what this incredible fucking song was. Embarrassingly, I hadn't ever listened to Radiohead before. I knew about their legendary reputation, which actually turned me off a bit from giving them a try (I was that kid in 2010; if you'd heard of the band, I wanted nothing to do with them. The irony of loving Sea Wolf that year when "You're a Wolf" was one of the biggest songs in the nation is not lost on me in 2026. They even had that shit playing over the American Eagle store speakers). Anyway, I sat by my bed and just tuned in for the full runtime of the song. Gave myself a break from cleaning my room just to listen, which was not normally part of my routine. I was moved by the simplicity but efficacy of the lyrics, and the mesmerizing, almost wistful lead guitar lines. In this album perhaps more than others, I feel like Radiohead really made a lot happen with just a little in terms of soundscapes and layers. Seeing this song played in a studio is a very fun experience (lots of vids on YouTube). I still cite that song (and this album) as one of my key inspirations as a musician. This isn't ambient music, which is primarily what I do when I play, but if you were able to strip the guitar stems and just listen to those and take away the pick attack, it's going to sound like Hammock or Explosions in the Sky or Lowercase Noises. The whole album is great, of course. After I liked or starred or whatever'd that song on Pandora in 2010, I went out and bought an iTunes gift card so I could buy the album digitally and have that shit on heavy rotation on my first gen iPod touch. It would be much later that I got it physically, because at that point I really wanted an enormous digital library. "15 Step," "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi," and "House of Cards" have always been my favorite tracks. Maybe they are everyone's; I have no sense of that. Also they released a B sides record for In Rainbows at some point, and those are worth listening to as well. Love love love this album. Highest rating I've given anything here in a while. Probably in my top 10 albums of all time.
Definitely not OK Computer but it's hard to have two of those. Some sleepers on here, but overall I like it.
More of a 3.5 but I'll round it up. I've only listened to this album all the way through once before and I arrived at the same place. Nothing that I disliked per se, but it just left me a little whelmed.
Easily my favorite and what I feel is the best Radiohead album. I remember when it came out, my dad played it nonstop and I was transfixed. Just a really beautiful collection of songs -- thank you, Mr. List, for reminding me that it kicks. I despise the album art, however.
Not my favorite Radiohead album.
Not Radiohead's biggest fan but this album wasn't bad
Maybe I'm just biased because I have been listening to Radiohead for 5 years already but I genuinely like this album Kid A or OK Computer are undeniably better at least by my standard but for me this is a 5 star album
Liked this wayyyy more than Kid A (not hard to beat), but not nearly as much as OK Computer and The Bends. There were some good songs that I liked (especially Reckoner, that track was great), but there were a few too many songs that I didn't connect with, I think they were a little too heady for me. It was good, not great, a solid 3/5. Would probably be a 3.5/5 on a proper scale.
Meh
Another album I've heard before. I love this one. One time I was so absorbed while listening to the song nude on a late night drive through upstate NY mountains I nearly drove me and my friends off a cliff. What a song!
This seems ok. It's nothing I'm really excited about, but the lyrics are decent, singing decent, music decent. But nothing really stands out as amazing.
Quite ploddy Dreary Wailing vocals No real hooks Not terrible, just nothing to make you want to listen again particularly
Who up yorkin' they tom
Objectief gezien een prachtig goed album. Overdreven goed geproduceerd maar toch eentonig. Vaak kan ik de liefde vinden in albums die als 1 nummer klinken maar daar is het genre te saai voor. 3 bangers
Had niet verwacht dat ik het leuk zou vinden
Beste album oat.
It's technically rock, but it's nice n chill. It would never be in the car CD rotation. It's "headphones and lay down and maybe smoke" CD rotation
First one so far that I already know and love! Felt like a lil treat.
I mean, c'mon! Super cool that the first album we get from the 2000s is an absolute masterpiece. It's the perfect blend of traditional instrumentation, technological production, and classical overlays (Johnny Greenwood's arrangements are always quite moving to me). Some of the bass grooves in here are so good I'll just have them in my head all day as I scurry around being busy. I am bummed that Thom Yorke has outed himself as a bit of a twat, but oh well. This album still fucks! Very sad I'll never get to hear it for the first time ever again :(((((
Obviously a silly question but: Thom Yorke are you all right buddy? Saw Radiohead pop up and got a little apprehensive, you just never know. But I enjoyed this a lot, it’s not super out there and I like the gloomy chill vibes to study to. Videotape is one hell of a track to close out on, sheesh. Second act montage needle drop in my biopic: “All I Need”
I put off rating this one because I only listened to it through once and it just felt like the kind of album you had to listen to on repeat to really sink into, I like radiohead in general but had never listened to one of their albums through. Listening to it more today and I just really like the sound that they're making, I love what they're doing with time signatures and all the background vocals, feels like I am underwater. Four stars just to be a hardass but I reserve the right to up it to five with more listens likelihood that the members of this band lezzed out IMO: 2/5 I really had to think about this one but sadly I think the early 2000s probably held them back from really exploring each others bodies. that and being british. not out of the question though
this album blew my tiny little mind when i was younger and it still does . i do wish thom yorke wasnt a big baby bitch.. sigh was listening to weird fishes/arpeggi driving into work this morning and a guy was dancing down the sidewalk like really throwing down and his moves lined up perfectly with the music and it’s things like that that make life worth living you know
my 101st album - another one from my collection, my favourite radiohead album which i've been loving for half my life :) never understood why people say this is their happiest album, i keep coming back because of the frantic desperation of it all, no matter how upbeat it sounds i always get the feeling that something is about to go wrong... i hit the bottom and escape...
7/10 Two Radiohead albums back-to-back, wild. I think I just barley preferred The Bends so I'll mark this as one point below that one.
Pretty good, not AS good as Kid A or The Bends
Likte dette godt. Kan muligens være en grower hvis jeg hører flere ganger.
I have not listened to this since the late 00s. I gave it a fresh chance with matured ears. I liked jigsaw and the reckoner. The rest were meh.
(6 estrellas)
I can’t believe that I’ve listened to 6 albums of Radiohead.
I remember the announcement of this album and all the controversy about the payment options. They got a load of press, and endless opinions, but then the released the album and their money was where their mouths were(?). A masterpiece, there best in years. Each track a banger, might be their best album. 5 Heard before? Yes Owned: yes, 105/395 (26%) Will I get: Already have
3.5 rounding up
No private session. I love this album and played it a lot when it first came out. This a flawless work in that there are no bad songs on it. It's an album you can turn on and just listen to it, drifting to the mood the music wants you to have.
I obviously knew a lot of songs from this album, but I never listened to it fully to get to videotape, I loved that song. Especially the lyrics "No matter what happens now, You shouldn't be afraid", it really resonated with me
7/5
the arse is out of her, bys
totally faded into the background, good but I am not likely to revisit it
This album I have listened to about 1000x all the way through, and every time it gets sadder?
un album q va bastante con las vibras de un dia lluviosos, house of cards es un 10 de 10 igual q reckoner ,pero en general es exelente
supis pupis mega dobryy
awesome
Easiest rating so far. No songs anything less than great
Vibey. I like it.
All of Radiohead's albums possess a darkness which I don't like, also Thom Yorke has a really annoying voice. One or two really good songs I would revisit like All I Need or jigsaw
Always come back to In Rainbows. Masterpiece
Nothing to write home about
I don't know how to feel about it. Not really in for it but it's still gud Will I listen to again: 50%
Nah
I'd happily give this album a 4 forty four days out of four.
7/10
Bug Radiohead fan. This one Not new to proper listening.
I have listened to early Radiohead. I liked the Bends and OK Computer very much. I have heard that later Radiohead is quite different. I am about to find out. It is an experimental album. It is not rock and roll at all. York’s vocals are buried. They often sound haunting. A lot of songs lack a melody or a beat. Songs are a mixed bag. Some are interesting; some not so interesting. Quite a departure from their previous work. They don’t quite pull it off. An average album. Three stars.
6 STARS!!! This album is amazing! One of my all time favourites. There's a great podcast called "Dissect" that goes in to amazing detail about why this album is so amazing. Also an episode of a podcast called "Bandsplain" that gives great insights in to it as well. It's beautiful, it's perfect, it's the best!
Total crap
I just can't get into this album. I loved a lot of their earlier work, and I understand why this one was groundbreaking on a lot of levels, but it just doesn't do anything for me.
what can I even say about this? it's not my favorite from them, but it's still an amazing album
You can’t extricate nostalgia from an album rating.
Album #173: Radiohead – In Rainbows ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An important album of my youth. This came out when I was in secondary school, and it was very much the personal soundtrack to my fumbles and awkwardness and acne and first girlfriends and failing relationships and all this other shit that makes me cringe endlessly when I think back on it. But thankfully the music on this thing is so good that it transcends the cringiness, which is not something I can say for a lot of the media that I used to consume back then. I’m able to return to this regularly and separate the art from the cringe. This is probably my favourite Radiohead album. It might be their best album. And it just goes to show what a great band this is that there’s even competition for that title, because this is a masterpiece. I always think of this album as like an electronic album, but made with acoustic instruments. An acoustic Kid A. There’s haunting music, but then there’s this. I think this album literally sounds haunted. There are these reverberating noises and what sound like strings buried under oceans and oceans of reverb, just floating in and out of this thing. It sounds like it’s haunted by ghosts. And Radiohead must be one of the greatest collections of musicians ever to call themselves a band. They’re not flashy about it. They’re not Jimi Hendrix soloing over a song. But you can just tell by the way everything is weighted, by the choices they make, the notes they play, the chords they progress through that they’re just insanely talented with insane ears. The way the guitar sits on top of this ocean of sad-sounding music, it is just such an interesting and unique timbre. It’s all swelling, crescendoing, beautiful passages of music that build up and descend and decay and evolve. Absolutely gorgeous. Probably the most beautiful album they’ve made, I reckon. Thom Yorke always sounds great, but he sounds particularly great on this one. There are very few moments of hard rock and rage on the album, outside of maybe Bodysnatchers, where he kind of lets loose vocally. For most of it, he’s just sultry, sexy, vulnerable and sinister. And I think on songs like All I Need and Nude, he delivers some of the vocal performances of his career. I’ve always thought the weakest part of Radiohead is the lyrics. I don’t think he’s the most profound lyricist, and sometimes they can be clichéd or just not the most interesting ideas. But on this album, the lyrics don’t get in the way of the experience at all. So yeah, everyone is just on absolute fire. The production is incredible. Just a beautiful, atmospheric album. If there was one criticism I’d have, it would be a very minor one: I just don’t think Videotape fits on the album. I’m sure all the hardcore Radiohead fans have seen both the Bonnaroo performance of the song before it was released and that video on YouTube where the guy dissects the song and discovers that there’s essentially a hidden song beneath Videotape, with the album version being this stripped-back interpretation of it. And I think: that’s all very clever, Radiohead, how you hid a song within a song, but you made a lesser song out of it, in my opinion. I think it could have been a lot more at the end of the album than what it is. I do still think it’s a great song, but it doesn’t fit on the album, in my opinion. It’s much more minimalist, there’s no guitar, and it just strikes me as a Kid A/Amnesiac-era Radiohead song. It breaks the spell on an otherwise spellbinding album. Yeah, this was an easy one. I Love it, love it, love it. Five stars every day of the week.
My favorite Radiohead album!
Radiohead, although I've always been quite partial to them, always take me a couple of listens to really figure out what it is I like about it. Some tracks feel like a sonic soup and I'm only equipped with a fork. I've always loved Thom Yorke's serious approach to music and art, these intense creators generally being the ones that do something interesting and different enough from most others; that risk taking often coming with equal amounts of fans and critics and I always applaud the effort to make something that isn't just 'listenable'. Immediately with the crunchy synth and acid beat, "15 Step" is just pure novelty for the ears, flanked by Yorke's signature vocal style, delivering a lyric that resonates with us all. Instrument loses steam for me slightly by the end in repeated it's scratchy effects and bassline, but still Yorke's vocals keep it fresh enough till the end. "Bodysnatchers" distorted guitars scratch an itch right from the get go, the frantic energy of this one really matched the lyrics of being trapped in a body you don't recognize as your own. A little rough in some places for me, but the bridge into the trailing guitar chords was also hauntingly beautiful. "Nude" felt like more a classic Radiohead track, with it's subtle guitars and drums, while Yorke hangs emotionally deep lyrics over the top, like caramel sauce on rum and raisin ice cream. At this point, too, it is also not lost on me that some people don't like caramel sauce on rum and raisin ice cream, and that is probably the point. Even with the lyrics in "Nude", it approaches the saggy and dusty topic of relationships and approaches them from an entirely fresh angle of one's identity shifting to become more appealing and the ultimate cost of that shift. Someone in the comments section for "Weird Fishes" said something to the effect of Radiohead songs sounding sad when you are sad and happy when you are happy. With this track in particular, I truly can hear it both ways, with it's straight forward snare and cymbals cradled by soft guitar chords, the lyric "Why should I stay here, Why should I stay?" can be seen as both a leaving something negative behind or positively going out to see the world. Other tracks enjoyed on this album: "All I Need" (the music video for this one was something, highlighting the privilege some people of society live in compared to others), "Reckoner", "House of Cards" and "Videotape". Overall, a really enjoyable album, though a couple of tracks were lost on me ("Faust Arp" and "Jigsaw Falling Into Place") meaning it didn't quite have the same impact for me as OK Computer did. Still, this album helps to solidify my feelings of being a new, life long fan of Radiohead.
7/10
I'll admit to an anti-Radiohead bias on account of their politics and general obnoxiousness, but even then I was expecting to like this album more than I did. I haven't listened to much Radiohead in years but I remember liking a lot of the songs on OK Computer, and Kid A was also good (if a little inferior). But In Rainbows is mostly a bland drudge through samey sounding songs with few highlights.
87->90
ok, liked this more than OK Computer.
When I'm at the pearly gates This'll be on my videotape I have been waiting for this day. By the numbers, THIS is my favorite album of all time, according to LastFm. But I really have the whole Radiohead discography etched in me somehow. When I was in my 20’s I would have argued for OK Computer. But with the release of Kid A, well I guess it depended on the day, which was the better album, which I was feeling. And then I went back and fully appreciated The Bends. It actually had all the songs I sang along to on it, all the lyrics I would reference in my life - You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself When this came out, I was there, but I wasn’t ready to accept it as more than Kid A. There was the whole “pay what you want” pre streaming thing. The politics and brouhaha around it somehow eclipsed the album. It took years for it to work on me. Song by song. Until I was amazed by it. I could write pages about it. I’m sure others have. But I will just say this: THIS for me is as close to a perfect album as I know. No matter what happens now You shouldn't be afraid Because I know today has been The most perfect day I've ever seen 5 Boolean: TRUE
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Radiohead are so so so good
amazing you can never expect less for radiohead but this is definitely the best album i’ve listened during this challenge
As close to perfect as it gets. Nude/arpeggi/all I need is one of the all time 3 song runs.
hmmm.... i think i feel similar about this as i did with the jeff buckley album a couple days ago? like its pretty good but im just not really feeling "sad white boy music" rn. altho in this case the band is also on some zionist bullshit lately which doesn't help, anyway my favourite track is "all i need" with its atmospheric sound design and gritty bass, although "nude" is pretty close. but i think "nude" just sticks in my mind cos iirc there was a remix contest for it around when this album came out and the 3/4 time signature led to a lot of incredibly awkward sounding entries that clumsily attempted to force it into a 4/4 house track. it was a pretty good trick to play, knowing how prevalent house is in any remix contest.... i can still respect that about radiohead, at least. won't stop me thinking thom yorke is a dickhead tho.
Great album, 5 stars. Every song is killer. Still at the peak of their powers here. Great rhythms, great effects, great lyrics.
I've never gone all in on Radiohead, but this album blew me away. The ending kind of dragged, but the beginning and middle were so good.
Pretty cool
I didn't think much of this when it came out, I remember being annoyed by it's name your price option. It does have the main Radiohead issue of having good lines but bad lyrics, otherwise really interesting listen
Album assez familier. Et si finalement il était décevant excepté 2-3 titres ? Bon en fait c’est excellent sans trop discuter hein Faust Arp j’aime moins. Sauf l’envolée. Autrement a peu près parfait 9/10
An attempt has been made to write and play something melodic but with little success.
Overall Rating - 3.25/5 (6.50/10). Definitely not my usual style of music. It's not bad, it's just different from what I usually listen to.
Easily disregarded at the time as being another retrograde step away from their guitar heritage. Listening now...? It's pretty damn good. It's on the shelves. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★☆(8/10) Total reviewed : 410 Already owned : 93 Purchased : 21 To buy : 4 Nope : 292
미술관에서 예술작품을 보는느낌?… ㅎㅎ
At first I was disappointed a bit, but the second half kind of reminded me of why this album is so very good. All I Need is also still their best song. 4.5 out of 5
haunting ahh album bro
Jigsaw Falling into Place, una de las mejores canciones jamás escritas
It’s good from the first 15 step on, etcetera, etcetera
It’s arguably Radiohead’s most accessible album since The Bends, and yet it’s completely devoid of any obvious singles. It’s weird by anyone’s measure, but it’s a comfortable, coherent weird.
I'm a bit unfamiliar with Radiohead, but I should correct that mistake, because that album was lit. Not only is the music of high quality, but the lyrics also had a depth I wasn't expecting. It was a soothing, and often hypnotizing experience.
DEFINITIVAMENTE no es para mi,,,, aunque veo de donde le gusta a la gente,, me aburrí JAKJAKJAJA, tbh me esperaba más ya que la banda es bastante reconocida , pero sentí que cada canción se parecía entre sí. Se que me van a tirar hate por mi rating pero siento que radiohead es un gusto adquirido que no quiero realizar.
Tal vez el mejor disco del amigo thom, no hay nada para decir, gracioso que arranque con este disco que esccuche mil veces. El tiempo me hará añorar a una persona, este disco me hace acordar a esa persona
i was driving to didis and back listening to it, when i was on the way it was raining and all i need, faust arp, and reckoneer and those 3 REALLY set the mood 8/10
Great overall album and vibe! Never listened to Radiohead before, but I definitely will start! Liked the vibe and it was very easy to listen to. 3/5
Best one so far, it’s a shame Jonny and thom wanna shag the IDF
Enjoyed this. Like most Radiohead albums they take a few listens to appreciate them.
Radiohead are my fav band ever so I already loved this album going in. I remember when this came out in 2007 with the pay what you want thing which was a really interesting experiment. I decided to pay $15 since that was around the price of cds at the time and since I loved them. And I actually saw them on the tour for this in Toronto in 2008 which was an amazing show. But ya my fav songs on this one are Reckoner and Jigsaw but they are all great.
Radiohead is a classic.
Besides Kid A, In Rainbows is my favourite Radiohead album. Amazing complete album which get better everytime I listen too
Haunting ahh album bro. I liked it tho. 3.5/5
Every song on this record is beautiful and I'm not even the biggest Radiohead fan
Possibly my favourite album of all time and Radiohead’s best album against stiff opposition. Incredibly tight, well produced, gorgeous and timeless album that never gets boring. Nude into All I Need is a sensational three song run. Easy 5
Radiohead is one of those artists that I probably don't get everything out of that I should, and definitely not everything that's intended. The way they talk about their own music, I just nod my head and say "okay," while my only thoughts listening to the music are "this sounds pretty cool." And In Rainbows does sound pretty cool, with some incredible variety. The insanely danceable "15 Clap," the cathartically noisy "Bodysnatchers", the chill, laid-back "Nude", the orchestral "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi", the dark and moody "All I Need", the folksy, gentle "Faust Arp", the everything-all-at-once of "Reckoner," the ethereal "House of Cards," the bouncy "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" and the stark, atmospheric "Videotape." That's a lot of variety! And while I don't really get what every song is about, it doesn't matter. They all sound very cool and unconventional, and I'm glad Thom Yorke put so much thought into their construction and what they all signify. At least one of us did, and it wasn't going to be me.
9/10
9/10
Certainly not a lack of creativity and musical prowess, but there's just an overall lack of energy for me.
Didn't care much for this one. I do like one of their other albums though
4/5
low 4.0.
Hört sich leider schrecklich an
chill. mellow. vibes.
Excellent album. Was pleasantly surprised by this one. Will definitely be listening to more Radiohead
An amazing album. Nothing more to say.
Tanto In Rainbows como OK Computer no me transmiten nada. Son discos que escuché mucho. Están buenos, me gustan. Pero hay algo que me hace no querer escucharlos. Es simple cansancio de las cosas, el cual tengo bastante seguido con la música. No creo que afecte pero es verdad que con el tiempo empecé a agarrarle odio a Radiohead, por qué no sé. Este disco nunca va a dejar de ser bueno, pero no me gusta tanto como antes.
pretty much all the songs were *good* but they didnt really move me, which is probably the most pretentious thing i'll ever say
A solidly good album that I enjoy the more I hear it. I like the combination of downbeat unease and a wide sonic palette that's rather lovely, even pretty and ethereal, which they do so well. House of Cards is probably my favourite track here and a gorgeous example of that interplay. It's a shame Disk 2 doesn't count because I listened to Last Flowers a lot at the start of my first year of university (I guess I must've really needed to lower my morale or something).
Started listening to this early in bed before getting up and promptly fell back to sleep! Thought I’d better give it another go while on my morning walk (which I just noticed I also did with Kid A). It’s has some a very laid-back moments – even for Radiohead - and has a dreamy feel to a lot of it so I can see why it afforded me a bit more kip! It seemed to have a more up-beat tone to it overall though. As up-beat as you can get for Radiohead I suppose at least. I liked it anyway and although I know I’ve heard it before I can’t remember much of it but think I will be listening to this one a few more times now. Preferred it to the more depressing Kid A and think it may even be a step up from OK Computer eventually for me.
This record has made me realised that my brain has been essentially Spotifyied. Genuinely thought I didn’t like it but have now realised that its actually one of my favourite Radiohead albums. Thank God I have now broken that cycle! Anyway this record is absolutely beautiful, still a bit moody and dark but all I feel more accessible than previous Radiohead records. Anyway, I’ll leave it to my husband to provide a much better review.
Weird review to write, and should probably start with saying almost all Radiohead is 5/5 and we are dealing in such minuscule differences of grading as to make most points moot. That being said, I don't understand why In Rainbows is seemingly almost universally considered the best 'late' Radiohead album (I mean post-OKC). It has some great songs, but as an album, a complete work, I think it's kind of a mess, in a way that only Hail to the Thief is comparable in their back catalogue. So, the positives: Reckoner is a top 5 Radiohead song (infinitely beautiful, incredible percussion and on headphones especially it just sounds so so so good), Arpeggi, House of Cards and Videotape aren't far behind. All I Need has a fantastic outro, 15 Step is a great opener (as Radiohead albums always have). It's a good record. The negatives: I hate the production on quite a lot of this record - the more guitar heavy songs (bodysnatchers and jigsaw) sound so flat and lifeless. Faust Arp is the worst song on any Radiohead album not called Pablo Honey. Nude was muuuch better live in the ancient past. Videotape is a weird one, cos I do adore this version of the song (the syncopation stuff happening on this song is so satisfying to resolve in your brain!), but I also really miss the original (youtube the Bonnaroo 2006 performance, so good!). I also think the 2nd disc of messiness that came with the record works against it for me, just because it felt like all your Christmases coming at once when it released, with so many songs that had been floating around for ages appearing properly, but then also so many of them were sort of ruined? The whole thing just feels so disjointed in my mind, and maybe it is that - like HTTT - I’d lived with a lot of these songs for years before the release, so it’s harder to consider them a whole? But I think it’s also just that it isn’t sequenced well and the different sounds throughout just don’t gel together well at all. Again, this is severe nitpicking. In Rainbows would be almost any other band's crowning achievement. I just don't think it's as complete as Kid A, Amnesiac, OKC, and even King of Limbs, which gets way too much hate - KoL is Kid A to In Rainbow's OKC for this era of the band.
no le doy 5 likes solo porque va contra mis principios, pero puta el disco weno.
Radiohead is a band I have something of a love/hate relationship with, mostly around Thom Yorke's vocals which I sometimes find really a bit annoying. This album's really not the strongest Radiohead album, but we still have Yorke's wailing vocals.
If you weren't around when this album came out, you'll never understand how crazy it was for one of the biggest bands in the world officially release arguably their best album to download online at any price you choose paying, which included for free. And then realize that the album is perfect, timeless and in my opinion not even their best one.
I mean, come on, it's Radiohead at their best. This record is amazing; it's probably been over a year since I last sat down and listened to this record. I don't love it as much as I used to back in junior year, but I still really love it. The 3-song run from Nude to All I Need is phenomenal, but I think while I do still really like the rest of the record, it falls off just a lil after those 3 songs (aside from House of Cards, which may be my second favorite song on the record) . Overall, I'd give it a 4/5.
3.5/5
This has to be dumb luck, or perhaps unlucky. I have been listening to a bunch of different tracks off IR and am currently listening to the From the Basement set as I started this musical journey. I have really been loving 15 steps, there is just so much going on that it feels so lush, but also bare at times. There truly is not an album like it, am yet to try some of their other albums. Accessible, but complex and rewarding. 9/10
Only 3 stars because I am unable to listen with earbuds or read the lyrics bc I was busy these last couple days. Hopefully moving forward, I will be able to pay more attention, although my fave songs were probobly: Jigsaw falling into place and maybe bodysnatchers
Not as crazy about this as I used to be as a angsty teenager, (which I can apply to almost every radiohead album). With that being said I still like some parts of it a lot. Does a fantastic job at feeling like that warm, almost comfortable parts of sadness and depression.
Unfortunately I do like it however I hate Thom Yorke and is terrible values. You cannot separate the art from the artist. Free Palestine.
Most of what I knew about Radiohead going into this list was that someone I disliked in highschool was obsessed with them so I veered away and never really tried it. I kind of like them though, but it varies track to track quite a bit. There is a vague annoying quality but I can see that possibly fading with repeated listens. It's weird I like it but don't desire to go back to it. Bodysnatchers was good. All I Need was cool. Reckoner was cool. Much like the last one, probably a great album for a certain mood. Beautiful moments throughout, slow builds
I'm just gonna do bullet points to cover my unrelated thoughts here: * Still wild to me that I hadn't listened to a single Radiohead album prior to this experience. * This is MILES better than the previous one of theirs we've had. * I now understand where people were coming from all the times I've heard people tell me that some band I had on sounded like Radiohead. * It's pretty good. Singer got old for me by the end but I liked the musicality. Weird Fishes ruled.
I don't know why I thought I really liked Radiohead before this list but every album is just bleh to me.
With a band like this that's got several albums on the list, it's tough to look at each independently, especially when I've got memories of when they came out and am very emotionally attached to some of them. I remember this as getting back to something like songs without completely losing the beats and textures of the previous couple records.
I'm giving this a 3...the same rating I gave Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath. How is this possible? Well, like Vol. 4, I enjoyed it, but not enough that I'll probably ever come back to it. But it had good moments.
Es un álbum bastante aburrido a mi parecer. Tiene buena instrumentación, pero la voz de Tom Yorke no ayuda para nada. A mí parecer, es un disco regular, pero tampoco es una obra de arte perfecta.
álbum de mi vida
9.5/10
With 𝘐𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘴, the “greatest band of all time” — at least according to some Radiohead fans — also came up with one of the most talked-about release strategies of its era. For a few weeks, listeners could decide for themselves how much they wanted to pay for the download. For a band this big, that was a genuinely bold move. Musically, 𝘐𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘴 is warmer, more intimate, and more accessible than much of Radiohead’s earlier work. It feels less monumental than 𝘖𝘒 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 or 𝘒𝘪𝘥 𝘈, but also more relaxed and human. The songs are consistently strong, the production is beautiful, and the album never outstays its welcome. It is not quite one of my absolute Radiohead favourites, but it comes close enough.
Классика
i guess it’s not as bad as previous radiohead albums but that’s no compliment, this was still garbage
Nie doceniałam tego albumu dość długo, a na deszczowe poniedziałkowe przedpołudnie w biurze wjechał akurat. Bardzo miłe chłodne taneczno depresyjne brzmienie.
On connaît, on adore! premier 5⭐️
Fantastic album. Love every song
The name-your-price download album. Certainly one of their best and most consistent albums. House of Cards is arguably the only weak track on it. 4.5/5
It's solid, though it does make me want to listen to Doves. I'm not so keen on the slower songs, but In Rainbows has my fave Radiohead tune with Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Album #224 Radiohead: In Rainbows Maybe I’m just saying this because I just had to listen to a Kid Rock album, but In Rainbows is simply brilliant. I’m not one of those Radiohead fans who swears that they are the greatest thing to ever grace the Earth, and if Yorke and Greenwood released an album of them jerking off into the mic I’d give it a 10 or anything. In fact, I find Radiohead’s cult-like fanbase pretty nauseating, they are sort of the Christopher Nolan of music, in that they appeal enough to the casual audience to be mainstream, but they guise themselves in a veil of intellectualism to the point where their inherently casual fanbase, who likely consumes barely anything else from within the medium, consider themselves geniuses for enjoying their work, that is despite the fact that almost every one on the planet does. But I refuse to let those grievances get in the way of me enjoying good music, and In Rainbows is just a genuinely great album. In the risk of sounding like one of the aforementioned Radiohead fans that I just finished maligning, few other bands are able to capture the human spirit as much as Radiohead. It doesn’t matter if you don’t speak English, don’t like music, or are braindead; there is a Radiohead song out there that will pierce through your defences and speak to your soul like nothing else ever has. Thom Yorke is probably the greatest of all-time when it comes to creating backing noises with his vocals, with probably the best vocal performances on the album coming in his distant moaning in Weird Fishes and Reckoner, just purely ethereal sounds. In Rainbows is the apex of Radiohead’s transformation, though I prefer their 90s sound as a big fan of Britpop and ballads; there is no doubt that what they started with Kid A took them into a new league sonically, and they absolutely perfected the combination of spacey electronic instrumentals with harrowing vocals here. That being said, to me, In Rainbows is not the perfect album. I completely understand thinking that this is Radiohead’s best, since you can really pick any of their albums depending on what type of person you are; but for me, In Rainbows just lacks something indescribable that I feel when listening to OK Computer or The Bends. I think the combination of depressing and life-affirming is what made Radiohead so popular to begin with, since they will always have a place in your life regardless of mood; and though that is present in In Rainbows with songs like Reckoner, I do think that this album is brushed with a gloss of gloom that is a bit too dour for my tastes. It isn’t as offensive as it was on Kid A, but regardless, as someone who enjoys music as an escape and a way to pump any sort of positive feelings and emotion into my life, I tend not to want to listen to albums that reaffirm my misery. But in saying that, I absolutely indulge in self-pitying sessions with Radiohead from time to time; I just try to limit it. However, in terms of criticism, I can’t really think of anything else; Radiohead are one of the greats, and In Rainbows is one of their finest hours, a definite classic. Best Songs: Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi, Reckoner, Nude Worst Song: 15 Step Score out of 10: 9.5
In Rainbows føles ut som en seiersrunde. Etter å ha bidratt med å lage den viktigste gitarmusikken for 00-tallet, tærer de vekk de konseptuelle rammene som har informert alle utgivelsene siden OK Computer og vi sitter igjen med et album som på mange måter kun er en samling låter. Så det er ikke verre enn å lage ti karrieredefinerende mesterverk og sette dem etter hverandre i en rekkefølge som flyter bra.
Ja, det er så bra som de sier.
In truth, I would need to listen to this again to give it a proper rating, but one of the most notable things is that this was a truly remarkably original album as far as sound goes. I always believe that Glass Animals are a direct derivative of Radiohead, in that you can hear quite plain and clearly the sonic and vocal influence. Radiohead did it first though. They did a lot of things first.
weird fishes and jigsaws falling alone might make this a 5 but even i sleep on some of the other tracks on here. banger
I finally get the hype for Radiohead after not listening to their music for way too long.
This album what not at all what I expected but it was really good
coincidentally the third time I've tried this album this year. Every time, it gets better. I feel like this album has so much re-playability to uncover new layers in it. weird fishes was the standout for me. Overall, definitely feels like it's meant as one whole piece of art instead of chopped together singles which I really appreciate. I can get lost in the whole thing pretty easily and never takes me out of it. Really surprised by how much I like it, I don't think I would have felt the same 5 years ago but I'm curious to check them out more now
I’ve never been a fan of Radiohead’s moody navel-gazing sound, but this album was way more upbeat and enjoyable than I expected.
Distorted prog rock pretension? Or pioneering geniuses? I loved The Bends and OK Computer when originally released but lost the thread with everything they released after that. But this somehow clicks in older age. I was in a ‘Fuck off and leave me alone’ mood today - which probably explains it.
Gave this three full listens as it took me a long time to get into OK Computer, which is where I fell off Radiohead previously. I sometimes find Thom Yorke's vocals a bit much for a whole album. Tentative 4 stars as I'm beginning to like it more.
Heard Before? Of course. After the dull odds n sods of Amnesiac and the interminable slog of Hail to the Thief, this was such a relief. Notes: - still my favorite Radiohead, even though I stopped listening to them years ago. - focused arrangements, tricky but accessible songs, crisp production. - love all the understated synth parts. - most interesting and best recorded drum parts on any Radiohead album. - even Thom is relatively restrained here, without being completely soporific (see Moon Shaped Pool). - the kind of album that invites you to lean in and pay attention. Verdict: Imagine Radiohead but less self-indulgence, more songwriting. Listen Again? I'm in no hurry, but probably.
0/5 Dunder elektroniskt, hemsk sångare
Another amazing Radiohead album, I can’t give this any less than 5 stars, just perfect. Disc 2 is also amazing for anyone who hasn’t heard it yet.
Very emotional i like it
What is there to say? A perfect, unique, iconic rock album. Probably my top played album of all time, and in my top 5 favorite albums for sure.
I like some song from radiohead, but this album personally is bad
Have heard of Radiohead Own in rainbows Have heard all songs I really like radiohead. The Bends is probably my favourite album ever. Ok computer is up there too. I followed them on the amnesiac journey, I don't hate the album, but I just never gelled with it like the 2 before. On In rainbows they seemed to pull it all together again and the magic is there. Listen to it on a quality set of speaker or headphones and it's a masterpiece.
For me, Radiohead started to disappear up their own arse around OK Computer. I was 14 or 15 when The Bends came out and it was an instant classic. That’s what I want to hear when I think of Radiohead. I appreciate they want to evolve but this is so far removed from what made them great in the early 90s. Johnny Greenwood is such an explosive talent on guitar but he’s absolutely neutered on In Rainbows. The songs are predominantly boring. I genuinely think people give this 5/5 because they want to look cool in front of their peers and don’t have the bollocks to say “actually, I think In Rainbows is a banal dirge of cat spunk.” I liked House of Cards and Jigsaw Falling Into Place but wouldn’t care a jot if they never fell into my crosshairs again. 2 out of 5 but would possibly rise to 3 out of 5 if I could be bothered putting myself through listening to it again.
Listening to this I'm not hearing a great era-defining album from a supposedly generational group. I hear an average 2000's alternative album. I may need someone to hold my hand and explain Radiohead to me once I'm done with this list.
How had I never heard this before?? What a flippin great album - immediately went on repeat for an entire day, and has remained in regular rotation.
Muy buen álbum de Radiohead que no conocía. Lástima que bastante depre para escucharlo dos días después de que Argentina pierda con España, pero bueno.
I’m not a big Radiohead guy, but this album was enjoyable.
This should not be on here. Boooo. It's more of just exactly the same old Radiohead nothing. I get their first one or 2 albums may have sounded new and interesting when they first came out, but this is from 2007 and it sounds like exactly the same old boring 1989 nonsense. I'm all for celebrating legacy, but they'd been making music for 20 years at this point. How does this album improve their legacy or expand their reach in any meaningful way?
1. Thom Yorke's voice is often uninteresting (too whiny, too one-dimensional, idk?). Lol Wikipedia tells me he's noted for his wide vocal range. Someone tell me where to find it on In Rainbows please. There's a lot of flat normal register singing, a lot more of falsetto one note kind of stuff, and occasionally shouting one or two steady notes. This has summed up all of my Thom Yorke singing knowledge. 2. I don't care for the very ethereal sounding stuff they go on about. 3. Radiohead proponents are especially pretentious about the impact of the band. I think they have contributed interesting ideas and concepts to the larger music community (this album being released as a pay-what-you-want download was a neat statement on the industry's stance on piracy at the time). I don't mind Radiohead, I really like _some_ of their stuff, but the rabidity of their fans to defend everything they do when it feels like a LOT of it is samey over their work probably also turns me off from them.
certainly better than the first Radiohead album that I listened to. This is more of the same, but more enjoyable. almost as if they thought about the listener
decent but did not really impress me, I prefer the bends
My favourite Radiohead album, and easily in my top 10 releases this century. Genius from start to finish.
The start of this album is class, a bit more rockier than kid A but it has a bit of the same unsettling feel, a good mix. From weird fishes onwards or stays to lose it's way a bit, tracks chug along largely sounding like jigsaw falling into place but less interesting. Still a really good album but not as good as I hoped when four tracks in.
I really don't get Radiohead. I thought this album was really boring, found myself not listening on nearly every song. Nice melodies and bits here and there, but wouldn't choose to come back.
Been a while since we had a Radiohead album, nearly a year and a half. Not familiar with this one. It's very good again as usual, not on the same level as ok computer or the bends for me. Only track I know is Jigsaw falling into place, which is very good 3.5
Pretty miserable sound really
This is more rocking version of Radiohead than I'm used to. Not quite as slow and depressing as a lot of their stuff is. Though there is still some of that looking up from the bottom of a well kind of vibe they do so well. While I'm not a Radiohead fan, I can see why people like them. They stay pretty remarkably consistent on their sound, even while they innovate. 4/5, though not sure I'll listen to again.
Started off just kinda noisy, then got much better once it mellowed out. Still don't want to hear Thom mumbling over everything but I was still able to appreciate everything else
Will undoubtedly be on of the most complete, compelling, comprehensively tremendous albums I will hear on this journey. Radiohead, from Ok Computer onward, have been so far ahead of everyone else, they make conversation about them near impossible since they are not only in a different league than all other artists, but are not even playing the same sport. They make studio albums. That is what they do. They create sonic fields that overwhelm with beauty while thematically capturing the alienation we all feel, but Thom Yorke expresses intensely and endlessly. What the greatest artist, some of whom Radiohead obsessed over- like R.E.M. and the Pixies, do is make the pain of existing beautiful. In doing so, they actually achieve nothing short of making life worth living. The first 5 tracks capture a neurotic interiority that still retains the beauty of living through the sonic field that surrounds them. Track 6 Faust Arp is frustrating in its basicness until you hear track 7 and realize the album has shifted thematically with Reckoner being the most beautiful, celebration of life through death in popular music history. Reckoner is the moment Thom Yorke matured and we all witnessed it. Play that song today, play it at my funeral, then play it again. Im sure God has it spinning when your soul crosses over.
Arguably their best work
call me weird because I'm one of those fishes. You got me arpeggi?
One of my favorite albums ever. All that needs to be said.
This album is ethereal and not at all what i expected when i saw radiohead. The whole tone of the album feels very atmospheric and is a great example that rock doesn't always have to be fast and driving to go hard. I really enjoyed it.
In Rainbows only lacks something as memorable as “Paranoid Android” to reach the highest rankings. It continues the band’s amazing streak of enthralling records. Radiohead’s unparalleled mix of real musicianship and electronic experimentation has made them the best band of the last thirty years. Thom Yorke’s vocals likely determine if the last statement holds up for many listeners. Yorke’s voice clicked with me long ago. I would not argue if someone said he grates on them in Morrissey like fashion, but for me Yorke’s high vocal range combines terror and sadness. He makes a hard-driving song like “Bodysnatchers” a tumultuous wonder and brings a great ballad singer’s emotions to slow material, such as “All I Need.” His nearly wordless falsetto opening to “Reckoner” is the best example of how Yorke and the group create complex and emotionally satisfying songs. The playing shines in many ways. The drumming can be quiet and busy at the same time, with guitars that accentuate the stories. They demonstrate this mastery on “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi” and “Faust Arp.” Some sort of Nick Drake, Elliot Smith and Krautrock combination. They harken to the best of Pink Floyd, although I prefer Radiohead. Both groups make/made music that remains accessible and steps well beyond anything resembling the pop song formula.
7/16/26. I love this record from start to finish, complex but approachable music and lyrics that fit in perfectly. Love when a band demonstrates their growth and continues to experiment and build.
I just can’t get into Thom York’s voice, it feels like a theremin. Quavering. Makes me feel itchy inside. The craft is acknowledged, not my thing.
Peak
They were high on their own supply by this point, but damn...they are a good band.
“One of the world’s biggest rock bands in the world.”
have already listened. peak radiohead what can i say
-loved this album -felt like I was floating a liquid of dark matter but if a toddler stuck a bunch of glitter glue in it. It was quite a lovely experience -would definitely put this in my top 10 if not top 25 albums OAT -wonderful experience , 4.75/5 -fav tracks: Bodysnatchers + Reckoner
I find this just too sad to enjoyably listen to
Just ok. Radiohead have better songs not on this album
a very fun and enjoyable experience! One of the more calmer and almost upbeat albums of radio head. I found it almost folksy in places.
Yes yes yes
I really enjoy the fuzz and distortion on the guitar it makes it feel spacey in body snatchers. My favorite part about Nude is that the entire song made me feel watched only to have a line at the end about thought crime and religious punishment. however i also love that angelic run at the end of Nude. I immediately love that weird fishes is also called arpegg because its mainly comprised of arpeggio I finished the album without too many more thoughts might try different strain of weed i used a sativa this time All I need was good but basic but it was added to my sex playlist Faust Arp immediately makes me think about jaskier from the witcher I might try a different weed i smoked a sativa named orange creamsicle. not that many interesting ideas during the listen good album though
Неплохой. Не ok, computer конечно.
Really liked this one, helped me calm down after a very stressful day.
It’s was a beautiful album. Not exactly my style of music but a few of the songs are now on my playlist.
Already listened, listening again. Solid 8/10
я бы так хотела вспомнить этот момент, когда я впервые в средней школе услышала Радиохед. Где я о них узнала? Что заставило испытать к ним такую страсть, которая единственная осталась со мной, кажется, на всю жизнь? Было ли это искренне или чтобы понравится какому-то лоху? С тех пор я не могу объективно оценить ничего, я обожаю это дерьмо
I really liked it! I've listened to some of it for like chilling out before, but it's got quite a range honestly
Thought I'd hate it but I didn't. Tomorrow I get album 1001. What they don't tell you at the beginning is that the quest is actually for 1089 albums so they can include all the albums that have been added across all editions. So who cares if your rogue is out of magic arrows, your cleric and druid are hysterically calling for divine intervention (their pleas are being ignored like a 3am drunk dial from your crazy ex, btw), and your wizard with 11AC is out of potions and spells. That giant door protected by the stone gargoyles can't stop you so CHARGE FORWARD FOR THE 1089!!! All will be well, all will be well.
This is the first time I've listened to this album in many years. Radiohead's 2000s era never really appealed to me, though this album isn't bad. In my opinion, Radiohead lost a bit of their identity when Johnny Greenwood stopped playing guitar. Before, it was: "I'm sad. *guitar solo* After: "I'm sad. *beep beep bop bop*"
Ótimo
One of those albums that serves as a great litmus test for comparing music tastes, like Loveless or Lift Yr. Skinny Fists; if you don’t enjoy this one, we probably look for very different things in our music, and that’s fine. It’s not my favorite Radiohead album but it’s probably the one I’d pick to show someone the band for the first time (OK, maybe I’d play “Paranoid Android” first). Might be their coolest, most laid-back record, filled with complex mathy grooves, twinkly waterfall guitars, some harder songs showing they can still rock, and some of Yorke’s finest crooning moments. “All I Need” was a favorite of mine years ago that’s become weirdly big in the TikTok era; I always loved how it layers two separate chord progressions on top of each other, synthesizing them into something much more complex and weird. “Reckoner” seems to have fallen out of favor recently, but I still view it as a career highlight…”like ripples on a blank shore” indeed. The melodrama of “Videotape” has always been one of my favorites as well, and it might secretly have the most complex beat on the entire album (the lore is deep here). Fantastic record, been listening to it for a decade now and I’ll probably still be listening to it a decade from now.
What can I say, I like Radiohead.
i liked how it was different from the rest of their albums more electronic
INJECT ITTTTTTT
ok
one of one album
This was consistently good throughout. The production , the vocals, the atmosphere, are all really good here. Likes: 15 Step; Weird Fishes/Arpeggi; Reckoner; House of Cards; Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Listened to this one already. Saw them in Berlin which was awesome!
I actually already listened to this LOL. It's good. Not amazing, a little too calm for my taste, but I think I'm starting to understand why people like it. My favorite is probably 15 step.
15 Step Bodysnatchers House of Cards Jigsaw Falling into Place
15 Steps Reckoner Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Wow. This album was beautiful. There was so much on this album that I loved. Listening to it in earbuds during the late evening, it truly made for a beautiful soundtrack and everything sounded so much crisper and distinct than I was prepared for. The first half felt like Radiohead at perhaps their most accessible during this phase of their career, which is a compliment. The closest to normal song structure we've heard from them in a while yet staying unique and experimental, there were shades of classic rock and even Thom Yorke nearly crooning. The second half played around more with time signatures and got a little weirder, but in a truly wonderful way, all culminating to a truly beautiful ending with "Videotape". I'm sure giving this a 5 isn't a controversial rating with this userbase, but goddamn it earned it. Fantastic listen.
Their magnum opus, the culmination of everything great that had done up to that point. The warmth of the sound here is unparalleled.
bad
Incredible from beginning to end. Radiohead never disappoints
Favorite track(s): 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Nude, Weird Fishes / Arpeggi, House of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Videotape It is with a heavy heart and a guilty conscience that I give a Radiohead album 5 stars. May God have mercy on my soul. (And Free Palestine or whatever). Heard before Previous rating: 9/10
This album really made me “get” radiohead. Wow. You can just feel it.