Reviews (page 8 of 15)
Dis is Gud... but not computer gud
RIP Rasmus' lille hjerne. Virkelig fedt album. 4½
Another good RH Album. Not as many bangers as some of the others.
I very much enjoyed this album listen from Radiohead. I realized while listening to this album that I’ve listened to many of these songs prior but never as a collective. ‘15 Step’ will always have a special place in my heart because yes I was a Twilight girl in middle school/high school. Overall, I thought this was a great alt-rock/electronic album and I would listen to it again in the future!
OH MY GOODNESS there are so many good songs on here that are near and dear to my heart
one of my favorite albums from them, so many songs I love and def a little bit of a different vibe when compared their other ones rating: 8.7/10 fav track: videotape or all I need
Asa deci cel mai mult îmi place Videotape, All I Need si Jagsaw Falling Into Place. Cred ca la tot albumul ii dau un 8
Really enjoyed this
Apparently this is a hot take but this has been my favorite Radiohead album. Way less whiny than the others and has some different elements, some songs even having a White Stripes sound. Definitely liked it.
great, love Weird Fishes/Arpeggi + Videotape
It's been a few years since I sat down with this one. First thing that hits is how intimate everything feels. The instrumentation creates a very layered and textured atmosphere, shifted around the space by low-end pressure and fidgety, disrupting rhythms. Yorke functions more as an instrument than the source of energy, always part of the arrangement, not sitting on top of it. A cinematic record I need to make more time in the rotation for.
Thoughts on Thom Yorke pre-listen: Thom Yorke is a pretentious, conceited music snob for assholes. After listening to In Rainbows by Radiohead: Wait, Thom Yorke is the singer for Radiohead? hahaha... lil blind spot, I guess. Anywho, the vocals kind of creep me out at times, but I really like the mood and atmosphere created on this album. Each listen brings me closer to floating in the amorphous goo.
Seductive restraint with flashes of transcendence.
ya lo había escuchado pero poniéndole más atención me gusta mucho su vibra la letra y en general el concepto del álbum me gustó mucho
Hmm...this was another hard rating for me. I came into this knowing barely anything about Radiohead but hearing all the hype, so I'm not sure if this album was a good place to start. I did like it, I'd say it's probably a 4.5, so that means I have to decide whether to round up or down. The first thing I noticed is that I usually couldn't understand the lyrics clearly because Thom Yorke seems to blend all the syllables together, but I liked his voice for the most part. As far as musicality I thought the album was really interesting. I was intrigued right away since the meter of the first song was in 5, which is fairly unusual for popular music. I noticed some other different meters through the album too, as well as interesting chord structures. I actually listened to the full album a second time to focus a little more on lyrics since I didn't really catch much the first time. I think I'm going to go with 4 stars for now and maybe reevaluate in the future if I listen again.
throwback to when i got this for free; very atmospheric; 4 stars for me. interested to listen to more Radiohead and see their progression through albums since i haven't really explored them much before
классный альбом, просто чиллишь под него
One of my absolute favourite comfort listens, have heard this one countless times before, Radiohead at thei absolute best. Thom Yorks vocals are incredible, and the song structures are amazing. This is a bit of a tricky one to rate, as I dont feel it necissarily does anything wrong, but it just never reaches perfection in my head.
I never really got the hype for this one, but it's still a damn fine album with some of their best songs and a huge step forward from Hail to the Thief. Also Bangers + Mash on Disk 2 is a fuckin tune.
15 step sets the tone for the album: dreamy, soothing, intimate and punchy. I need to sit on a beach at sunset and ponder my life as I listen to this.
Would actually give it a 4.5
Bodysnatchers 🤩
Strong album— not as good as Kid A— but still a good sound.
PEAK
Fav: Jigsaw fallig into pieces New: Nude
a classic. made me feel cultured when recommended.
Overall, an enjoyable album. My favorite songs from the album were Faust Arp and Reckoner. I appreciated the more subdued songs in the second half of the album more—melancholic and introspective with a great deal of sadness yet a maintained wonder.
Nostalgic album
è stato bello che per una volta sia uscito un album di cui ho ascoltato alcuni pezzi dal vivo. tralasciando questo, in rainbows e the beds sono i miei preferiti.
pretty fire!
Was familiar with Radiohead but had never listened to this album. I enjoyed it. Favourite song on first listen was Jigsaw Falling into Place.
pretty good, fav was bodysnatchers
Rv/G
I haven’t listened to every single Radiohead album quite yet, but so far this is by far my favorite of their albums. It just has so much energy and charm that most of their albums don’t have. I also think this is one of their least pretentious albums, like it’s much more accessible than some of their other work. There’s still some stuff on the album that sorta turned me off like they always find a way to do. But there’s also some of my favorite Radiohead songs of all time like “bodysnatchers”. Seriously if someone told me they didn’t think they liked Radiohead but they were willing to listen to a recommendation, THIS album would be the recommendation.
Nigdy nie słuchałam tego w całości! Strasznie ciekawe, na pewno mniej sad niż ok computer. Nie jestem fanką Radiohead, ale doceniam
Radiohead first day? yes. Kind of music to create something or just lay down in bed and let time pass. Just existing.
Really good but short of great. Solid album with some touches of brilliance.
Trousers
Solid
I’ve heard some Radiohead’s tracks before, but never an entire album. I like getting into the artists head and seeing the concept and listening to the intentions that they wanted to express. I liked most of the tracks
Classic.
basis
very moody
Этот радиохед мне понравился, будто бы назад к корням
Very nice. Masters of their craft just churning out another excellent batch of songs, not much more to it than that!
What a soft yet interesting sound. Very colorful, feels like a movie
Dreamlike, enjoyable!
Very beautiful, excellent display of guitar and vocals. No skips.
Really surprised. Never really liked Radiohead before but this one really clicked
I love it
Je le trouve vraiment vraiment dingue, rien que pour Jigsaw Falling Into Pieces
I'm actually surprised that I haven't listened to more Radiohead, as their music is right in my wheelhouse of stuff I tend to like. I guess I've sometimes felt that their music always seems the same to me. So, it was interesting listening to this album as a whole, as the songs were all very different. A bit mellow, but I enjoyed it!
I really wish Radiohead were more interested in melody and less in creating an atmospheric experience. This is good but I get bored of it.
This album pisses me off. Thom went and warbled some ghost vocals and dicked around with a drum machine and made it sound half good, and so every Tom Dick and Harry reckons they can "make it" too. Most of which made it onto this very website. Imagine being a Radiohead wannabe. Who wants to be those pricks?
Probably my favorite Radiohead album
A little melancholy, but not awful.
meh okay
85
Noch nicht ganz gehört aber man kennt classics
I know that In Rainbows was a commercially successful album, and that it brought Radiohead onto a lot of people’s radar, but compared to the rest of their catalog, it’s generic, shallow, and uninspired. The melodies and arrangements are straightforward, the lyrics are boring, and overall it sounds like Radiohead’s attempt at a commercial radio hit, and I suppose it was successful in that regard. It tries to make for the lack of musical complexity with reverb. The thing that makes Radiohead special is that whether or not you like them, their albums sound like no one else could have made them, and that just doesn’t ring true for In Rainbows. If you replace Thom Yorke’s vocals with someone less identifiable, I’m not sure it would really even still read as a Radiohead album. Nude finally makes an album appearance and is honestly the worse for it. For a song that was played live so much and floated around as an unreleased b-side, the boring and generic album version is a let down that feels emotionally neutered. The ending is formulaic and hackneyed. Faust Arp is one of the more interesting and complex tracks on the album, though it wouldn’t be the strongest track on an album comprised of songs from their prior (or later) eras. Reckoner has some harmonies reminiscent of the last half of Hail to the Thief, but the falsetto melody is a little much (even as someone who genuinely loves Thom Yorke’s idiosyncratic voice, it just reads as whiny when carried through the whole song). Jigsaw Falling Into Place also carries through the Hail to the Thief vibes, and I think is the strongest offering on the album. Though I suppose not technically part of the purview of this project, In Rainbows Disk 2 is actually better overall in my opinion. Go Slowly is better than most of the songs on the main album, Bangers + Mash is a (pardon the pun) banger, 4 Minute Warning is relatable and pleasant, and while I still think their album recordings of fan favorite unreleased tracks generally don’t live up to the versions that had been played for years, this version of Last Flowers suffers the least, remaining true to what we’ve heard and not mucked up by an attempt at reinvention.
Album d’anniversaire !
161225 15:39 4
I love this album. Not sure it really merits 5 stars but 4 stars, yeah, easy.
belter
Nice
okay.
Never listened much to Radiohead previously and always was a bit sniffy about them , however I quite enjoyed this album and May therefore give others a listen . Despite not loving the vocals , a good arrangement of songs which showed a lot of talent and a few songs which I really enjoyed
This was a good album, I remember when it first came out and was like such a crazy idea to pay whatever you want for an album?! But it was a good one!
Yep
I love the song all I need. Good album.
4.5
It's fine. It's not Kid A or OK Computer but it's still solid.
Not as good as Ok Computer
lush and colorful while still being melancholy and self-reflective. now we're ALL having a cigarette while listening to this
15 step actually changed my life. the rest of the album is MY version of having a cigarette and contemplating life
This is a fantastic Radiohead album. I completely understand why it's considered their best, and why people like it so much, but I have strong biases that I'm slowly breaking down. In Rainbows features a balance of Ok Computer-era guitars and piano, mixed with Kid A and beyond electronics. The bleak and moody atmosphere of the record is palpable, but it also revels in something dreamy and forlorn. A beautiful record.
I was really into early Radiohead - Pablo Honey, The Bends. Then I went off them when they got more experimental. So it was interesting to listen to this with fresh ears. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
A great album - (do they even have a bad one?) Kid A is my bag, but this is close
A masterpiece. Not their best, though. I appreciate how it moves away from the more robotic, computer-driven era, but it doesn’t quite reach the same emotional depth for me. The melodies and lyrics are gorgeous, almost like free-falling while listening. The instrumentation shines, except for some drum/percussion moments that feel overly noisy. The guitars are gentile and embracing, while Thom Yorke’s distorted angelical voice puts me in a mood. A sad mood, lol, but it’s nice. Big fan of Nude, House of Cards, Jigsaw Falling Into Place - reminds the old Radiohead, but in a warmer, more mature place.
been waiting for this! never gave them a proper listen and only knew a handful of songs. have some friends that really like them. album was good! a worthy listen, honestly. i liked it, but not the most keen on this type of music.
4 and a bit.
What a great way to open a great album. Rhythmic wonderland throughout. Love songs with no love, just the potential for love. Radiohead seems always trying to not be a Radiohead album and largely succeeds.
I’m one from the camp of loving Radiohead. The first song (which was played at the end of Twilight) was a great start and it never wavered. Solid but not quite excellent enough.
This is fantastic. Love this amalgamation of synthetic and acoustic sounds, particularly the drums. It's masterful. Not exactly an easy album to warm up to, it took me many listens (before this) to really appreciate it. Doesn't even matter that I can only understand 45% of what he's saying. I think this is my fave of theirs post OK Computer, but I'd have to listen to the others in succession to stand behind that 100%. What does it matter? These guys charted new territory.
Thanks to all the great reviews my friends gave this and the fact that today's listen was Kid A (which I do like), I decided to go back to this one and give it another listen. This time I was able to focus on it better, and voila: I liked it more. Radiohead does have an incredible ability to create beautiful, haunting, and atmospheric sounds. I do still get a little Thom-Yorke fatigue, and the nonstop paranoia and claustrophobia gets a little much. But this is definitely their best post-Kid A album.
Great album but bound with so many teenage emotions and memories that I would rather leave in the past
First repeated band assignment. There was a time I’d point to In Rainbows as a personal favourite Radiohead album. I enjoyed the revisit, with some very high highs, but the lustre was a bit off the full package.
There’s going to be a lot of Radiohead on this list, isn’t there? This is both deserved and annoying
This is probably the best of the 4 RH albums this list has chucked at me, but it suffers from many of the same criticisms I have of the others - it's steeped in pretension and illusions of grandeur. Tell me I'm the best band in the world and I'll make the most middle of the road music that appeals to experts and plebs alike. Credit where it's due, there are some actually good songs on here, but if you consider this to be the best album ever made I think you need to hug a human being.
A beautiful album.
Didn't know any of the songs before I listened but I really like the sound and the mood. An album I would definitely like to revisit again.
I don't think I've actually listened to this album before. I really enjoyed it! The music is complicated and flows well.
Having only heard their singles, I never understood the hype around Radiohead. This album has intricacy that gives me an idea of why people are so into them. Worth more listens.
Loved this
This is the first Radiohead album that "clicked" for me, which is ironic since everyone seems to think this one is not as great. Anyhow, I think weird fishes/arpeggi is a really good song to listen while walking through the city
Saw them on the tour for this album in West Palm Beach. Liars opened and I may have booed them…
Idk. Good as background music, nothing wrong with it. But no really great song either.
Æ har jo aldri egentlig hørt på Radiohead sjøl, anna enn de sangan alle har hørt, og kanskje en lytt eller to på de mest kjente albuman – men siden det e favorittbandet til broren min e æ likevel ganske svak for dem, bare sånn fordi. Dermed va æ positivt innstilt til det her, som æ aldri har hørt på før, og innstillinga blei innfridd. Gode greier, og æ like stemmen til Thom Yorke.
I'll always prefer the Bends/ OK Computer era of Radiohead but did find this enjoyable, kind of hypnotic to listen to.
Second radio head album I've heard. I got hooked once weird fishes came on
First time listening to this and it rules. The sticky songs are sticking and the others are not but I will grow to appreciate them.
Изобретательные и с фантазией, хоть и нормальные.
Really really good. Not my favorite Radiohead album, but its best songs are up there with my favorite Radiohead songs.
Still not my favourite Radiohead album but it’s got hot competition! Brilliant none the less.
Math rock is not something I enjoy, however this is super well done. "House of Cards" is a great track. I could see this becoming a 5 upon further listening / dissection
I was torn between giving this album a three or four-star rating. If I heard the tracks individually, I don't think I would appreciate them that much. But together? It was a totally different experience. Favorite tracks: 15 Step, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, All I Need
I know ours good but I can just can’t make myself listen to Radiohead very often
This album starts slowly and finishes strong. When I first re-listened, I worried that I didn't like it as much as I remembered--I'm also not the biggest Radiohead fan. Then tracks four through six got me in a different groove. I still think too much Radiohead is bad for your heart, but they create unique songs and melodies. This is probably their second best album (behind 'The Bends'). Top tracks: "All I Need," "House of Cards," "Faust Arp," "Jigsaw Falling into Place" Sorry for offending you, Duckbill.
Fucking great. I don't even love Radiohead and it's great. What a treat.
One of their best.
Can I do 3.51 stars?
The first couple tracks were tedious, but there were several I very much enjoyed. I have never been a huge radiohead fan, but overall this was enjoyable
I love Radiohead. The sound is unique and creates such a vibe. Ethereal and relaxing but still edgy.
All I've heard from Radiohead was "Creep" So I was surprised to find out how much I like this album. very polished, well worth the listen
Walking around London in a mood
one of their best ones.
This was the first Radiohead record since their debut that didn’t completely blow my mind on first listen. Still a strong record, though not quite on the level of their six masterpieces.
7.5/10 not my typical genre, but i am aware of radiohead of course. really enjoyed this, however probably wouldn’t revisit. but it definitely feels ahead of its time in the rock category. impressed
ben wel fan van radiohead goed album
Some really beautiful songs but it needed me to be in a particular headspace to really enjoy it. When I could get into it I really liked it and then I’d try to listen at other times and just couldn’t get into it. I would definitely listen again when in the right mood though, I do think the songs are lovely. Fav song: Nude Least fav: Videotape
This album is something of a slow build, but once it gets going it's really great. It's historically been my favorite of the Radiohead albums, but I'm not sure if that's still the case. I still really enjoy it, though.
There are better radiohead albums. This one lacks something but still has all the qualities you expect. Excellent lyrically, a great narrative throughout and some superb music.
What a nice vibe! This is a universally great album. It is just great music, mixed and arranged extremely well. This is being added to the rotation asap.
The first 3 tracks go crazy. This entire record felt like an out-of-body experience. Favourite Track(s): 15 Step, Nude, Bodysnachers Least Favourite Track(s): Reckoner
close to a masterpiece but doesn't quite touch Kid A which is their best album. my love of Radiohead can't be understated or diminished. their music has gotten me through some pretty terrible situations and In Rainbows is what started it all for me bc I could download the album for free
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Classic Radiohead!
it's alright a bit slow and nothing really stood out to me
Hell yeah
Pleasant background album, that I don't remember details of.
This is a band that people seem to either love or hate. I've always kinda liked them, but never rabidly. The only album of theirs I truly love is OK Computer, and the rest I've either had on in the background or never really listened to. This is one that I was certainly aware of (how could you not be when it was being offered for free), but never heard. When it started playing this morning I initially didn't really care for it. I was thinking how the haters might be on to something. As the album progressed I was thinking how much I really liked (and even loved) it musically. By the last few songs I was totally digging it, and understanding more the lovers than the detractors. There are not standout songs for me, but this is very much a vibe album, which led to me really enjoying the overall experience. While I don't fall in either camp, for this record I am assuredly on the "I liked it a lot" side.
4/5 good
I thought this was noise when it came out, but I get it now. Call it growth or whatever.
2000s alternative electronica. Quite hard rock.
"I'm not sure if Thom Yorke spends this entire album incessantly whining... but one distracted listen later it seems likely. I can't bring myself to find out.", was what I thought after my first listen. Now a couple listens later I was prepared to write, "I think I'm starting to get the Radiohead hype. I don't have any idea what these songs are about but this is a masterclass in Thom Yorke using his voice to create compelling atmospheres." So I must acknowledge that perhaps this whole project is just a Rorschach Test for my moods. Maybe Taylor is wrong and sometimes haters aren't gunna hate.
On fine form…
Bangers
First listen… perfectly acceptable. Second listen…I liked it more. Third… even more. It’s a grower. I don’t think I would be prepared to give a lot of albums the time I’ve given this one if I hadn’t seen, and liked, their Glastonbury headline sets on TV. That being said, Thom Yorke is just rung below Chris Martin on the ladder of rock stars you’d want to slap. If their heads hadn't disappeared up their own backsides. Still a 4 though
To jeden z ważniejszych zespołów ostatnich lat. Wszyscy się nimi inspirowali. Mają lepsze płyty niż ta, ale i tu jest wszystko, co w nich kocham: klimat, dobry wokal, jakaś taka industrialna nostalgia. Trudno się oderwać, jest w tym coś hipnotyzującego. 8/10
The vaunted Radiohead. I had their first album and then fell off after that. So, this was a first listen. They’re quite good at atmospheric rock. I of course love the electronic elements. It’s very good, a 4. I’m not stunned though.
This album gets better with time - I used to find Radiohead whiny pretentious bitches, still find Radiohead pretentious. . . but less whiny . . . enjoyed the album in it's entirety far more than the sum of the parts.
lush and intimate recording, but also claustrophobic at times - not in a bad way
Never listened to them back in the day despite mid 2000s indie being my jam. Takes me back.
I find it hard to understand what Thom is saying. It often washes over me. It's a stylistic choice and I'm not reading lyrics to understand what someone is saying. Never been a die-hard Radiohead fanboy but I definitely appreciate the artistry. 4/5. Side note: I loved the pay what you like concept. This was before Spotify took over and let's face it, in 2007 the majority of people my age were using torrents etc. to access music. To put this endeavour into context. This is album 132. If I was to pay for all of those back in 2007 at 20 a pop I'd be down 2640. Now I pay my monthly fee to Spotify and in my eyes we have the democratisation of music.
Just like I remember it.
Really high quality British Jazz. An example of their genius can be explained by listening to JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE.
I like this, but I can’t pin down why.
I didn’t listen to this much when it came out because it was like “oooh how exciting, another really good Radiohead album.” Luckily for me that means I now have a really good “new” Radiohead album!
relies a little too much on the sleepy and sad guitar tracks to be a favorite of mine, but this is canonical for a reason! 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Videotape, and Weird Fishes are all among the best and most memorable songs Radiohead has ever made deserves to be one of the 1001? yeah! even if the music weren't as beloved as it is, the pay-what-you-want system being popularized by this would be reason enough
Each song is strong enough to stand on its own, but together they're greater than the sum of their parts.
The Twilight soundtrack really was good huh
I enjoy Radiohead, but I don't think I’ve ever listened to more than a few of their albums. This one is spectacular. Well, actually two: In Rainbows and In Rainbows Disk 2. It was so good that I added the second to my list, but it finished too quickly. Jigsaw Falling Into Place is my favorite!
Great album, not my favorite by this band but still pretty alright.
I love Radiohead. This isn’t my favorite album of theirs but they just have a great sound overall.
Day 27 Beautiful album, never gets old. 8/10 Highlights Bodysnatchers All I need Reckoner
C était vraiment trop bien, j’avais peur des albums post 2000 mais en réalité c’est très bon. Je vais rester sur 4 parce que il y a au moins 3 meilleurs albums de radiohead pour moi qui sont vraiment meilleurs mais celui là c’est un 4,9
good
Beautiful album. Can't give it a 5 stars as for me it sits below The Bends, OK Computer and Kid A in Radiohead albums - but still solid. Weird Fishes always stands out most for me. 8/10
I like the more solemn songs. Nude was the first song that grabbed my attention. Its a good album, with a few really good songs in the middle. I took a while to captivate me though. Its not Ok computer or the bends...but it still gets a 4 Second listen: Bodysnatchers needs to get added to the list. It did not grab me the first time, but definitely did second time around. Same goes for Reckoner and House of Cards. Honestly, this album is full of great songs. Very Very close to a 5
I really enjoyed the entire vibe. Super chill no skips
love it, Radiohead will always be recognizable. Hadn't seen the anime music video, was cool!
Radiohead is always a pleasure to listen to, mood pending. Many people say that In Rainbows is their best album. I think that’s debatable but I get why people would believe that. Kid A was experimental. OK Computer was a change of direction from ‘90s grunge-alt. In Rainbows was a demonstration of Radiohead comfortable in their new sound. This album does offer a variety of different sounds and moods. Bodysnatchers is still an upbeat, powerful rocker, reminiscent of the early days with Pablo Honey. It is immediately followed up with the song Nude, which feels like it could’ve easily been on Amnesiac. I think one of my favorite song on here is Weird Fishes because it kind of combines both the moods of fast paced and angelically melodic simultaneously. In total, this is a great album. I just don’t know if it’s the best. But the debate sure is fun!
Random thoughts: * I've said this one of the best Radiohead albums. However, upon this listen it had me questioning my Radiohead album rankings. This was a more dour listen than I remember. I know Radiohead isn't the most uplifting but it was bringing me down. * There are still tracks on here that are all time favorites. House of Cards is still my all time favorite. * Today this is a 4-star album that might move to a 5-star album on future listens. * Something was just off when listening to it this week.
First time listening to this. What a great album. Really enjoyed this.
This album was revolutionary in the earlyish days of the internet and the struggle artists have with the balance of physical and digital media and how it combats piracy. In the wake of the Napster outcry that artists had with people pirating music, Radiohead releases a digital album with the option for fans to pay what they want for it. People still pirated it, but many people also still bought the physical albums. This argument continues to this day with consumers and artists. Consumers still want to own media and support artists; but digital options mean both that you don't actually own what you buy AND does not do a great job in supporting artists in the least. We're still trying to figure it out, but in 2007 Radiohead at least attempted a new approach. That said, they could have released a complete dud with this pay-what-you-want format, but they didn't. The album is this great experimental, euphoric rock album that kind of takes you to a new world. I don't even care what they're saying, I just like being entranced by their sound. Like the music or not, the album and method used to distribute it was revolutionary in it's own right and the fact that it was a great album musically makes it an important one. There's also a Disk 2 that has been released which is.......straying a bit further from "rock" and is a bit too experimental for my tastes.
Barasta mjög næs plata. Hlustaði ekki mikið á þá, en hef rennt margoft núna.
This is the first album ( I think) I’ve actually heard before and it did not disappoint. I gave it a 7.7 the first time I heard it ages ago being one of the weakest Radiohead albums. But today I’ve enjoyed a lot more finding new songs I love like Reckoner. Ofc there are classics like All I Need and Weird Fishes both being 10/10. There were some mid ass songs like 15 steps and bodysnatcher both I didn’t rly enjoy. It still isn’t one of my favourite Radiohead albums but it was still a rly great album so I’m giving it a 8.5/10 4.2/5
Nostalgia album here
One of the greatest albums of all time
Only knew a handful of Radiohead songs prior to this. Lots of jazzy drums. Would be nice background music for sure
Weird Fishes so juice
Very good Album. I will fight those who disagree
Pretty damn good. Very enjoyable. Cool production and sound. Nice job radiohead
Overall, I liked the album. Favorite song had to be weird fishes/arpeggi. Melodic vocals, paired with steady and easy strumming of the guitar paired well. I especially liked the rhythmic drumming and the bass that anchors the entire tone of the song in one symphony. If you listen, they’re all doing something entirely different, but somehow it all ties together. Otherwise, it sounds like another mid 2010s alternative/folk album. Overall, good album, def coming back for weird fishes.
first time running thru this album the 7th by radiohead. cover is interesting type set looks like broken code with the inline text, /, and _. something exploding or a lot of heat causing sparks to fly as the image. i enjoyed the album, need to read the lyrics to understand what he’s saying more but love the instrumentals on it and the mixing is incredible, giving all instruments and thom yorke space to breathe, feels intimate like they were playing in a big bar. favs - nude, weird fishes/arpeggi, house of cards
I know this probably should be a five but just not as much what I love about music compared to many others.
Good for work
Muy bueno
Carino
Solid start to finish. Not the absolute best Radiohead album, but a few of their best songs.
All pretty much radiohead
8/10 - pretty good. Radiohead sounds like Radiohead.
Weird fishes, nude and all I need are exceptional
My relationship with this album has evolved over the years. When I was younger I remember not loving it so much. It just seemed so different from the older rockier Radiohead that I had listened to for years. That's what I thought, even though now I see it as a natural evolution of the band and another great entry in their discography. I've always loved some of the tracks on In Rainbows, but the album as a whole never seemed to click with me. Well, this time I sat down with the lyrics to really focus on the album as a whole to see if my views had changed. And it has. I get it now. It's one of the albums that I think does best when you can listen to the whole thing. Thom's voice is pretty lofty and often slurry and hard to decipher at times, but damn, musically and lyrically this album hits it. I dont know what it is about Radiohead's sound that just draws me in completely. Standouts are "Bodysnatchers" - it's so scathing and catchy melodically, I love it - "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" and "House of Cards" - one of my favorite Radiohead tracks in general This one's hard to rate. I feel like it's so close to perfection. I think it ends up a 4 for me, there are a couple of songs that throw this off a perfect rating and Thom's delivery of a lot of the lyrics irks me in places. Fantastic album though.
They changed the game! On the internet! The internet sucks.
Difficult to rate, when this album came out I listened a lot to it. Not sure it has aged as well as some of there other Radiohead albums. I'm sure OK Computer is on this list and I would give that a 5 for sure. Will give this a 4 (partly for nostalgic sense). Jigsaw Falling Into Place favourite from the album.
Solid as an album, better than the sum of its parts
Its complicated structures are not easy and require your active attention, but its depths pull you in and reward repeated listening.
I like the intro song a lot. The rest of the music is too slow rock for my taste but sick instrumentals.
I think there are stronger albums in their discography, but this is definitely a Radiohead album.
another very good radiohead album with all i need song of all time (i think i should've given hail to the thief a 5)
The best Radiohead album I've heard so far (better than Amnesiac and Hail To The Thief) but still it didn't feel as perfect as people say. Maybe it needs way more relistens. Anyway, great album.
7/10 songs are in the playlist, first time I listen to body snatchers might be the top one.
9/10. Defining of what Radiohead is, immortalizing them. Colorful, geometrical, and emotional. Musicianship of the band at its peak, with Thom singing some of his most vulnerable work. Transcending language with his unbelievable melodies, for anyone and everyone to understand.
8/10
I don’t think most Radioheads (is that what they call hard core fans? They should) would say this album is a good entry point, but it was my entry point in earnest. Sure I knew Creep and heard there other songs in movies, playlists and mixtapes from friends but never sat down to listen to the album. That is until they released this album as a “name your price” download and I did and picked a few that was compatible with my life at the time. I didn’t regret it. Really like this album. I’ve still not explored much of their other works, though.
Bra artist, bra album. Men ibland lite för sorgliga låtar för att lyssna på...
I never really got into Radiohead before, but I know that a lot of people absolutely love them. This was a decent album, I will admit. It was a unique and soothing experience to listen. But going off this one, I don't totally see the hype. It's still good enough for a 4 star rating, but not really something I see getting me obsessed with them.
A really good one. A nice mix of their slower, more mournful stuff, and fast, frenetic songs. Jigsaw Falling is my favorite Radiohead song, followed by Weird Fishes, so I'm not even going to pretend not to be biased, though I do think some of the slower songs drag on a bit and don't do much for me. The good ones are enough to outweigh those. 4/5
# Album Name: In Rainbows # Artist: Radiohead # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Im surprised. I really enjoyed this album. For some reason i always thought i never liked it. I'll be damned. # Top Tunes: bodysnatcher / nude / weird fishes / all i need / reckoner jigswa # Would I listen to it again? Yes
I had a whole weekend with this one and have started to realize that a lot of my favorite music from the 2000s and 2010s is very influenced by Radiohead. I really enjoyed this album. A lot more than I expected, since I typically gravitate towards their earlier albums. Solid solid solid solid.
Good album overall. After 4 listenings, nothing really hooked me. All of the songs were pleasant to my ears though. Good background tunes.
I really like this album. It reminds me of discovering new music in college and listening to albums front to back, which was a change from high school when we mainly listened to popular singles. It's haunting, powerful, and it's one of those albums that you don't forget.
I've been a fan of Radiohead since their beginning. Like most disaffected 90's teens I loved "Creep." And though the band has moved way beyond their debut, I can still find some great pleasure there. Most especially on "Stop Whispering" With their sophomore album they really stepped it up and it was one of my favorites of the mid 90's. Then OK Computer came out and the reached Musical Genius status. I listened to that album all the time. Ask me at the end of the 20th Century what my favorite album was and I would say it was that album of alienation, isolation, and dehumanization. With the 1, 2 punch of Kid A and Amnesiac and suddenly the new Century brought me a new favorite artist that could do no wrong. But something strange happened with me. I saw Radiohead in concert and it was as if by doing that I had reached a limit with them. Seemingly overnight I was over them. Hail to the Thief came out and the lead single didn't do much for me so I didn't even bother with the album. I rarely listened to those old albums that had meant so much to me. My fandom had run it's course. However in 2007 they released this album In Rainbows as Pay What You Want on the Internet. I had a new toy in an iPod and was looking to fill it up with anything I could so I paid what I wanted (probably nothing) and gave it a shot. And it seemed like a return for me. This is good. No, this is great. I liked it so much I eventually Paid for it on CD. And while my fandom has never quite returned to it's heyday I credit this album for bringing it back somewhat. I can't say whether or not In Rainbows is the last great Radiohead album as I really have never engaged with anything since. I can say it was the last great Radiohead album for me.
This is actually a surprisingly good album that I didn't think I'd enjoy as much as I did. It's pretty slowly paced, but still good
My first thought at seeing this as today’s album was ‘not my favourite era of Radiohead’, but ‘Weird fishes/Arpeggi’ is one of my favourite Radiohead songs. Thom Yorke’s vocals are so well suited to the erratic backing that fills this album and it gets off to a cracking start with a powerful 1-2 punch of ‘15 step’ and ‘bodysnatchers’. What I realise pretty quickly is that my musical tastes have shifted quite a bit since this came out or there isnt the shock their was when it became the first pay what you want album i bought. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this as its suffered in comparison to the bends, ok computer and even pablo honey as the radiohead albums i would reach for first.
This is actually the album that really got into Radiohead. Sure I knew Creep, Ok Computer, and other great tracks by them. But this is the album that got me fully into Radiohead. Then watching the basement of this album so good. This album is nostalgic for me at this point. Such a great album though!
“In Rainbows” es un álbum reflexivo, de echar la vista atrás, del crecimiento personal, del amor y de las despedidas. Musicalmente, representa el sonido del género alternativo de finales de los años 2000: guitarras psicodélicas, teclados y pianos melancólicos acompañados de baterías que marcan el ritmo clásico de la música alternativa. No es de extrañar que “In Rainbows” sea una de las obras más emblemáticos y exitosos de la banda. Me ha resultado fácil conectar con las canciones de este álbum: la sensación de incertidumbre sobre el paso del tiempo en “15 Step”, perder el control y el rumbo de tu vida en “Bodysnatchers”, la carta de amor de “All I Need” o la dolorosa despedida de una persona a sus seres queridos, describiendo la vida como un bucle, en “Videotape”. “In Rainbows” es un álbum cantado desde el corazón y lo más profundo de una persona; un recital de poemas interpretados de forma intimista, con una voz delicada que logra conectar con los sentimientos del oyente.
Brit answer to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? 3.5
it’s radiohead, need i say more
I am very familiar with this album. Its good, but not one of my favorite Radiohead albums. Still enjoyable and definitely continuing down the path they started with Kid A/Amnesiac.
A beautiful album that has been going into heavier rotation for me lately. Apparently I needed almost 20 years to settle into this one, worth the wait.
Favorite Track: Reckoner
I've never really given Radiohead a fair shot (outside of OK Computer) even with the heavy Muse comparisons. I think this genre is a pretty good fit to what I will like to listen to (especially compared to the 1000 other albums to come). I think it'd grow on me if I played through a couple more times. Overall, super solid. Favorites: - Weird Fishes / Arpeggi - Faust Arp - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Haunting and mellow with great musicality....production is very good. 4/5
Fantastic record - pulls together everything they do well.
This was one of the first albums I ever got on vinyl. I’ve never listened to it before then, just a blind buy because everyone seems to have it in their collection. One of the better albums of my collection, simply because it sounds so rich on vinyl comparing to the digital version (snobby opinion, I know). This is an album to get lost in after taking a few hits. The sounds leave you in a trance and it’s such an experience to listen to. It loses steam by the end of the album, but I do feel that this is something that everyone should listen to at least once and definitely deserves a spot on this list.
One of their better albums. 4.5 stars
An enjoyable album. Sound mixing is truly excellent, and it's indeed a really tightly bound collection of songs. I was late to the radio head party as I was originally more into Muse, but it's been fun to rediscover what makes them excellent.
Radiohead forever
A good album with great album art. The whole album is pretty decent, but my favorite track is definitely "Bodysnatchers"
4+/5
love and vulnerability - warm album, the instrumentation is emotional and dynamic.
👍👍 4.5/5
Best head yet. It took thing I liked from the other 5 head albums I have heard on here and put it all together. His voice is still a bit annoying to me but other than that it was a great album. 8/10
good good already heard
Good album. It has been a while since I had listened to it. Forgot how much I liked it.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Almost a 5 star but not a huge fan of the first few tracks. The rest of the album is a transcendent, psychedelic rise into a world beyond words and physicality. Simply stunning.
I dont get it
I would not put this as my top Radiohead Album, but this sure is a good one. I remember arguing with my friends how much I should give when this first came out. I gave $10, btw.
Probably my second favourite Radiohead album behind hail to the thief, although it’s quite hard to compare the 2 based on them being 2 completely different experiences. Where hail to the thief is more experimental and electronic with more focus on variations between songs, more like a collection, in rainbows works more as a complete album experience with the songs having very similar feelings. It makes it perfect to either zone out and just enjoy the instrumentation or to fully concentrate and listen to the layers in the songs and the lyrics. This could also be seen as a complaint with the songs sounding too similar which I admit, I leant towards on my first listen but after a full second experience they are much more varied than seems, this is shown clearly from body snatchers to nude or from all I need to Faust arp for example. Although, this also means there are less standout tracks on this album, which is the opposite to HTTT where it has some really strong songs mixed with some weaker ones in my opinion. Favourites: body snatchers, Nude, weird fishes, Faust arp, jigsaw. House of cards and Reckoner are quite underrated on here as well, I pretty much just named 80% of the songs but I guess that shows this is a good album. Overall, 8.5/10.
Very great album with a lot of great moments that you let you really sit and enjoy the music. The atmosphere they build in the songs make it feel like a ride.
The Reckoner. Just ...
Already listened, 8/10.
A very good album. Great even! But I am still a bit baffled that it is so widely regarded as their best when it is probably not even in my top three. I appreciate the complex compositions, but it just has none of the emotional heft of some of their better achievements (The Bends, OK Computer).
Yeah I can really see why depressed people listen to Radiohead. This album made me feel sad but I liked it
Better than most!
Hauntingly beautiful. 4.5 stars is more appropriate than 4.
Laatste plaat voordat de nummers verdwenen en de timbres volledig overnamen. Passend ook de eennabeste Radiohead plaat. Ik vraag me wel eens af wat er zou zijn gebeurd als Greenwood There Will Be Blood niet ook had gedaan dit jaar. Vermoed dat Yorke alsnog de boel naar zijn onverbiddelijke zij- en soloprojecten had getrokken. Als jonge tiener gekocht op CD en 15 steps drie keer op rij in de woonkamer aangezet op cd speler voor het van mijn moeder uit moest. Blew my mind at the time. Is prima plezant plaatje tegenwoordig.
It was enjoyable. A little melancholy, but I think there was enough variation to keep me interested throughout the album.
7/10 nothing stuck out but Radio Head always makes me feel like they are worth listening to. 6-17-2025
Nude,
Some great songs , not too many as my Son would describe “ soul crushing “ An evolution in their sound.
This kind of passed me by when it came out but listening now I feel I missed out. Really liked it.
radio...head???? fuck. wish i got head. last time it was a 12 year old girl... that wouldnt really hold up nowaways.. and besides, times have changed. now that being gay is kinda normal my friends have been more accepting towards the idea of me being... yk... a homo. so im thinking of coming out to them soon - they already figured it out really but just to fully confirm it. i feel that it's more...me. i want my friends to start calling me stephan from now on coz its like the gay version of my name and it lowk turns me on. i am scared to admit it but against my will i have dreams about my friends (male) having sex... and it makes me really hard when i wake up. sometimes i wake up with some weird liquid in my pants and it makes me kind of feel strange, so i then go and do my genuis method of jerking to console myself. let me break it down - bascially, since i spend so much time at home, ive been able to come up with my own special method - but dont tell anyone!!! basically what i do is... (ok promise or i wont go on...) ... (I SAID PROMISE!)...ok there we go... so. what i do is. i like to jerk off in the shower. crazy, i know. but im not done. i first remove the drain cover so there is a hole in the floor. (it reminds me of a... BUTTHOLE~!). next, i turn on the shower, and make sure its on the high pressure single stream setting. then, i position myself with my PP in the drain, and shower stream hitting my be-hind, and the result is almost instantaneous. no cleanup even required, which is the best part. anyway i hope my friends will accept me after i tell them on monday...wish me luck! as for TS album... yeah idk it was alr or sum didnt even listen imma be honest!! lowk read "head" and BUSTED at the thought!
Nice
listened to again still an incredible record
Even though some of the songs generally sounded the same, the album sounds incredible. This album was the first rock album I fully listened to, and it was a great introduction to the Genre.
Energetic and catchy at times.
já ouvi
Floating In Rainbows. Soft and strange and kind of hypnotic. Still has that Radiohead edge, but it’s tucked under warm blankets of synth and groove. The songs slide in and out of each other in a way that feels lowkey brilliant. Spins: 3 Playlist Additions: - Bodysnatchers - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - All I Need - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
I like it. Very moody and progressive. It’s like rainy day music but in a good way. Really like the instruments and the overall vibe/sound.
The rainbows are in and you are missing out
Like a soundtrack to a crazy dream. The tempos change from song to song and sometimes within the same song. Handful of dreamy synths to frantic drums. Very moody album. Really solid.
I mean yeah, this is the most Radiohead i've ever listened to in my life. THere's no two ways about it. Another solid record - these guys know what the hell they're doing. It makes you beg the question...why has it taken me so long to listen to this? Shrug.
The only thing that makes me sad is that now I’m out of Radiohead albums to review.
15 steps : ★★★☆☆ Bodysnatchers : ★★★★☆ Nude : ★★★★☆ Weird fishes/arpeggi : ★★★★☆ All i need : ★★★★★ Faust arp : ★★★☆☆ Reckoner : ★★★★☆ House of cards : ★★★★☆ Jigsaw falling into place : ★★★★☆ Videotape : ★★★★☆ Overall : ★★★★☆
Another solid Radiohead album. Really not sure how or why I wasn't as big a fan of them before this project. Really like their style and sound.
Not their best, but a favourite. High 4s
Jidsaw зафоршена, послушаю сегодня другие. Первая песня прикольная, интересно, тоже неопсиходелия? Звучит неплохо, но радиохэды не моё
I really liked it. Pretty chill.
amazing
apenas a nata. nada além disso. 4.5/5
Yahoo! I have this album! (#4). I was never a big Radioheadhead, although I do also have "Pablo Honey" (thanks to liking 'Creep' like a million other normies, probably). My college friend Alex was super excited for this album coming out, particularly because Radiohead released it online under a "pay what you want" model (one of the first to do something like that). So I paid like a dollar and got my money's worth. This didn't convert me to Radiohead fandom, but I like the album a lot -- I feel like it has more melodies than their other stuff; it's very chill, and although it's apparently not space rock ("art rock", says wiki), I feel it has a similar ethos (album cover included). Also they performed with the USC marching band at the Grammys later on, which was cool. Briefly considered a 5, but I really only love half the songs, so it's a 4. Highlights: 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' (they had me at "fishes"), 'All I Need' (one of my top songs ever), 'House of Cards', 'Jigsaw Falling Into Place'
Good
Bra produksjon, føltes ut som en lang sang
The album is decent, but not my typical style. Added "Nude" to my playist for the vibe and the build, however the rest of the songs feel like a fade, if you know what I mean. I would love something a little bit more direct, but I did like the mysterious atmosphere the album has created overall. I am curious to see if this website also recommends other genres besides this rock-ish area. Day 1, 9:38 PM.
Weird, interesting, and well done!
This is an album that kinda slipped past me. I am not sure, but the first time I heard it when it came out it just didn't hit me. But man, driving into work today and giving it a listen, it just clicked. "OK Computer", "Kid A" & "Amnesiac" are (for me) a great trilogy, but this has a lot of tunes I really enjoyed. "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" was probably the only one I scratched my head at, but the groove was there. Definitely coming back to this. "Jigsaw Falling Into Place reminded me a bit of "Everything In Its Right Place," actually. Top tracks: "15 Steps," "Bodysnatchers," "Jigsaw Falling Into Place," "Videotape"
better
Really fun to listen to this one again.
I might like it more than Kid A, even though it feels less spacey and more poppy almost?
good
Solid.
Very good.
We listened on Sunday 27 April 2025 while watching the Liverpool vs. Tottingham game (Liverpool clinched the Premier League championship!) Now for the music, it's not aggressive but has undertones of longing. The percussion is very dynamic. Tim has listened to this 80,000 times so I am the one reviewing. I'm sure we'll listen to it again!
I liked it a lot. Very spaced out bodysnatchers and weird fishes are my favs.
Beautiful album
Rating Date- May 3, 2025 Album Number- 122 Album Plays- 5 Album Rating- 4 Top Tracks- Bodysnatchers Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Reckoner Skip Tracks- Nude Videotape Listening Notes- Reckoner alone would make this album worth the listen. I’m familiar with Radiohead, but not their entire catalog. A couple of songs here that I don't love, but will enjoy this album repeatedly.
Such a sonically rich album, and yet another evolution from them. Also contains some of their best tracks. "All I Need" is one of Radiohead's best, even if many people aren't as familiar with it compared to their more "popular" tunes.
Love me some Radiohead as much as the next guy, but there are some Thom Yorkisms where the skip button starts to become appealing - like when he gets all manic and moan-y at the end of Bodysnatchers. Songs like Nude, All I Need & Videotape sort of make up for it.
Cosmic and essential. Fishes will forever be weird.
Pretty chill and low energy, nice synths!
7/10…art rock
First time listening. Loved it. Can't see it going into rotation though. Radiohead be like that
Feels like the music and my brain are melting together. 4/5
To this day it’s their best since OK Computer/Kid A. Not genius in the same way that some of their other albums are, but a really good listen.
4.5
I think there's just enough to merit a fourth star, in part because I love "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" and "Reckoner."
1. 15 Step - 6/10 2. Bodysnatchers - 7/10 3. Nude - 7.5/10 4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - 10/10 5. All I Need - 9.5/10 6. Faust ARP - 8/10 7. Reckoner - 8/10 8. House of Cards - 8.5/10 9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place - 10/10 10. Videotape - 9/10 8/10
Radiohead always delivers enjoyable albums.
Rhythmical and harmonic beauty at its finest. Hauntingly gloomy yet floaty and hopeful in the most spectacular way
Like it know it decent
Lush, great recording, clever. Sad and confused but insightful. I would listen again but it might not becompelling to go back to it
it had a U2 feel to it pretty good
Um dos meus favoritos deles, mas ao ouvir mais uma vez pra essa brincadeira acabei achando o disco menos impressionante do que de costume. Ainda assim é um baita disco e super coeso, mas acho que levando em consideração outros discos deles, não é tão grande quanto eu considerava anteriormente
how'd they get an entire radio in their heads
I think Jigsaw is their best song tbh, just unbelievably good Bodysnatchers is also an absolute banger
Typical Radiohead. 4
Already listened to it multiple times before. I really like this album and have some songs from it in my playlists.