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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0880882162221 Label: Ato Records / Red Manufacturer: Ato Records / Red MPN: 21622 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Ato Records / Red Release Date: January 01, 2008 Studio: Ato Records / Red Editorial Review: Amazon.com: On the deliriously satisfying In Rainbows, Radiohead returns to a more straight-ahead (though subdued) rock sound. Much hubbub has been made about this record's innovative release. Radiohead allowed fans to pay what they wished to download fairly low-resolution tracks from the band's own website. Like so many innovations, it already seems funny both that it was such big news and that someone else of similar stature hadn't done it sooner. Some pundits were appalled that it took awhile to download the tracks if you tried to do it at the same time as thousands of other people, while others decried that the group was trying to kill the music industry (or save it). Little of the press seemed to focus on the record itself, which actually made sense because it was so entertaining and inviting, the most low-key album Radiohead has made to date. There's even a very straight-forward, simple, silly little love song, "House of Cards." It might be a bit lethargic, but the simple instrumentation of electric guitars, bass, and drums is lovely as heck. A handful of these tunes enchanted fans for years before finally being committed to computer "tape." This is particularly fitting as In Rainbows is the group's most "band"-sounding album since OK Computer. This is not a record that hits you over the head with how far this group is pushing the envelope; it's simply a phenomenal, well-crafted, and exciting album. As soon as it's done, you're playing it again. --Mike McGonigal Album Description: TENTATIVE TRACKLIST: "15 Step" - 3:57 "Bodysnatchers" - 4:02 "Nude" - 4:15 "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" - 5:18 "All I Need" - 3:48 "Faust Arp" - 2:09 "Reckoner" - 4:50 "House of Cards" - 5:28 "Jigsaw Falling into Place" - 4:09 "Videotape" - 4:39 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - WTF?I can't fully express my loathing of this album. Its like random beating mixed with terrible vocals that sound more like humming than actual words. I got this free but really they should have paid me to buy it. Rating:  - Better than the last one, that says a lot for a band going on into its more mature years.The first thing that will strike you on this album is the intensity of the drumming. Its non stop run away with your baby drumming madness. The next thing is that its a better album that hail to the thief in my opinion. That's a good trend because I'm hoping these guys will be around for a long long time. Rating: - Drifting Into La-La LandGiving Radiohead a third attempt at becoming a band I can enjoy as a whole, "In Rainbows" comes at a convenient time. Just like when "OK Computer" hit the shelves (the first time I tried to get into them), I'm faced with the tough decision of whether to go by the reviewer's and critic's swooning for this album and go at it swinging or pick up some of their older albums to give another spin. I chose the latter, re-trying "OK..." and picking up "Amnesia" and the "Airbag/How Am I Driving?" ... Read More Rating: - a stupendously overrated album from a stupendously overrated bandI paid absolutely nothing to download this album from the band's website, and I'm very glad I didn't give them any of my money. This band's music is so frustratingly obtuse that it's no fun to listen to, especially with Yorke's exceptionally annoying voice. I just don't understand what so many people like about this band. Rating: - cry faust over bit torrentdidn't care much about the band until kidA, even though i was their BIGGEST fan since 1993, meanwhile, i was also the biggest fan of nirvana, sublime, but now according to my maturing tastes, there's something wrong with the album which i can't quite put my finger on. ... Read More |
