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DoofusWainwright
November 28th 2015


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Rated:



5 - The Bends, Ok Computer

4.5 - Kid A, In Rainbows

3 - Hail to the Thief, The King of Limbs

2.5 - Amnesiac

2 - Pablo Honey

theBoneyKing
November 28th 2015


24407 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Pablo is Radiohead's only sub-4 LP imo

DoofusWainwright
November 28th 2015


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Amnesiac has a load of B-Side quality filler for me, I mean 'Packt like sardines' is a terrible opener after Airbag and Everything in it's Right Place. It doesn't really have a standout song either tbh - maybe Pyramid Song at a push. Life in a Glasshouse is probably my least favourite Radiohead song of all time too. Hunting Bears? Average stuff. Morning Bell remix anyone? Nope. So no way a 4.



King of Limbs is so insubstantial, feels like an EP's worth of top tier songs so again no way a 4.



Then you have the opposite problem here, this is overstuffed and never builds the momentum which kills the usual magic. Too many dips in energy and quality, it's hard to focus on this in one sitting.

Ocean of Noise
November 28th 2015


10970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Nah this, Amnesiac and Pablo are all below 4. They're all really inconsistent.



Amnesiac still has some mindblowing tracks though

DoofusWainwright
November 28th 2015


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Ocean I really don't find anything on Amnesiac mind blowing - Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army, Knives Out and I Might Be Wrong are good but up against Paranoid Android, Let Down, No Surprises, Climbing Up the Walls or Everything in it's Right Place, Idioteque, How to Disappear, Optimistic? Not even close

claygurnz
November 28th 2015


7568 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Pyramid song is one of their best imo.

DoofusWainwright
November 28th 2015


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Pyramid Song I always found a tiny bit too signposted in it's intentions....not cheesy but...in it's own way just as targeted or 'obvious' as 'Creep'. It's lovely sounding though don't get me wrong

ArsMoriendi
November 28th 2015


41012 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I love Pyramid song, but it's probably bottom half of Amnesiac...



I Might Be Wrong man

Ocean of Noise
November 28th 2015


10970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Ocean I really don't find anything on Amnesiac mind blowing - Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army, Knives Out and I Might Be Wrong are good but up against Paranoid Android, Let Down, No Surprises, Climbing Up the Walls or Everything in it's Right Place, Idioteque, How to Disappear, Optimistic? Not even close




Amnesiac's best tracks are up there with Radiohead's all-time best imo. It just has a lot of crap too.

DoofusWainwright
November 28th 2015


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

'I Might Be Wrong' is loved here, it's good, it grooves. Don't know what people are getting more than that to claim it's 'best Radiohead' but sure different people can prefer different styles of song by an artist.



For me that song doesn't scream out 'Radiohead doing what Radiohead do best'

ArsMoriendi
November 28th 2015


41012 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I Might Be Wrong was my favorite Radiohead song way before I even signed up for Sputnik so I don't know.



The ending of it is especially orgasmic and those lyrics haha.

claygurnz
November 28th 2015


7568 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I've always thought that track was kinda meh.

Ocean of Noise
November 28th 2015


10970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If it were on OK Computer (which it very well could have been) I'm sure lots of people would think otherwise ;)



I also love Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors, Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box, Pyramid Song and Knives Out. Rest of the album hasn't clicked.

claygurnz
November 28th 2015


7568 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I prefer amnesiac morning bell to kid a morning bell.

ArsMoriendi
November 28th 2015


41012 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I love the entire album (It's my favorite Radiohead honestly)



Dollars and Cents is REALLY underrated.

Ocean of Noise
November 28th 2015


10970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I prefer amnesiac morning bell to kid a morning bell.




I haaaaaaate the Amnesiac version omg

DoofusWainwright
November 28th 2015


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

AM - agreed Dollars and Cents is a deep cut



Ocean - not sure IMBW would be a standout on Ok Computer, think it would fit in ok instead of Electioneering with maybe a few of the signature production tics of that album added to give it that '97 vibe

Ocean of Noise
November 28th 2015


10970 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

think it would fit in ok instead of Electioneering




Absolutely agreed. Electioneering kinda sucks tbh

DoofusWainwright
November 28th 2015


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

It's the only place Ok Computer fumbles, but I quite like the fact there's a misfit on that album. Could have been too damn polished for its own good

claygurnz
November 28th 2015


7568 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Electioneering is a good song it's just out of character with the rest of OKC



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