Album Rating: 4.5
Used to be my favorite, but I eventually fell on OK Computer as my favorite, primarily because it has much more replay value — same with In Rainbows.
This album is genius, but I rarely listen to it anymore.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Can we please stop comparing every good artist's discography to Radiohead? Give it a rest, guys.
Why does everything need to be compared to Radiohead.
"Oh, Reflektor is Arcade Fire's Kid A."
"The Life of Pablo / Yeezus is Kanye's Kid A / The King of Limbs / In Rainbows / Hail to the Thief."
"To Pimp a Butterfly is Kendrick's Kid A, good kid m.a.a.d. city is his OK Computer, and untitled unmastered is his Amnesiac"
How unoriginal do you need to be? Why is every remotely challenging but good album suddenly directly equivalent to Kid A? Yeah, that fits the description, but I do not see people saying, "Oh, this is just like some random Pink Floyd album." "Oh, this is just like The Beatles' White Album." "Oh, I see this as so-and-so's Aladdin Sane, because even though it follows the artist's magnum opus and is stylistically similar, people will look down on it for not being as good as its predecessor." "Oh, this is just like Sign O' the Times because even though most fans and critics might consider it the artist's best album, the public as a whole does not know much about it because of the lack of distinctly recognisable singles." "Oh, this is just like Modern Times because it proves this artist/band still can make great music decades after their peak."
Not everything is Radiohead, and not everything needs to be compared to everything else. If you want to say something interesting about the album, try doing some actual analysis rather than lazily comparing it to this one specific album, or this one specific band. Do you desperately need to utilise a frame of reference? Fine, try something a bit unique. "This reminds me of Nas's Lost Tapes." Is staying within the genre too tough? Fine, try Modest Mouse's No One's First, and You're Next. Just stop immediately looking toward Radiohead. Everyone does it, and it is almost never truly applicable. You add nothing to the discussion by mentioning them, regardless of how well you think the comparison works.
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