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Rik VII
September 12th 2019


4130 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

There are stageplays that have been adapted dozens of times by different directors, so maybe that counts - then again, theatre is mostly exactly that, different interpretations of the same material.

Could never get into HTTT and there's nothing on the level of Packt Like Sardines or Knives Out on there.

Pikazilla
September 12th 2019


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Both are good, but not as good as their classics.

Lizardwave
September 12th 2019


96 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

this is one of my lesser favorites H O W E V E R pyramid song, dollars and cents and I might be wrong are god-tier

tectactoe
September 12th 2019


9228 Comments


while i think HTTT is comparatively one of Radiohead's weakest albums, i still like it (3.5) because there are a handful of top tier tracks. if anything, i think the album just suffers from bloat, which, looking back, is a very atypical problem for Radiohead albums. they're usually quite good at trimming the fat. it didn't need 14 tracks. you could cut it down to 9 or 10 tracks and it'd be a 4.0 easily.


tectactoe
September 12th 2019


9228 Comments


this would be my hypothetically improved HTTT track list. (and no, you're not seeing things, 'A Wolf at the Door' is indeed absent.)

1. 2 + 2 = 5
2. Sit down. Stand up.
3. Sail to the Moon
4. Go to Sleep
5. Where I End and You Begin
6. A Punchup at a Wedding
7. Scatterbrain
8. We Suck Young Blood
9. I Will
10. There There

Trifolium
September 12th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

And You And Whose Army? is one of their absolute best. So much tension in so short a song. Reminds me of The Beatles in a way.

Lizardwave
September 12th 2019


96 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

HttT is great but I find myself never really revisiting some of the tracks ever

tectactoe
September 12th 2019


9228 Comments


and if we're allowed to include HTTT b-sides in this theoretical ten-track list, here's how it would approach 4.5 territory:

1. 2 + 2 = 5
2. Sit Down
3. Sail to the Moon
4. Go to Sleep
5. Gagging Order
6. Where I End and You Begin
7. Scatterbrain
8. We Suck Young Blood
9. Paperbag Writer
10. There There

tectactoe
September 12th 2019


9228 Comments


'this is one of my lesser favorites H O W E V E R pyramid song, dollars and cents and I might be wrong are god-tier'
also 'Life in a Glasshouse', 'Like Spinning Plates', and 'You and Whose Army?'

butt.
September 12th 2019


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

A Punchup at a Wedding is one of the worst radiohead songs, so that does hurt HttT a little bit. And yeah they could have trimmed a few other tracks. It's definitely their least cohesive thematically, but I don't mind that. It has the feel of a compilation, and most of the songs are pretty cool in one way or another.

tectactoe
September 12th 2019


9228 Comments


i'm upset that 'Gagging Order' and 'Paperbag Writer' didn't make the final track list and crap like 'Backdrifts' and 'Myxomatosis' did.

Lizardwave
September 12th 2019


96 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

damn I dig myxomatosis hard but I can definitely see why someone would not love it so much

butt.
September 12th 2019


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Myxomatosis is a guilty pleasure for me. It feels like they shouldn't have done that, but I enjoy it anyway

Trifolium
September 12th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

A Punchup At A Wedding and Backdrifts are awesome! But then again I love everything on HTTT so...

Lizardwave
September 12th 2019


96 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

wolf at the door is easily my favorite what a track

Trifolium
September 12th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

There There for me, but Wolf is amazing agreed.

butt.
September 12th 2019


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

[Intro]

No no no no no no

No no no no no no

No no no no no no

No no no no no no

No no no no no no

No no no no no no

No no no no no no



[Verse 1]

I don't know why you bother

Nothing's ever good enough for you

I was there, it wasn't like that

You've come here just to start a fight

butt.
September 12th 2019


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

the bass is cool, but lyrically, it's gotta be an all-time low for Thom

tectactoe
September 12th 2019


9228 Comments


i mean some of the lyrics on 'Kid A' are kind of ass when you really scrutinize them, but it's one of my favorite albums of all time and one of the greatest things that Radiohead have ever done so musicianship and the cumulative effect are capable of eclipsing weak lyricism.
but i know what you mean.

Trifolium
September 12th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Haha, I'm not a lyrics guy (lucky me, for bm would otherwise be completely out of the picture!), so they don't bother me that much.



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