Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool
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guitarded_chuck
May 12th 2016


18070 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

same kind of but whatevs

Anthracks
May 12th 2016


8392 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm not saying the album is depressing but it's one of those albums that would sound best if I was depressed.

DoofusWainwright
May 12th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It sounds fine alphabetically now after...I'm thinking 25 listens for me



Can't believe this is growing off people - I'm struggling holding in that 5

Anthracks
May 12th 2016


8392 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I mean I feel like I've experienced all I can with it after seven listens, so I can see it growing off people. Hasn't grown off me, though.

AmericanFlagAsh
May 12th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"Can't believe this is growing off people"



Mostly just Ars lol

AmericanFlagAsh
May 12th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

More people have definitely said it has been growing on them and I agree

This shit's so good

DoofusWainwright
May 12th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

The only weakness is sometimes I start the album at 'Ful Stop' to mix it up - overall the album from Ful Stop on I 5/5 enjoy...but the first four songs I still only 4/5 enjoy



Could change

Slex
May 12th 2016


17869 Comments


I agree with your statement so much Doof

First 4 songs are still atleast really good to great though, so still a 5 for me

This is fighting a valiant battle to supplant In Rainbows as my 2nd favorite Radiohead album

AmericanFlagAsh
May 12th 2016


13689 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Daydreaming is in my top 3 so idk

DoofusWainwright
May 12th 2016


19991 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Flag it's more just the flow and judging the experience of listening to them as a group - Daydreaming and Decks Dark are both excellent, and the other two tracks are great too, they just don't hit me quite like the rest when listening to the full album in order

BrushedRed
May 12th 2016


3895 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I think I've listened to it fully through about 5 or 6 times. Some at night on the porch some with my headphones on. I've listened to Burn the Witch and Daydreaming the most at about 15-20 times each as they came before the album. Everything seems to get better and better each time and I've already got this at a 5. I think the order is fine. I mean it's kind of a jump from 1 to 2 and from 4 to 5 but that's about all I've noticed.



Used to not care for Burn the Witch but now it's up there too

anat
May 12th 2016


5852 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Could be Stockholm syndrome but I've come to terms with the album order. If it does transpire to be a different order, I'll give it a go and see which I prefer, but I have fewer qualms with the alphabetical tracklist now after 10ish listens.

Gleam
May 12th 2016


438 Comments


I think the alphabetical order might be the correct one. I mean, there are well-executed and purposed transitions on this album (from Decks Dark to Desert Island Disk or from Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief to True Love Waits and oh my god I can't believe I wrote that song's full title)

theBoneyKing
May 12th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ok can we please stop talking about the alphabetical order thing, the flow really isn't that bad and no one would be making such a big deal about it if the tracks were in the same order but the titles weren't alphabetical.

anat
May 12th 2016


5852 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Tinker Tailor Tame Impala Jingleheimer Schmidt

Gleam
May 12th 2016


438 Comments


Yeah, I agree with BoneyKing. This thing's flow is amazing.

Gleam
May 12th 2016


438 Comments


By the way, what do you all think about Radiohead's marketing strategies? Do y'all think they're pure marketing geniuses or sheer hypocrites as far as that process goes?

Slex
May 12th 2016


17869 Comments


marketing geniuses, for sure

theBoneyKing
May 12th 2016


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh yeah definitely marketing geniuses. The only hypocrisy I sense is in their releasing the singles on Spotify but not the whole album, as a frequent user of Spotify I found that a rude tease on their part.

Gleam
May 12th 2016


438 Comments


Yeah, it's the Spotify thing that really confuses me to this day. I get why their albums that were released from the early-to-mid 90's to 2004/2005 are still available on that streaming platform (they're Parlophone/Capitol/EMI property and those major labels have to economically benefit from the products they have released), but I still don't get why TKOL, TKOL RMX and those two singles from AMSP are there. Maybe it was a decision made by XL Recordings and not by the members of the band themselves. After all, A Moon Shaped Pool is still unavailable, probably because Thom and Nigel refuse to make that happen (and the rest of the gang too, I suppose). Also, all that "Radiohead are a capitalist band that criticizes capitalism yadda yadda" talk just gets to my nerves. They're a huge band in ambition, impact and scope - one of the most influential music acts of all time and the most important band of this generation - and they use the platforms they've been given over the years as means to promote musical innovation and an anti-system message. I'd say they're marketing geniuses as well, just wanted to get some wise perspectives from y'all.



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