Radiohead The King of Limbs
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Romulus
April 16th 2011


9117 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i feel that but at the same time it feels really refreshing for radiohead to come out with something that's kind of relaxed and intimate which are not really words i would have previously associated them with.



i feel i keep repeating that and not contributing anything else to this thread

Trebor.
Emeritus
April 16th 2011


60333 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I dig this.

letsgofishing
April 16th 2011


1721 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

So anyway, the two new singles..are amazing

rjmunthe
April 16th 2011


395 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this album grew off me quickly

TREO5
April 16th 2011


1071 Comments


Ah radiohead.

NigelH
April 16th 2011


1571 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Feral is so good.

G3N3R1C
April 16th 2011


1945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Listening to the 2 new singles... really good shit. Should've been on this album. The Butcher, in particular, i'm really digging.



Might have to try making up a new tracklisting that includes these 2 songs + These Are My Twisted Words.

letsgofishing
April 16th 2011


1721 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Bloom

These Are My Twisted Words*

Morning Mr Magpie

Little By Little

The Butcher*

Feral

Lotus Flower

Codex

Give Up The Ghost

Supercollider*

Separator



Seems about right..but I'll have to try it out, flow is a delicate thing.



G3N3R1C
April 16th 2011


1945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

OH, and Harry Patch. Need to include that in there somewhere. Maybe right before Separator? And i honestly would've put Supercollider in between Feral and Lotus Flower.

letsgofishing
April 16th 2011


1721 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Nah, Feral and lotus flower share this delicious bass-line, wouldn't want to split that up.



and Harry Patch really doesn't fit at all for me. but hey, to each his own album :P

cwmetalguy1986
April 17th 2011


185 Comments


I wasn't exactly on board with this album when I got it, but after repeated listens, I finally realized just how damn good it is.

wabbit
April 17th 2011


7059 Comments


"Harry Patch" is prehaps the nicest song ever written but it isn't that good of a radiohead song.

Polymath
April 17th 2011


3836 Comments


same here, Harry Patch is alright

Spec
April 17th 2011


41443 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Nah. Still don't like it.

letsgofishing
April 17th 2011


1721 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Dudes...the playlist I posted up there is magic...Try it!

G3N3R1C
April 17th 2011


1945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I tried the slightly altered-version of your playlist i suggested yesterday.



The Butcher segues into Feral perfectly. Really is a shame that it actually wasnt on the album.

darnielle
April 17th 2011


221 Comments


Those songs were cut from tkol for a reason, man

Polymath
April 17th 2011


3836 Comments


Feral is one of the best on the album

letsgofishing
April 17th 2011


1721 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

"Those songs were cut for a reason, man"



Random Radiohead Geek Explosion:



Definitley. Radiohead's funny that way, though. they're perfectionist to a fault, and obviously with TKOL they

attempted to make the perfect 40 minute album. Supercollider and the butcher probably weren't cut because they

weren't quality songs, they were cut because adding them would cause Radiohead to deviate from that 40 minute

album. Plus Thom Yorke's always been kind of funny with Tracklisting, for example, at the last minute, Radiohead

replaced the climatic Cuttooth ( if you haven't heard it look it up) with Hunting Bears, an underwhelming wallowing

Guitar Solo. And the band had to talk Thom Yorke out of replacing Idioteque with kinetic. I mean, can you imagine

Kid A without idioteque?



Not saying that Radiohead are not exceptional musicians, in my opinion they're the best act out there right now, but

it makes sense that they could have sabotaged themselves on King Of Limbs. Because honestly not only does the

Butcher fit perfectly in front of Feral, but Supercollider also segues effortlessly into Separator, and they both

arguably make King Of Limbs a much better album.



*Twisted Words never had a chance of making the album, and might not even be from the same recording period,

but it fits and I really like the song, so it made my alternative track-listing. Also G3neric, place Harry Patch before

Down Is The New Up on IR disk 2. Fits perfectly.



/rant closed.

G3N3R1C
April 17th 2011


1945 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

*Twisted Words never had a chance of making the album, and might not even be from the same recording period,




Most likely. I remember reading sometime early last year, i think, that they initially said they no longer wanted to release albums and just wanted to be a singles band. Obviously they changed their mind, but the 2 singles released during this time where they had this mindset were Twisted Words and Harry Patch.



I'll give that IR2 tracklisting a shot, btw.



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