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[LoathedVermin72]

Reckoner is killer.

That one's not bad.

[epilogue]

Reckoner is killer.

That one's not bad.

You're goddamn right.

[LoathedVermin72]

calm down joey

[epilogue]

Not this time. Not this time.

[pnjguy]

I'm trying IR again right now. I think the reason I have trouble with it is that it's so fucking chill and mellow. Way moreso than their previous albums. Most of the songs are pretty and all, but they don't have the momentum, the drive, the intensity that hooks me in their previous work. Even their quieter songs in the past like "Exit Music" and "Street Spirit" had an energetic thrust and darkness that pulled me in, arrested me. This album is much dreamier, more relaxed, and as a result, I skip around a lot. This kind of music just doesn't do it for me.

Faust Arp arrested me.

That's one of the worst offenders. Maybe THE worst. It's so "lite" that it's weightless. It doesn't even sound like Radiohead to me; if it weren't for Yorke's unmistakable vocals, I think it could pass for any number of faceless indie/alt/acoustic/whatever bands.

[Jorge]

Sail To The Moon is completely redundant. It does nothing that more luminary tunes of the Radiohead catalogue haven't already done.

Like which ones?

[Rangi Guy]

Sail To The Moon is completely redundant. It does nothing that more luminary tunes of the Radiohead catalogue haven't already done.

Just listened to this for maybe the first time - loved it!

[Jorge]

I think "Sail to the Moon" is great.

[LoathedVermin72]

I think "Sail to the Moon" is great.

[Jorge]

The only Hail to the Thief song I think is kinda weak is "Go to Sleep". I really like that album.

[Kevin Davis]

I have never been fond of "We Suck Young Blood" -- I like the arrangement but I find Yorke's vocals really grating, pitched too high to carry a tune that monotonous. The ominous, death-march vibe to the music makes me want some baritone, or some harmony of some kind, just something in there to add some bottom to that falsetto -- the music alone doesn't do the job. He sounds like one of those tornado alert sirens on it. "Go to Sleep" doesn't do a lot for me either but that "over my dead body" chorus is a pretty classic Thom-ism.

Apart from that I think "HTTT" has aged wonderfully -- what seemed disjointed and kind of careless at the time has silently revealed its range of powers over the years, one track at a time. I find myself surprised how often I reach for it over the Radiohead albums that in my mind are "better."

[bodysnatcher]

Reckoner is killer.

That one's not bad.

You're goddamn right.

Probably my favorite RH song

[gardenparty]

HTTT and IR are the first two albums I usually reach for these days.

Ok computer is a brilliant album but i don't think I've listened to that front to back in 5-10 years

[Jorge]

This got me listening to In Rainbows again. Fuck, what an album-- from the compositions themselves to the lush arrangements and the loose, confident performances, it's sheer joy. Grooving on "Reckoner" right now.

[Kaius]

These last few pages have me wanting to go on a big Radiohead kick.

[Alex]

me too, KK

[pnjguy]

Yeah, RH has been put aside for a minute, its back in the rotation.

[Kaius]

Hail to the Thief is sort of the natural extension of the OK Computer Radiohead sound. Less docile than the previous two records, though I love both of those on their own merits. I just prefer a bit of tension and the full band sound in my favorite Radiohead songs.

[Kaius]

And whoever doesn't like Sail to the Moon(?!).. Well, you're just wrong. Dead wrong.

[epilogue]

It's not that people don't like it. Just that it feels redundant and unnecessary.