Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool

[Jorge]

i think identikit is the best song i've ever heard

Please drop this thing you're doing

[zeb]

Your schtick isn't getting tired at all, LoathedVermin72.

[Chris_H_2]

i think identikit is the best song i've ever heard

[LoathedVermin72]

lol what? i mean sure i was exaggerating but i just really like this album a lot

[BurtReynolds]

Is this album really any good? I want to listen but i hate when people go on and on about fucking radiohead.

[zeb]

Come over and listen to it with me, BMac.

[swan]

That Spectre song is pretty good

[zeb]

It's terrific.

[Kaius]

Is this album really any good? I want to listen but i hate when people go on and on about fucking radiohead.

There's a lot to like, mostly that it definitely sounds like an "essential" Radiohead album (which seems to be just about every one). Though, based on first impressions, it sits just above Pablo Honey and Amnesiac at the bottom of my "rankings", however absurd or meaningful that ultimately is. It's a very intimate album---others have already mentioned the ambient and layered compositions. The quieter moments have yet to grab me, which may be the divide I feel between myself and everyone that is putting this amongst their best work, but as for the tracks that I like, I really like.

So, considering the variety of responses to this album have been mostly positive, I'd say it's any good.

Only you can truly decide though, Burtrude.

[swan]

I was trying to think of my all-time top 10 songs & it was impossible. So I decided to try my post-Hail To The Thief top 10:

1. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
2. Staircase
3. Separator
4. Present Tense
5. Reckoner
6. Bloom
7. Identikit
8. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
9. Spectre
10. Burn The Witch

[swan]

I was trying to think of my all-time top 10 songs & it was impossible. So I decided to try my post-Hail To The Thief top 10:

1. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
2. Staircase
3. Separator
4. Present Tense
5. Reckoner
6. Bloom
7. Identikit
8. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
9. Spectre
10. Burn The Witch

Shit, Nude should definitely be on there too. See, I knew this was a futile exercise..

[zeb]

Daydreaming
The Daily Mail
Spectre
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
House of Cards
True Love Waits
Burn The Witch
Reckoner
Supercollider
Morning Mr Magpie

[tragabigzanda]

[Kaius]

Yeah. It's a highlight moment for me as well. I wish there were a few more like it.

[zeb]

Daydreaming
The Daily Mail
Spectre
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
House of Cards
True Love Waits
Burn The Witch
Reckoner
Supercollider
Morning Mr Magpie

And then there's Nude, Little By Little, Decks Dark, All I Need, The Numbers, Codex...the list goes on.

[swan]

Daydreaming
The Daily Mail
Spectre
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
House of Cards
True Love Waits
Burn The Witch
Reckoner
Supercollider
Morning Mr Magpie

And then there's Nude, Little By Little, Decks Dark, All I Need, The Numbers, Codex...the list goes on.

exactly!

There's not really much need to do this, but it is kinda interesting to look at their career (thus far) as 3 distinct parts:

Part 1
Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer

Part 2
Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail To The Thief

Part 3
In Rainbows, The King Of Limbs, A Moon Shaped Pool

[Birds in Hell]

AMSP ranking:

Daydreaming
Decks Dark
Ful Stop
Present Tense
Identikit
Glass Eyes
Desert Island Disk
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
The Numbers
Burn the Witch
True Love Waits

I expect this will change.

[zeb]

I'd break it down further, swan - I think that HTTT and In Rainbows are pretty much their own subset.

[zeb]

I'm really enjoying Tinker Tailor. Listening to it right now, I don't think it would have looked out of place on Kid A or Amnesiac. Really tremendous composition and mood, and it has a lovely texture to it. Such a nice balance between the drum kit and the computer beats.

[evenslow]

Not totally ready to break down the record yet but will reiterate that Daydreaming is a fucking brilliant song. And I haven't even listened to it with headphones yet.

I'm becoming mildly obsessed with the video. Can't remember the last time I said that.