Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool

[pnjguy]

HTTT just has too many good songs to be brushed aside. It's not the HTTT's fault that it has to be put up against all-time great albums. It would probably be Pearl Jam's 2nd or 3rd best record.

Also, am I the only person that enjoyed KoL?

[tragabigzanda]

[LoathedVermin72]

I listened to KOL once and never revisited it.

[pnjguy]

I listened to KOL once and never revisited it.

Well, Radiohead isn't a one listen band for me. If that was the case i would have never liked half of their albums.

[LoathedVermin72]

I listened to KOL once and never revisited it.

Well, Radiohead isn't a one listen band for me. If that was the case i would have never liked half of their albums.

Probably. But I had already lost interest after not liking In Rainbows, so I wasn't feeling very motivated to try harder.

[pnjguy]

I listened to KOL once and never revisited it.

Well, Radiohead isn't a one listen band for me. If that was the case i would have never liked half of their albums.

Probably. But I had already lost interest after not liking In Rainbows, so I wasn't feeling very motivated to try harder.

OK, i'll allow it.

[Mike]

Team TKOL.

[Brett]

I don't know that I would agree that anything on HTTT is a straight-up rehash of older songs. They're definitely trying new things within the confines of their established tropes, but it doesn't feel like going back to a dry well. (Does that make sense? My wording seems odd.)

There are definite lulls in the album, though. I could do without "Go to Sleep" and "I Will," while "Where I End and You Begin" and "A Punchup at a Wedding" I like only if I'm in the mood.

On the other hand, "There There" is probably my favorite Radiohead song, and "2+2=5," "Sail to the Moon," "The Gloaming," and "A Wolf at the Door" are also all top-tier songs.

[gardenparty]

I find listening to TKOL or HTTT much more enjoyable than a full run through of Kid A or Amnesiac these days.

[zeb]

I'm gonna overstate my case with some broadly general comments, but I think you'll understand my points:

2+2=5 = A fresh sound

Sit Down, Stand Up = A fresh sound

Sail To the Moon = a rehash of You and Whose Army?

Backdrifts = a boring combo of Like Spinning Plates and Idioteque

Go To Sleep = It's fine, but they did it better on Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Where I End and You Begin = It's fine, but they did it better on Bodysnatchers

We Suck Young Blood = a boring rehash of Life In a Glasshouse

The Gloaming = Pulk/Pull + Like Spinning Plates (though I do like this song quite a bit)

There There = Optimistic II

I Will = It's the first half of You and Whose Army repackaged

A Punchup... = A fresh sound for Radiohead, but it's a pretty straightforward RnB-influenced tune. Actually reminds me a lot of Elliott Smith's A Distored Reality...

Myxomatosis = National Anthem II (though I do love this song)

Scatterbrain = Paranoid Android + Knives Out

A Wolf at the Door = A fresh sound.

C'mon trag.

[LoathedVermin72]

I'm gonna overstate my case with some broadly general comments, but I think you'll understand my points:

2+2=5 = A fresh sound

Sit Down, Stand Up = A fresh sound

Sail To the Moon = a rehash of You and Whose Army?

Backdrifts = a boring combo of Like Spinning Plates and Idioteque

Go To Sleep = It's fine, but they did it better on Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Where I End and You Begin = It's fine, but they did it better on Bodysnatchers

We Suck Young Blood = a boring rehash of Life In a Glasshouse

The Gloaming = Pulk/Pull + Like Spinning Plates (though I do like this song quite a bit)

There There = Optimistic II

I Will = It's the first half of You and Whose Army repackaged

A Punchup... = A fresh sound for Radiohead, but it's a pretty straightforward RnB-influenced tune. Actually reminds me a lot of Elliott Smith's A Distored Reality...

Myxomatosis = National Anthem II (though I do love this song)

Scatterbrain = Paranoid Android + Knives Out

A Wolf at the Door = A fresh sound.

C'mon trag.

[pnjguy]

Here's hoping 'present tense' is on this album with some strings.

[diesel]

1. okc
2. kid a
3. IR
4. httt
5. bends
6. Amn
7. KOL/PH

[LoathedVermin72]

Oh boy. I guess we're doing this.

HTTT
Kid A
OKC
Amnesiac
The Bends
Pablo Honey
In Rainbows
TKOL

[Jorge]

In Rainbows
Kid A
Hail to the Thief
OK Computer
Amnesiac
The Bends
The King of Limbs
Pablo Honey

[pnjguy]

Kid A
Amnesiac
In Rainbows
OKC
KoL
HTTT
The Bends
PH

[swan]

I feel like this changes every time I do it, except for #1 which will always be the same:


OK Computer
Kid A
The Bends
In Rainbows
Amnesiac
HTTT
King Of Limbs
Pablo Honey

[iweartwoshoes]

In Rainbows
The Bends
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief
Ok Computer
Kid A
King of Limbs
Pablo Honey

But lots of those are pretty close and swap roundable.

[Chris_H_2]

Kid A
In Rainbows
OK Computer
The Bends
Amnesiac
Hail To The Thief
The King of Limbs
Pablo Honey

Hail to the Thief has always felt a little "off" to me. Independently, most of the songs are incredible. But as a whole, it just doesn't do it for me the way their other albums do.

[Norah]

Kid A
Amnesiac
OK Computer
Hail to the Thief
In Rainbows
The Bends
The King of Limbs
Pablo Honey