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| In Rainbows | 
 enlarge | Artist: Radiohead
Label: Ato Records / Red
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  254 reviews
Sales Rank: 65
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 21622
UPC: 880882162221
EAN: 0880882162221
ASIN: B000YXMMAE
Release Date: January 1, 2008
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Condition: Brand new!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Cough. Hack. January 3, 2008
21 out of 119 found this review helpful
Just what I need, some sissy boy whining over a clatter emanating from the IT closet. Chopsticks and voice-activated gameboy chatter; casio groans and simulated needlepoint pollution. I've said it all before, they've said it all before. Check out my laptop, me whackjobbin' over some phriendster phunk.
I'm nice and sleepy now, aren't you? Lullabitch. Tonguesilled entreaties. "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi?" (Clap, clap) Didn't Steely Dan already steal that riff from Sly Stone back when Nixon was playing Caped Crusader in the broom closet? ...
Anyhow, the main reason I'm writing this review today is to let everyone know that my brain surgery was a success and, keep your fingers crossed, the doctor says I might one day regain my wits -- but it's going to take years and years of therapy.
 Their least replayable album in years January 2, 2008
19 out of 65 found this review helpful
I love the late Radiohead. For me, "Kid A" and "Hail to the Thief" are beyond 5 star albums. They are extremely strong, and I turn to them again and again for their mood, lyrics, and energy. "Rainbows" by contrast is far from memorable. I try to listen to it, but after the first couple of listens, it actually got worse. Lacks imagination and energy. I'd take the monotonous spaces of Amnesiac over the thinness of this effort.
Unworthy of the hype January 22, 2008
19 out of 73 found this review helpful
First off, I'm not a Radiohead fan. I know they're incredibly talented guys capable of amazing music, but I think that they rarely live up to that potential. I've even coined the phrase "Radiohead syndrome" to describe bands whose output is 20% mind-blowing genius and 80% fair-to-terrible. But until now, I've continued to hear them out, in the hopes that they'd eventually produce a whole album that dazzled me. (For the record, I even paid a more-than-fair price to download this album.) Unfortunately, In Rainbows clocks in at way under 20%, with no songs at all that really do anything for me. I can't help wondering whether any other casual observers love this album, or if it's just the rabid fans. Either way, I'm officially convinced that Radiohead's style is never going to intersect with mine in the way that I'd hoped, so I think I'm done listening to them.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUZZ IS ALL ABOUT ! January 2, 2008
16 out of 124 found this review helpful
Radiohead was an amazing band from Pablo Honey to OK Computer. Then came the new millenium. Kid A... sucked, Hail To The Theif... sucked, pretty much everything they've done since KID A is lame ! They betrayed the first fans, I've been a huge fan of theirs since Pablo Honey in '93. Back then it was my favorite band because their second album just improved, their third surprisingly improved The Bends which I thought back then was waaay too difficult to follow. By OK Computer I idolized these guys, I knew their fourth album would be even better !! Guess what, KID A made me cry because they showed too much decline from their original post grunge, which would by THE BENDS become alt. rock, sound. I said "man, the fans will hate Radiohead after the stunt they did". In my opinion their new millenium sound is TERRIBLE AND DISGUSTING. I hate techno or electronic music, whatever you want to call it, it's the same bs that we hear at lame clubs and other mediocre non-rock artists. When I bought KID A I literally cried tears. Then threw the record away, 18 bucks I never ever saw again. Now, I've decided to give it a try once again. But they still suck after 8 years without me listening to them. So goodbye Radiohead forever. I'll stick to their early stuff and kiss 'em goodbye. You've lost a big big fan.
The most 'traditional' album since "OK Computer" January 1, 2008
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
Radiohead famously self-released its 7th studio album in October, 2007 via a name-the-price-yourself digital download, and now almost 3 months later comes the actual physical CD release. The way Radiohead went about this (one of the biggest bands in the world forgoing the major label structure completely) made as much news, if not more so, than the music itself. So hoes does the music actually stack up?
"In Rainbows" (10 tracks, 43 min.) starts off with "15 Step", which for about a minute makes you think you're listening to more of Thom Yorke's brillian solo album "The Eraser", but then electric guitar crashes in, reminding you this is the full band. A bone-crushing "Bodysnatchers" follows, then giving way to "Nude", which is reminiscent of "How to Disappear Completely" from Kid A. "All I Need" caps off a very strong first half of the album. On the second half, the band turns more introvertly, quieter, check out "Faust Arp" with a beautiful acoustic guitar intro. "Reckoner" again reminds me of "The Eraser" sound. The album ends in a great 1-2 punch, the uptempo "Jigsaw Falling Into place" and the piano-driven ballad "Videotape".
In all, "In Rainbows" is a return to the more traditional (if there is such a thing) Radiohead. Indeed, since the release of "OK Computer", the band has taken a number of sideroads: the brilliant experimental "Kid A" and its baffling and underwhelming companion album "Amnesiac", followed by the unfocused and sprawling "Hail to the Thief" have finally lead to "In Rainbows". I saw Radiohead headline Bonnaroo in June 2006, where they played several of the "In Rainbows" tracks. This album is further proof (to the extent that was still necessary) that Radiohead is one of the most important rock bands out there these days.
(As an aside: the CD packaging comes with a do it yourself kit, including stickers, to make this into a proper CD jewel box release. Amazon has posted a hilarious short video on here that shows you how to properly assemble the CD box.)
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