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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:  271 reviews
Sales Rank: 157
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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 Radiohead shines... January 1, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Radiohead- In Rainbows
In Rainbows is the best album of 2007 and 2008. In 07, it ruled as an innovative download (in both marketing and sound) and in 08 it will be the top conventional release (I'm confident it won't be topped in the next 364 days). Radiohead delivers their best material since OK Computer while barely breaking a sweat. Don't be fooled: In Rainbows is not the minimalist record one might hear when taking it on its initial spin. There is nothing simple or plain about In Rainbows. The bass carries most of the tunes while guitars, synths and Thom Yorke's mesmerizing voice blend into an intoxicating brew.
The complexity of this disc reveals itself during repeated listens. Rarely has a record rewarded a listener with more gifts of nuance and brilliance. The tenth listen trumps the first; the hundredth bests the tenth and so on. Yorke and company spin their web and once you're caught they won't let you go. I have heard it said that this is a boring, mid-tempo record. This is not true! Imagine the beauty of Sigur Ros mixed with the minimalist art-rock of Can launched into an unknown future of what constitutes a song.
That, my friend, is what In Rainbows sounds like. And feels like. And looks like. Like layer upon layer of well, a rainbow.
The first three songs best exemplify what it is Radiohead is trying to achieve. The opening track, "15Step", bounces along to synth riff while a desperate Thom pulls you into the void. "Bodysnatchers" is a stone cold rocker set in a place where guitars sound like chrome. Next up is "Nude": beautiful, haunting and seamless... And that's just the beginning! There is not a weak track in the bunch. You could ask ten listeners to name their favorite song on the disc and get ten answers. By the time the ninth tune, "Jigsaw falling into place" lifts you up and carries you away in a swirl of guitars, one thing becomes obvious: In Rainbows is a masterpiece. Run, don't walk to your nearest store or computer and buy or download this CD. The future is closer than you think...
 Radiohead have run their course.... January 2, 2008
5 out of 30 found this review helpful
I guess its safe to say Radiohead have finally run out of that eclectic weirdness everyone loves....As always, I give kudos to the band for their recording techiques...but...this new release is nothing more than them ripping off newer Queens of the Stone Age, Dredg, and U2. Shame on Radiohead for copping to the "hip" low-fi sound thats 'in' these days... Why doesn't it work for them? The singing...that whiney voice ONLY works when the music is ultra-experiemental... here its nails on a chalkboard.
"Rainbow" is a worthy description January 2, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Perhaps this album is not the monumental statement that was OK Computer, but it is a collection of songs that definitely rewards repeated listens. The songs seem simply constructed, but there is a complexity that unravels over time.
The sound effects and lush soundscapes are still there, but they are not the focus. Instead they provide the background for a band that seems more willing to get a little personal with the listener. "You're All I Need" features Thom admiring a woman, even though from a distance. "House Of Cards" is about an affair with a married woman. Quite a switch from the paranoid voice we are used to. You can hear a little of the anger we know Thom can generate in track 2, "Bodysnatchers", which also features a pulsing beat with grinding guitar chords. There are a lot of hard rock bands that are glad Radiohead doesnt do more songs like this, because this is a song that really exposes how weak many rock bands are.
Some have commented that the track, "Reckoner", is a bit on the dull side, but I happen to really admire this one. It has a lamenting melody that really seems to stick in my head. I havent really had a chance to really take apart the lyrics to this song yet, so Im not really sure what I am supposed to take from it. It sounds like in the chorus (if you can call it a chorus) he is singing "Dedicated to all human beings, because we seperate, like ripples on a blank shore." So perhaps this is a lament on our chosen loneliness. Im not postive, but I love the song.
The final track "Videotape" is well known by fans and sounds like it could have been on Thom's solo effort. It has quirky percussion effects over a piano and is a haunting close to a fine album. The lyrics seem to question what exactly our lives are going to be remembered for. Classic weird, but ingenious, Radiohead.
I'm hoping other music acts follow suit January 3, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
There's no excuse to NOT get "In Rainbows", especially considering that the album is being sold for an astonishing $7.99 at the time of this writing and it's quite possibly one of the band's best albums, if not THE best. The album is a fantastic mix of ten songs packaged in a make-it-yourself cd kit (you're gonna need an empty jewel case to put it together and I'm pretty sure some of you have a cd or two that's worth stripping and tossing for it's jewel case) and that's part of the fun of this album, which from the beginning has been an odd event in musical history. Starting out as a download where fans could pay whatever they wanted to get their hands on it, the album finally arrives in it's "physical manifestation". I think what's so good about "In Rainbows" is that it manages to still be experimental yet more accessible than any of their albums since "Pablo Honey". Songs like "15 Step" and "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" grab you immediately in their immediacy while "House of Cards" (my fave track) and "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" allows you to just sit back and really pay attention to the intricacies of the track compositions.
There's really not much more to say than that. I could go into an in depth breakdown of each track but in all honesty, this is an album that should be picked up by anyone who likes great music and doesn't want to pay an arm and a leg for it. I recommend this without reservation to anyone and everyone, even those who only kind of like Radiohead. I promise you won't be disappointed.
 Radiohead slap their own faces. January 3, 2008
5 out of 36 found this review helpful
I paid at least $6 for their own digital download. And they only gave me 160kps CBR MP3.
Now they sell it else where for low price. I am like, why should I have paid to support them in the first place and now I felt like I am trashed, as their fans.
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