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I like that Fallon performance, but when did Thom Yorke decide he wanted to be a Seattlite circa 1994??? |
As a quarantine project I ranked every LP track, all 100 of them, and tweeted it out over the past week. Here is a link to my descriptions of everything, and here's the rank:
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I'm one of those very strange people who think that the last one, A Moon Shaped Pool, is the best one.
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I "vindicate" A Moon Shaped Pool too, it has an unique atmosphere, and also The King of the Limbs, despite the production doesn't help. |
AMSP has come out a lot better than I'd thought it would, but I don't find any of the songs particularly great and it often just seems too much like ambient noodling
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Hail to the Thief is a fave for me. In Rainbows plays like a dream but lacks some of the highs of Thief.
This is my current take |
Still a sucker for Kid A as my fave. I would put Hail to the Thief as my second.
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Lurgee on number 97? That's heresy! |
OK computer but very closely followed by The Bends for me.
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Probably Kid A. All their LP's after this sound the same and are indistinguishable from each other. Not that they are bad, just formulaic.
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Radiohead formulaic? I think you are the first person I have ever heard say that.
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The Bends is one of my favourite albums of all time, so that's tops for Radiohead. After that? Hail to the Thief. I still have a soft spot for Pablo Honey but really don't care after that.
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You could take a song from any LP after Kid A and put it on any other LP and there woukd be no aesthetic difference. They took no risk after Kid A. |
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Bends has kinda aged poorly for me. First several tracks are great, last track is great, in-between is a lot of meh. |
Pablo Honey: dated in more than one way, but has occasional flashes of brilliance (and "Anyone Can Play Guitar" was pretty much my mindset for a while)
The Bends: More flashes of brilliance than its predecessor, but still dated OK Computer: a masterpiece Kid A: another masterpiece Amnesiac: could've been a double album with Kid A but still has some great songs Hail to the Thief: not consistent enough to be called a masterpiece, but still a very strong album and my personal favorite The King of Limbs: never got into this one much beyond "Lotus Flower" A Moon Shaped Pool: a good listen, but suggests the band's "rock" days are behind them, which YMMV on whether that's good or bad |
I probably haven't heard anything new from them in almost 20 years. And that's how i like it.
Why bother having opinions on boring complainer music? |
Pablo Honey: better than you remember for some of the songs, just as shit as you remember for the others
The Bends: a huge leap forward, stunning and stupidly overlooked OK Computer: the greatest album since...IDK? Daydream Nation, maybe? Kid A: another piece of near perfection with some absolutely stunning moments. Amnesiac: at its best, as good as the previous one, but nowhere near consistent enough Hail to the Thief: needs to be trimmed back, but I will defend it to the death In Rainbows: the most overrated of these albums, but a lot of fun alternative rock songs that strip things back to 'basics' The King of Limbs: too messy and weirdly sequenced, but 'Morning Mr Magpie' and 'Lotus Flower' go off A Moon Shaped Pool: not as direct as I want my music to be, but has its moments |
I dunno, I feel like people love the bends. To me it’s decent at times — couple great tracks — and painfully average other times. Oh well.
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