Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
Ok, I'm probably one of the least qualified contributers to this site to give a proper review of music on this site given that my background is nil. Well, that's a lie, I enjoy karaoking every so often and singing during mass, I was in choir for a short stint during grade school. And I've been listening to music all my life for pleasure purposes, but I digress. The fact of the matter is, I can't give great details about transitions and such within the song and overall composition and other technical jargon, but I can say whether I liked it or not. So here I go:
Clocking in at about 43 minutes, I'll say this if the best 5 pence I've spent on music (link on entry title). Actually, the overall cost was 50p, with 45p going to transaction fees. You decide yourself how much you want to to pay. But me being the broke student, I only gave 5p, making the total cost to be about US$1.01 at the current exchange rate. Anyway, overall I like this album. The first time I listened through it, I was a little iffy about it, but the second time around, I began to like it more. And the more I listened to it, the more I appreciated the album as a whole.
I've always preferred the Bends and OK Computer over Pablo Honey, Kid A, and Hail to the Thief; and this album reminded me of the ones I liked. I totally loved singing along with "Karma Police" (Jon can back me up on that) and I can totally see myself doing that with the song "Nude". It's just really soothing to me. And "Faust Arp" has a good lyrical beat and also is mellow even though it is the shortest track at just over 2 minutes long. "House of Cards" also just seems to speak to me right now, I dunno why.
I highly recommend this album. But then again I'm biased since I'm a big Radiohead fan. However, going at a price that you set, you can't go wrong. I read somewhere that the average is about 5pounds-sterling for purchase (US$10), which I really wanted to do, but I'm poor. There's also a 40Pound option that includes the download along with a CD and vinyl copy of In Rainbows.
Clocking in at about 43 minutes, I'll say this if the best 5 pence I've spent on music (link on entry title). Actually, the overall cost was 50p, with 45p going to transaction fees. You decide yourself how much you want to to pay. But me being the broke student, I only gave 5p, making the total cost to be about US$1.01 at the current exchange rate. Anyway, overall I like this album. The first time I listened through it, I was a little iffy about it, but the second time around, I began to like it more. And the more I listened to it, the more I appreciated the album as a whole.
I've always preferred the Bends and OK Computer over Pablo Honey, Kid A, and Hail to the Thief; and this album reminded me of the ones I liked. I totally loved singing along with "Karma Police" (Jon can back me up on that) and I can totally see myself doing that with the song "Nude". It's just really soothing to me. And "Faust Arp" has a good lyrical beat and also is mellow even though it is the shortest track at just over 2 minutes long. "House of Cards" also just seems to speak to me right now, I dunno why.
I highly recommend this album. But then again I'm biased since I'm a big Radiohead fan. However, going at a price that you set, you can't go wrong. I read somewhere that the average is about 5pounds-sterling for purchase (US$10), which I really wanted to do, but I'm poor. There's also a 40Pound option that includes the download along with a CD and vinyl copy of In Rainbows.
Labels: Amateur music review, Fanboyism, Radiohead
posted by ian @ 12:59 AM
2 Comments:
At 1:19 PM,
Jon said…
I was SO just about to mention Karma Police to boost your self-opinion of your cred. But you beat me to it.
At 8:19 AM,
Jon said…
Also, having actually heard this now, IT'S GREAT!!!!!!
Less and less often as we age do we connect with music very closely. Radiohead really know how to push the right buttons though. Also, just looking at the tracklist for HTTT after listening to this album, the new one really makes the previous one seem bloated, overworked, saggy, lots of words like that.
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