The Syndicate

Everyone likes Radiohead at least a little, right? What do we all think of their new album?

It has started to rekindle my interest in finding new music. This thing's good.

A music video:

Still not as disturbing as "Paranoid Android."

Identikit is the early standout to me, but I expect every song to have its turn.

It sounds nice after one listen. I think "True Love Waits" will be a favorite when I'm more familiar with it.

Awesome album, I love it!

I can't figure out what's going on with Ful Stop but it's awesome.

Clamps likes it too.

Predicting it will be meh for posterity.

More updates later.

Meh.

It lost my attention completely after "Ful Stop".

lol what's the point of projecting "meh" or any other reception before you even try

To be fair I thought it was a nice album, but I'm not crapping my pants as many people seem to be. To each their own.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:lol what's the point of projecting "meh" or any other reception before you even try

That's Rico for you. :P

Now that it's been multiple listens, I still really like the album, but I've been a pretty big fan of just about every album they've ever done (except Pablo Honey, which I pretend doesn't exist).

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:lol what's the point of projecting "meh" or any other reception before you even try

I start when I listen to something from the premise that it's not very good and then hopefully that improves from there upwards.

I have been the biggest fan of Radiohead since i was 18. 15 years being uber fan and introducing them to every friend or boyfriend i had (many are fans now). They were with me the end of my teenage years and all my youth (damn, i feel so old ), and i was first in line when they came here in 2009 and gave an awesome concert. I still cant get over how amazing the bends, ok computer, kid a, httt and in rainbows are, masterpieces without a doubt. Know all of their b sides by heart.
But still cant help to feel that they last really good album was In Rainbows. I could never get into the king of limbs, and i listen to this last one and it didnt make a big impression. They are talented and a great band no doubt, but they new albums are not doing it for me anymore.

I thought The King of Limbs was fantastic, but I realize I'm a minority there.

MovingPictures07 wrote:I thought The King of Limbs was fantastic, but I realize I'm a minority there.

Some of my friends love it too! My ex use to torture me with it when we lived together, it was playing in loop 24/7, and he played supercollider and separator in the guitar all the time, damn, we even recorded the songs with his guitar and us singing , and i still couldnt get into it.

I like OK Computer and that's all.

TKOL is growing on me greatly. Lotus Flower made it into my permashufflist.

OK Computer is still god and Kid A is still shit.

Sophie wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I thought The King of Limbs was fantastic, but I realize I'm a minority there.

Some of my friends love it too! My ex use to torture me with it when we lived together, it was playing in loop 24/7, and he played supercollider and separator in the guitar all the time, damn, we even recorded the songs with his guitar and us singing , and i still couldnt get into it.

It's far from my favorite, but really solid stuff. I can understand why someone wouldn't like it though.

Ricochet wrote:TKOL is growing on me greatly. Lotus Flower made it into my permashufflist.

OK Computer is still god and Kid A is still shit.

Get out of here.

On my 5th or so listen of AMSP now, I just fucking love this album. It's at least a 4 star out of 5 affair, probably 4.5.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Ricochet wrote:TKOL is growing on me greatly. Lotus Flower made it into my permashufflist.

OK Computer is still god and Kid A is still shit.

Get out of here.

No U

So I forced myself to enter AMSP into my Radiohead rainbow list rankings, and apparently I think it's my 3rd favorite Radiohead album.

Here's a ranking of the tracks currently, though none of them are sub-par even by Radiohead standards, which are quite lofty. I very much enjoy this entire album.

1. "True Love Waits"
2. "Decks Dark"
3. "Daydreaming"
4. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Thief"
5. "Burn the Witch"
6. "Ful Stop"
7. "Present Tense"
8. "Identikit"
9. "The Numbers"
10. "Glass Eyes"
11. "Desert Island Disk"

Ranking very much subject to change.

Second listen. Burn the Witch is still going individually strong on repeat on my phone - apparently I was "daydreaming" when I watched the single video and didn't think much about it, but right now the chorus hooks me alright. Daydreaming simply doesn't do it for me. As far as chronic sad songs go, I think it can go a lot better than this and I sort of don't buy it as much that Yorke should keep serenading me with them, almost two decades after these things actually sounded good; plus the droney bit (which prompts some to throwback at Kid A, I guess) sounds like boar snoring, frankly. Near "albumstopper" for me remains Ful Stop, to mirror Robot Mafia's (wait who) words, I've no idea what's going on, but I dig the build up and during the mid-piece climax, when some of the bass harmony subtly changes, I get actual goosebumps. Contrary to it not getting much love or even mentions, as far as I can tell so far, Desert Island Disk piques my interest, it has a blend of almost prog rock that then switches to a bit of jazzy chorus. I remember liking Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy..., but that's about it. There are a few tracks I actively don't like, either because they sound too heard-before easy mode (Decks Dark) or unpleasant effects (the reverb Yorke-on-Yorke voice mashup on Identikit). It just doesn't hold up in its entirety. I agree it's more open and musical than how much of a "distancing effect", artificial feel TKOL had, and it often tempts to idea of retro styles, retro moods, retro Radiohead.

I haven't listened nearly enough times yet but Identikit is definitely a standout track for me so far. I also like Tinker Tailor, it has a very Kid A sound imo especially at the beginning, and I love the string-orchestral bit.

Man I really enjoy The Numbers and Present Tense as well. It's pretty hard to pick a favorite, those are all really quite a good run. I'm really quite happy with this album.

I really use the word "really" really a bit too much really.

Votes nutella.

nutella wrote:Man I really enjoy The Numbers and Present Tense as well. It's pretty hard to pick a favorite, those are all really quite a good run. I'm really quite happy with this album.

I know, right? It's seriously amazing.

I went on vacation and came back and I'm enjoying this even more than I did before. Dammit. Present Tense is the new hot shit. There is not a single weak track here.

My general Radiohead enthusiasm has been reawakened as well. Remember how good Reckoner is?

Reckoner is one of my all time favs

Bumpity since this came up in the lastfm thread

nutella wrote:I haven't listened nearly enough times yet but Identikit is definitely a standout track for me so far. I also like Tinker Tailor, it has a very Kid A sound imo especially at the beginning, and I love the string-orchestral bit.

These are still def my two favorites