Holy shit Disk 2 is so much better than this shit album
/bog/ - bad opinions general
I think it's really underrated or possibly just overlooked. All the tracks are great.
Holy shit do people actually believe this?
>>64767113
Haha no fucking way idiot
>>64767113
Disk 2 is awesome. I always factor it in when assessing In Rainbows as a whole.
>>64767178
It'll definitely bump it up a few points for me. Disk 1 is so disappointing compared to this gem. Best song from disk 2?
Not better than the album in general, but a couple songs like Last Flowers and 4 Minute Warning are literally their best b-sides and I'd take those two over the OK Computer these days/.
in 20 years In Rainbows will be remembered as their magnum opus.
>>64767113
Is this a bad opinions thread? I'm waiting for someone to call Hail to the Thief good to confirm that it is
>>64767518
tkol is good
>>64767499
Absolutely not. Radiohead don't have a magnum opus, because they haven't remained the same.
>>64767499
If you ask anyone who became a fan within the last decade I think most will tell you In Rainbows is their favorite. Its probably their most accessible and well rounded effort.
I was just listening to the second disc this morning over coffee and eggs, actually. Hadn't played it in full for maybe five years to be honest. I really love a few of those tracks. Go Slowly maybe the most, musically its really just a simple vocal over a droning synth but it conjures something man.
>>64767518
HTTT is their best album, not even memeing. It's the album that got me into Radiohead.
>>64767215
Four Minute Warning, Last Flowers
>>64767587
Jesus have you listened to their entire discog? There's no way anyone should believe this
Last Flowers and Go Slowly are great songs but the rest of it is shite.
>>64767113
Is that the actual cover? I'd been using pic related.
>>64767650
Yes, and I still stand to my point. HTTT had a strong opener, consistent quality, and a good mix of rock and electronic, unlike the rest of their albums. In Rainbows was plain boring after Nude and OK Computer/Kid A were depressing/unappealing
>>64767113
>disk
Fuck thom
>>64767718
>In Rainbows was plain boring after Nude
>>64767113
dumMY
>tfw tracks 7-9 on ok computer are worthless
Eh, they will never release another Hail To The Thief anyway, why even bother
>>64767718
Nude is actually one of my least faves off IR after all the listens I've given it. My favorite tracks went House of Cards, then Nude, then Reckoner, until now it's Weird Fishes. Don't really get how it's boring after Nude at all m8. All I Need is so fucking powerful. So much sound going on.
I love Hail to the Thief too, think a ton of the songs on it get overlooked, but how can you say it's the only album with a good mix of rock and electronic? That's the strongest aspect of OK Computer imo.
>>64767717
what the fuck do you... it says disk 2 on it why the fuck are you a tripfag how fucking long have you been here
>>64768603
They literally released HTTT Pt. 2 a few days ago.
>>64768756
I think he's trying to confirm that it's the "official" artwork. It's not like some dork couldn't edit together a cover and write "disk 2" on it themselves.
Or do you just believe everything on the internet friend? :^)
>>64768891
sorry i just hate tripfags
Eh, I don't even know any more
AMSP feels like it's reached that point when the entire album can be described as just "a monolith of Thom Yorke moaning random shit to random guitar/piano/string phrases repeated over and over with some synths and freaky voice samples here and there for good measure"
It's getting kind of boring
>>64768967
>tfw you realize you just defended a tripfag
oops
>>64767113
retarded opinion but disk 2 is pre good, some select songs there that are arguably better than those on AMSP, a great album in its own right
>>64768981
At this point I feel like the most refreshing thing Radiohead could do is go back to their roots and start playing some heavier guitar music like The Bends era.
>>64768686
IR never caught on with me. It sounds detached from Radiohead and relatively uninteresting. Disk 2 changed that for me, though, so I should give it another spin.
OK Computer, while not bad after having grown on it, still has some bland songs. With awesome stuff like Subterranean Homesick Alien and Paranoid Android, they have Lucky and The Tourist. Opener and closer are weak, imo, and the album altogether sounds weaker because of the decline in quality. If they cut the tracklist by like four songs, I would say that they had an A+ album in their hands.
Hail to the Thief doesn't struggle with this problem as much, although I don't like We Suck Young Blood (and to a much lesser extent, Scatterbrain), but altogether the songs are consistently good. Maybe not "holy shit Paranoid Android again" good, but like 8/10 throughout, and that's what makes the album nicer. Not to mention, their strongest opener and strongest closer on HTTT.
>>64769024
>re-hash their old sound
>refreshing
Plz stop
>>64769044
>doesn't like Lucky
>doesn't like fucking AIRBAG
Don't ever post here again
>>64769063
Airbag is nice, it's just not a good opening song. PA would've been a much better choice
>>64769024
Depends on what you mean by going back to their roots, we definitely don't need another Pablo Honey
Maybe I'm just disillusioned because of how same-y AMSP and In Rainbows sound, minus the more creative parts of In Rainbows
>>64769125
>Depends on what you mean by going back to their roots, we definitely don't need another Pablo Honey
Yeah that's why I singled out The Bends. I just mean their roots as in returning to being a more straightforward guitar band.
>>64769125
>In Rainbows
>samey
buddy, come on. 15 Step sounds nothing like the track that comes after, which sounds nothing like the track that comes after that
My In rainbows special edition signed by Thom Yorke, Ed and Colin ;)
>>64769167
yeah, that's actually part of my point - In Rainbows had a spark to it, but AMSP just feels like a rehash of the spirit of In Rainbows, minus the variety. It just feels like Nude had a baby with Reckoner and that baby became an entire album.
>>64767718
>consistent quality
Top kek. It has the worst consistency out of all nine. Even Pablo Honey was consistently mediocre.
>>64769239
>It just feels like Nude had a baby with Reckoner and that baby became an entire album.
you say that like it doesn't sound fucking awesome. Also, it's not accurate. AMSP has more elements of OK Computer than In Rainbows.
>>64769260
>AMSP has more elements of OK Computer than In Rainbows.
Not him but I'm gonna have to ask you to back that up.
IMO AMSP has elements of pretty much everything the band did between Kid A and In Rainbows with only a few songs really sounding fresh. But I certainly hear nothing that sounds like OK Computer.
>>64769297
>Not him but I'm gonna have to ask you to back that up.
The production, mainly. OK Computer was about creating soundscapes full of digital babble and background bloops. You hear it all over AMSP too.
>>64768686
House of Cards is the worst song on the album
>>64768686
Jigsaw is best tune after HOC
>>64769370
this
>>64768686
>My favorite tracks went House of Cards
what the fuck
>>64769094
>Airbag not a good opening
>PA instead
Now you are baitting us. You can enjoy whatever you want, but that's ridiculous to say swapping them would have been a better idea.
>>64767718
The only issue I have with hail to the thief is that doesn't seem to have a particular track order save the first and last tracks. Otherwise, the songs are great.
>>64770003
You don't think the album could've been improved by removing either Backdrifts or The Gloaming (not both)?
>>64770035
The Gloaming is definitely my least favourite on there, but maybe if the album had a proper order it could've fit somewhere I feel.
And backdrifts is good, man.
>>64767558
>ok computer
>kid a
But it's ok I know this is bait
Most of mu pretty much agrees that climbing up the walls is one of the best. I guess you're right about 7&8 though
>>64770035
Not him but I think The Gloaming is underrated as hell. The minimalist electronics match the uneasy lyrics beautifully. It's strange, perhaps even a bit disorienting, and it simply doesn't get its due. At a minimum I'd put it over a number of songs on the album like I Will, Punchup, Go To Sleep, and maybe even We Suck Young Blood (another song I find to be underappreciated).
>>64770035
>>64770096
Honestly I quite like both tracks, but I feel both of them offered the same kind of beat, hence if any of the tracks had to go, it would have been one of them for me.
Interesting to note though that a few years ago, Scatterbrain was deemed on /mu/ to be easily the worst track and that (incorrect) position hasn't been maintained long-term. I think that speaks volumes about the life of their albums.
>>64770120
Really, now? A great deal of HTTT's magic for me comes from its distinctly autumnal atmosphere, and few songs on the album nail that quiet, chilly autumn day feeling like Scatterbrain does IMO. Well, maybe not lyrically but certainly musically.
>>64770161
In the stickied thread for AMSP on here, there was a post asking everyone their favourite track off each album which had a ton of replies, and I'm sure Scatterbrain was by far the most picked for HttT, if not very very popular.
>>64770204
Ah. I post on a laptop that would probably shit itself on such a massive thread so I missed it. That said, I'd pick There There for HTTT personally.
>>64769176
(You)
>>64768686
>Favourite track House of Cards
Based anon, great driving song
>>64767717
I use this one. I think it's the "real" one because the background is part of the Discbox artwork.
HTTF disc 2 is better
>>64769370
>>64769842
>it's bad because it's popular!
>>64767499
It's my second favourite after Kid A but apparently that makes me a plebian.
>>64770035
Backdrifting grew a lot on me, but Gloaming was anyways awesome - spooky, minimalistic, and the A-minor/G-minor transition? Simply beautiful
>>64775288
Couldn't agree more.
>>64767667
>Not Down is the New Up
I'm disappointed in you
>>64767717
You know, funnily enough, that's actually NOT a real cover.
It was a fan creation based on an early promotional shot. The image in the background doesn't match Stanley's artwork and the font isn't even correct.
It's amazing that this fake cover is still being used 10 years later.
This is the real cover, by the way.
>>64768756
>>64768891
He's right in asking though. He's using a fake cover.
>>64767215
>bangers and mash, down is the new up
these easily top most of disc 1 tracks.
Rest is shit desu
>>64768093
lel
Why isn't album 2 on spotify or Tidal, /mu/? Same seems to be true of all their b-side collections except I Might Be Wrong.
>>64778926
Because the second disks were part of the special edition reissues only? I think only the standard editions are available digitally at all.
Just make a playlist from the singles if they have them?
>>64778926
The old "deluxe" editions were from EMI.
Radiohead bought back their catalog and removed the special edition material.
Basically, Radiohead was very upset that EMI released them in the first place.
>>64778771
My nigg
>>64770035
I don't like the Gloaming either but it's one of their best live songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOtgISwprUY
>>64778990
>Radiohead bought back their catalog and removed the special edition material.
>Basically, Radiohead was very upset that EMI released them in the first place.
Radiohead in charge of caring about what their fans want
>>64777810
A-anon it's only been nine years
>>64767499
>>64767581
I love all their stuff differently, but I really think In Rainbows is their most mature album. It's never cheesy and always engaging. Kid A/Amnesiac is a great couple of albums but they're almost comically dark. KoL is out of touch with its audience. HttT is so scattered and directionless (or at least the directions it finds are so well-trodden that it really gets bogged down in self-indulgence). AMSP is again just so downbeat and trying a little too hard to feel sad and ethereal.
IR really is the most consistent and resilient thing they've ever put out.
>>64780115
I agree with that but I think it's the album's relative lack of idiosyncratic tendencies that helps and hurts it. Nothing wrong with making a tight, mature album like IR but I still find myself preferring the 4 albums prior to it due to their nervous themes and, as you put it, "almost comically dark" tendencies. Compared to those albums, IR feels a bit tame despite certainly having its strengths. Hell, I even like AMSP more than IR for similar reasons - I guess I just have a taste for the melodramatic or something.
>>64780343
I do too. Like I said, I love Kid A. I think it's a perfect album. But I'm also a sad dude. I think when I'm 30 and 40 and 50 I'll still be listening to In Rainbows a hell of a lot more than AMSP or something.
It might be a bit tame, but it's also restrained. And I think it's good that they put out an album that doesn't have lines like "I will see you in the next life".
>>64767153
>or possibly just overlooked
Didinnt now this existed so Im dona listen to i tnoaw
>>64769370
Yes
>>64769820
Also yes, except for the house of cards part
4 minute warning should be on the In Rainbows tracklist. Much more in par with the mood of the album unlike...15 step which is all over the place and doesn't belong there.
>>64767629
oh shit my boi
when that tambourine starts
>>64780473
>I think it's good that they put out an album that doesn't have lines like "I will see you in the next life"
Eh?
>When I'm at the pearly gates
>This will be on my videotape
...that's pretty close, yo.
>>64780764
why are these some of my favourite Radiohead lyrics when I don't believe in "the next life" or "the pearly gates" ???
Last Flowers is the best song on Disc 2. It's just too much, too bright, too powerful.
>>64780828
>tfw all went to Heaven in a little rowboat
What about are your guys opinions on these tracks:
>Go Slowly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Sz_STo4-s
>Down is the New Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kawTKVK3p68
>4 Minute Warning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExYP5hWVSyg
>>64780828
What about
"Your are my centre when I spin away"
You are my center when I spin away
Out of control on videotape, on videotape
>>64780984
this too man not
>>64781006
>Go Slowly
7/10 a decent song but it's not standalone material. Works well in the album
>Down is the New Up
9/10 this shit is fantastic. Really no reason why they didn't include it on disk 1 - this is stronger than a lot of the songs on side 1
>4 Minute Warning
7/10 Alright again, but it works together rather than by itself.
All good songs tho
>>64781156
*not sure how I forgot to mention Pyramid Song
>>64781006
3 of my favourite tracks on In Rainbows
>>64781226
My Nigga
>>64781168
4 Minutes gets better the more you listen to it.
Has a lot of depth that comes out with time.
The tambourine kicking in after the intro makes my hair stand up on end.
If you haven't listened to much I would recommend giving it a few more tries.
Agree with you on Down is the new up.
Has so much power and energy like Reckoner did.
>>64780764
nah good point. I think that song's central metaphor is a little stronger than MPS's but you're absolutely right.
>>64781246
these are pretty much my 3 favourite tracks off In Rainbows, real nice picks.
Also, Videotape and Faust Arp
That performance of Down is the New Up ... topsy turvy town shake your pockets out
>>64781375
Most people don't listen to it and just assume it's shit
>>64781375
PH is actually their only good album.
>>64781500
>>64781510
Radiohead changed alot between now and PH.
I think people like me just like the newer electro dubby music that the grungy rocky Radiohead.
I would rate House of Cards over something like Just.
That's just me
>>64781375
>>64781510
1/10 bait
>>64781329
I only heard side 2 yesterday, so I'm sure it's bound to get much better
>>64781725
I'm guessing you like Dark Decks too?
>>64767113
so there's a disk 2? wew
>>64781843
Still haven't listened to the new release in full. What about it? Is it any good?
>>64781561
pablo honey is more akin to shoegaze than grunge.
>>64781600
This doesn't answer my question.
>>64781929
Sure the question is do you prefer Shoegaze or Electro
>>64781375
>>64781510
Bodysnatchers is an early Radiohead-esque track and it's produced 10 times better than any tracks from those records.
Fuck off being contrarian.
>>64782244
>contrarian
>>64782088
rip
