Still Listening to Hail to the Thief?

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Just wondering...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

not a chance.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

i listened to it for the first time in about six months yesterday and mostly enjoyed it. that'll do me for another half year or so tho.

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

im beginning to think theres just not something there worth listening to. Lyrics are crap, obvious shit. Music is kind of shit, too. And, mind you, I am not one of them great Radiohead-haters. I've found both Amnesiac and Kid A really enjoyable.

― Rush Rhees (Rush Rhees), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't really like it when it came out : it seemed like too much hard work, and I kept waiting for it to grow on me, then it never did.
But its crept up on me through iTunes over the last year and now I love it. Its got the songs....

― David Nolan (David N.), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I loved this record when it came out, but as I said on another thread today, increasingly came to find it lifeless. I never listen to it anymore. I try sometimes but get bored very quickly.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I meant to listen to it the other day, but I couldn't be bothered to actually dig it out. My friends were discussing it. They still listen to it, apparently. I think it's good, but who has time to listen to albums anymore, etc etc

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

There must be some real soul-searching, zeitgeisty thing going on about this record. I posted the same question at Junkmedia about a week ago. It actually compelled me to listen to the record a fair amount recently. "Myxamatosis" and "Where I end and You Begin" are really strong, I have realized...

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it's got the songs, the music, the lyrics, and everything else. Grew on me like hell, and yes, I am still listening to it. Far more than when it came out.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I've been in a phase with it lately....I'm starting to think it's my favorite Radiohead album...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I still put it #2 on my 2003 wrap, but with the comment, "I wonder if Radiohead made a record so meticulously impressive that it lacks the kind of human breath or space we need in order to connect over time."

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Ditto. I dont think it will ever eclipse OKC for me, but its coming damned close the further into it I get.

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― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

It is solid yes, but I think I wasn't taken with it at first because it didn't really take me anywhere new. Nothing seemed alien about it, I could understand where it was all coming from on a musical level -- whereas Kid A, my favorite record, really challenged me a bit, as I was a latecomer to the whole laptop/electronic/aphex twin/BOC stuff that had been going on... As far as "rock" radiohead stuff goes, it can't be quibbled with, certainly not like "Anyone Can Play Guitar" anyway...

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I've got to second some of the above posts -- this one just never grew on me. There are a few great tracks, but I almost never listen to it.

― JC-L (JC-L), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Last listened to it a few weeks back. Still great.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

i listen to it more than amnesiac, probably; but I listen to live versions more, maybe. it's my wife's favorite radiohead album, she told me two days ago when we listened to it in the car. I definitely like it more now than I did when it came out.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Yup.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

After burning out on it initially and not listening for months, I put it on and was just stunned by how lush it sounded and how much had stuck in my head. I love it more than I did at first.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Haven't listened to it in a few months, but that's not a condemnation—I like the record just fine. It's mostly because I've got new stuff coming in all the time that demands immediate attention; I don't get to savor things I've had for awhile as often as I'd like. I still listen to Amnesiac about once a month, though, if not more.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Of all their albums it's actually the one I'm most likely to listen to at any given moment. "Go To Sleep" and "A Punchup At a Wedding" are currently the tracks I'm most likely to skip to.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Those of you to whom the record apparently have opened itself - what do you see in it now? I am willing to listen to it again if I am given sth to go on as to why exactly I should.

― Rush Rhees (Rush Rhees), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

It's the first album of theirs that, lyrically, doesn't seem as though it's from the point-of-view of a scared child. There is confidence in it that they've up-until-now not really tapped. As though, rather than looking up at a world the lyrical protagonist sees as crushing him vindictively, it's looking out on a world that the protagonist is now a part of.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I went back and heard a lot of hooks that I hadn't even realized were hooks before. I also like how they blend the electronics into pop songwriting, instead of having separating out the more traditional tracks from the experimental ones like they (sometimes, not always) used to do. I suppose I'm thinking of Amnesiac especially, which I love, but come to think of it it was sort of "here's Pyramid Song over here, now we're going to back to the computers over there, but don't worry, we'll come back for Knives Out".

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i have been listening to this quite a bit.

― tricky disco, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I will say this: I love when ILM threads give me ideas for what to listen to next. (This morning, it was Boards of Canada.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Still listen to it occasionally. Still think it's great, especially on headphones.

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 19:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I do, but I'm 17 so I probably don't count.

― Stupid (Stupid), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 19:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd listen to it, but Heroes To Zeros exists right now.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

You probably count more than the rest of us crusty souls, Stupid.

― Evanston Wade (EWW), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I find myself listening to it more and more, despite wondering whether I'd touch it again after the first few weeks' listening.

― the impossible shortest special path! (the impossible shortest specia), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I've Been Listening to HTTT Since It Came Out

― Dude (The Yellow Dart), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

This is easily the Radiohead album I have the least interest in ever revisiting.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 22:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't listened to it in a while, but I'm pulling it out now thanks to this thread. I always liked the album and thought it was good, but just haven't been thinking about it recently, except when I get a hankering for Wolf at the Door. It's just that when I think "Hm, I wanna listen to Radiohead..." then Kid A pops into my head.

― moofman (moofman), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 23:06 (twenty-two years ago)

This is easily the Radiohead album I have the least interest in ever revisiting.

Even more so than Pablo Honey? How bold.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

There's this one song on Pablo Honey that has a real Yo La Tengo Painful-era guitar sound on it that a friend played for me once. I'd really like to find out the name and get a copy of the track.

So there's at least one track on that I'd want to hear again. And that's one more than HTTT.

moofman is OTM about Kid A. That album is easily their finest accomplishment (though I found OK Computer pretty listenable last time I threw it on and there's about three tracks on Amnesiac I dig).

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Like many, I loved it at first, haven't listened to it in a long time.

― Debito (Debito), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 23:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I listened to it last week. I realised I have no desire to ever hear "Go To Sleep", "2+2=5" or "Scatterbrain" again, and never liked "Myxomatosis". Really, "Where I End" is the only one I couldn't live without. It's not a bad album, it's just that the rest of the songs, which are by and large good, never got under my skin the way the best songs off Amnesiac and even Kid A (which I find unlistenable apart from its 4-5 best songs) did.

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 02:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd like to give a nod to BlastsOfStatic, who felt Kid A sounded so fresh and new when it came out, but who attempts to attribute this impression to being a "latecomer" of sorts. I didn't consider myself a latecomer at the time Kid A came out and I still was blown away by the fact that it just didn't sound like anything I'd heard before.

I think I have a grudge against HTTT in the sense that I found it quite a disappointment when it came out, and particularly can't seem to forgive the fact that nothing on it even begins to touch "A Punch Up At A Wedding" for me. There's something about the album that just seems a little too quiet and spare. It's the same Radiohead formula we all are now well acquainted with, and from what I read, Thom and Co. are all too aware that it's gonna have to be an entirely different ball of wax next time out.

I've got other more interesting things to listen to these days.

― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I realized that the problem with this thread is that there is no Mel on it to give it balance. (Alternately, there is no Julio either.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, I've been wanting to ask you this for awhile: you're a Libra aren't you?

― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 04:37 (twenty-two years ago)

That is a terrible joke. I should know. (Pisces, actually.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 05:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Well you must have Libra rising then. I'm a Pisces, too.

― bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 05:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard Myxomatosis at a party last weekend, and immediately it stuck out lightyears ahead of the other dreck our hosts were playing. ;-) I expressed my delight. My host said "Yeah, too bad it's the only good track on the album." I thought to myself "Yeah, there's a reason I'm not in a band with you anymore."

― Super-Kate (kate), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I put it on last night and thoroughly enjoyed most of it.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 08:16 (twenty-two years ago)

i played it 3 or 4 times when it came out, then put it away for good. too dour to deserve any more of my attention. i won't be listening to it any time soon.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 08:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I listened to it about four days ago after a fit of GlastoNostalgia.

Still great - 2+2=5, Sit Down Stand Up, Sail To The Moon, Where I End And You Begin, The Gloaming, There There, I Will, Myxamatosis, Wolf At The Door

But I wanted to skip the rest. But I'm still coming down on the side of Classic, definitely.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 08:31 (twenty-two years ago)

You know, I don't think I've ever listened to this record straight through; I just skip to the 8-10 songs I like. And I haven't even done that since last year some time.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 10:57 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a good but frustratingly even album that seems to accomplish less in 15 songs than Kid A and Amnesiac did in 10 or 11. There's no song on it I always skip, but neither are there many songs to match the countless highs on the two previous albums. Also weird: my favorite track ("Where I End") doesn't even strike me as a Radiohead song.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, 14 songs.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I still like the album a lot, but I haven't been listening to Radiohead at all in the past several months. Usually I get really into them when they have something new out, and it tapers off after I reach some kind of saturation point.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

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maybe i should get it on vinyl so it doesnt feel like it's being played in an empty metal box.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree, I think it sounds pretty lush. Kid A has my least favorite production, it just has a muddy quality (whereas Amnesiac is bright and clean and open).

(x-post)

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"There There" is dripping with warmth!

And not just that -- in fact, the whole 'Radiohead record cold songs' or whatever semi-belief that seems to crop up in a lot of criticism bugs the fuck out of me. The last few albums have been EXTREMELY warm and involving.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously, if people think Radiohead should be breaking up after this recording they're certifiable. They haven't lost a step; they've *improved*. The only thing I can think of is that they're tired of hearing RadioheadRadioheadRadiohead-hype 24/7 and they've equated that particular annoying buzz with the work itself.

― Evanston Wade (EWW), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

i dont think of radiohead as being cold. Kid A and OKC are 2 of the warmest albums i've heard, but something about the production on HTTT distances me more than id like to be distanced with most of the songs.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree that breaking up may be a premature move (and clearly isn't going to happen now), but "Hail To The Thief" would have been a great album to go out on - it's a solid record, and it kinda summed up everything their whole career. Similarly, "New Adventures In Hi-Fi" would have been the perfect album for R.E.M. to end on.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't they say something about only wanting to release EPs for awhile instead of proper albums? I would be so down with that.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Agreed, Matthew. But whereas New Adventures sounded like a last gasp, I think Thief is more a plateau. They've shown they can integrate electronica and traditional rock, but the question seems to be whither now? They could certainly make another Thief and still be ahead of the game, while I guess I thought that REM weren't going to be able to make another New Adventures.

Does this make any sense?

Also, that EPs idea sounds fantastic.

― Evanston Wade (EWW), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I've always thought the coldness label was more describing the distancing lyrics than the music, because yeah, they sound warm a lot of the time. But they do have a few songs that sound positively icy too.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with the statement upthread about HTTT showing a hitherto unseen protagonist as participant in its own world vs. a scared child viewing the world. Totally, utterly otm.

"Where I End" used to make me feel like I was going to pass out. Now it just makes me have to blink a bit more often than usual, but it's still my favorite. I love the "I will eat you alive" bit -- total summation of every creepy, possessive love affair/obsession I've ever had.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I like Kid A best out of Radiohead's discography because it's their catchiest record. For real. I don't understand how it has a rep for being the "difficult" one when it has songs with melodies as nice as "Idioteque," "Kid A," "In Limbo," and "How To Disappear Completely." It may be weird on the surface, but it's just as pop as The Bends to my ears.

-- Matthew Perpetua (fluxequalsra...), April 28th, 2004.

Right on... Kid A has so many awesome songs that are just perfect. It's the only Radiohead album that gets stuck in my head. I'd probably say Kid A, Ok Comp, Amnesiac, Hail to the Theif, Bends, Pablo, just because I like the twisted side of RH more than the good brit-rock, and I've never been able to say why, but HTTF has always struck me as leaning more towards The Bends than Kid A or Amnesiac. It has the collection of songs feel like the Bends, whereas with OK, Kid, and Amnesiac there's a definite feel to the entire album.

― moofman (moofman), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Kid A has my least favorite production, it just has a muddy quality (whereas Amnesiac is bright and clean and open).

Weren't they recorded in the same sessions? I haven't heard the difference in production, but maybe my listening is tainted by knowing that ??

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Kid A and Amnesiac were recorded at the same time, but the mixing and mastering could be a bit different.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I always found Amnesiac to be the muddier of the two, but never saw that as a better or worse thing, just a different thing.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

It didn't get half the attention that the Amnesiac pieces did & I think it cost me most/all of the Radiohead fans who used to read the site, but I was proud of my Hail piece: http://www.lastplanetojakarta.com/hail.html

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

My favorite part was "Bruce Leesiac."

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)

i really think amnesiac succeeds where kid a fails,or at least only partly succeeds...it has a beautiful shimmering quality to it,quite a distinctive sound rather than sounding like the pastiche kid a veers towards...
oddly enough,i havent heard hail to the thief properly,and haven't been too bothered about it...

― robin (robin), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

also,if anyone has amnesiac but hasn't really gotten into it,i urge them to read john's last plane to jakarta piece on it,its one of the best pieces of music writing ive read

― robin (robin), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Weird. I think of Kid A as being the "shimmering" album, and Amnesiac as being the dark, shadowy, murky record.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

i listened to amnesiac a lot while walking around venice,which may have something to do with it

― robin (robin), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I've often used the LPTJ piece as propaganda to move people over to the Amnesiac side. While it didn't turn me around on the issue (I was already there), it did reinforce my belief in the record. It almost makes me physically ill when people dismiss Amnesiac as an assortment of Kid A throwaways or b-sides "Kid B" or summat -- I mean...whaaaAAAA?!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)

It's no _OK Computer_, or even _Kid A_, but I would still be
listening to it occasionally if I could FIND the f***er.
Besides, I'm an certified MP3 junkie, constantly listening
to new stuff. New, new, NEW!

Oh, and roxy - prepare to hurl. I am a confirmed Amnesiac
dismisser. Four great songs isn't enough for a Radiohead
album.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

It's about the complete picture!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 23:10 (twenty-two years ago)

_Kid A_ is a cohesive album. _Amnesiac_ is a fantastic collection of songs.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 29 April 2004 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Venga Dan, do I hear right? In Limbo is the best song on Kid A?!!
Bravery to you for saying so! OTM!!!!!!

― bimble (bimble), Friday, 30 April 2004 05:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmmmm.
Yes.
Quite a lot.
40 shows and counting.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 30 April 2004 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Put it on right now because of this thread... It always sounds so odd right after seeing them live...

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Friday, 30 April 2004 05:33 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

OK, how boring revising a Radiohead thread but let me explain.

After reading the thread on ILM about the Cure and poking about on different boards about these re-issues. Was thinking that I was a huge Cure fan but reading the re-issue thread on this board along with others I realize that I’m not even close to being hard-core. Ultimately think that the Cure is the best band of my generation and don’t think any other band in the 80’s come close. They started off with Seventeen Seconds, put out the incredible Head On The Door album and finish in 1989 with arguably the best album of that decade, Disintegration.

In the 90’s I discovered the Stone Roses and left those days behind. Than discovered a little band called the Boo Radleys that became my favorite for the 90’s. No need to get into that because I hope more people will discover the brilliance of that band when their anthology comes out on July 4th 2005, called Find Your Way Out but that is for another day.

Tonight was playing all these mediocre albums and really needed something to knock me out. So with the above in mind and only being 2005 was thinking, OK who is the best band of the last ten years? Spoon and Wilco come to mind but not quite the best. Super Furry Animals might really be the best but was disappointed with the last album Phantom Power. A funny thing is happening though; I’m playing that album a lot these days to see if I’m missing anything. Yes is the answer as it has grown on me in these last few listens.

So I thought what the hell, if PP is what is keeping SFA from being the best than how is Hail To the Thief two years later? Tonight might have been the best listen I have had with this album. It is not a classic like Bends, OK and Kid A are but fuck is Radiohead good. If you look at most of all those other bands of today, it nice to have this band among them. It is trendy to bash Radiohead but tonight was a great night for HTTT.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 21 May 2005 10:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I was listening to this album for the first time in ages yesterday and today. I find the start of the album quite weak, but enjoy the end of it.

"Where I End And You Begin" was the saddest song they played when I saw them live. I never used to think it was in any way miserable or hopeless, but now it is the lowpoint (emotionally) on the album for me. I love it.

― acidmouth (acidmouth), Saturday, 21 May 2005 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

"where i end..." came on my ipod yesterday. it's a nice new order song! i don't see why everyone hates this record.

― cindy williams permafrost (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 21 May 2005 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Does anyone else find the lyrics to "Wolf at the Door" really funny in a very claustrophobic way? I mean, they reference Goodfellas, Stepford wives and Three Little Pigs! And sung in that droning, almost train-of-thought way...

― Roz (Roz), Saturday, 21 May 2005 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I was listening to this album two weeks ago and thinking of how sorry I feel for people who don't like Radiohead. It's really just a shame because I want everyone to feel the euphoric rush of happiness that their music gives me.

― The Staggerinlgy Condescending Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 21 May 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Dan OTM.

― Jordan (Jordan), Saturday, 21 May 2005 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I still listen to it at least once a week!

It's so lovely.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 21 May 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Once or so a month I pull it out. Kid Amneasica and OKC get the majority of my RH time, with a few miscellanious b-sides... namely the Pyramid Song single.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Saturday, 21 May 2005 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

all radiohead is wickedly awesome.
i just downloaded all of their b-sides and there's not a bad one in the bunch!.

― Aerodynamic (Aerodynamic), Saturday, 21 May 2005 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

That's patently not true.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Saturday, 21 May 2005 15:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"pyramid song" is so great! i think it's my favorite radiohead single. in my experience httt is good road trip music.

― tricky (disco stu), Saturday, 21 May 2005 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

still boring crap.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hail To The Thief" I don't listen to as often as OKC, but it is still a great album. Like OKC with more synths.

I hardly ever listen to "Kid A" nor "Amnesiac" anymore though. Terribly overrated albums.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

There There is still a classic, the song that made me like Radiohead again

― whatupdawg, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 00:49 (twenty years ago)

I still think this album is fantastic. I don't listen to it tons. But whenever I do, I really enjoy it.

― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 03:52 (twenty years ago)

yeah.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

i still enjoy it a lot. there is no dull song on it. it rocks harder, the hooks are probably stronger but it does not quite have the mystic, apocalyptic feel amnesiac has. btw those two are the only radiohead albums i like. pre-amnesiac i mostly found them grating in their eclecticism. i actively hate the wishy-washy ok computer. something changed with amnesiac, i am not really sure what. somehow i get the impression yorke's voice became more confident. his falsetto doesn't sound as snivelling anymore.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 18:42 (twenty years ago)

I never listen to Hail, though I listen to "There There". Sometimes I put it on, excited at the idea of several tracks, but I inevitably turn it off before it's ten minutes in.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 18:44 (twenty years ago)

This one and Amnesiac are my favorites too.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 18:51 (twenty years ago)

This is actually my favourite Radiohead album too. I like them all, but this one really captured me.

Wasn't a big fan of "Go to Sleep", but apparentally everyone else was, so there you go.

― Erock LAzron, Tuesday, 21 February 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Definitely my favorite Radiohead record. Side 2 of OK Computer drags, Kid A has higher highs but lower lows, and Amnesiac is just too weird for me.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 00:07 (twenty years ago)

I think if suffers slightly from trying to be all things to all people. It wants to appeal to fans of the previous four records on different tracks. Many of the songs could do with as little as 30 seconds off them just to make the record less blurry. I enjoy it and I like the mood and the lyrics on it but feel that it really suffered through complete lack of flow which is something the 3 previous records employed.

Apparently they are working on Nude again...

― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 01:35 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

Currently ending "A Punch Up At A Wedding" and I've pretty much decided this is my favorite Radiohead album.

― Bear Ana Gasteyer (HI DERE), Monday, 12 April 2010 20:03 (sixteen years ago)

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