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yeah I think it’s just because it came after in rainbows

 

TKOL is a good palate cleanser when you’re a little bored of the main RH albums but I don’t think the content or historical relevance of it stacks up at all with their proper full lengths. It’s a cool extended EP attached to some cool non-album singles, IMO.

 

TKOL not good enough to sit at the cool kids table apparently

 

In what world is TKOL an “extended EP” lol

 

In a world where emphatic incredulity is outlawed. You are now under arrest.

 

I was disappointed with King of Limbs when it came out. But, as someone who isn’t really an active Radiohead listener these days (sorry, Avril Lavigne)… that’s actually one of the 3-4 albums I’m most likely to go to. Not sure why? Something about the length and vibe really works for me.

 

you’re notthesheriff

 

I’d argue TKOL is the coolest album to reference as a favorite RH album. The table it’s excluded from is the boring table with all of Radiohead’s regular full albums.

 

When Avril said, “singing Radiohead at the top of our lungs,” she was definitely talking about “Lotus Flower.”

 

How many sk8er bois do y’all think are in Radiohead and The National combined tho

 

That was worst to best with absolutely zero critical thinking

 

Can we discuss how the top 9 album poll/game thing on the National subreddit is almost a parody of the kind of music a National fan would like? I know it’s the way the poll is organized that leads to very general results but zero interesting wild cards to spice up the joint.

 

TKOL from the basement >>>>>>>>>>> TKOL

 

Now we’re talking.

 

Bloom is also, maybe, the best opener of any Radiohead album and all of their openers are amazing classics.

 

TKOL is top 3 radiohead

 

Honestly think i agree (TKOL, Kid A, Amnesiac)

 

You took it too far!

 

In Rainbows instead of Amnesiac and this is mine exactly

give me a tight 8-track Radiohead album with just the bangers over 14 tracks full of filler any day. yes I'm looking at you HTTT

 

I’m less into In Rainbows than the average person, but respectable.

 

I went from being an artsy Radiohead fan in my youth to enjoying The Bends, OKC, and AMSP the most. In Rainbows always felt a little…light…and I forget about it every time I am thinking of the band’s discography.

 

Tbh I kind of agree with both sides on TKOL - it’s definitely underrated (or at least was on release), but it still feels like an ep/slight in comparison to 5 or 6 of their other records. 8 songs isn’t unreasonable for a full length, but you really need like 7 A level songs to pull it off. I’d say about half of it is at that standard. Inexplicable to leave off Supercollider and never finish Daily Mail.

 

I... think Supercollider is kind of a nothing burger lol, and as much as it's a beautiful song Daily Mail could not be further from the rest stylistically and would stick out like a sore thumb. if I was gonna add one song to TKOL it would absolutely be Staircase

 

I would've agreed on Supercollider during basically all the airtime it got as they started debuting post IR songs live but the studio version blew my doors off

 

TKOL is just outside of their top three for me, but it's def in the top half of their discography. "Little By Little," "Give Up the Ghost," and "Codex" are all gorgeous