AMSP has the most personal lyrics Thom has ever written IMO and I really appreciated seeing that side for once.
A Moon Shaped Pool is one of those records that came out at the perfect point in my life, it immediately resonated with me
Tough to choose between In Rainbows and Hail To The Thief, but I think the highs are higher on Rainbows. In Rainbows Hail To The Thief Amnesiac Kid A The Bends OK Computer A Moon Shaped Pool The King Of Limbs Pablo Honey
In Rainbows is their most accessible. And it’s concise as hell there is no wasted moment. But also the songwriting is just really great. It’s the obvious best pick really.
In Rainbows is the best. Just such a perfect mix of creative & accessible, & also very sleek. It's so good that, when I tried at different times to get more into other albums of theirs, I'd often just end up back there. OK Computer is the only one that, at one point in the evolution of my listening habits, could've been my favorite instead. What they're going for on In Rainbows is just a lot more appealing to me, but OK Computer is still obviously quite good. I said this in another thread yesterday, but the other album of theirs that's surprisingly settled into my top 3 is, honestly, The King of Limbs. It's the only Radiohead album to come out during a time when the prospect of a new Radiohead album was actively exciting to me, & perhaps because of that I was initially "meh" on it. In recent years, though, it's become my third or maybe second favorite album of theirs to just vibe to.
a lot of people are unfair to TKOL but I think it’s indulgence is admirable. it does feel like an EP or something though.
I can see why it'd feel like an EP to someone, but to me, it just feels like a super concise, effective album that's exactly the right length for what it's doing. And, I quite enjoy what it's doing.
Kid A In Rainbows Amnesiac OK Computer The Bends The King of Limbs Hail to the Thief A Moon Shaped Pool Pablo Honey
1. Kid A 2. In Rainbows 3. A Moon Shaped Pool 4. OK Computer 5. The Bends 6. Amnesiac 7. Hail to the Thief 8. The King of Limbs 9. Pablo Honey
TKOL, Kid A and In Rainbows are IMO the three radiohead masterpieces. Always bums me out seeing TKOL rated so low. Give up the Ghost is maybe the best song of all time.
Kid A In Rainbows OK Computer Amnesiac A Moon Shaped Pool Hail to the Thief The Bends The King of Limbs Pablo Honey
whats the best radiohead song though? id probably go with pyramid song, but weird fishes and karma police are not far behind. has a bracket been done for that? i imagine it has
Couldn’t do it. They probably have 50 songs that would be my favorite song from any other band. gun to my head maybe Climbing Up The Walls
The dumbest thing about my opinion is that even though I think Give up the Ghost might be best song ever, Motion Picture Soundtrack is my fave Radiohead song.