Radiohead - In Rainbows

[Hitman]

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[mrkeys]

I grabbed this last night.

Fucking amazing stuff...loving it...

Can't wait to hear it now. You got some good taste brother....

[Hitman]

I reckon you'll love it.

Best thing they've done since Kid A IMO.
My only criticism at this point is that it is fairly mellow all they way through...

[Dom]

I'm really loving the new album too. I'll be keen to hear the b-side material that comes with the digibox.

[Hitman]

Some paid nothing for Radiohead's new album

October 12, 2007 - 3:23PM

British rock group Radiohead have drawn a mixed reaction from fans and fellow musicians with an experiment letting listeners decide the price of their latest album, reports said today.

Other artists are said to be studying the novel sales strategy - labelled a publicity stunt by some - of allowing fans to pay whatever they want for In Rainbows, which which went on sale online yesterday.

The hit art-rockers, already authors of six albums, drew widespread publicity when they announced earlier this month that that fans could decide the price themselves, saying "It's up to you" on their website.

Yesterday, about a third of fans decided to pay absolutely nothing, according to The Times daily, citing a poll of 3000 people who bought it from the website.

"I chose zero, but maybe if I had a chance to chip in 10 bucks, after I hear it if it's great, then I would," said one identified fan from Australia, shortly after downloading the album.

The average price chosen was £4 ($A9.1) - half the typical album price on online music retailing leader iTunes of around £8 - although 67 people paid more than £10 ($A22.8.), according to the poll.

But the band's managers were upbeat.

"We're prepared to take a risk and we might come out looking very foolish. But we believe if your music is great, then people will pay for it," Bryce Edge, one of the band's managers, told the BBC.

Another boss, Chris Hufford, added: "There are actually people who are going on websites and saying, 'I don't actually like Radiohead, but I'm going to give them some money because I think it's a brilliant idea'."

British singer-songwriter James Blunt warned that the Radiohead approach could be dangerous for artists.

"I don't think they should devalue it," he told The Times. "I've got to pay a band and a producer and a mixer. I don't know how I'd necessarily pay them if I sold my albums for 1p."

Alex Turner, the singer with Arctic Monkeys, said the experiment was "very interesting" but reserved judgment, the newspaper said.

The four-piece band formed in Oxford, central England, in the 1980s and reached global stardom with hit albums OK Computer and Kid A, featuring intense, atmospheric sounds and Yorke's high-pitched voice.

A more orthodoxly priced hard copy version of the new album, which includes CD and vinyl versions of the album plus photos and other material, can also be bought online for £40 ($A91.2).

The album's release coincides with a new book out on October 22 of published and unpublished artwork from Radiohead albums by Stanley Donwood, who also contributed to lead singer Thom Yorke's solo album The Eraser.

Dr Tchock, who is widely believed to be Yorke himself, also contributes, a spokesman for publishers Verso told AFP.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/some-pai ... 51196.html

[depressed goth]

In rainbows continues the direction of Hail To The Thief,with Radiohead playing like a band again-welcoming back Phil Selway on the drum kit-and now with Thom Yorke's vocals sounding more relaxed and tuneful than for many moons.The opener,15 step,starts with a fizzing rhythm and mysteriously jangling guitar riff and develops with luscious bass lines and hints of drum 'n' bass.
Bodysnatchers is harsh and ominous,with a grinding and suitably zombified guitar riff.
That contrasts with delicate and dreamy Nude,where Yorke floats like a choirboy.
4 out of 5 stars.
The Daily Telegraph October 25 th 2007.

[Hitman]

In rainbows continues the direction of Hail To The Thief

Disagree...

[depressed goth]

In rainbows continues the direction of Hail To The Thief

Disagree...

Why?..............

[Hitman]

Because I don't think it continues the direction of Hail To The Thief...

[Chantel]

After grabbing headlines around the world with their pay-what-you-want approach to the download release of new album In Rainbows, Radiohead have signed a deal with XL Recordings to put the album on CD.

As previously reported, the Oxford band split with EMI after fulfilling its six-album deal in 2003. In Rainbows, their first LP as free agents, was released online on October 10 and shifted more than 1.2 million copies in the first 48 hours.

XL, home to The White Stripes, Sigur Ros and Thom Yorke ’s solo work, will put the album out on CD early in 2008, with exact dates to be confirmed.