Radiohead are always good for a surprise: first, there was no information on a release date for their eighth album, nor a title, a cover or a track list. Then, as Valentine's Day greeting to their fans not only all of this information came at a time, but also making it known that in advance of the panel are already five days later, so this Saturday, the complete album available for download would.
Radiohead took leave of their "pay-as-much-you-want" idea, but deliver "The King Of Limbs on 9 May as the so-called Newspaper album (two 10''disks, CD, special artwork and a special package just for 36 €) from - whatever you have to imagine below.
Radiohead took leave of their "pay-as-much-you-want" idea, but deliver "The King Of Limbs on 9 May as the so-called Newspaper album (two 10''disks, CD, special artwork and a special package just for 36 €) from - whatever you have to imagine below.
In the course of the guard there was with the video for "Lotus Flower" first new sounds to hear, and for some hours there is tumultuous fan comments that are appalled at the length, or show better soon the album: are only 8 tracks in just under 38 minutes for spoiled Radiohead fans ("In Rainbows" it brought in the limited form of 18 tracks with significantly more than 60 minutes) appear to too little.
would perhaps Radiohead Download the singles "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" and "These Are My Words Twisted," which was published in 2009, yet easy to pack on the album. It definitely would not hurt.
but also about the quality of the songs is already being heavily criticized and opinions range from "masterpiece" to "(hindenken here insert title of the weakest Radiohead album) biggest disappointment since ...". Can say definitely that the path is "In Rainbows" last struck, pursued consistently. Not easily detectable melodies, electronic sounds of percussion dominant tricky, bumpy, often in regions Dubstep slide on rhythms, accustomed to Yorke's whiny vocals. Guitars are rarely heard, but is often played with the Kid A-Experimentierbox ("Little By Little"). One or the other jazzy excursion (in the instrumental "Feral") may also little lacking, as the simple, emotional ballad (piano, "Codex", acoustic: "Give Up The Ghost").
One of the many hastily written track-by-track reviews can be found for example in the British Telegraph that BBC comes to the following case:
would perhaps Radiohead Download the singles "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" and "These Are My Words Twisted," which was published in 2009, yet easy to pack on the album. It definitely would not hurt.
but also about the quality of the songs is already being heavily criticized and opinions range from "masterpiece" to "(hindenken here insert title of the weakest Radiohead album) biggest disappointment since ...". Can say definitely that the path is "In Rainbows" last struck, pursued consistently. Not easily detectable melodies, electronic sounds of percussion dominant tricky, bumpy, often in regions Dubstep slide on rhythms, accustomed to Yorke's whiny vocals. Guitars are rarely heard, but is often played with the Kid A-Experimentierbox ("Little By Little"). One or the other jazzy excursion (in the instrumental "Feral") may also little lacking, as the simple, emotional ballad (piano, "Codex", acoustic: "Give Up The Ghost").
One of the many hastily written track-by-track reviews can be found for example in the British Telegraph that BBC comes to the following case:
The staggering, off-kilter opener step of Bloom might not click with those holding a candle for The Return of the Gallagher a week from this record's release, but to anyone with even half an ear tuned to In Rainbows it’ll seem very (although not over-) familiar indeed. Morning Mr Magpie plucks its way into a Foals-ian spin, the masters seemingly taking on board a few tips from their hometown pupils. Lotus Flower – the source of #thomdance Twitter activity once its video was unveiled – is another piece that looks backwards rather than projecting into bold, new sonic territories. It flails and flaps, but in a manner entirely in keeping with its makers’ predilection for the metronomic – to the wrong ears, it’s five minutes of the same beat, utterly unremarkable.
But that’s the beauty of Radiohead – they’ve never, certainly not since the breakthrough days of Creep, been a band for the people. They’re too idiosyncratic for that, and even though there are moments aplenty here that suggest the band hasn’t furthered their vision, subtle differences to a tested formula ensure The King of Limbs is another great album from Britain’s most consistently brilliant band. And come Codex, it truly strikes the listener dumb. Like Motion Picture Soundtrack, Street Spirit, Sail to the Moon, Nude – insert your own favourite slow-paced Radiohead numb-er here – it’s a piece of rarefied beauty. Thom says something about dragonflies, something else about nobody getting hurt; the words blur and blend, though, as beneath them the simplest, most strikingly gorgeous piano motif bores its way into the heart. And it's here, not any of your limited-character-blogging or video-sharing sites, that Radiohead trump all comers, again.
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