"RA D IOHE_AD IN/RAINBOWS" continuing discussion thread part iv

[xaviMF22]

The one on rateyourmusic looks like an exact replica, sadly enough.

The cover sucks pretty badly.

I want to see the real cover

I hear that Stanley has done some amazing artwork

 

[LemonMelon]

rateyourmusic version:

Gives you a good idea of what it is.

 

[AtomicBono]

That cover sucks so much.

But who cares when the music is this good

i'm in the middle of your picture...

 

[LemonMelon]

i'm in the middle of your picture...

...lying in the reeds.

What a spectacular record. Probably the best of the year. I have a hard time letting go of GaGaGaGaGa and Neon Bible, but I must.

 

[LMP]

You're forgetting Graduation.

 

[xaviMF22]

...lying in the reeds.

What a spectacular record. Probably the best of the year. I have a hard time letting go of GaGaGaGaGa and Neon Bible, but I must.

In Rainbows > Neon Bible

sorry Canadiend1160

 

[xaviMF22]

rateyourmusic version:

Gives you a good idea of what it is.

I don't think thats it

 

[AtomicBono]

In Rainbows > Neon Bible

sorry Canadiend1160

Agreed.

But I also prefer A Weekend in the City, Sky Blue Sky, and Manipulator (The Fall of Troy) to Neon Bible

This may also be a contender for album of the year for me. I can't say it's better than A Weekend in the City yet just because I've listened to AWITC so many times, but today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen.

 

[LemonMelon]

You're forgetting Graduation.

And Sound of Silver, Sky Blue Sky, and others.

However, In Rainbows trumps them all.

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Spoon - GaGaGaGaGa
3. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
4. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
5. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
6. Kanye West - Graduation
7. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
8. Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
9. White Stripes - Icky Thump
10. The Good, The Bad, And The Queen - The Good, The Bad, And The Queen

 

[xaviMF22]

Agreed.

But I also prefer A Weekend in the City, Sky Blue Sky, and Manipulator (The Fall of Troy) to Neon Bible

This may also be a contender for album of the year for me. I can't say it's better than A Weekend in the City yet just because I've listened to AWITC so many times, but today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen.

AWITC is a brilliant record thought

Kreuzberg

Sunday

 

[AtomicBono]

I need to get Icky Thump. Perhaps in a few weeks when I feel like listening to something besides In Rainbows

i have to say for the most part I've been listening to this album straight through (I've listened to my favourite songs a few extra times)...on the other hand I just got HTTT on Friday and was skipping to my favourite songs by the second or third listen. Great stuff there but also a lot of filler. I don't know if I've listened to the whole thing straight through more than twice. perhaps thrice.

but i feel like i could listen to this forever

I listened to Where I End and You Begin today, my favourite from HTTT, and as beautiful as it is, the soothing vibe I get from it is somehow completely different than the calming vibe I get from In Rainbows, which sounds silly I guess but it's like Where I End and You Begin (and HTTT in general, and Kid A, and Amnesiac, and maybe everything else Radiohead has done ever) is where you go when you want to escape life...In Rainbows is where you go when you want to have a newfound appreciation for life.

except i do kind of escape in the sense that i've done like no work today cuz i cant stop listening to it

 

[Lancemc]

Sound of Silver still reigns supreme for me.

Neon Bible and Volta take up the 2nd and 3rd positions.

In Rainbows is somewhere on the level with Sky Blue Sky for now.

 

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[lazarus]

That's pretty close to my list at this point, with a few substitutions.

1. In Rainbows (tenatively)
2. Sound of Silver
3. Neon Bible
4. Super Furry Animals--Hey Venus
5. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
6. Amy Winehouse--Back to Black (technically last year, but who actually had it then?)
6. Bruce Springsteen--Magic
7. Bjork--Volta
8. Icky Thump
9. Prince--Planet Earth
10. Wilco--Sky Blue Sky


possible contenders:

Travis Morrison Hellfighters--All Y'all
Ween--La Cucaracha (just got this off torrents but it's amazing)
The New Pornographers--Challengers
Arctic Monkeys--Favorite Worst Nightmare
Kings of Leon--Because of the Times
Kanye West--Graduation
Band of Horses--Cease to Begin (just got this too but haven't listened to it yet)
Joni Mitchell--Shine

 

[LemonMelon]

4. Super Furry Animals--Hey Venus

Haven't heard this one yet, but I should, as I really like them a lot.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Ok. Tonight, I knelt at the altar.

I am completely in love with this record.

All I Need and Reckoner are killing me.

Thom's vocals have never sounded better. He's singing from a different place. He sounds like he's singing from a place of strength and confidence, instead of the tortured anti rock star. Example, House of Cards, when he just opens up his throat. And Nude. Amazing vocals!

I love every song. I even like the drums on Videotape.

These are not songs I'll get tired of in a couple of weeks.

It passed the late-night desert highway test tonight with flying colors.

 

[Lancemc]

Treefingers>Nude

 

[xaviMF22]

Treefingers>Nude

Not even you can deny that Nude is the second coming of Christ

 

[Lancemc]

I'm pretty sure there's a triple-negative in there.

So I can't agree nor disagree with that, since I don't know what it means.

 

[xaviMF22]

I'm pretty sure there's a triple-negative in there.

So I can't agree nor disagree with that, since I don't know what it means.

you bitch

 

[Lancemc]

I want to see a studio acoustic House of Cards appear some time. Doesn't matter when exactly...just eventually.

The songs deserves it.

 

[xaviMF22]

My goodness I can relate to Nude tonight

 

[Lancemc]

Put some pants on.

 

[LemonMelon]

Put some pants on.

Don't get any big ideas...

 

[xaviMF22]

Don't get any big ideas...

it my girlfriend you beaches

that was funny Lance

 

[Lancemc]

"Arpeggi (Ether Festival version)" still pwns everything on this album.

And why the fuck hasn't this band properly recorded "Lift" yet?

 

[xaviMF22]

"Arpeggi (Ether Festival version)" still pwns everything on this album.

And why the fuck hasn't this band properly recorded "Lift" yet?

lift
big boots
follow me around

is for LP8

but don't even bother..

you wont like them

 

[LemonMelon]

Dead from the neck up
Guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed

That is a rather unnerving couplet indeed.

Faust Arp

 

[Lancemc]

Well, I do prefer the Lisbon arrangment of Lift, as I prefer the Ether Fest version of Arpeggi. And since I remember hearing the band didn't really like the Lisbon version, I likely won't like it.

 

[xaviMF22]

Dead from the neck up
Guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed

That is a rather unnerving couplet indeed.

Faust Arp

Lance sucks

at least us two enemies like this record