jess555ja said:

Nooooo!!

Oh, and thanks for the help

Man, this website is slow!

GangstaFam said:

What website? Can nobody post a link?

Sdldawn said:

Top 3?
Wow. I've D/L'd but haven't listened to it yet. I'm refraining from reading "reviews" per se so I can have a fresh untainted perspective. Just kinda glancing at comments. Everyone seems to love it.
I will listen when I have a chance to "experience" it fully with no distractions. This is an event.

Okay this is getting ridiculous. Is it "uncool" to actually post the link to the site you're downloading this from?

I tried googling but only came up with www.radiohead.com (where there was nothing to download) and www.inrainbows.com (which doesn't load at all for me).

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Yes!!!!!




I've already listened to it. I love it

got it!

retina said:

Go here - - - > http://www.inrainbows.com...ndex2.html

jess555ja said:

THANK YOU jess. I guess the rest of the people here are too "cool" to help someone out. Probably the same people who won't support the band by paying a symbolic fee.

I don't get it....they are releasing it as a physical CD as well?

Only had two listens so far, but "Nude", "All I Need", "House Of Cards" and "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" seem to be haunting me these last few hours-
it appears to be all the best elements from the last three albums to produce a great mixture of sounds etc.
I will still buy the physical CD when it's released as I'm a sucker for artwork and actually running into HMV to see it on the shelves!

There are no weak tracks in it.

I ordered the discbox but haven't yet received my download details yet. I notice they've managed to charge my credit card already.

Can't wait to hear the album.

I got to say it's more than a little annoying.

Anyone else order the box set and not got the details sent to them?

I've read that we will have a physical release in shops in early 2008. I'm looking forward to that one.

The discobox is a bit expensive for me!

What I like about it so far is that IN Rainbows sounds like a blend of all the styles they've done since OKC. It has the darkness and creepiness of OKC, the ethereal, computer phonics of KID and Amnesiac and the roughness from The Bends and Hail To. I'm shocked, but not really surprised that this isn't on a major label, it's so good that a major label would screw up the promotional end of the deal and stick them in the indy ghetto bin. I'll give it a few more spins to get an honest feel, but so far I love it, too bad I'll have to wait two more months for my deluxe package, it's already paid for.

Romeoblu said:

Yep, I've ordered the box set & got my link this today. I'm now listening to it for the 2nd time & loving it. There's no artwork but NME.com have made some up so you can put that into i-tunes or whatever you use for the time being.

UncleGrandpa said:

Yeah, I totally agree.

It has the musical richness of OK Computer, but it's more mellow. It has the ethereal atmosphere of Kid A, but it's less abstract. And yeah, it even has the raw hooks of The Bends.

I don't draw much of a comparison to HTTT, though. To me, that album's overly polished production ended up swallowing the songs. In Rainbows avoided that trap, thank God.

i downloaded it this morning with a minimum of fuss or hassle. i was impressed!

i've listened to it a couple of times today...it's nothing new or revolutionary from radiohead, but given the huge gap between albums it's nice just to hear new melodies from the group. i think it holds up quite well with all their previous albums.

Bfunkthe1 said:

wait.. i forgot about amnesiac.. so.. top 4.

OK computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
In Rainbows


them 4 are gold

Bjork would LOVE that electronic glitchiness of 15 step..

u know she would

Sdldawn said:

Amnesiac? Really? That's cool, but I always found that album kind of disappointing.

Songs like Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, and I Might Be Wrong are pure genius, but a few other songs like Morning Bell/Amnesiac, Hunting Bears, and Pulk/Pull don't match up. The album's spotty by Radiohead standards.

PurpleKnight said:

Yeah.. there is something about that album that always draws me back to it. i know its a very sporadic, short little album that most people would consider throw aways.. I guess it has some sentimental value due to around that time I started finding out about Radiohead.. so maybe that is part of it..

Well it's still Radiohead. I like it; I'd give it a solid 4/5 stars.

Sdldawn said:

Kinda my thoughts as well. I know most people don't consider Amnesiac up there at the top but I do.
Maybe it's because I love Kid A so much and that's the album that drew me in. I dunno.
I listened to In Rainbows just once so far and I was, not floored so much as just extremely happy to have new RH.
It's a great album. I have to listen more so that it can reveal more.
My initial thoughts were that it was very confident sounding and very tranquil.
It's going to reap many rewards from repeating listenings for sure.
Just think, we'll have In Rainbows part 2 in December! Plenty of time to let part 1 marinate and resonate.

Glad I didn't pay too much for it. I found the album uninspired.

It pitches somewhere in between the vibe of the OK Computer and Amnesiac, but in doing so, fails to live up to either. The song writing is simply weak compared to OK computer and the sounds are flat compared to the new ground they were hitting with Amnesiac.

There are a couple of gems, Nude being the best, but all in all, this feels like the album the public wanted as the follow up to OK computer instead of the release of Kid A. It almost feels like it bridges the gap between those two periods.

The thing is. Its seven years too late.

SquirrelMeat said:

i couldn't disagree more.

i think lyrically, its brilliant. musically, sure it's nothing new (but come on, though, they created their own sound with OK computer so how many times should they have to do that again?) but it's stil very interesting. combining elements of rock, jazz, and ambient with the addition of electric buzzes and bleeps and click.

never a dull moment on this record!

sassybritches said:

I haven't given up of it, but I don't know how many more spins it will get. I've listened to it about 10 time now, and still there is nothing there to get anywhere near the originality or brilliance of something like Street Spirit or Spinning Plates.

This is Radioheads "Planet Earth".
[Edited 10/11/07 9:06am]

i don't really hear anything new on this record, but in a way, that's comforting. they're not meandering or noodling around like they did at times on kid a and amnesiac, and from what i can gather, they're not fussing around as much with political overtones like on their last album (which is fine, but kinda limits where your imagination can go with the music at times)...it's radiohead being radiohead without any iffy chancey risky meanderings, and at this point, that's exactly what i'm in the mood for from them. don't get me wrong, i like "departure" albums by my favorite artists, but after the long gap between radiohead releases, i'm enjoying the familiarity of "in rainbows".