Radiohead - The King of Limbs (v. New Thom Yorke solo album out!)

[seasonsinthesky]

Yeah, HTTT and In Rainbows sound nothing like Amnesiac.

i can understand saying that about IR, but HTTT? methinks the opening of "2+2=5", "Sit Down. Stand Up", "Sail to the Moon," "Backdrifts," "Go to Sleep," "We Suck Young Blood," "Myxomatosis" and "The Gloaming" disagree with you! they're all very much related to the Amnesiac (and Kid A) sound, even in the guitar tones. "GTS" is a bit poppier than the previous two records, of course, but it is very much in line with "Optimistic" and "Knives Out."

[Marvellous G]

I feel like the only valid 'Radiohead album y sounds too much like Radiohead album x!' complaint is with Kid A and Amnesiac sounding similar, and that was kind of intentional...

[faemir]

I feel like the only valid 'Radiohead album y sounds too much like Radiohead album x!' complaint is with Kid A and Amnesiac sounding similar, and that was kind of intentional...

Kind of? Definitely! They were written at the same time, and the songs were split into the two groups of same-sounding songs IIRC?

[Zantera]

Kid A and Amnesiac are twin-albums, written during the same period and written under the idea of them being brother and sister.
So yeah, that is a fairly obvious example.

[Marvellous G]

My 'kind of' and ellipsis were facetious, so yes, I do agree. Prefer Kid A though.

[jag66]

Well its a no brainer putting mediocre alt rock over almost unlistenable electronica.

If OK Computer is mediocre and Kid A unlistenable I can't wait to hear what good music sound like   

[seasonsinthesky]

Well its a no brainer putting mediocre alt rock over almost unlistenable electronica.

If OK Computer is mediocre and Kid A unlistenable I can't wait to hear what good music sound like   

i thought he was referring to Pablo Honey being over TKOL.

[Kotowboy]

Well its a no brainer putting mediocre alt rock over almost unlistenable electronica.

If OK Computer is mediocre and Kid A unlistenable I can't wait to hear what good music sound like   

The Bends 

[orcus116]

Well its a no brainer putting mediocre alt rock over almost unlistenable electronica.

If OK Computer is mediocre and Kid A unlistenable I can't wait to hear what good music sound like   

i thought he was referring to Pablo Honey being over TKOL.

Yeah, I thought it was pretty obvious especially since Pols Voice mentioned it.

[KevShmev]

Lotus Flower is unlistenable electronica?  Codex?  Give Up the Ghost?  Separator?

[Nel_Annette]

Not unlistenable, but certainly unmemorable and boring.

[orcus116]

Lotus Flower is unlistenable electronica?  Codex?  Give Up the Ghost?  Separator?

I get absolutely no satisfaction out of those songs. Just really not my type of music.

[KevShmev]

I can understand that, but I wouldn't call the back half of the album electronica.

My brother (who is also a big fan and is going to the concert with me in March) were talking about them yesterday, and we agree that, while The King of Limbs is good, it simply doesn't wow either one of us; there is nothing on there that is "holy crap, this is awesome" level of great.  I think Staircase and Supercollider are easily the two best "new" Radiohead songs of 2011.

[Zantera]

I can understand that, but I wouldn't call the back half of the album electronica.

My brother (who is also a big fan and is going to the concert with me in March) were talking about them yesterday, and we agree that, while The King of Limbs is good, it simply doesn't wow either one of us; there is nothing on there that is "holy crap, this is awesome" level of great.  I think Staircase and Supercollider are easily the two best "new" Radiohead songs of 2011.

That is pretty much exactly how I feel as well.
The King of Limbs is a good album, but doesn't have the same amount of magic that I think In Rainbows had, or Kid A, OK Computer or Amnesiac for that part either.

[Phoenix87x]

^^^^

I totally agree. After In Rainbows, I had very high expectations for TKOL, perhaps too high, and then of course I got caught up in all the TKOL II rumors and that didn't help things.

[jag66]

^^^^

I totally agree. After In Rainbows, I had very high expectations for TKOL, perhaps too high, and then of course I got caught up in all the TKOL II rumors and that didn't help things.

Tell me about it.. sadly with trolls feeding the fire my blind optimism remained for quite a while.

[Pols Voice]

The Chieftan Mews thread on the Mortigi Tempo forum was crazy. So many theories...

[jag66]

The Chieftan Mews thread on the Mortigi Tempo forum was crazy. So many theories...

Yeh I followed a similar one on AteaseWeb forum. Damn his tweets.

[faemir]

Sometimes, I prefer Amnesia to Kid A.

[emindead]

Most of the times I just like The Bends. Maybe it's because I'm more fond into straight Rock rather than experimental stuff. I guess that's why the rest of their works hasn't made a click yet.

[Zantera]

Sometimes, I prefer Amnesia to Kid A.

I also prefer Amnesiac over Kid A sometimes.

[Kotowboy]

Sometimes, I prefer Amnesia to Kid A.

I also prefer Amnesiac over Kid A sometimes.

Not sure who's joking here.... 

[Zantera]

I'm not joking at all, Amnesiac is my third favorite Radiohead-album after In Rainbows and Kid A.
The only two songs that drag it down slightly for me would be Morning Bell Amnesiac (I love the Kid A-version, but not so much this one) and Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors (though it has grown on me).
The rest of the album is simply fantastic, songs like Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box, Pyramid Song, Like Spinning Plates, Dollars and Cents and I Might Be Wrong are top tier Radiohead songs for me, and the rest of the songs I didn't mention are very high up as well.

I just  Amnesiac.

[Mladen]

Amnesiac is very good, but for some reason I can't get into Like spinning plates and Dollars and cents. Some of the other tracks are among my all time favorite Radohead tunes, though - Pyramid song, I might be wrong, Life in a glass house, You and whose army...

[The King in Crimson]

I have yet to hear a song from Amnesiac that doesn't either A) Bore the hell our of me or B) Annoy the hell out of me.

Granted, I've said the same thing about literally every other Radiohead release, but I gradually warmed up to those over time. Amnesiac, however, remains a cold, distant speck to me. I honestly just don't understand the appeal of its sound.

[Kotowboy]

I'm not joking at all, Amnesiac is my third favorite Radiohead-album after In Rainbows and Kid A.
The only two songs that drag it down slightly for me would be Morning Bell Amnesiac (I love the Kid A-version, but not so much this one) and Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors (though it has grown on me).
The rest of the album is simply fantastic, songs like Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box, Pyramid Song, Like Spinning Plates, Dollars and Cents and I Might Be Wrong are top tier Radiohead songs for me, and the rest of the songs I didn't mention are very high up as well.

I just  Amnesiac.

Yes but faemir said " i sometimes prefer AMNESIA to Kid A " Implying that he would rather forget that album.

[Zantera]

Well, that's either A) Faemir is crazy or B) Misstype, either way that doesn't change my opinion of the album.

[mizzl]

Amnesiac is a reallly good album, but nowhere near Kid A, OKC or In Rainbows, and maybe the Bends is just a little better still.

[Pols Voice]

Kid A and Amnesiac are pretty close in quality to me.

[faemir]

Oh whoops, yes I typoed.

edit: post 4000, yay!

[emindead]

So I listened to Pablo Honey the other day. Besides Creep that album has nothing.

[ClairvoyantCat]

Hmph.  Pablo Honey definitely doesn't stand up to their later works, but you don't at least like Stop Whispering and Thinking About You?  I'd take those two over Creep a thousand times (not huge on Creep, by the way) and the latter is actually a goddamn wonderful song, if you ask me. 

[Pols Voice]

You and Blow Out are really good songs.

[seasonsinthesky]

You and Blow Out are really good songs.

+ "Prove Yourself" (and i shamelessly enjoy "Creep" as well)

[The King in Crimson]

So I listened to Pablo Honey the other day. Besides Creep that album has nothing.

Even Creep sucks. So I'd say it has nothing.