RadioHead - In Rainbows (2007)

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With "In Rainbows", Radiohead's first album in four years since "Hail To The Thief", Thom Yorke and the band deliver a rhythmically complex mixture of straight-ahead rock and subdued ballads.

The highlights for me leaned more to towards rock:

BodySnatchers

Reckoner

Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Here is a sample ballad from the album, "VideoTape", which Thom Yorke performs solo below:

RadioHead is clearly the band of the moment and at the top of their game. One can't help but admire their experimental approach to rock and they way they involved the listener into the experience of it all. But down the road, the album's free downloading and marketing hoopla are likely to be far more remembered than "In Rainbows" itself.

Get It Here

That said, I wouldn't mind getting my hands on the new box set, which includes: A new album, on cd and 2 heavyweight vinyl records, and digital downloads, nicely recorded at a digitally enhanced bitrate and better than the muffled one we go to download for free. It also includes some new songs, digital photos, artwork (to which you can make your own cover), lyric booklets, all encased in a hardback and slipcase. See the demoon how to put yours together. I will post the link once it becomes available on Amazon.