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Best Radiohead Album

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Sullichin

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Discuss.

I would have to say OK Computer is the best, although I've been listening to Kid A/ Amnesiac a lot lately.
 
Kid A and OK Computer. It's a tie. I love both equally, for entirely different reasons. If I HAD to choose, I'd give to edge to Kid A.
 

tt_deeb

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Kid A = Ok Computer > Hail To The Thief > Amnesiac > The Bends > Pablo Honey

Might change depending on mood
 

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The Bends
Kid A
OK Computer
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Amnesiac
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Hail To The Thief
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Pablo Honey
 

Ryck

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Kid A is my fave.....but I think Ok Computer is their best work ...followed closely by both The Bends and Kid A ....but that's what makes Radiohead so great, even their worst album is awesome.

{edit since we're rankin em}

Kid A
Ok Computer
The Bends
Hail to the Theif
Amnesiac
Pablo Honey
 

Jak140

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Kid A > The Bends > OK Computer > HTTT = Amnesiac > I Might Be Wrong Live Recordings > Iron Lung EP > Airbag EP > Pablo Honey
 

pops619

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I'd have to say that The Bends, OK Computer, and Kid A are all about equal. So good. Hail to the Chief is good, but not as good. Pablo Honey and Amnesiac have some good stuff, but overall are a little meh.
 

tt_deeb

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Star Power said:
I'm convinced that "Let Down" is the best song ever made. That, or "How To Disappear Completely."

"Let Down" is definately one of my fav. Radiohead songs up there with "Idioteque", "Optimistic" and a few others I suppose.
 

Sullichin

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Optimistic
Paranoid Android
Everything in its right place
How to Disappear completley
Let Down
Idioteque
High and Dry
Fake Plastic Trees
Nice Dream
2+2=5

Probably my top 10 favorite Radiohead songs (at the moment)
 

tt_deeb

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UMASS Front Percussion Ensemble - Paranoid Android

Anyone ever hear this cover? Pretty interesting - very nicely done.
 

demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
OK Computer. The Bends is almost as good, but OK Computer was incredibly innovative without being almost inaccessibly weird like Kid A (although I love Kid A).

The Radiohead CD I've probaby listened to the most over the past few months, however, is the Iron Lung EP. Damn, that's one hell of a b-sides CD.
 

nomoment

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1. The Bends
2. OK Computer
3. Kid A

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4. Hail to the Thief

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5. Amnesiac

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6. Pablo Honey
 
I can't listen to Radiohead anymore, but Kid A is definitely their best. Hail to the Thief is definitely their worst, as it completely turned me off from the band.
 

kablooey

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Their best album is probably Kid A.

My favorite however is Hail to the Thief. :)

And Amnesiac wins for being the most underrated album of all-time. I love every track on Amnesiac. Yes, including Pulk/Pull, Morning Bell/Amnesiac, and Hunting Bears. On first listen too.
 
Damn, this one is tough. It honeslty depends on the day how I would rank them. Typically I would place Pablo Honey at the end of the list, but there are days when I would rather listen to that than their other stuff.

It's hard to rank the CDs so I'll just list my favorite songs in no particular order:

Everything in it's right place
Life in a Glass House
Electioneering
2+2=5
Let Down
Paranoid Android
Creep
Fake Plastic Trees
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Knives Out
The Trickster
No Surprises

I honestly think I could go on forever. There are very few weak tracks across any of the CDs, and all of them - possibly aside from Pablo Honey - would rank in my top 100.
 

Lonestar

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I always wonder why they rarely ever play Optimistic live. Always been one of my favorites of their's.
 

speedpop

Has problems recognising girls
I've enjoyed all of them on a shared basis and don't really have a favourite.

As for Optimistic, there's a band in Australia called Big Heavy Stuff who did the support when Radiohead toured here in early '98. There's a song from back in their early days of 96 or so (can't remember exactly the title) that has a certain riff that sounds exactly like Optomistic, Thom Yorke = sellout.
 

calder

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OK Computer > The Bends = Kid A > Amnesiac > HttT = Pablo Honey

Anyone who doesn't have OK Computer in at least second place gets introduced to my ignore list. Well, if I had the energy they would.
 
I've only heard the Bends, so I say that one. I meant to listen to OK Computer, I just never got around to it!!

And uhh... I don't think I'll be listening to Pablo Honey any time soon.
 
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