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Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool |OT| A Moon Shaped Poo
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Outdoor Miner
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JOIN US. #amspisdabest
Broseybrose
Member
Well. This is a fantastic soundscape album. As far as great songs go, I still feel like OKC and In Rainbows are perched at the top, with The Bends close behind. I'm sure my regard for this album will only climb through the next decade of listening, as In Rainbows did.
Jack Remington
Banned
His ghost still visits from time to time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ34dCAKtmQ&ab_channel=JacksonPolyester
This is wrong, but: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_man
You'll see it.
Indeed.
It would be great if it led to something, but I'm certainly not getting my hopes up!
Very cruel.
Poor Ed.
Serious question - while I know ed contributed to some of the songs in ok computer. He seems like the most 'disposable' member in the band.
The other four play a very strong part at least - thom and jonny strongly contribute in the sound and creative direction of each song - along with being the lead singer and guitarist, respectively.Phil is the drummer and colin is always on point with the bass lines. Ed is just kind there - I mean all the other dudes look like crack addicts and he looks decent - but what does he do??
Maybe that's why he's still in
I'd say he's still important. First of all, he has some valuable contributions even after OKC. Treefingers (his guitar work treated with a bunch of effects), Go To Sleep, A Wolf at the Door, and Weird Fishes all have prominent guitar riffs he wrote, and that's just the ones I know. He's also an effects wizard and creates a lot of ethereal background lines that I love.
Like here's a song (time-stamped in a place where it's hopefully easy to tell what's happening) where it's easy to think he's not doing much, probably because we don't even hear it as guitar lol. But he creates all of those eerie background noises with effects and playing with an ebow. Just wouldn't be the same without him imo.
Yeah I don't really want to choose between them. Love them for different reasons.
I liked the king of limbs more before i heard the basement version. It's just so much better in almost every way to the point that it makes me feel like the album was rushed.
After numerous listens, I'm feeling...
1. Kid A
2. OK Computer
3. The Bends
4. Hail to the Thief
5. In Rainbows
6. Amnesiac
7. A Moon Shaped Pool
8. Pablo Honey
9. The King of Limbs
...right now. I could see it climbing a few spots after an extended break, though. 4 through 6 tend to dance around already, and I feel like A Moon Shaped Pool is on their level.
1. Kid A
2. OK Computer
3. The Bends
4. Hail to the Thief
5. In Rainbows
6. Amnesiac
7. A Moon Shaped Pool
8. Pablo Honey
9. The King of Limbs
...right now. I could see it climbing a few spots after an extended break, though. 4 through 6 tend to dance around already, and I feel like A Moon Shaped Pool is on their level.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
IR
AMSPoo
KA
OKC
HTTT
TB
A
TKOL (lol forgot about this while I was writing the list)
PH
IR not getting enough love in here
AMSPoo
KA
OKC
HTTT
TB
A
TKOL (lol forgot about this while I was writing the list)
PH
IR not getting enough love in here
I'll make a meaningless list since this album has me listening to constant Radiohead again
1. OK Computer
2. Kid A
3. A Moon Shaped Pool
4. In Rainbows
5. Amnesiac
6. Hail to the Thief
7. The Bends
8. King of Limbs
9. Pablo Honey
Sounds about right. And I don't dislike KoL at all. Separator might be my #1 favorite Radiohead song.
1. OK Computer
2. Kid A
3. A Moon Shaped Pool
4. In Rainbows
5. Amnesiac
6. Hail to the Thief
7. The Bends
8. King of Limbs
9. Pablo Honey
Sounds about right. And I don't dislike KoL at all. Separator might be my #1 favorite Radiohead song.
Jonny probably.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Amnesiac
Kid A
A Moon Shaped Pool
In Rainbows
The Bends
OK Computer
Hail To The Thief
King Of Limbs
Pablo Honey
Kid A
A Moon Shaped Pool
In Rainbows
The Bends
OK Computer
Hail To The Thief
King Of Limbs
Pablo Honey
I honestly think this is their best work. Then again, my first exposure was Creep...then OK Computer, The Bends, Kid A....
Here is my list:
1. A Moon Shaped Pool
2. In Rainbows
3. OK Computer
4. The King of Limbs
5. The Bends
6. Kid A
7. Hail to the Thief
8. Amnesiac
9. Pablo Honey
Here is my list:
1. A Moon Shaped Pool
2. In Rainbows
3. OK Computer
4. The King of Limbs
5. The Bends
6. Kid A
7. Hail to the Thief
8. Amnesiac
9. Pablo Honey
Jack Remington
Banned
Lol, Ed was probably watching a movie while they recorded that song.
What the...
What the fuck?
WHAT THE?!?
I'm enjoying AMSP, but I'm nowhere near putting it close to Kid A, In Rainbows, or OK Computer yet.
I've got it at 5, personally. *shrug*
1. In Rainbows
2. OK Computer
3. The Bends
4. A Moon Shaped Pool
5. Kid A
... the rest.
JehutyRunner
Banned
Kinda strange that it has the Burn the Witch single artwork (and that it just says Spectre), when Spectre already had its own cover art.
I watched In Rainbows from the Basement yesterday on yt. I said goddamn. That was a near-religious experience. So good. I love how they snuck a few HttT songs in there. Mixamatosis sounded great, have a new love for that song because of that version.
When I know KoL well enough I'll check out the Basement sessions for that too.
I just now realized that all of the b-sides are on Spotify too, that's great. Is this close to a best-of list? I never listened to the b-sides much, but I never got why Talk Show Host never made The Bends, such a great song.
When I know KoL well enough I'll check out the Basement sessions for that too.
I just now realized that all of the b-sides are on Spotify too, that's great. Is this close to a best-of list? I never listened to the b-sides much, but I never got why Talk Show Host never made The Bends, such a great song.
Well, that's certainly most of them. :lol
I would add Meeting in the Aisle, The Amazing Sounds of Orgy, Paperbag Writer (the live version is fun), Move Along, Down is the New Up, Bangers and Mash (live version is dope), and These Are My Twisted Words (not a b-side, but a one-off single between In Rainbows and TKOL).
Also up on Google Music.
I might be imagining it, but it looks like a bunch of other singles and extra tracks from pablo Honey all the way up until recently have been added for streaming. On Google Music Australia at least.
Grieves
Member
The Basement sessions helped me grow to love TKOL.
Also disappointed Banana Co isn't on that list - I have a fondness for that song.
infiniteloop
Member
All the EPs singles etc on Apple Music too.
Yeah, I can't remember if they were there before but now there are a handful of single releases from the OKC/Bends era with B-sides and remixes. I've only heard album tracks from Radiohead, so I might dig into these this weekend.
Banana Co, Lewis (Mistreated), Molasses, The Amazing Sounds of Orgy and Bangers & Mash would be on my list as well.
Edit: Forgot I Am a Wicked Child, has a low key vibe I really like.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
TKOL part 2 incoming?
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Part of a $10 million marketing campaign for the release of "Lift."
Last I saw they had the 2 disc versions of the albums, but when they were taken down it was just the regular albums on there.
Now there are tonnes of things!
Great for me, I've been meaning to go through the B-Sides, never really looked in to them.
This one looks really good.
LOL @ having all singles from the album but not having the album
Static Veins
Member
Left hand side... Polar bear wearing an orange vest. Cannot unsee.
Oh and Spectre is up on iTunes to buy as well. Would recommend doing so even if you've listened to the free Soundcloud download to death; don't know whether it's remixed or it was just the Soundcloud compression but the production sounds better here. Vocals and strings in particular.