In Rainbows [Digipak] by Radiohead

Pros: Hearing the "real" instruments come out and play again (especially the bass) is sonically thrilling.
Cons: Gets a bit repetitive and tedious somewhere around track 7.

"It would be interesting to see what happened if they released the album very suddenly, with no advance warning of the release date, which I guess could happen if they went the indie route. I seem to recall Ki d A not ...

Pros: Radiohead's most accessible, fun, romantic, and human album
Cons: None

There are two important threads running through In Rainbows that I feel are the key to appreciating it:1) This is Radiohead's most human album, full of songs about love, worrying about death, and wondering how it all adds up.2) ...

Pros: It's Radiohead being the Radiohead most of us know and love.
Cons: Some songs keep this from being among their greatest works.

Radiohead has been one of my favorite bands for quite some time.  Their willingness to experiment with unusual chords and time signatures always makes them intriguing for me even though I rarely have a definite sense about what their songs ...

Pros: The ideal balance between studio wizardry and catchy songwriting was dang near achieved.
Cons: Maybe not as rock as some wanted. The hooks aren't as obvious.

For this review, I’m not even going to address the big marketing hurrah that surrounded this album. However you get or got In Rainbows is of little concern to me, so long as you have it in your collection. I think there’s way too much ...

Pros: Godrich's Production, Performance, Consistency, Lyrics, & Musicianship.
Cons: None.

When Radiohead emerged in 1993 with their debut album Pablo Honey, the Oxford quintet of singer/guitarist/keyboardist Thom Yorke, guitarist/multi-instrumentalis t Jonny Greenwood, bassist/keyboardist Colin Greenwood, guitarist/sampler/background ...

Pros: Profoundly personal and subdued
Cons: pyfr and knowncutter's reviews make this one unnecessary

In Rainbows is a quiet menace. It’s soft, but there are dark corridors that have a poison in them, an acid you can feel. Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle is hardly a groundbreaking album, but it came early in my musical journey and is ...

Pros: Thom Yorke is a genius, incredibly amazing lyrics and music, basically everything...
Cons: ...are you kidding me?!

Radiohead is one of many bands that I’ve heard mentioned numerous times over the years, but have always sort of ignored. Sure, I could sing along with the chorus to Creep, and I was even familiar with songs like High & Dry and ...

Pros: Not a wasted track. Radiohead at their most consistently pleasing.
Cons: Sort of anticlimatic as a whole.

Given the flat out awesomeness of the peripheral ordeal surrounding In Rainbows (ie; the pay what you want method) it’s almost easy to overlook the actual quality of the music, which would be a mistake. As a whole, the cohesive album is the band’s ...

Pros: everything
Cons: nothing

Radiohead's latest album In Rainbows is perhaps a perfect rock record. It's not for everybody, and I know there's a group of people who wouldn't get it. But it does exactly what it's supposed to do and some. I want to write a review to share my thoughts ...

Pros: Strongest collection of songs since OK Computer
Cons: Lacks the album flow of Radiohead's other albums

My excitement was almost uncontainable when I heard that Radiohead had released their new album, In Rainbows for digital download. Radiohead used an innovative distribution technique; allow fans to pay as much as they want. Although many would ...

Pros: A truly wondrous work of art.
Cons: I can't listen to one song - I have to listen to the entire album!

I must preface this review by acknowledging I am an unabashed fan of the band. Unfortunately more has been written about how this album was released than the music itself. While the direct "pay as you wish" strategy employed by the band is fascinating ...

Pros: Sound, Style, Lyrics, Price
Cons: The years spent waiting for this Album

Radiohead has long been one of my favorite artists. I own every CD and have thoroughly enjoyed each one. As with every new CD from an artist that I hold in such high regards I came upon In Rainbows with the hopes of reliving the nostalgic feelings that ...