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Radiohead – Hail to the Thief

July 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Best of 2003, Electronica, Indie, Music, Pop/Rock, Prog, Psychedelia

Hail Radiohead! 8/10 It can take a few years to properly appraise an album by a band as great as Radiohead. It is important to shake off the initial impressions – distorted as they are by the weight of expectation – and allow the album time to grow on you. A band that has so [...]

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Radiohead – Amnesiac

June 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Electronica, Music, Pop/Rock, post-rock, Prog

Kid B? 8/10 Apparently largely recorded during the same sessions as Kid A, and released only a year later, it has always been hard to divorce Amesiac from its predecessor and look at it on its own terms. It was suggested at the time – and repeated in the Amazon review – that this was [...]

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Radiohead – Kid A

June 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Alt-rock, Electronica, Music, Pop/Rock, post-rock, Prog

“Everything in its right place” 10/10 It’s hard to totally understand the furore surrounding the release of Radiohead’s much-anticipated (and arguably best) fourth album. Considering the bold and uncompromising nature of some tracks on OK Computer it seems stranger in context that that album should have had such broad appeal. One can only assume that [...]

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