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I love every album they've made, but if you had to pick an introductory CD it would have to be OK Computer by a mile. This album is considered a classic by critics and fans alike. It's not my favorite of the bunch, but is the one you should own first. Thom Yorke's Eraser is also one of my favorite albums. Wouldn't go wrong with that one either. Just don't start with their first album.

Well, beside Live of Agony's album "Ugly" the all-known Radiohead single "Creep" finally dragged me from Wave/Industrial/80s styles of music to distorted guitars of Alternative Rock in general. Even to that extend that all bands I sang in to-date have always been Rock bands.

Then came the day when I took up a headphone hanging on a wall that was full of feature albums in an Amsterdam Virgin store basement. The feature album was "OK Computer" and I was shocked and striken by Airbag and Paranoid Android. It definetively is the developing link between what was before and what came after. "Kid A" is a masterpiece and alot more consequent than "OK Computer" but also much more difficult to get into if you are not prepared to listening to this kind of music. "OK Computer" is a perfect preparation to follow Radiohead's transition from "more pop" to "more weird".

hail to the thief
am i alone in thinking there new album is shit and, they should have released a proper cd.

also pablo honey
prove yourself is the best track off that one.

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

with #1 and #2 being considerably better. Kid A is the best of the more electronic influenced albums. The new album In Rainbows is also quite good but doesn't live up to the standards of their earlier releases. Pablo Honey overall is a reasonable debut but lacks the depth of OK Computer.

oddly enough (or not?) my current two favourites are those I didn't like very much at first listenings: "KID A" (+ "Amnesiac", which was recorded concurrently and is like a continuation) and "In Rainbows".

The first ones are very electronic and really changed the way I see electronic music: no more distinction between avant-garde, pop, underground and academic, just good and enjoyable music. Anyway it's not that easy to get that perfect mix of very new sounding electronic tunes while retaining a perfect composition and great enjoyability.

In Rainbows is rawer (less shiny and smooth), full of energy and life, more "open", less innovative in a strict sense... and I'm completely fond of it. They managed to put together very strong tunes, a more (and somewhat less trendy) rock sound in a perfect way. The songs are really beautiful and exciting.

anyway I love Radiohead as a whole and especially their way to see and perform music. I've been to 4 concerts and they're like almost no one this days: they really perform, they try, and search during the gig. They premiered several songs live, way before they were actually released (for instance, I've heard "Pyramid song" months before its release). This is much like Pink Floyd did (e.g. The Dark Side of the Moon was played during gigs for 1 year before the release), and this way they continuously change and refine their creations.

noou wrote:anyway I love Radiohead as a whole and especially their way to see and perform music. I've been to 4 concerts and they're like almost no one this days: they really perform, they try, and search during the gig. They premiered several songs live, way before they were actually released (for instance, I've heard Pyramid songs months before its release). This is much like Pink Floyd did (e.g. The Dark Side of the Moon was played during gigs for 1 year before the release), and this way they continuously change and refine their creations.

Strange isn't it? This is the way that all beginner bands create their music before going big business.

Kid A

sorry, my mistake.

RADIOHEAD = world class music.

BUT I can never get with his vocals. I'm all up for a bit of pained, heartfelt male singing but nah, I ain't feeling his vox abilities. Not for a whole album anyway.

Give me Marvin Gaye, Prince Phillip Mitchell, Teddy Pendergrass any day of the week.