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Universal acclaim- based on 1525 Ratings
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May 12, 2016Absolutely amazing album. It feels like they've revisited their old albums and incorporated those with their current style. Definitely a big improvement over The King of Limbs for me. This album deserves a spot right next to Kid A and OK Computer.
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May 11, 2016very strange album and a pleasant surprise to know that radio head never lost their edge and it still one of the best bands around. Advice if you want a weird trip this is the album to go to.
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May 11, 2016radiohead's most successful experiment of musical genre assimilation that it's been attempting since 2003's hail to the thief, with an added orchestral-folk direction . more thrilling, varied, and musically and emotionally complex than in rainbows. big win.
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May 11, 2016I am completely surprised by this album. I knew they were going to come out with something that I have never heard before, but this just blew me away. I am a huge fan of the band, and have been for upwards of a 2 decades. I had high hopes, and they were exceeded. Definitely one of their most complete sounding albums.
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May 11, 2016Echoing desperation and sleepily on edge, this is a paranoid android on a damn good tranquilizer. By the middle of my first listen I couldn't tell what was up or sideways. I was lost in the most accessible and arguably the most convincing of the near flawless 25 year spree this band is now on.
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May 11, 2016Really good album. Very heartfelt. Beautifully composed, arranged, written and produced. Identikit is a bit of an odd one for me (purely because I loved what I heard of the live version). Not a huge fan of Ful Stop
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May 11, 2016such a great record with great use of an orchestra to create a very chilling piece of sound. After multiple listens, this album really begins to grow on you and i could even consider it one of their best albums to date imo.
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May 11, 2016Is this album better than King of Limbs? Without a doubt. Is this the greatest Radiohead album of all time? Not at all.
I sincerely believe all of these 10 ratings are just an overreaction by fellow Radiohead fans, excited for a somewhat 'normal' album.
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May 11, 2016This album is much different from their others, it has so many amazing songs too. It's much sadder than all of their other albums and still manages to sound like Radiohead.
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May 10, 2016As a long time Radiohead fan, I must say I was very disappointed by this record. The mastering isn't right and the track listing doesn't flow properly. Also, I don't understand why they once again took a popular track that was great as it was (TLW) and distorted it into a sub par darker version. I get the context, but it overall it doesn't work for me.
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May 10, 2016The more you hear the album, the better the music is. Profound layers of a perfect sound, no rush, slow and clear tones. This is a future of music even if it means the end of rock'n'roll.
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May 10, 2016Everything it promised and more. I was moved to tears by the singles and the full album, as usual, will take weeks or months to digest fully. This makes it even harder to rate their work by installation. Breathtaking, beautiful, orchestral. Sets the benchmark for a new era of Radiohead and music at large.
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May 10, 2016Is a Darker in rainbows , Another masterpiece by Radiohead , awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome , awesome , awesome , awesome , awesome , awesome ,awesome
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May 10, 2016A Moon Shaped Pool is phenomenal. It’s incredibly dark, harrowing, emotional, and at times, hard to listen to because of it. But it’s a classic Radiohead album through and through, so distinctly unique in sound and timbre as listeners have come to expect from a new Radiohead album, yet still familiar, and fitting, for the band that created favorites such as Kid A, OK Computer, or In Rainbows.
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May 10, 2016AMSP is probably the most accessible album Radiohead has released in years. The band is able to merge their old sound and still remain current and a force to contend with in the Alternative market. Download: Ful Stop, Burn The Witch, True Love Waits
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May 10, 2016Give this album the necessary plays and it's beauty will eventually sucker punch you in the gut. This is up there with their best. How this band continues to evolve their sound and produce such amazing albums is beyond me.
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May 10, 2016As a longtime Radiohead fan, AMSP is exactly what I was hoping for, but was afraid the band could never accomplish at this point in their career. However, they exceeded expectations again. This album is their best work since Kid A and includes some of their best songs to date, including Ful Stop, Present Tense, Glass Eyes, and The Numbers.
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May 10, 2016This is a band on auto pilot. It's a mess of boring noise with nothing to offer unless your looking looking to impress other Radiohead fans with how much you can put up with this lack luster lump of junk. I've been with them from the start but after this and king of limbs I'm out!
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May 10, 2016This is yet another beautiful album by Radiohead. A Moon Shaped Pool is a bit more calm and ''weird'', so you might want to listen to it multiple times to get it under your skin as is expected from radiohead. The only let down was the last track on the album that is named ''True Love Waits'', while it isn't bad, I feel that the older live version is better than this one.
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May 10, 2016This album gives a Radiohead fan everything he needs from complex lyrics to catchy choruses. I feel that this album is better than their last LP king of limbs by a long shot.
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May 10, 2016this album is not better than TKOL, it is not better then In Rainbows - it is just another music from Radiohead. I appreciate new versions of those old songs with their percussions and strings. I hope this album won't be their last achievement
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May 10, 2016Most complete Radiohead album yet. Another portion of inspiration to any other artist. As outstanding as always, even after so many years in industry. Just listen and immerse - you will get blown away.
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May 10, 2016How is Beyonce's new album higher rated then this? A Moon shaped pool is fantastic and if you're a Radiohead fan, you'll love every track. PROTIP: listen to it on repeat, it gets better on new game plus ;)
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May 10, 2016Fine album.Stand out tracks are "Ful Stop" "Present Tense" "Day Dreaming" "True Love Waits" and "Identikit".
Like most of the Radiohead albums it will grow on u after each listen.The best part of the album is the intro of "Ful stop" which completely changes the flow of the album. -
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May 9, 2016Excelente disco, excelentes canciones, excelente Radiohead, ha llenado todo el espacio que había dejado el tiempo, es una combinación de todo lo mejor de ellos
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May 9, 2016Radiohead always seems to do it right. Their new effort - A Moon Shaped Pool, doesn't break grounds like their previous albums (e.g Kid A), instead it takes a more accessible and orchestral direction - and it’s wonderful.
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May 9, 2016This record is pretty close to perfect. On par with Radiohead's best work, this record seems more personal than anything they've released. Daydreaming, Glass Eyes, and True Love waits are stand-out tracks.
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May 9, 2016Possible the best album Radiohead ever made and far better than 'King of Limbs'. In a way it draws from all their previous albums like a calm, clarified and mature synthesis of everything they have accomplished so far. It's like Radiohead's 'Abbey Road'. What beautiful way to end it all if this should be their last album.
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May 9, 2016First time being a fan of Radiohead before an album release and A Moon Shaped Pool definitely lived up to the hype. One of the most beautiful albums I have heard and I still need to give it more time to completely sink in.
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May 9, 2016This album may not be for people with no prior knowledge or appreciation of Radioheads work, but there are certainly songs that can still appeal to the casual listener. It's their most solid and consistent album since In Rainbows and I can safely say it's up there with their better albums.
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May 9, 2016Not only is this the best Radiohead album, I can say without hyperbole that this may be the greatest album of all time. The boys have outdone themselves.
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May 9, 2016Is a Radiohead Album for Radiohead Lovers, if the band doesn't get your taste before, this is no gonna make you like them. thath been say Radiohead music works in another level.
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May 9, 2016Actually, I was pretty surprised by this record, I didn't expect to like it so much as I do, I am not a Radiohead fan, I don't even like male singers/bands, so this was so amazingly shocking.
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May 9, 2016It's okay, I guess. They've created better albums. Obviously, you should check it out, but subjectively speaking, I couldn't help feeling a little underwhelmed after just listening to the masterpiece that is 'Lemonade'.
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May 9, 2016Radiohead have delivered the greatest album in the history of rock music. A Moon Shaped Pool is deeply satisfying and will shake you to the core. Gorgeous. Thank you, Radiohead.
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May 9, 2016Incredible, haunting, devastating, sublime. Everything I hoped for and goes straight to my top 3 radiohead albums. As a songwriter I find this collection of songs both incredibly inspiring and also intimidating. Well done Radiohead, you have done it again.
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May 9, 2016Everything i wanted from a new Radiohead record, and even more.
Mesmerizing instrumentation, heartbreaking vocals and beautiful melodies.
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May 9, 2016beautiful, wonderfully, charmingly, magnificent, stunning, ravishing, amazing, dreamy,
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May 9, 2016I just don't want this album to end. After every listen, something new creeps into my ear. The Numbers may be one of my favourite Radiohead songs at the minute. The Atmosphere this album creates is melancholic but beautiful in it's own right.
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May 9, 2016
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May 9, 2016Absolute masterpiece. From start to finish Radiohead deliver an absolutely splendid 11 track lineup featuring past and familiar sounds. Featuring tracks like "Identikit" and "True Love Waits" that have been in the making for years are an absolute joy for Radiohead fans to see on this album.
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May 9, 2016A great experiment of an album. Radiohead keeps on surprising me with creative songs that the fans will adore. The album is a stunning and breath taking album, definitely check this album out!
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May 9, 2016after years of waiting. Your review must be at least 150 characters long.Your review must be at least 150 characters long.Your review must be at least 150 characters long.Your review must be at least 150 characters long.Your review must be at least 150 characters long.Your review must be at least 150 characters long.Your review must be at least 150 characters long.
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May 8, 2016This is simply perfect. An almost audio-visual trip to core of sadness, but not in a tragic way, but in an accepting mature way. Each and every track is so detailed and master-crafted it almost doesn't make any sense. This is the true successor to "In Rainbows". This one is a true classic.
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May 8, 2016User named "getwiththetimes" is on crack and has no ears. I don't believe he even has the ability to process cognitive brain patterns. It's likely that he was dropped on his head as a baby, but perhaps he ate paint chips as a child. He is awarded no points, and may God have mercy on his soul. Though I truly believe that he is soulless husk.
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May 8, 2016This album sounds like constantly waking up in and out of many, many dreams. Mostly sad ones, but no matter what, utterly beautiful. This is Radiohead at their most cinematic, plaintive, lush, and, by the time you realize you're listening to such a distilled version of True Love Waits, heartbreaking.
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May 8, 2016This album can easily get a 10, it will be remembered as one of the best albums of this decade, and, why not, of the XXI century. Some songs take me to an unknown atmosphere.
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May 8, 2016Amazing album. I loved the video and song Burn the Witch, but the rest of the album is more in line with Daydreaming (interesting video by the way). Definitely a bit on the mellow side but incredibly catchy, it's one of those rare albums that can be listened to front to back without hitting the skip button. A must have for any Radiohead fan.
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May 8, 2016This is their most beautiful, haunting piece to date. For me, this album is strikingly similar to Kid A. Although maybe less sonically innovative than Kid A, the coherence, in terms of both theme and sound, of AMSP rivals that of any Radiohead album
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May 8, 2016Breathtaking, beautiful, sad, joyful, there is everything in this record. It is just perfect. The songs The Numbers and Identikit are standouts and there is no weak track. 10!
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May 8, 2016After 3 listens here's where it stands for me:
1) Kid A
2) OK Computer
3) In Rainbows
4) A Moon Shaped Pool
5) The Bends
6) Amnesiac
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May 8, 2016The most interesting thing about Radiohead, is that they evolve, they change! and they always manage to surprise you, in the most strangest ways.
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May 8, 2016This album is awesome. I read something saying that this is the Kid A of the 2010s, and I agree completely. It evokes the same feeling and is hauntingly beautiful, kind of making me feel like I'm on a space journey. There is one flaw however, I'm not completely in love with Desert Island Disk, but it doesn't keep this from getting a 10 in my books.
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May 8, 2016Brilliant.. this album is masterfully constructed. Not only that, but its beauty is nearly unrivaled..
To me, it is a vast improvement from "The King of Limbs" as this album seems to have more heart (Which Radiohead desperately needed). -
May 8, 2016Simply fantastic......................................................................................................................................
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May 8, 2016Fantastic album that was well worth the wait. Not a bad track on this thing. Was hoping for Lift to be on this but I'll settle for the other 11 fantastic tracks.
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May 8, 2016Wow. Unusually for a radiohead album, first listen is enough. Its beautiful. Worth the wait. now, will you please do a proper tour so we can all get to see you?
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May 8, 2016Melodic, elegant, dreamy like. This is radiohead hitting on all points. The string arrangements done by I'm assuming Johnny add a whole new element to their sound. I can't stop listening. On par with their best work. Clearly AOY.
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Aug 11, 2016Gone are any remnants of yesteryear's "rock music" ideology, thrusting Radiohead into a mature state of potentially their best work still to come.
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MagnetAug 9, 2016This is Radiohead's deepest, darkest pool of devotion and doubt in a career marked by almost nothing but. [No. 133, p.51]
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UncutJun 21, 2016There's a lighter, more hopeful bent to the musical settings, which perfectly balance the more dissonant leanings of The King Of Limbs with a sumptuousness and gentleness they've rarely sought since OK Computer. [Aug 2016, p.81]