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Universal acclaim- based on 1525 Ratings
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Mixed: 41 out of 1525
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Negative: 91 out of 1525
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May 8, 2016
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Jun 24, 2016
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Jan 5, 2017
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Jul 2, 2019All the songs seem infused with both hyper sensibility and grounded bass lines. Hope and distress. Even if it gets high in ethereal propositions, it never fails to stay connected emotionally. Can't get enough, it's addictive.
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Jan 23, 2017This is an absolute ingenious masterpiece of an album made by none-other than one of the best to ever sing his crazy falsetto into a microphone and mess with a synthesizer. This should be Album of the Year, but it probably won't.
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Apr 11, 2017Immaculately produced and somberly performed, this album will go down as an all-time classic in the discography of Radiohead. From the sharp orchestal strings in 'Burn the Witch' to the psychedelic and tender feelings of 'Daydreaming' and then to Thom Yorke's piercing words in 'True Love Waits', a Moon Shaped Pool never falls short.
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Feb 2, 2018
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Dec 17, 2020This album, like nearly all Radiohead albums, is an incredible creation. It creates a very sonic/filmic landscape with the sounds and melodies. The songs have this calming and mesmerising quality. Personal favourites include ‘ Burn the Witch’, ‘Decks dark’ and ‘Present Tense’. I really enjoy how Radiohead have once again found a different sound to master. Great work.
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May 9, 2016
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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, 2016
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May 12, 2016
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May 9, 2016
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May 8, 2016At first listen, I am sure this is among their finest work. And Radiohead only gets better as you listen more. It was worth the wait.
All songs are great, but I especially love Burn the Witch, Daydreaming, Identikit, The Numbers, and Present Tense. With the marvelous chorus in the background, Present Tense has become an amazingly beautiful.
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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 13, 2016
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May 8, 2016It feels so stripped down compared to TKOL and it feels so...different and that's what is so amazing about it. Easily one of their best albums so far.
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May 8, 2016Simply spectacular! Reserve ALL the Grammy's for Radiohead this year, folks, as "A Moon Shaped Pool" is a tour de force. Among the band's best work and will soon be listed among the greatest rock albums of all time. Wow!
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May 8, 2016
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May 9, 2016
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May 8, 2016It's easily their best album since Amnesiac--and dare I go ahead and say it? Yeah--it might be their finest record to date. This is the first Radiohead album since OK Computer that actually exceeded my expectations. It's a game changer--hopefully the game's not over. True Love Waits being the last song on the album--makes me wonder if this is the end.
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May 8, 2016Still the most creative band in music today, unbelievable album.
Such a warm feeling from these songs, Yorke's voice is better than ever, while doing less......just enough even -
May 8, 2016First impression is that this is their finest work since Kid A. Jonny's work with PTA shines through in incredibly tasteful, disturbing, and melodic orchestral flourishes. Each member is truly operating at peak powers on this album.
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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 18, 2016A Moon Shaped Pool really sounds like the future of music and as usual Radiohead have completely obliterated the competition. Nu-minimalism, neo classical, Neil Young psych-folk meets the film scores of Thomas Newman, Bernard Herrmann and Penderecki....oh its just Radiohead changing music and art forever.
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May 12, 2016Great album! Radiohead know how to really push out their vision through their albums. From start to finish one of the cohesive albums. Very somber feel but amazing.
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May 8, 2016It's been five years since their release of The King of Limbs, yet Radiohead continues to delve into darkly uncharted territory, and beautifully crafts a masterpiece of apocalyptic proportions.
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May 8, 2016A stunning album, 5 years after The King of Limbs and honestly worth the wait. A dreamy, highly unusual album in the best way possible, and the song 'True Love Waits' was truly the icing on the cake.
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May 8, 2016The best album Radiohead has made since KID A. The best tracks are Ful Stop which has a little appearance as Everything in Its Right Place , Identikit and Burn the Witch. Just simply amazing.
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May 8, 2016Atmospheric, inspired, heterogeneous, dense of sounds. Incredible after 9 albums in an already remarkable career. A somewhat strange mix of Kid A and In Rainbows, but still looking ahead.
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May 8, 2016
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May 8, 2016Brilliant album. Identikit and Decks Dark instantly became two of my new favourite Radiohead songs, but honestly the entire album is virtually faultless.
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May 9, 2016
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May 9, 2016
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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 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 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 12, 2016
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May 8, 2016Instant gratification on first listen which is peculiar for a Radiohead record; it will only get better once it sinks in. It's astounding how they continue to produce works like this. Truly another masterpiece.
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May 8, 2016
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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, 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 9, 2016
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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 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 8, 2016It's good. It's really good. It's more than pretty good. That's why I said it was really good. If you ask me how good it is I would say really good. I'd say that since it is really good. And I do say that.
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May 9, 2016
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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 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 8, 2016This is probably one of the most sophisticated albums they've made standing right next to Kid A and In Rainbows. It's consistent, explosive, still, and haunting. It subdues the body while it calms the mind. It's an album completely summed up in moments, very real moments, that take your breath away.
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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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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, 2016
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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 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 8, 2016
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May 8, 2016A wonderful album, with beautiful melodies and haunting lyrics. An absolute MUST for any Radiohead, or even any alternative/alt rock fans in general. Magnificent.
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May 8, 2016
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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, 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 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 10, 2016
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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, 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 15, 2016
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May 9, 2016
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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 15, 2016
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May 17, 2016Hum, well, where may I start this review ? It will be short, simply because I'm voiceless. Only RH can touch me like that and I'm a huge music listener in a lot of different music styles ! Their best work yet IMO. I'm listening it right now and let you here to appreciate it with closed eyes.
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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 8, 2016Estheticly perfect and emotionally deep by now it is one of the best albums this year (along with Blackstar by David Bowie). If you ask me if this thing can change music industry, I would say "hell, yeah, what a quiestion?"
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May 8, 2016Really nice album, relaxing melodies with amazing lyrics.
I don't wanna write anymore but metacritic don't let me send the review unless there is more than 150 characters..... -
May 9, 2016beautiful, wonderfully, charmingly, magnificent, stunning, ravishing, amazing, dreamy,
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May 8, 2016It feels like you are listening to the in rainbows V.2 . not that is bad or anything , it's elegant in a very great way . so I think if you like in rainbows and kid a , there is a good chance to love this too. I hope radiohead and paul thomas anderson team up again in near future .
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May 8, 2016
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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 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 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 11, 2016
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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 10, 2016
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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, 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, 2016
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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 15, 2016They know how to make a record that will stand the test of time. Repeat upon repeat, it just gets better. Exquisite, magnificent, **** just go listen to it!
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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 8, 2016Strong melodies, catchy percussion, vibrant strings - an album Radiohead should be proud of. Great to hear some guitar again, and the way Thom uses his voice is fresh as ever.
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May 8, 2016
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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.
Awards & Rankings
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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]