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Universal acclaim- based on 647 Ratings
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Positive: 606 out of 647
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Mixed: 28 out of 647
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Negative: 13 out of 647
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Mar 6, 2013
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Jul 24, 2014
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Jul 15, 2015For my first review on albums, I picked one of my favourites: Hail To The Thief, by Radiohead. Its got some pretty good hits on there, one of my personal favourites being There There. A must-listen for rockers everywhere.
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ayeayeMar 12, 2005simply an 8
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BrandonSstandsforinitialMay 19, 2003Haunch. This is a great album, I wish they would go back to their pablo honey roots, but thats kinda hard after the awesome ok computer came out. Best song is 2+2=5
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AaronFJun 11, 2003
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BonzaCJun 23, 2003A very good album, but there are a few fillers on this album.
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BrianCNov 26, 2003It is an excellent album;however, I believe I became depressed as a result of listening to the album.
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JookydogXJun 11, 2003
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SamOct 3, 2004
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ArnoBSep 18, 2005
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RickySOct 10, 2007
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RoniSMay 22, 2003
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BitBurnMay 27, 2003Ok well. Mmh...What is that thing? It's an album! The new one from Radiohead!! Yeah yeah right. Music for the intellectual mind. Sounds for the soul. Simplicity. Complex, confusing?!! What am I saying. You see, my review fits the picture of this record!
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RachelMAug 22, 2005
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omniQNov 14, 2006Just let the band take a stylistic breather. So they don't feel like pushing the envelope to the brink of breakage this time. Wait until their monstrously good LP7, but sit back and take a break with this one for now, please.
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richardNov 15, 2008Radiohead sets the bar so high for themselves that it is difficult to rate their music. for most groups this would be considered their tour de force but for Radiohead, it comes off as just another fantastic album. With it they cement their place in history alongside Zeppelin and The Beatles. They past The Rolling Stones a long time ago.
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Oct 5, 2010
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Jun 1, 2011
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Jun 4, 2011Great record, there's just 1-2 tracks that take away from it's overall flow and may prompt a skip.
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Jul 11, 2011
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Apr 13, 2012
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Jan 28, 2012Despite being another great album, one feels that something is missing. Possibly it's the lack of a greater beauty in music. But it's still amazing and great to hear it.
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May 10, 2016Radiohead brings back their rock sensibilities for their 6th album. Though not as commercial as OK Computer or The Bends, Hail to The Thief offers fantastic melodies, piano fueled ballads and the lushness of Thom Yorke's voice. Download: We Suck Young Blood, 2+2=5, I Will, Sail to the Moon.
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Mar 4, 2023
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rodrigodMay 20, 2003ultimately 'hail to the thief' is another disappointment from what is becoming a tired radiohead stable. the fresh electronica of 'kid a', elaborated on 'amnesiac' has failed to find the new inspiration the band claim to have. too many anonymous fillers, too little of heart they used to have.
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AndyAug 22, 2006More of the same from them.
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WesleyFAug 3, 2006The potential is all there, but sounds rather flat in places. Lacks the dynamics and cohesion of previous works. As an album it fails to live up to expectations, but the songs are there; I only wish they were executed with more spirit.
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May 16, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 29, 2019Yes [x42]. For some reason, I felt compelled to give this album another go (it wasn't the first time) and it clicked for some reason. While I still think that this album was in dire need of more interesting material, I really wouldn't consider all but a few songs to be bad.
Favourites: 2+2=5, Go to Sleep, There, There
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Jun 4, 2022I truly have no strong feelings about this record. It was so dense and monotonous the songs blend into a forgettable mess . I genuinely can't remembered most of what I've heard. I don't think it's a bad record but that it's so standard for the bar they've set that my mind disregards it.
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May 18, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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SheldonRJun 9, 2003
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BrianMcCMar 5, 2006Better than 'Pablo". Better than 'Kid A'. Great? No way. Worth getting? Maybe....only if you enjoy Radiohead's other efforts...especially Kid A. OK Computer has nothing to worry about...that recording remains their best and 'Hail' finishes way back in the race. Musically, it is nothing new.
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SebHMar 27, 2009
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I'mSadBrandonAug 7, 2003I love's them radiohead...but I'm very dissapointed with this ablum. It's starting to sound like, I don't know, maybe they're trying to put something out that might get some radioplay again. They're running out of (good) ideas and are starting to do a little bit of the sell out business.
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byDivineRightMay 30, 2003
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RonGMay 16, 2006A few electronic offerings, a few rock songs, a few slow ballads....the trouble is that although there is something for everyone, the album isn't really anything cohesive at all
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AidanK.Feb 29, 2008I feel this is the weekest radiohead record. Its frustrating that the first two tracks are the best ones and it has too many songs.
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LeoSJan 29, 2004C'mon man! ANYBODY can evidently notice that there's SOMETHING (A LOT OF IT) missing. Turn the lights off and get ready to get depressed.
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Nov 15, 2011Unfortunately, for the longest, it's also the weakest Radiohead record. Also, the fact, after this album, that the band say they were not being political is almost laughable. This albums saving grace is track one, and then 5 of the last 6 songs, the middle just sounds hopelessly pointless. Good if you want an overview of the Radiohead 'sound,' pretty poor if you're already a fan.
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May 14, 2022the vocal is not good enough. The whole album is not better than mediocre. Unfortunately disappointing.
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Feb 27, 2023Compared to all of the Radiohead albums I've listened to so far this one had no songs that wow'd me.
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KiheoTOct 22, 2003Dark, mediocre and downright whiny- Thom Yorke at his worst. I agree a few listens improves the album but it doesn't hang together like Kid A or Amnesiac. Painfull to listen to all the way through
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EntasmiquityJun 15, 2003
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Aug 5, 2011
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M.O.Aug 5, 2003Disappointing and far the worst radiohead album yet.
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jamescMar 10, 2005
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lewiscApr 24, 2006shit
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booJan 28, 2006pablo honey is way better. this music isn't rock like i thought it would be.
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Awards & Rankings
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Q MagazineAs admirable as Radiohead's quest ongoing quest to ignore expectations, tear up the manual and proudly rebel against the limitations of 4/4 time seems, some of Hail To The Thief comes dangerously close to being all experimentalism and precious little substance. [Jul 2003, p.98]
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Of course it's political, and of course it continues to merge electronic experimentation with more familiar rock structures; but it employs all those debate-igniting props simply to further the band's more pressing agenda: to tirelessly explore beauty's terrible fragility.
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Hail to the Thief is overloaded with miraculous sounds.