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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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lauraNov 5, 2003wonderful...everyone MUST buy it.
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BenDDec 19, 2003This CD does indeed require several listening sessions before it fully soaks in, however, in the end it is well worth it. Yet another of the seemingly endless masterpiece creations that Radiohead consistently puts out!
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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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JohnLMay 29, 2003"Hail to the Thief" has a little of the best aspects of the four last albums of the band. Attention for "2+2=5", "I Will" and "Go to Sleep". A great record.
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EntasmiquityJun 15, 2003
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monkeyJun 16, 2003how do they do it? 5 classics in a row
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KristosphereinJun 16, 2003
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PersefoniSep 15, 2003
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AdamMSep 22, 2003At a first listen you see that it has potential. Your second listen will tell you what songs that you don't really like. The third will allow you to really wrap your head around some of the easier complexities of this work. Eventually, you will realize that this albums rocks you like most groups could never dream of doing.
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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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PeterHMay 31, 2005Grows and grows until you can't stop listening. Ignore the negative reviews and just listen to their 4th consecutive masterpiece.
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RachelMAug 22, 2005
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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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TylerFMay 21, 2006
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shaunbDec 7, 2006
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HannesMay 10, 2007I love it period
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MaxMJun 21, 2007This music is different and it sucks that Radiohead is my favorite band because I can't find any music that is similar to it only better.
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SebHMar 27, 2009
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TheSoxMay 5, 2010Awesome
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MitchellFSep 27, 2006Unmistakeably amazine. A warming blend of both Kid A and Ok Computer, and even a touch of The Bends. The soothing melody's and electrifying hooks draw you in telling more than stories and drawing pictures. The only reason i give it a 9 is because it's hard listening to this over Ok Computer and Kid A when looking at the albums on my MP3 player.
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RobbieCDec 9, 2007How do they KEEP doing it this well? It's a mystery.
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GazLMar 14, 2007Astonishing album - has really stood up to repeat listening and remains played on my ipod all the time. I don't care if it is 'rock' or not, as long as it rocks, and it does - Wolf At The Door is particularly outstanding...
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TristanAJun 6, 2007Wonderful Album, great lyrics and themes abound this album and although there are some songs that aren't as brilliant as others, overall the best songs i.e: Wolf At The Door, Myxomatosis, I Will, There There and Scatterbrain more than make up for the less impressive other songs. Very Very Impressive album.
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FrankieRSep 19, 2007Super dank. Anyone who gives any radiohead past OK Computer anything less than a full 10 needs to be dragged into the backyard, executed, and have their body defiled by infected, old sex offenders. Then I will personally empty an Uzi clip into their rotten carcasses.
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MarcinN.Oct 24, 2008Still think it's underrated because it's too modern for the 2003 when it was released.
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OzzLMar 6, 2009A inventive and radical album. Sometimes the crazy prouction and sounds pay off, on occasions they do not, but on the whole it's another great album.
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DanielNMar 18, 2010What a beautiful soundscape. What a journey within yourself. Picking apart the textures on this perfect album is on of the most pleasurable things I have ever done.
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DeclanMDec 13, 2006simply superb still listening to it after 3 years
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RickySOct 10, 2007
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ChrisROct 6, 2007
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UntitledAnonymousJan 7, 2007An amazing listen. Much more approachable than their previous two.
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robertsFeb 3, 2007A classic radiohead but still there's something missing a bit...
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nathansMar 28, 2007Hail to the Radiohead!
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OligamiMay 20, 2007Yep, it sums up just about what they've done so far. Brilliant.
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elmo.Aug 12, 2007By far their best post ok computer album.
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KalebS.Jan 13, 2008
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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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ChrisP.Sep 24, 2008One of the best Radiohead albums. "Where I End and You Begin" and "Go to Sleep" are flawless.
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TimBApr 27, 2009This album doesn't get the credit it deserves. It is one of Radiohead's best!!!
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DexStudJul 29, 2009Not for everyone, including pop fans. But those who do give this album a try will be greatly rewarded with an awesome, original sounding album.
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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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EricC.Sep 14, 2007
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leighmJun 24, 2009Underrated. this album is a collection of so many different genres. it is a prime example of Radiohead's versatility. Its superb.
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ReidMAug 15, 2009This album has it all. The most versatile, poetic, beautiful, ugly, gritty, engaging, sick, ass-kicking piece of intelligent, thought-provoking rock-n-roll I've heard in a long time.
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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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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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May 14, 2022the vocal is not good enough. The whole album is not better than mediocre. Unfortunately disappointing.
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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.