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Universal acclaim- based on 2281 Ratings
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Positive: 2,078 out of 2281
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Mixed: 71 out of 2281
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Apr 13, 2011
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IsaacAsheNov 3, 2007Ultimately fails to grab you by the scruff all the way through - a disappointment after all the plaudits I read before listening, and the genius solo work of Thom Yorke that proceeded this release.
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TomB.Oct 15, 2007The softness seems limp and WILL NOT let up. Can it touch Ok Computer? Get the fuck out of here, critics.
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JeffWOct 16, 2007Anyone else bothered by the complete lack of coherence in the lyrics? You could take every line in the entire album, randomly arrange them, and each song would have just as much meaning or emotional punch as it does now (none). While these songs have a beauty to them musically, they have a complete emptiness to them because there is nothing to really sink your teeth in.
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ParksB.Dec 10, 2007
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AlexS.Oct 25, 2007
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JorisOct 20, 2007
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CourtneyBOct 4, 2008I don't understand the proclamations that this is the best record since OKC. It's pretty good but unlike OKC or the albums released since, it is not surprising or deep... to me, it's mostly good but mostly boring and shallow.
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DaveCJul 16, 2009
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JTMooJun 10, 2010Ok Computer, Kid A, and Amnesiac are possibly the best three sequential albums I have ever listened to. In Rainbows, pretty but a bit boring. Bumped it up a notch for innovative marketing.
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markn.Nov 1, 2007
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MesiaSOct 14, 2007Hmm, reviews seem to be mixed on this one. I think there are a few good "songs" but their extremely weak lyrical abilities are put on display here on the more sparse songs.
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smOct 14, 2007it's okay.
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allenOct 16, 2007I'm really suprised at all the gushing for this album! I'm a huge Radiohead fan, and I do think this is a good ablum. However, I'm slighlty perplexed by the "best album ever made" and "best radiohead album ever". Seriously? Please! Again, this is a good record, but better than OK Computer and/or Kid A? Not a chance.
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PaulD.Oct 16, 2007I know Radiohead will always be critical darlings (see above) but, even as a diehard fan, I can only describe this album as a directionless drone. I never thought an album would make me yearn for the pop sensibilities of Amnesiac. Glad I only payed a fiver.
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pierreb.Oct 16, 2007not bad
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baffleds.Oct 18, 2007
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ABOct 21, 2007
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edenc.Oct 20, 2007Mediocre album... none of the songs really caught my attention. 15 step, weird fishes, and all i need were good but still not great... I don't get how critics simply rate an album high because it is unique not because it is good music.
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ReubenFOct 23, 2007Sadly, it is commonplace for bands to lose it over time. Most are one-hit wonders. Some manage a few good albums. A select few sustain a career among the best for longer than a decade. Radiohead are among the select few. However, on this album, they prove themselves no exception to the general rule. They have past their used by date. The end.
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AllanC.Oct 23, 2007
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DavidH.Oct 24, 2007
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AshleyPOct 26, 2007
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SteveKOct 28, 2007Radiohead seems to draw their inspiration from those esoteric soundpieces that they usually play in Yoga-Classes. That doesn't have to be all bad, but I have a hard time connecting the music to these euphoric overall ratings they get. Therefore I can't help but think that this band is quite overrated.
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ChrisPDec 8, 2007A pretty album, but ultimately unsatisfying. This is the sound of Radiohead in a comfortable groove, and it's more of an adult-alternative snooze than anything interesting.
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nickcOct 31, 2007
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JonathanFOct 30, 2007wow, definitley the most overrated band of life.
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GonzOJan 16, 2008
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GTApr 28, 2008
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HTNov 16, 2007The album has 4, maybe 5 great songs, but, beeing honest, no more. That leaves more of the half of the album in the point of view of your fast-forward button. It´s a pity, Radiohead is a band that really cans doing much more better than this.
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claytonsOct 13, 2007
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JoeOct 13, 2007Only good track was the 2nd one (but that's just my opinion). Feel free to flame. Oh, and props to Radiohead for the whole fighting the system thing -- we need more bands that can do that.
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StephenB.Oct 17, 2007Radiohead is the most overrated band ever! They are a more boring, more obscure, but more experimental (for experimentalism's sake) U2. They are obviously talented, but maddeningly hollow. Sorry.
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MichaelS.Oct 18, 2007
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StevenD.Oct 18, 2007Worst Radiohead album since Pablohoney. Pleasant enough in the blandest possible way. Clearly they're settling in for middle-aged rockstar MOR retirement, all obvious string sections, airy synth sounds and copious amounts of reverb. Also, the songs all seem weirdly simple. It's a pity but I guess hardly unexpected.
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ReasonablePersonOct 18, 2007Disgustingly overrated. It's not bad album, but some of the comments here are absolutely insane...Better than OK Computer? Best album of all time? Perfect in every way? Give me a break for God's sake! Do you people even listen to any other bands, or do you just crawl out of your basements every 4-odd years to heap praise on Radiohead? Get a grip.
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ZachJ.Nov 9, 2007maybe rolling stone has never heard "roygbiv" from the boards of canada's 1998 release "Music has the right to children" before they heard the song "all i need". i guess 9 years is long enough that when radiohead uses the same beat it doesn't sound like any other band on earth. boards of canada = other worldly
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krissOct 21, 2007
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JosephO.Oct 23, 2007I don't think this comes close to the big 3 - Bends, Ok Computer, and Kid A. I wouldn't even put it in my top 10 for this year yet. I get the same feeling that I had when I first heard Amnesiac...slightly bored.
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RadioheadfanDec 4, 2007Limps along until you realize its not worth helping this lame dog. A real snoozer.
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JonG.Jan 31, 2008Compare this to Kid A is a crime, this is a boring repetitive album. I'm not a RH fan but this is a bad joke. Anybody here listen to Ok Computer?... Lets face it, Radiohead have too many fans, they don't do the effort anymore. This album is about fans, money and fame, not about music. I give 5 points for the great marketing campaign.
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RobertVApr 21, 2008You know Smooth Jazz? This is Smooth Electrorock.
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RobbieCApr 23, 2009Is this really their best album? I don't get it!
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ChrisB.Nov 11, 2007Every Radiohead album since OK Computer has been vastly overrated, overhyped, and over dissected by music critics, this one isnt any different. This time though, half the songs dont seem to lead to anywhere except some sort of hungover dream state.
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IbanLDec 16, 2007Kinda like okay, I guess. Despite the major marketing breakthrough the album itself lacks innovation and renovation. After Amnesiac (my personal favorite album of them) and HTTT this is pretty poor for me. It's like a fourth transitional album: And it does get boring.
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Awards & Rankings
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In Rainbows really does present Radiohead at their most full-blooded and confident.
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Overall, the material feels more human, more honest, more assured.
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Happily, In Rainbows is pretty, pretty good.