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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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Negative: 132 out of 2281
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IggyL.Jan 14, 2008Best album of the year, and Radiohead's 3rd best album. No doubt about that.
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RobAldersonJan 16, 2008Beautifull, love it, maybe a better climax would make it a 10
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krzysztofziewaczJan 2, 2008Launched me into the space.
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finul.Dec 20, 2008Another sterling set by Radiohead. It's experimental but accessible, and if you haven't forgiven the group for Kid A yet (though I love that album), tracks like "Reckoner" and "Bodysnatchers" will probably bring back fine memories of the old Radiohead.
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JonP.Jan 2, 2008I didn't like the album at first, because to me, it sounded the same as Kid A, which I consider Radiohead's worst album. Over time it has grown on me, and Disc 2 has some gems on it. Still not as good as Hail To The Thief though.
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FredJan 29, 2008Priceless!!! Another masterpiece from Radiohead.
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TBoneJan 3, 2008
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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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EJJJan 8, 2008Haunting lyrics with a brilliant mix of synthesized and true to form sounds perpetuates the listener through a seamless integration of raw, undiscovered emotions. A true bi-polar experience that takes your mind effortlessly through a revolving door of highs and lows. I tried to ignore the hype and take a pass on this album but after a few listens, I'm glad I gave it a chance.
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HexSJan 9, 2008Very good music. Weird and interesting. Makes you feel stuff.
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DonovanD.Feb 20, 2008
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AidanK.Feb 29, 2008Quite a good all round album, they seemed more intent on being interesting rather than good in parts
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jwFeb 3, 2008(8.5) Esoteric as the subject matter may be, "House of Cards" is an incredible song.
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AlexR.R.Feb 5, 2008This album gives me the goose bumps on the same level as all the tool albums. Ignore the first listening! Thought this album was overrated in the beginning. About the 5th listening i started to love it. The only radiohead album i have besides In Rainbows is OK Computer, which also is a great album. In my opinion, this one is better.
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MauricioE.Mar 6, 2008This disc is one of the best.
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MattRMar 9, 2008In reply to ben w comment i don't see how it is random noise it isn't there best but it is still pretty damn good better than hail to thief and amnesiac not quite a kid a or ok computer though.
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PiotrekW.Apr 5, 2008Every single track is a masterpiece but if you want to appreciate it fully then you have to play the album at least 5 times. Great work Radiohead!
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AliK.May 3, 2008This album is one of the best in decade. 10 years later it gonna be on of the best in All the times.
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SteveOMay 5, 2008Could this be the best album of all time? Bingo.
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VenturaV.Jun 10, 2008Simply amazing!!!
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CaseyR.Jun 29, 2008Not as good as their debut ;-) LOL This is one of the rare bands that you could never get away with saying that.
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NikhilK.Jun 6, 2008Continues Radiohead's march to "Greatest Band of All Time" status, following their development from the OK Computer era through Kid A, back to something in between yet refreshingly new.
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TerryM.Jul 20, 2008The best album they have done thus far.
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NickL.Jul 24, 2008Agreed, their best since Ok Computer.
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JamesM.Aug 5, 2008I love all Radiohead albums and I agree, best since OK Computer. also, saw them live in Victoria park, they did every song off of In Rainbows with a few old classics thrown in too, the in rainbows tracks sounded just as epic as the others (even tho karma police stole the show)
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JoseC.Sep 18, 2008In Rainbows is just perfect.
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PavithranGSep 7, 2008One of the best Radiohead album to date. This is an understatement. Legends of the modern era.
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RigobertoG.Sep 8, 2008Best cd of the year. thom york's beautiful voice and greenwood's brilliant guitar skills amount to a perfect serenade.
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guvenaJan 16, 2009It's all about feelings. you make your way through shit and piss, end up in rainbows. nothing is better, lots of ups and downs, haves and havents and shit, all you see are colors. but colors aren't rainbows. rainbows are amazing, easy to feel and much clearer. so is "in rainbows". easy to love, hard to not listen. great musicians they are.
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AtticusMMar 17, 2009It's very rare when an album comes along and redefines music. Thank you, Radiohead.
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martinMar 4, 2009Something so beautiful, that it just floats around my mind like a small cloud on a sunny sky.
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SkylerApr 27, 2009Another great masterpeice. Here's a revolutionary band who is to good to have any of their songs played on the radio. they are on a different level that the other musicians cant reach.
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WernerB.Sep 13, 2009The beauty of this album draws me down inot the deespest cahmbers of my soul, forcing me to inspect my life has unfolded to date. It makes my heart bleed and my eyes tear and my eyes stare questioningly into the distance - both itn hope and in gratefulness of that which once was and that which still lies ahead. I love this album. Highly recommended.
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DanielMJan 25, 2010Most influential artists of this generation.
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gabrielBFeb 13, 2010One of my favorite albums of all-time, this is an absolute masterpiece, whenever I reach for my iPod I can't help but keep coming back to In Rainbows...Weird Fishes and Reckoner are simply gorgeous....I'm dying to see them live again and hear them play this album front to back...I don't know how they'll ever top this but I can't wait to hear them try.
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NateSFeb 20, 2010
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zachsFeb 4, 2010
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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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CeriJMay 17, 2010Definitely their best work since OK Computer and the bends. A near perfect blend of instantly likable songs such as 'All I Need' and growers like the utterly amazing 'Nude'. The second disc is well worth a listen too ('bangers and mash' aside).
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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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jpNov 1, 2007classic
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ChadrickW.Nov 1, 2007Radiohead always deliver's a top notch album!
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RicardoG.Nov 1, 2007The best album of 2007, and one of the best >2000.
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JesseJOct 12, 2007
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nathansOct 12, 2007breathtaking!
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LynnCOct 12, 2007There has been some good music released lately, but, expectedly, this is years better than any of it. I am just loving Thom's voice since the Eraser; the best instrument in the band.
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[Anonymous]Oct 12, 2007Best album ever!
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ZacharyMOct 12, 2007Providing a vast prism of colors, tones, moods, and textures, Radiohead
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PhilCOct 12, 2007absolutely heartwrenching.. what a beauty...
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GaryDOct 12, 2007No filler, less gloom, all Radiohead. Still lightyears ahead of the rest. Still Towering Above the Rest
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JimLNov 2, 2007When you grow up, you'll realise this was the album of the year
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FaisalI.Nov 2, 2007Radiohead's best album. Enough said.
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DanielJ.Nov 2, 2007Incredible....the most beautifully haunting piece of music ever created. Yorkes vocals go great with the atmospheric guitar and dark bass lines not to mention the different variations of percussion.Q gave it 5 stars so do I anybody who gives it less than 4 is clearly a lunatic, I'd even worry about those who only give it 4!!!!!download it now.
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WilliamR.Nov 3, 2007In 10 years when you speak of albums of the years, decades, of all time you will speak of this album. Perfect. Radiohead=Most important Band on the planet
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KristiJOct 13, 2007
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CarlosDOct 13, 2007Has struck me in a manner I didn't expect. Gorgeous, addictive and even revolutionary. I'll be hard pressed to find a better album this year.
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MikeOct 13, 2007Ranks right after The Bends and OK Computer for me. And umm...metacritic staff? aren't you guys being a bit too nice with that 70 ranking for the Dusted Magazine review?? I could understand why you guys would want the album to be a huge success though....
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JamieSOct 13, 2007This will sound slightly fanboy-ish, but this is the best album Radiohead has released. With more emotional ups and downs than OK Computer, and a far better balance of experimental / rock music than Hail To The Thief. Somehow, and I would have never thought it possible, it seems more mature than Kid A or Amnesiac. Excellent job, Radiohead. Once again, you've raised the bar.
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JasonGOct 13, 2007No words.
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BrendanOct 13, 2007It's an instant classic. Radiohead truly is a bottomless pit of beautiful, creative music. The way that Radiohead manages to keep the music going at such a high quality after so many great songs astonishes me to no end. Definitely one of the best albums they've ever done, getting better with every listen.
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TresJOct 13, 2007Awesome...Once again Radiohead does the unexpected and they hit it out the park
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GaryGOct 13, 2007I partied hard to this album last night, sniffing coke off of a stripper's inner thigh. Dat shit was bangin, dawgs!!! Yall ever sharted in someone's mouth? I have, and I did it while listening to In Rainbow, friends.
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simongOct 13, 2007there are no words.
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CoreyPOct 13, 2007I went into "In Rainbows" not thinking about Radiohead's previous work. With that in mind it is hand's down the best CD of the year.
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sdjonesOct 13, 2007I knew from the first listen-through that this would be my favourite album of 2007. I haven't exactly been a huge fan of Radiohead's last two outings - this one is brilliant! There's shades of Jeff Buckley and even Keane (who is imitating whom?) and a million other subtlies. Complex Radiohead album-yes. Completely listenable, even accessible- also yes.
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DKOct 13, 2007It's their masterpiece. OK Computer with heart. Takes the best of everything they've learned from their past three experiments and infuses them with the heart and emotionality of their earlier work. It will rank with Kid A and The Moon and Antarctica as the alternative-rock albums of this decade.
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dAVEJOct 13, 2007An excellent new album from Radiohead.
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AgroROct 13, 2007Music for a movie..a good one
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AlexOct 13, 2007Incredible
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ChristophMOct 13, 2007For perhaps the first time ever, Radiohead has given us an album with a completely positive and uplifting message. Where past efforts have been nigh-apocalyptic in their take on the modern world, In Rainbows is a 42-minute love song. In that, Radiohead exceeds expectations and beautifully captures the emotion of the album.
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FelixOct 13, 2007Best album since Kid A, and OK Computer.
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andypOct 13, 2007Of course it's not OK Computer, I hope nobody ever holds them up to that standard again. However I like it just as much as Kid A. Best Album of the Year hands down.
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TheTruthAKAKeep-it-SimpleOct 13, 2007Radioead's Pet Sounds..not that its their best or even my favorite, but it communicates cohesion and beauty better than any of their previous albums.
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AaronW.Oct 13, 2007spellbinding...every song is good...shines a light on a beautiful human heart
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CameronG.Oct 13, 2007The best music radiohead has pumped out for a long time! Brilliant!
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EdOct 13, 2007Once again Radiohead prove that they're a step ahead and a cut above pretty much everyone eslse out there. Stunning.
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TimOct 13, 2007wow, radiohead with lush orchestral arrangements!!? I love the first five songs but i think the album starts to lull around the second half a bit. I'm still getting into the two new ones however-
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GrandeFOct 13, 2007Radiohead did it again!
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MasedoggOct 13, 2007
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RaymondHOct 13, 2007A masterpiece. Not as good as Graduation but still the second best album of the decade.
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RichardFOct 13, 2007It's like Kid A with guitars. Actually it's like Kid A with OK Computer. Since it's Radiohead you can also be pretty assured there is no filler.
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GabrielVOct 13, 2007
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MarcOct 13, 2007Sonorously, it sounds like a more confident Hail to the Theif, which is delicious in its own light.
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BenSOct 13, 2007
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AGOct 13, 2007This album blew me away, there is no other band out there at the moment that can deliver such a diversity of sound and yet with such cohesion. The cohesion of the overall album marks it apart from their last effort (hail to the thief) and is probably their greatest to date. A fusion of all of Radioheads influences over the years have combined to create an astonishing sound
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BrandonSOct 13, 2007
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walkerrOct 13, 2007As close to perfect as any album in a long time. It gives you hope that there are still muscians who matter. Moody, haunting, perfect.
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SamOct 13, 2007Beautiful.
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RonixOct 14, 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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ChrisSOct 14, 2007In Rainbows is an amzing record filled with masterpieces. All the songs are great. We see Radiohead at their best here.
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mhOct 14, 2007so sweet is this
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emmapOct 14, 2007I am in love, this is the most beautiful record of the year.
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ThomasBOct 14, 2007While it's not as experimental as Hail to the Thief, it still packs an emotional punch.
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AndrewHOct 14, 2007stupid dusted magazine needs to be removed. that hack doesn't know what he's talking about. I can accept other people's opinions when they're not so misinformed.
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MycroftWOct 14, 2007Perfect!
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SteveOct 14, 2007Love this album - just listened to it on a long coach ride on a rainy day, perfect. Standout tracks for me are 15 Step, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, All I Need, but really, I love it all. Radiohead = best band in the world.
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AlexanderJOct 14, 2007Best since OK
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VenturaV.Oct 14, 2007Simply amazing!!!
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smOct 14, 2007it's okay.
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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.