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Generally favorable reviews- based on 795 Ratings
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Positive: 659 out of 795
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Mixed: 91 out of 795
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Negative: 45 out of 795
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Apr 7, 2011
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Feb 19, 2011
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Feb 18, 2011Upon listening to the album in its entirety 6-7 times now, i can place my hand on my heart and say that this album is now worse than Pablo Honey. Too short, too one dimensional and tedious. Its fine to have this sound for a couple of tracks but 8 tracks, too much. I lost interest in the album by the time it ended. I feel ripped off with this album. Just hoping there's a Part 2.
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Feb 19, 2011
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Feb 19, 2011
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Feb 21, 2011If this were a Thom Yorke project, I'd say it's his most accomplished work to date. As a Radiohead album, however, it ranks just above "Pablo Honey." Flabby, indulgent stuff.
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Feb 22, 2011
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Feb 22, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Feb 23, 2011
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Feb 23, 2011I have every Radiohead album and this is easily the most disappointing. I guess I'm a fan of their earlier stuff because I miss the sound of Pablo Honey, OK Computer and The Bends. Everything after the first three became very unemotional and lifeless to me. I hate wasting money on music I can't even enjoy listening to.
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Feb 26, 2011If there was ever an album that was created to cure insomnia, this would be it. A soulless effort from a band that has so many talents, too bad it was wasted on incessant beats. A great disappointment.
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Feb 25, 2011Nausea-inducing trash that people force themselves like just because its radiohead. This is yet another step in the wrong direction for band that was evolving quite well up until the last few albums. I've already seen some people who genuinely hated this album after first listen, but have slowly but surely changed their minds based on critics' overrating of this album.
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Mar 3, 2011
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Mar 4, 2011
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Mar 4, 2011I'm surprised so many people like this album. It doesn't sound like it was made or recorded as (or even by) a full band. Fragmented ideas layered together by somewhat interesting rhythms but unfortunately lacking in all other areas, especially in melody. They can't all be gems I suppose.
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Mar 10, 2011
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Mar 18, 2011This album is so bad its unlistenable. Once is enough for me and i love Radiohead but then again, i dont listen to KId A either. Crap is crap people. If its good i will come back for more. Until then im donating this CD to the salvation army for some poor unsuspecting punter to try and figure out what the hell is going on through his headphones.
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Mar 27, 2011Extremely disappointing IMO. Separator is a great song and by far superior to any of the others songs. I'm a big fan of just about everything they have created, but most of the album sounds like leftovers from In-Rainbows.
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Apr 4, 2011After a slow slow from OK Computer, one of the great albums of all time, I thought Radiohead got back on track with Rainbows. Unfortunately, the slide has turned into a dull head over heals tumble. This album is a soulless dirge. I never thought I'd say this of a Radiohead album, but I hated this album.
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May 22, 2011
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Oct 21, 2012It's rich with layering of different very intriguing sounds, and Thom Yorke is back here with some of his most stellar vocals to date, but this is one of the most repetitive albums ever... ever. Come on Radiohead. We get this thing after In Rainbows?
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Aug 8, 2015
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May 8, 2022Their least interesting record to date. It's a disappointing album that sounds more like a collection of demos or something off a radiohead wannabes Ep . Definitely one if my least favorites from them unfortunately.
Awards & Rankings
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Dec 14, 2011There's just incredible depth to The King Of Limbs, and if you're impatient, you'll miss it.
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May 24, 2011It's been a long time since Radiohead made records with an eye toward anything more than satisfying the band's own creative impulses, if it ever did. Those who are prepared to stick it out, though, may well find The King of Limbs worth the wait.
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MojoMay 16, 2011They've delivered their biggest surprise to date. A record that falls short for its constituent parts. [May 2011, p.100]