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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 34 out of 47
  2. Negative: 4 out of 47
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  1. Apr 5, 2012
    4
    This idea had the potential to be great if Radiohead themselves had been more involved in the remixing. Not sure why the band felt the need to release a 19 track remix album off the back of 8 original tracks. Perhaps they should have put more energy into the original king of limbs. It has some good tracks but one cd worth would have sufficed. Alot of the time the tracks on here bearThis idea had the potential to be great if Radiohead themselves had been more involved in the remixing. Not sure why the band felt the need to release a 19 track remix album off the back of 8 original tracks. Perhaps they should have put more energy into the original king of limbs. It has some good tracks but one cd worth would have sufficed. Alot of the time the tracks on here bear absoultely no relation to the originals - I know the idea of a remix is to bring something new to be song but here I just think the tracks are too far removed from Radiohead to really appeal to Radiohead fans. Expand
  2. Oct 13, 2011
    4
    Ever since TKOL was released it has separated Radiohead fans right down the middle -- some see it as the band's worst effort since their debut, while others view it as an exiting turn in Radiohead's history. What invoked this gulf in opinion, though, is not the sharp turn in the band's sound - after all, you're not a Radiohead fan if you're not up for a challenge - but more theEver since TKOL was released it has separated Radiohead fans right down the middle -- some see it as the band's worst effort since their debut, while others view it as an exiting turn in Radiohead's history. What invoked this gulf in opinion, though, is not the sharp turn in the band's sound - after all, you're not a Radiohead fan if you're not up for a challenge - but more the inaccessibility.

    In many ways, the remixes found on this album shed some simplistic light on the intricate darkness of TKOL's quirky, naturalistic beats -- critics of the original mixes will probably find great appeal in this, although enthusiasts of the album will find it almost primitive. Their opinions won't helped by the fact that 75% of the tracks can't sustain the quality that the other 25% demonstrate. I would advise listening to the remixes found on the band's YouTube channel - youtube.com/radiohead - before buying.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Mojo
    Dec 22, 2011
    80
    This fluidity of their eighth album becomes a virtue for this project. [Nov 2011, p.93]
  2. Q Magazine
    Dec 15, 2011
    60
    As long as you're up for more mood and texture experiments there's plenty of interest. [Dec. 2011 p. 135]
  3. Uncut
    Oct 18, 2011
    60
    These 19 tracks feel designed to float in a space between clear genre boundaries, somewhere purposefully undefined. [Nov 2011, p.106]