Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
by Thom Yorke
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Mojo
    Nov 19, 2014
    60
    A diverting, stoner-friendly 39 minutes. [Dec 2014, p.89]
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  2. cokemachineglow
    Oct 13, 2014
    60
    Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is actually pretty good, and sometimes it’s great, but it is quiet, sounding very much like it sprung from the Internet ether to politely ask for thirty minutes of your attention.
  3. The Observer (UK)
    Oct 6, 2014
    60
    Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes doesn’t match up to In Rainbows--it’s closer in style to 2006’s introspective The Eraser--partly because, delivery method aside, there’s little in the way of surprises.
  5. Boston Globe
    Sep 29, 2014
    60
    In time, Boxes likely will be seen as belonging to Radiohead’s business-side innovations more than to its musical ones. It’s enjoyable yet slight, a hedged bet on a still-unproven concept.
  6. The Guardian
    Sep 29, 2014
    60
    Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is so deviously understated you wonder if it’s a sly cover for the seeding of Skynet.
  7. Consequence
    Oct 3, 2014
    58
    Yorke chose a modest delivery method for a modest album, hinting that the real goods have yet to come.
  8. Under The Radar
    Nov 26, 2014
    50
    Tomorrow's Modern Boxes is similar to The Eraser in its electronic aesthetic; it's cohesive but hardly the most compelling album he's released.

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 87 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 87
  3. Negative: 7 out of 87
  1. thaleslucas
    Sep 30, 2014
    10
    Thom Yorke is amazing!! This new secret Project really surprise me and I'm addicted in all songs of it. The production is a kind different,Thom Yorke is amazing!! This new secret Project really surprise me and I'm addicted in all songs of it. The production is a kind different, but still better than so many stupid commercial things that went out this year. I cannot say that it's bad, because it isn't! This is a lot of powerful mind... Thom is really the best!… Full Review »
  2. Critique_
    Sep 29, 2014
    9
    i know you are reading this Thom. album so refreshing after Atom for a peace stuff newer thought i am going to hear something so atmospherici know you are reading this Thom. album so refreshing after Atom for a peace stuff newer thought i am going to hear something so atmospheric and full of beautiful lo-fi sounds. Album by itself full of fragile sounds and and sensitive themes. Its been a while since there was such well written vocal melody's. .I bet this album gong to get lot of mixed reviews because of Thoms new direction and experimental stuff, but for me this one sounds like on of the honest albums Thom ever released where song fits perfectly together and gets you in to nostalgic autumns journey.… Full Review »
  3. necafa
    Sep 29, 2014
    10
    Imagine yourself inside a black gyroscope made by grass and looking for a hole to breathe. If you can't understand an album like this using aImagine yourself inside a black gyroscope made by grass and looking for a hole to breathe. If you can't understand an album like this using a post reality imagination, you don't deserve it. You maybe is allowing that an absolute truth says you what like or dislike about actual commercial music. Put your headphones and forget the paradigms. Transport yourself to that new world. You just need to do what Kid A taught you. Let it go.… Full Review »
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