In Rainbows
by Radiohead
User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 2281 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,078 out of 2281
  2. Mixed: 71 out of 2281
  3. Negative: 132 out of 2281

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  1. MikaBeeWall
    May 15, 2017
    10
    This album is 100% in perfectness.
    Here"s why
    1. even on the first listen I loved everything about it (at the time I didn't know anything about radiohead)
    2. I like the cover.
    3. it's not pretentious
    4. it's not to depressing
    5. it's relistenablility.
    10/10
  2. CromaColors
    Jan 20, 2017
    10
    Life, death and love.
    This album is for me the masterpiece of radiohead, the incorporation of art rock elements makes this album a symphony and a sing of the beauty of the world in life and how this end so fast.
  3. cjam
    Feb 18, 2016
    10
    Finest Radiohead album and possibly the best album of the last decade. One of the warmest Radiohead albums with standout tracks including 15 Step, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi and Reckoner.
  4. thegetaway
    Apr 15, 2021
    10
    Radiohead's most cohesive album. It combines their, The Bends era pop sensibilities, with the more eclectic and experimental nature of later albums like Kid A. It sounds like you're floating in space, enjoying the emptiness around you, as a virus has wiped out the entire civilisation.
  5. PunkNu-Wave
    Sep 4, 2016
    10
    If you only know Radiohead for 'Creep' and 'High and dry' then you should listen to this album. Also if you like all of Radiohead's discography, including 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac' and their other more experimental work you should listen to this album. If you have no idea what a Radiohead is, you should listen to this album. Basically, you should listen to this album.
  6. elhenzo
    May 14, 2017
    10
    Great album, most of the transitions work very well and all of the songs are great. It didn't overstay its welcome, and I see and agree with people liking this album.
    Favorite tracks: 15 Step, Bodysnatchers, Nude, All I Need, House of Cards
    Least favorite track: Reckoner:
    Rating: 10/10
  7. sratomasfer
    Apr 6, 2017
    10
    One of the biggest AOTY Grammy snubs of recent memory. Radiohead never stop surprising their listeners. 100 years from now, this album will be remembered.
  8. Eduardomm1
    Sep 13, 2020
    10
    This is the best album of all time and nothing can convince me wrong.......
  9. greekmatthew
    Apr 12, 2017
    10
    This record will go down in history as one of the best of all time. Radiohead deploys their darkest of elements mixed with a bag of emotions and melodies that have not been yet heard before. Every song is unique and haunting. Yorke's songwriting is legendary.
  10. vojtamarek
    Sep 18, 2020
    10
    This is how a perfect album sounds like. There isn’t much music in this world that you could compare to In Rainbows. This record’s just... Oh my god, why would I even try to explain? Give this one a listen. Or rather a hundred. Experience it. Study it. Keep playing it over and over. This album changed my life & it may change yours, too.
  11. poetsofswift
    Jun 26, 2017
    10
    One of their best albums (and personally my favourite). It's consistent, blissful and emotional. Songs like Nude, Reckoner and Weird Fishes are incomparable to anything that I've ever listened to.
  12. cadet
    Jul 31, 2017
    10
    my personal favorite in the whole Radiohead discography its an album feels like home and that is why the production feels so organic its not too clean or raw its a perfect album that uses both electronic and rock and the album gives out such a unique sound and it also one of their most explosive releases they have ever done. 15 step is a fun song even though Thom vocals are calm and bodymy personal favorite in the whole Radiohead discography its an album feels like home and that is why the production feels so organic its not too clean or raw its a perfect album that uses both electronic and rock and the album gives out such a unique sound and it also one of their most explosive releases they have ever done. 15 step is a fun song even though Thom vocals are calm and body snatchers feels like a updated version of a song from Pablo honey when it comes to instrumentation, nude is a beautiful song and when i said the production feels more organic it really shows in this song when you can here buzz frets from Colin bass and thats like 3 out 10 other amazing and well written songs in this album i cant talk about its one of my favorite albums of all time and it shows how good of an album it is.… Expand
  13. TomekDarda
    Mar 17, 2018
    10
    I remember all the hype when it was released, I was just beginning college back then. Back then it was a cool new offering of a famous alt rock band. Now 10 years after it has grown to become a classic (for that time and listener's pespective are crucial ingredients) and it sound both fresh like today and classic as their other big ones: OKC and Kid A. They've done it and I am proud II remember all the hype when it was released, I was just beginning college back then. Back then it was a cool new offering of a famous alt rock band. Now 10 years after it has grown to become a classic (for that time and listener's pespective are crucial ingredients) and it sound both fresh like today and classic as their other big ones: OKC and Kid A. They've done it and I am proud I could be part of this becoming an evergreen.

    Top: Strange to write that, but everything here seems perfectly fit. Not a single worse moment, which in my books surpasses even OK Computer (Electrioneering sometimes is annoying). Broghtest moment might include coming of the guitar in 15 Step (reminding me a bit of some cool Frusciante RHCP hooks), Bodysnatchers break, Nude's bass, Weird Fishes arpeggis and vocal canon, All I Need Melody and glockenspiel, Faust Arp folky nature, Reckoner's beat, riff and angelic vocals, House of Cards straightforward melody, Jigsaw turning from said story to belting out the vocals, Videotape's funeral piano hook and somberness. And it's all so crisply produces.    … Expand
  14. DCMusicFan
    Oct 3, 2018
    10
    I don't mind paying $1,000 for listening to this album. No, really. It's sterling.
  15. zJake
    Apr 26, 2019
    10
    A truly beautiful album. Radiohead are a band known for changing things up and creating memorable music. This is one of my favourites from them, only bested by their masterpiece ‘OK Computer’. In Rainbows consists of 10 perfect songs, personal standouts being Nude, Weird Fishes and Jigsaw Falling Into Place.
  16. Josuerl2808
    May 10, 2020
    10
    Listen to 'In Rainbows' is an experience introspective, relaxing, comfortable, and so sweet, than you could ignore the sadness and depressing lyrics that this have.
    An album about the meaning of being alive.
  17. bmcdonald1413
    Feb 6, 2020
    10
    This album is a 10.0. I’d say it occupies 25% of my music listening. The other 75% by Anima, Kid A, and Doolittle lol.
  18. cevans
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    All time favorite, best album I’ve heard literally, radiohead is the GREATEST
  19. wondering
    Sep 25, 2019
    10
    My personally favorite Radiohead album.
    Don't get me wrong, OK Computer is gorgeous but i personally enjoy more this album than any RH album
  20. Para_Lance
    Feb 1, 2020
    10
    Amazing record! Possibly my favorite in Radiohead’s discography. It’s much less dreary than their previous albums and the listen is smoother in a sense. Also Nude is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.
  21. Codeling
    Sep 8, 2021
    10
    It's perfect. I love how it's experimental like Kid A and OK Computer but still stays rockish.
  22. Paodanto
    Apr 24, 2020
    10
    One of the best album of ever. It's contains everything i love in the music.
  23. SherlockKiweez
    Oct 23, 2021
    10
    To put it simple: nothing bad to say about this album. every song is great.
  24. Loudontsurf
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Speechless. In between rainbows. Omg I just can't believe what I heard. OMGGGGGG
  25. NicolasLock
    Feb 15, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. just f***ing precious. this album varies greatly in terms of genres, starting with the cheerful 15 step, moving onto that beautiful arpeggi from weird fishes, to the masterpiece jigsaw falling into place, finishing up with the syncopated rhythm videotape. each track from this album has its own soul and originality. radiohead's best album in my opinion… Expand
  26. Junkiest
    May 17, 2021
    10
    This album is amazing. From the chilling transition into the 3rd verse on Bodysnatchers, to the electronic production on All I Need, to Thom's amazing vocals on Reckoner, truly one of the best albums of the 2000's.
  27. Ignatioss
    May 5, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My favorite album of all time by far with 3 songs that are just unbelievably good. 15 steps, weird fishes , and jigsaws falling into places… Expand
  28. nekyo
    May 16, 2021
    10
    As some may say this is OK Computer II, well it's definitely not. In Rainbows is a whole new world, and I know it can be a little unsettling with all the different genres they explore in it, but that's the magic of the album, which up to date still sounds utterly original and modern. In my opinion Radiohead's greatest work.
  29. pivallejo11
    Jun 20, 2021
    10
    Only 10 alongside with Turn on the Bright Lights. Just a perfect album with absolutely no flaws.
  30. mystified
    Jul 13, 2021
    10
    Brilliant. One, if not the best album of 2007, and a highlight on their discography.
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Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 42
  3. Negative: 0 out of 42
  1. BBC collective
    90
    In Rainbows really does present Radiohead at their most full-blooded and confident.
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  2. Billboard
    80
    Overall, the material feels more human, more honest, more assured.
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  3. Dot Music
    80
    Happily, In Rainbows is pretty, pretty good.
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