I've been trying, my Radiohead plays are way down from what they used to be lol ;)

I still can't get into this album.

It's quite excellent. It's been a while since I've listened to it though.

I just listened to it through my grand spankin' new Skullcandy Hesh headphones and while I'll admit it was a decent album, it wasn't anywhere near as good as Dummy and their Self-Titled. I'll give it a few more tries but I wasn't blown away by anything.

It's dark and it's eery, but doesn't really touch on their first 2 albums.

Not exactly the most inviting or generous album: in fact, at points it is off-putting. But the themes of the album, chief among them a rather shrill existential angst, do not lend themselves to the realm of bright, sunny pop. Definitely not a party starter, then, but rather an album to listen to on a cold, frosty mid-winter's morning.

The song vs song thread titillated a renaissance in my attention to this album. I think its on par with Dummy, though very, very different. It took me a long time to get, i kept putting it off for some reason, but once i had it it was instant love, a standout release of 2008. To those admonishing its flow, to me thats part of its beauty - at times it is jarring, abrasive and awkward, i'd like to think that was what they were going for. Portishead are one of the best bands to emanate from the UK for 20 years, this album more than crystallizes that.

Could not have said it better myself. It would have been all too easy to make a commercial album but the gap between releases typifies what sort of band that they are and yes it's a disjointed album but this will be a classic in a few years for sure.

If only they had left out Deep Water...

It's a tad out of place, granted, but it's a pretty little song. The album is naturally disjointed anyway. I think it's great as it is. The last four songs in particular are spectacularly good.