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my first quote was about King Of Limbs

the second quote is a reply to someone asking about In Rainbows

geddit?

The first time I heard TKOL I got to Lotus Flower before realizing my earphones were halfway into my mp3 player (that's like listening to Stereo with one speaker) :p: I though it sounded a little hollow.

I thought the whole album was too repetive, but at the same time i understand what sound they were going for. Overall i think Lotus Flower and Codex stood out as "great" tracks the rest was just kind of mediocre and trifling. Im not really dissapointed though, just hope that they'll use less loops next time.

I think you need to listen to that album again.

agreed, i remember being all too pleased with myself for dismissing it at first, but it really clicks after a few listens.

I've been waiting for that same sensation to happen with KOL, but's its more of a "oooh this is kinda neat" as oppose to "this is blowing my mind"

i get more of a "why am i not listening to a different radiohead album" sensation when I listen to KOL. Unless their next album is really great, radiohead has officially started to fall off

I listened to IR in its entirety, in fact. It's pretty, but it's really not special. Between 15 Step and Videotape i felt like i could have been listening to the same song, much like Animal Collective's Merriwether, which i also listened to in its entirety recently. My problem with these two albums stand: while they have their cohesion and consistency, they also aren't thrilling like other projects taken on by the two bands.

What, exactly, is so game changing about the in between space of IR?

There's nothing game changing about it, the game has always been about good music.

Then the game was only halfway "won." Radiohead always makes good music, there is no doubt in this (maybe exempting Pablo Honey). But this is only half of why Radiohead is above every other band: First is the good music; the second is how well they challenge mainstream music conventions, their own conventions, and the expectations of spectators (such as ourselves). This involves changing some aspect of the "game;" ours, theirs, or its. Without this, Radiohead is only half is great as they can be (which is still pretty damn good).