Matteo
05-08-2003, 07:27 AM
I just acquired an advanced copy of Hail to the Thief, Radiohead's new album...
Basically it takes music to new heights...
It blows all expectations away... I was expecting another Amnesiac (silly me unconciously assuming Radiohead wouldn't evolve) and what I (we) got is another O.K. Computer... An instant classic.. groundbreaking and yet more accessible than Kid A or Amnesiac (although I personally adore those albums).
Considering I have only listened to it a few times, only time will tell if it can achieve immortality and knock even O.K. Computer off its lofty pedestal; it could be one of the best albums ever.. and I encourage anyone who isn't into Radiohead to give them a chance... The Bends album is an easier start then this one... but one can progress throughout their albums...just as Radiohead has progressed...evolve into a love of the current sound... The various genres or "ages" in their bands' history sound both completely different and yet both completely brilliant.
Basically it takes music to new heights...
It blows all expectations away... I was expecting another Amnesiac (silly me unconciously assuming Radiohead wouldn't evolve) and what I (we) got is another O.K. Computer... An instant classic.. groundbreaking and yet more accessible than Kid A or Amnesiac (although I personally adore those albums).
Considering I have only listened to it a few times, only time will tell if it can achieve immortality and knock even O.K. Computer off its lofty pedestal; it could be one of the best albums ever.. and I encourage anyone who isn't into Radiohead to give them a chance... The Bends album is an easier start then this one... but one can progress throughout their albums...just as Radiohead has progressed...evolve into a love of the current sound... The various genres or "ages" in their bands' history sound both completely different and yet both completely brilliant.