For those of you that know little about Radiohead, they are a five piece guitar band from Oxford. A few years ago their second album, The Bends, was confirmed as the fifth best selling British album of all time and they developed a huge cult following throughout the nineties. Their first album, Pablo Honey, was released in 1993 and was the album that got them noticed as they toured universities up and down the country. They have continued to shun the commercial market and continued to do their own thing, something that has made them popular with critics worldwide. They are also one of the most successful exported artists to the American music market in the last twenty years, counting the Red Hot Chili Peppers as some of their biggest fans.
This is Radioheads fifth album and is by far the worst album they have ever made. None of the classic Radiohead guitar rifts or Thom Yorkes gravelly high pitched gloomy voice. I would not be surprised if this album alienated Radiohead fans worldwide, and I know that it made me think twice about buying the next one; hail to the thief. Radiohead ditched their traditional guitar performed tracks for this joke of an album, with electronics playing such a role that Cher would be proud. If you are a massive Radiohead fan, like me, then buy it for the sake of owning another Radiohead CD, but dont look forward to it. DONT let this album put you off buying Hail to the thief however, you can read my review on that album. If Amnesiac was created by an unknown band, perhaps I wouldnt be so critical, but Radiohead fans and the music industry have learnt to love the Radiohead of old.
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Advantages: Some of the most strange music that will ever hear, including the eerie Pull/Pulk revolving doors Disadvantages: None apart from the overly strange music on it
severedspirit 23.04.2004 (27.04.2004)
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Advantages: It's great! It's mad! It even has a couple of guitars on it... Disadvantages: Should have featured Humph and the band playing Mornington Crescent!
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Advantages: It's great! It's mad! It even has a couple of guitars on it... Disadvantages: Should have featured Humph and the band playing Mornington Crescent!
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