Itch - Radiohead

Advantages: Fantastic rare tracks such as Killer cars
Disadvantages: Fairly poor sound quality

First off, for me this album was going to be worth it whatever as I am a massive Radiohead fan. Since this is quite difficult to get hold of, if you're looking for this, chances are that you are too, and I salute you. If however you are buying this as an introduction to the band then don't, buy "the bends" first. This is because the sound quality is not that great, for three of the songs this is due to them being live, but the studio tracks have ...
...be found on the cheaper "Pablo Honey" in their original form. Track one is the U.S. version of "stop whispering", this is a good song but i notice little difference from the U.K. album version. Track two is where things start to get interesting, "thinking about you" has been transformed by changing the guitar sound and speeding it up greatly and it really really works, I love it. Track three is "faithless the wonderboy" and is a bouncy song about ... Read review

Advantages: Its Radiohead
Disadvantages: None

Radiohead are perhaps the most influential band in recent years. I have only been listening to the band for a few years, so I have had the pleasure of catching up on a lot of material. I recently bought "Itch" - a japanese import. The tracks are: stop whipsering (US version), thinking about you, faithless the wonder boy, banana co, killer cars, vegetable, you (live) and creep (acoustic). I know there are those who have just listened to Creep and ...
...is much, much better than the version on Pablo Honey. I especially like the rawness of the three live tracks - "killer cars", "vegetable" and "you" . This album is great, and shows a number of sides of Radiohead, who truly are an awesome and versatile band. Buy it!! Also, check out http://www.followmearound.com, an unofficial Radiohead site that is superb. ... Read review