Sunday, March 7, 2010

Radiohead - Hail To The Thief


2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm) - 5
Sit Down, Stand Up (Snakes & Ladders) - 4
Sail To The Moon (Brush The Cobwebs Of The Sky) - 3
Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over) - 4
Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased) - 3
Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In) - 3
We Suck Young Blood (Your Time Is Up) - 4
The Gloaming (Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold) - 3
There There (The Bony King Of Nowhere) - 4
I Will (No Man's Land) - 4
A Punchup At A Wedding (No No No No No No No No) - 3
Myxomatosis (Judge, Jury & Executioner) - 4
Scatterbrain (As Dead As Leaves) - 3
A Wolf At The Door (It Girl. Rag Doll) - 4
Total - 51 stars / 14 tracks = 3.64 stars

"2 + 2 = 5 (Lukewarm)" earns its five-star at the 1:54 mark. Before that, it's a solid track that sounds like what we've come to expect from Radiohead. At 1:54, it gets harder and faster, putting it over the edge.

"Sit Down, Stand Up (Snakes & Ladders)" is s repetitive, eerie experience.

"Backdrifts (Honeymoon Is Over)" is notable for its more sparse "instrumentation." Its light synth percussion and ambience is still accessible to people (like myself) who are more comfortable with the sound of conventional instruments. I'm still not sold on laser sounds.

"We Suck Young Blood (Your Time Is Up)" is both pretty and creepy.

"There There (The Boney King Of Nowhere)" is one of the faster tracks, and is unlike anything I've heard before. I might call it "electronic folk."

What sold me on "I Will (No Man's Land)" was the falsetto harmony all the way through.

"Myxomatosis (Judge, Jury & Executioner)" is a solid 3.5 star track.

"A Wolf At The Door (It Girl. Rag Doll)"'s speech-singing is an engaging way to finish off a consistently great album.

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