Radiohead....where to begin?

Evacuation Rules

Start at the beginning and go to the end! How about that? What a concept!

Heineken Helen

Hmm... I actually like pablo honey but for a newbie I'd go along with the Bends - it's a classic. I still have it on cassette and drag it out every now and then. Must get it on cd, lol.

gabers

Heineken Helen wrote:

Hmm... I actually like pablo honey but for a newbie I'd go along with the Bends - it's a classic. I still have it on cassette and drag it out every now and then. Must get it on cd, lol.

Get out! I've got Pablo Honey on reel to reel.

Heineken Helen

gabers wrote:

Get out! I've got Pablo Honey on reel to reel.

Lol well I'm not that bad

gabers

Okay, here's my take. I love OK Computer and proclaimed for several years it was their greatest album but have to concede now that The Bends is better, from beginning to end. At this time I'd rank their studio albums in this order:

The Bends
OK Computer
Hail to the Theif
Kid A
Pablo Honey
Amnesiac

The Bends is one of the top three or four best rock albums of the 90's. Pablo Honey is a good rock album too, it just isn't nearly as consistent. OK Computer has the best first six songs of any Radiohead album, but the remaining six just aren't as strong. Kid A, Amnesiac, and Hail to the Theif are a mix of rock and electronic haze, with Amnesiac being the most electronica and Hail to the Theif the least of the three. But here's a secret nobody has mentioned yet. They have a bunch of killer b sides. A friend compiled a whole albums worth of b sides we call The Bends II. If you can get you hands on these singles, do it.

India Rubber
Lewis (Mistreated)
Banana Co.
Talk Show Host
Killer Cars
Maquiladora
Molasses
Trickster
Bishop's Robes
Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
Pearly
Permanent Daylight
How Can You Be Sure
You Never Wash Up After Yourself

If this were an actual album you could purchase I'd rank it just behind The Bends. It's that good.

GeorgeinNY

get a copy of the 2003 concert in France, it ran on cable last month, or get Bonnaroo bootleg from this year. I think great places to start if you're interested in checking out what Radiohead is all about- the great live shows.

Pearl Jam and toast

soulsinging wrote:

i just dont care for electronica, ambience, or anything of the sort. i like my guitars. *shrugs*

Yeah exactly, it's too different.

Which is understandable.

Pearl Jam and toast

GeorgeinNY wrote:

get a copy of the 2003 concert in France, it ran on cable last month, or get Bonnaroo bootleg from this year. I think great places to start if you're interested in checking out what Radiohead is all about- the great live shows.

Radiohead is one of the only bands i'd give the benefit of a doubt to put on a better live show than Pearl Jam.

And your friend left off a TON of other incredible b-sides

Follow Me Around (premiere b-side from HTTT - played live a bunch), Where Bluebirds Fly, Lift (maybe the most hailed b-side other than maybe Talk Show Host), etc.

Pearl Jam and toast

chiefojibwa wrote:

have you heard the new stuff? some pretty rockin' tunes (spooks and bodysnatchers are my faves). but even the beat-oriented stuff has some nice riffing in it (15 step, down is the new up).

i saw them at the greek on 6/30...amazing show. you can d/l it at dime...incredible sound.

yeah, i think they're moving back towards the guitars. That started with HTTT.