2007 Album Releases

MikeEnRegalia wrote: ^ yes, I voted other but should have done otherwise. Need to pay more attention to the rules …

No worries, and easy to miss things if one is at all distracted. I expect that you, like me, are often multi-tasking. When you write as much as I do I think the automatic reaction, and a very sensible one at that, would be TL;DR. The posts matter more to me than the votes themselves anyway. I see the poll as something of an accessory to potential discussion. I prefer not to vote other if I like something in a poll, and mention what I like both on and off the poll, and I know some others are very like-minded. It feels more like a communal sharing experience somehow to me when going with a listed option. "Other" is not so "belonging". I'm a loner who longs for a sense of community. I like to do things my own way, and I like to participate and involve myself in how others like to do things. I'd kind of like to be part of a cult, but I am quite individualistic and reasonably sceptical.

Valdez wrote: In Rainbows is a tough one to beat. Far and away the most artistic and original offering of the time.   Yes, Hiromi is extremely talented in a technical sense. But I just didn’t feel it the way I did with Radiohead or even P-Tree, which was pretty fantastic also.

I wanted to mention something related in addition to my response to wiz_d_kidd, which ultimately may be more of a linguistics difference between us than a philosophical and logic one.   One can take things far too literally.   I agree that Hiromi is very technically talented, at least on the piano (I don't know how good a multi-instrumentalist she is and I don't know her music as well as I think I should) but there are so many factors to consider including of course composition, ability with various instruments, versatility/ range, creativity, innovation, experimentation... Appreciation is subjective, and I wonder how well-known all of these acts are to form and hold such an opinion. William D Drake may not be as technical on the piano/keyboards, but the music moves me. By the way, I commonly favour atmosphere (the right kinds) over virtuosity. One can find talent in technical showmanship and in creating moods and aural spaces and some don't seem to appreciate as much subtlety and nuance as others.

I really like that Radiohead, and it is one I should return to (got it at the time of release). Putting it on now. I did put it on again not too long ago, but not in a setting without distractions and not a proper play through. My current Radiohead faves are OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac and A Moon Shaped Pool. I like music off every Radiohead album.

*some time passes*

SO I have been been listening to In Rainbows and still am and I am reminded of just how very good it is. I got that album on release but it wasn't for some years that Radiohead really connected with me (not until a Moon Shaped Pool was released, and then funnily enough hearing Radiohead used in Westworld and its Spectre (which i wish had been used for Bond). Now it is one of my favourite bands and I still have space for that appreciation to deepen, like it is right now listening to In Rainbows again. :)

I made a Radiohead playlist some time back for a topic which did get me revisiting the albums.



Edited by Logan - Yesterday at 10:31

Anekdoten. Do you like the way I made this post look more like a laundry room?

1. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times [BC] [SPO]
2. The Future Kings of England - The Fate of Old Mother Orvis
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows [BC] [SPO]
4. The Book of Knots - Traineater
5. Radio Massacre International - Rain Falls In Grey
6. Time Of Orchids - Namesake Caution [BC]
7. Upsilon Acrux - Galapagos Momentum
8. Ahleuchatistas - Even In The Midst...
9. Alamaailman Vasarat - Maahan
10. Far Corner - Endangered [BC]
11. Alec K. Redfearn And The Eyesores - The Blind Spot
12. Aranis - II [BC]
13. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet [BC] [SPO]
14. Chrome Hoof - Pre-Emptive False Rapture
15. Setna - Cycle I
16. Gargantua - Kotegarda
17. God is an Astronaut - Far From Refuge [BC] [SPO]
18. Led Bib - Sizewell Tea
19. Normal Love - 2007 [BC] [SPO]
20. Sleeping People - Growing

1. Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura 2. Radiohead - In Rainbows [BC] [SPO] 3. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet [BC] [SPO] 4. Glass Hammer - Culture of Ascent 5. Rush - Snakes & Arrows [SPO] 6. Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement [SPO] 7. Big Big Train - The Difference Machine [BC] [SPO] 8. Shadow Circus - Welcome to the Freak Room [SPO] 9. Galahad - Empires Never Last [BC] [SPO] 10. Lazuli - En Avant Doute [SPO]

Porcupine Tree over Anekdoten and Gazpacho from the list.
Another three
Violeta De Outono- Volume 7
David Torn- Prezens
Setna- Cycle I