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I'm here, but I don't write a lot of reviews

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I'll write Radiohead reviews after, but I've been disappointed on their last 2 albums...

Edited by Modrigue - July 11 2016 at 09:08

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Maybe it's the no food policy?

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Every time i see "a moon shaped pool", i think to myself, wouldn't that just be "A Round Pool".

I have yet to hear anything from radiohead apart from their two or three big radio hits. I need to put them on the Check Out List. OKComputer seems super highly rated at ratemymusic or whatever that site is called.

I keep forgetting there's a new album Confused

I'm pretty out of touch with PA these days.

At the swimming pool ! It's summer !

Radiohead have produced some pretty amazing albums, but the last one was just treading water - maybe that's why there is a shortage of eulogies.

^ The Decemberists are great. Kayo Dot is another band that used to get talked about a lot and then not much for more years than it has been inactive. I'm more into Kayo Dot now than I was when it was often talked about. I guess my tastes are rather out of fashion....

Wasn't searching for this topic, but a belated I'm here. A Moon Shaped Pool is actually what really got me majorly into Radiohead (as well as hearing music from Radiohead in Westworld), and it was one of my albums of the year in 2016. I'm much more into Radiohead now than then. It still has few reviews at PA (nine) eight years later. I'd review it, but I'm not much of a reviewer. That, OK Computer, Kid A, and Amnesiac have been my most listened to Radiohead albums.

I did find 2016 to be an exemplary year for music.

Just listened to their discography. Kid A absolutely mesmerized me. I really enjoyed Amnesiac as well, and Moon Shaped Pool was sublime.

Radiohead is probably the closest I got to having a The Beatles or a Pink Floyd-band in my life. As in being "my band" that I sort of followed from the very start and matured together along with. Much like the band themselves I've outgrown Pablo Honey and The Bends (the latter album is still very good, solid - but it doesn't exite me in the same way as everything that came after). I'm as big of a fan as ever of anything post their first two - including every B-side, bonus discs etc... Albums and songs I didn't think of as all that while brand new gets better with each new listen.

-I now think "A Moon Shaped Pool" is up there with "Kid A" and "In Rainbows". Love "Amnesiac" just as much, but I wish they had included The Amazing Sounds of Orgy and Kinetic (both from the "Pyramid Song EP") over Pulk/pull Revolving Doors and Hunting Bears. While waiting for them to release a follow up album, I listen to "Wall of Eyes" by The Smile (for those who don't know: 2/3rds Radiohead and 1/3rd Sons of Kemet).

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rogerthat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869	Post Options Post Reply Quote rogerthat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Where are all the Radiohead fans? Posted: July 11 2016 at 08:51
	Seriously, Moon Shaped Pool has come and gone and there are a whopping 3 reviews on PA. Rateyourmusic has 170 and counting. A lot of independent outlets and even some mainstream ones - Guardian/Rolling Stone - have reviewed it. Wonder where are all the Radiohead fans. Curiously, there is no shortage of ratings - 149 as of now - but so few reviews you'd think it was a bandcamp band.

Nogbad_The_Bad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 21281	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nogbad_The_Bad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2016 at 09:01
	I'm here, but I don't write a lot of reviews
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	PA is a pretty quiet place these days. I've been slowly becoming a non-fan over the past ten years; between 1997-2001 I was one of their biggest fans. There's only two songs I really even like on the new one. Edited by zravkapt - July 11 2016 at 09:04
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Modrigue Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: January 14 2007 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 1127	Post Options Post Reply Quote Modrigue Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July 11 2016 at 09:08
	I'll write Radiohead reviews after, but I've been disappointed on their last 2 albums... Edited by Modrigue - July 11 2016 at 09:08
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	I agree. PA is as quiet as a library. I wonder why?

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	Maybe it's the no food policy?
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	I am surprised by the negative reactions but hey that's what opinions are for. It's the lack of reactions that's much more surprising.

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	Every time i see "a moon shaped pool", i think to myself, wouldn't that just be "A Round Pool". I have yet to hear anything from radiohead apart from their two or three big radio hits. I need to put them on the Check Out List. OKComputer seems super highly rated at ratemymusic or whatever that site is called.

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	Maybe PA just doesn't care about Radiohead as much as RYM does.
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	I keep forgetting there's a new album I'm pretty out of touch with PA these days.

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	If they make another good record, maybe. The last two are huge

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	At the swimming pool ! It's summer !

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	Radiohead have produced some pretty amazing albums, but the last one was just treading water - maybe that's why there is a shortage of eulogies.

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	I've not heard the latest yet. I was quite disappointed in the previous Radiohead release, as well as the Thom Yorke solo album, so I haven't really been motivated to check out the new one yet. The Decemberists have pretty much gotten the same silent treatment with their latest. 5 years back or so, they were a prog darling, but their latest has barely elicited a whisper in the PA community.


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	^ The Decemberists are great. Kayo Dot is another band that used to get talked about a lot and then not much for more years than it has been inactive. I'm more into Kayo Dot now than I was when it was often talked about. I guess my tastes are rather out of fashion.... Wasn't searching for this topic, but a belated I'm here. A Moon Shaped Pool is actually what really got me majorly into Radiohead (as well as hearing music from Radiohead in Westworld), and it was one of my albums of the year in 2016. I'm much more into Radiohead now than then. It still has few reviews at PA (nine) eight years later. I'd review it, but I'm not much of a reviewer. That, OK Computer, Kid A, and Amnesiac have been my most listened to Radiohead albums. I did find 2016 to be an exemplary year for music.

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	I play "In Rainbows" & "Pablo Honey" pretty regularly.

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	Just listened to their discography. Kid A absolutely mesmerized me. I really enjoyed Amnesiac as well, and Moon Shaped Pool was sublime.

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	^ All of it? I'm a big Radiohead fan - Pablo Honey really intrigued me when it came out, it was like Britpop on steroids. Have lost track of them over the years, so I should definitely listen to their discography again. Will take me a week, but it'll be worth it

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	Radiohead is probably the closest I got to having a The Beatles or a Pink Floyd-band in my life. As in being "my band" that I sort of followed from the very start and matured together along with. Much like the band themselves I've outgrown Pablo Honey and The Bends (the latter album is still very good, solid - but it doesn't exite me in the same way as everything that came after). I'm as big of a fan as ever of anything post their first two - including every B-side, bonus discs etc... Albums and songs I didn't think of as all that while brand new gets better with each new listen. -I now think "A Moon Shaped Pool" is up there with "Kid A" and "In Rainbows". Love "Amnesiac" just as much, but I wish they had included The Amazing Sounds of Orgy and Kinetic (both from the "Pyramid Song EP") over Pulk/pull Revolving Doors and Hunting Bears. While waiting for them to release a follow up album, I listen to "Wall of Eyes" by The Smile (for those who don't know: 2/3rds Radiohead and 1/3rd Sons of Kemet).