Radiohead v. 2016-2024 (2nd album by The Smile featuring Yorke/Greenwood coming)

[WebRaider]

I've been more of a casual Radiohead fan mostly but I'm really enjoying their latest album. The one glaring issue to me is just the fact that there is little to break up the chill vibe of the whole album. From what I'm gathering from this thread is that is an ongoing issue for a while. They really need to throw in a few more tunes that are more upbeat or just really different to mix it up. What is on this album though is very cool IMO though.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Downloading the album now. I know nothing about it. That's a pretty exciting thing.

[Kotowboy]

I did "Preview All" on iTunes where you hear 90 seconds of each track.

Sounded a bit more interesting than their more recent output but still not my cup of tea.

[seasonsinthesky]

Stream it on Tidal or Apple Music trials?

[NoseofNicko]

AOTY for me so far.

[Outcrier]

This has a huge possibility of being my AOTY too.

[KevShmev]

It was ugly, dark and rainy on the way to work this morning...perfect weather for this kind of music.

Early favorites are:

The Numbers
Ful Stop
Decks Dark
Present Tense

And the song they released last December, Spectre, has a similar vibe and totally sounds like it should be on it, so I am putting that in the mix when listening.

[Outcrier]

The Numbers
Ful Stop
Decks Dark
Present Tense

My favorites too. Next would be Daydreaming and Identikit.

[KevShmev]

It is gonna take me some time to get used to new arrangements of Identikit and True Love Waits, both of which are different from the way I am used to hearing them.

[WebRaider]

Just from the initial listens I've given (5-6) I'd say these are my top 5 at the moment:

Decks Dark
Burn The Witch
Identikit
Daydreaming
The Numbers

But really everything on this is so damn solid for me that I'd have a hard time separating anything from about fourth on the list to last. I also feel like there's lots of room for other songs to grow more on me or become something I like more than what I have listed.

[Mladen]

Ful stop, Glass eyes and Identikit are remarkable, what a magnificent streak of songs. These are my early favorites along with the two singles, both of which are most likely going to be considered classics in the near future.

[TioJorge]

I'm loving the hell out of all of it but Ful Stop is my favorite right now. Still a lot to digest though.

[Outcrier]

There's two fantastic stretchs here for me, the first being the three tracks that open the album and the second being Ful Stop through Present Tense.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Ful Stop is so amazing. You can really sense the krautrock influence more than ever before in that song. Decks Dark is another favourite, I feel the melodies in that one reflect Boards of Canada, who I also know influences the band. I think they made another winner here. I like King of Limbs, but that album wasn't exactly "Radiohead quality". This one certainly is.

[KevShmev]

I think the two best songs from the King of Limbs "era" that were released in some form back then were Supercollider and Staircase, neither of which were actually on the King... album.  Every song on TKOL is enjoyable, and the album as a whole is a nice listen, but nothing from it would have a prayer of making my RH top 50. 

Took me some time to get used to the new Identikit, but now I am absolutely loving it.

[KevShmev]

And with the tour starting soon, the speculation can now begin on what they will play.  I suspect most of the new album will get played every night (I could see 7-9 songs getting played a night, with 5-6 being every nighters and the others all rotating), and I think Spectre will get played a lot given how stylistically close it is the new songs, but then it's anyone's guess as to what will get played from the back catalogue.  I am sure mainstays like Idioteque, Everything in Its Right Place, There There and Lucky will still get heavy play, and I am curious to see what songs from In Rainbows become mainstays on this, the 3rd tour since its release; 15 Step and Nude would be my best guesses. I would have said Jigsaw Falling into Place, but I don't think that was played much on the KOL tour.

[Outcrier]

For me:

TKOL studio = 7/10
TKOL live from the Basement = 9/10

Main reasons being the organic feel, better versions of most songs and the inclusion of Daily Mail and Staircase (two of the best songs from the sessions, and they leave both out  ).  In other words, the definitive version of TKOL imo.

[Fluffy Lothario]

Only one listen and while there are some nice parts this album seems to have the same issue that TKOL had in that there are no hooks to almost every song. I don't need a sick guitar riff or anything but there's no real draw to a majority of the tracks outside of some background things.

This explains my feelings about everything I've heard by the band since In Rainbows, including the two "singles" from the new album. I don't dislike any of it, but nothing makes me think, I need to hear that again. The song finishes and whatever they were trying to achieve with it, it doesn't register with me.

[KevShmev]

Take 10-15 minutes and figure out your favorite Radiohead songs!  All you have to do is pick your favorite of a ton of head-to-head match-ups, and the site will figure out your favorites.  Studio album tracks only; no non-album tracks, EP tracks or bonus disc tracks.

https://www.radioheadsongsreddit.site88.net/RH.htm

My results:

Rank   Song
1   How To Disappear Completely
2   Paranoid Android
3   Fake Plastic Trees
4   No Surprises
5   Where I End And You Begin
6   Karma Police
7   Exit Music (For A Film)
8   15 Step
9   Nude
10   Lucky
11   All I Need
12   Myxomatosis
13   The National Anthem
14   Street Spirit (Fade Out)
15   Jigsaw Falling Into Place
16   Black Star
17   Let Down
18   Pyramid Song
19   Reckoner
20   Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
21   Everything In Its Right Place
22   Sulk
23   High & Dry
24   Subterranean Homesick Alien
25   Airbag
26   Planet Telex
27   Bodysnatchers
28   The Numbers
29   Optimistic
30   Sail To The Moon
31   Idioteque
32   (Nice Dream)
33   Sit Down, Stand Up
34   Videotape
35   Present Tense
36   Bulletproof.. I Wish I Was
37   Just
38   House Of Cards
39   The Bends
40   You And Whose Army?
41   Decks Dark
42   The Gloaming
43   Ful Stop
44   In Limbo
45   2 + 2 = 5
46   A Wolf At The Door
47   Daydreaming
48   Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
49   Climbing Up The Walls
50   Burn The Witch
51   A Punchup At A Wedding
52   Like Spinning Plates
53   There There
54   Identikit
55   Glass Eyes
56   Morning Bell
57   Electioneering
58   Motion Picture Soundtrack
59   Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box
60   Faust Arp
61   The Tourist
62   Desert Island Disk
63   Dollars And Cents
64   My Iron Lung
65   Codex
66   Thinking About You
67   Treefingers
68   Creep
69   Life In A Glass House
70   Knives Out
71   Give Up The Ghost
72   Prove Yourself
73   Separator
74   I Might Be Wrong
75   Kid A
76   Bloom
77   Stop Whispering
78   True Love Waits
79   Anyone Can Play Guitar
80   Lotus Flower
81   Bones
82   Ripcord
83   Morning Mr Magpie
84   Little By Little
85   I Will
86   You
87   Feral
88   Fitter Happier
89   Pull / Pulk Revolving Doors
90   How Do You?
91   Blow Out
92   Go To Sleep
93   Lurgee
94   Backdrifts
95   Vegetable
96   Amnesiac / Morning Bell
97   I Can't
98   We Suck Young Blood
99   Scatterbrain

[Zantera]

1   Pyramid Song
2   Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box
3   Burn The Witch
4   Videotape
5   Everything In Its Right Place
6   Paranoid Android
7   Lotus Flower
8   Climbing Up The Walls
9   True Love Waits
10   2 + 2 = 5
11   Airbag
12   Backdrifts
13   How To Disappear Completely
14   Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15   Codex
16   Idioteque
17   Street Spirit (Fade Out)
18   Faust Arp
19   Subterranean Homesick Alien
20   I Might Be Wrong
21   Sail To The Moon
22   A Wolf At The Door
23   We Suck Young Blood
24   Morning Mr Magpie
25   Knives Out
26   Bulletproof.. I Wish I Was
27   In Limbo
28   Daydreaming
29   Go To Sleep
30   Optimistic
31   Dollars And Cents
32   The Numbers
33   Planet Telex
34   Electioneering
35   Morning Bell
36   Motion Picture Soundtrack
37   Nude
38   Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
39   No Surprises
40   Present Tense
41   Give Up The Ghost
42   Scatterbrain
43   Lucky
44   There There
45   Life In A Glass House
46   15 Step
47   A Punchup At A Wedding
48   My Iron Lung
49   Identikit
50   Like Spinning Plates
51   (Nice Dream)
52   Where I End And You Begin
53   You And Whose Army?
54   Little By Little
55   Ful Stop
56   All I Need
57   Exit Music (For A Film)
58   Myxomatosis
59   Sit Down, Stand Up
60   The Tourist
61   Desert Island Disk
62   Glass Eyes
63   Separator
64   Amnesiac / Morning Bell
65   Just
66   Karma Police
67   The Gloaming
68   Decks Dark
69   House Of Cards
70   Let Down
71   Black Star
72   Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
73   Reckoner
74   You
75   Bodysnatchers
76   Kid A
77   The National Anthem
78   The Bends
79   Bones
80   I Will
81   Treefingers
82   Ripcord
83   I Can't
84   High & Dry
85   Fake Plastic Trees
86   Sulk
87   Stop Whispering
88   Anyone Can Play Guitar
89   Vegetable
90   Bloom
91   Thinking About You
92   Lurgee
93   Prove Yourself
94   Blow Out
95   Feral
96   Pull / Pulk Revolving Doors
97   Fitter Happier
98   How Do You?
99   Creep

[Mladen]

1   Paranoid Android
2   Reckoner
3   Pyramid Song
4   Everything In Its Right Place
5   Karma Police
6   How To Disappear Completely
7   Exit Music (For A Film)
8   Idioteque
9   Motion Picture Soundtrack
10   Myxomatosis
11   Lucky
12   No Surprises
13   You And Whose Army?
14   Subterranean Homesick Alien
15   Where I End And You Begin
16   Burn The Witch
17   Daydreaming
18   Jigsaw Falling Into Place
19   The Tourist
20   Glass Eyes
21   Planet Telex
22   2 + 2 = 5
23   Backdrifts
24   We Suck Young Blood
25   Like Spinning Plates
26   In Limbo
27   I Might Be Wrong
28   There There
29   Kid A
30   Street Spirit (Fade Out)
31   Optimistic
32   The Bends
33   Identikit
34   The National Anthem
35   Creep
36   Scatterbrain
37   You
38   Thinking About You
39   Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box
40   Codex
41   Anyone Can Play Guitar
42   High & Dry
43   Vegetable
44   Let Down
45   Morning Bell
46   Just
47   Life In A Glass House
48   Ful Stop
49   15 Step
50   The Gloaming
51   Black Star
52   A Punchup At A Wedding
53   I Can't
54   Morning Mr Magpie
55   I Will
56   My Iron Lung
57   Fake Plastic Trees
58   Prove Yourself
59   Sail To The Moon
60   Bloom
61   (Nice Dream)
62   Bones
63   Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
64   Lotus Flower
65   Dollars And Cents
66   Climbing Up The Walls
67   Sit Down, Stand Up
68   Go To Sleep
69   Amnesiac / Morning Bell
70   Fitter Happier
71   Little By Little
72   Present Tense
73   Feral
74   All I Need
75   A Wolf At The Door
76   Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
77   True Love Waits
78   Faust Arp
79   Decks Dark
80   Videotape
81   Sulk
82   Bulletproof.. I Wish I Was
83   Nude
84   Separator
85   Ripcord
86   Treefingers
87   House Of Cards
88   Airbag
89   Bodysnatchers
90   Electioneering
91   Knives Out
92   The Numbers
93   Pull / Pulk Revolving Doors
94   Desert Island Disk
95   Give Up The Ghost
96   Blow Out
97   Stop Whispering
98   Lurgee
99   How Do You?

Holy shit, I can't believe the system actually NAILED my top 5. Even the top 10 looks pretty fair, I'm honestly pleasantly surprised by Motion picture soundtrack and Myxomatosis being that high. They deserve their spots.

And my 5 favorites from the new album have been confirmed. 

[KevShmev]

Yep, it pretty much nailed my favorites as well, and looking at the top 20, I think 19 of those 20 would have been the picks on my own (with Everything in Its Right Place, which is 21, being the other); Black Star being that high surprised me a little, but I guess I love that song even more than I realized.

It's obviously too early to pick any of the new songs over any of the tried and true classics, which is why none of them are very high for me.

Scatterbrain is right at the bottom where it belongs.

[Fluffy Lothario]

I literally can't remember what most of their songs that I don't really like are called, so I can't distinguish one from another by just titles and that thing would be more trouble than it's worth.

This is my favourites, vaguely ranked.

Disappear
Paranoid Android
House of Cards
Weird Fishes
National Anthem
Pyramid
There There
Wrong
Fake Plastic Trees
Let Down
Idioteque
Videotape
End Begin
Just

[Zantera]

I was expecting Fitter Happier to be dead bottom but I accidentally picked it over Feral once I think, was enough to bump it up 2 places. Creep was my last pick but I'm not that surprised. Never cared for the song and I pretty much always voted for the other option (hence why it was last I guess).

Burn the Witch ended up pretty high for me (nr3) but not surprised about Pyramid Song being 1 or Packt Like Sardines being 2. Those are pretty spot on. Videotape and Everything in its Right Place being so high was spot on too.

[Outcrier]

I tried that but it was damn long. How many battles there is?

[KevShmev]

Probably at least 200, but it's easy to zip through it in 10 minutes or so.

I've never been a big Creep fan either, but it's a solid tune and certainly better than the throwaway tunes from the debut (Lurgee, Vegetable and I Can't).

[Outcrier]

Probably at least 200, but it's easy to zip through it in 10 minutes or so.

Thanks. I was a bit occupied, that's why i given up the first time. Will try that later.

[KevShmev]

It's worth noting, too, that Hunting Bears was left off for some reason.  Regardless, excellent job setting that site up.   I'd love to see a similar type set up for some of my other favorite bands, to see how they turn out.

[Mladen]

Scatterbrain is right at the bottom where it belongs.

Yeah, I was a bit sad to see that one at the very bottom of your list. It's one of my favorites on Hail to the thief, along with Young blood and Backdrifts, all massively underrated songs. I think that's what makes the album my 3rd favorite by the band, I'm in love with some very deep cuts.

73   Reckoner

Did the side mess something up? Or is this for real? 

Are there any other similar games on the site? I'd love it to help me out with some other bands. 

EDIT: Still looking at my list with so much amazement. I found out something disturbing and worth mentioning - even though I love The Bends, the highest song off of it is at #21. It's very surprising. I probably screwed up the Glass eyes vs. Planet telex round, I wish I voted for Planet telex.

[orcus116]

Hunting Bears left off but Fitter Happier, which isn't even a song, is in there.

[Zantera]

73   Reckoner

Did the side mess something up? Or is this for real? 

I like Reckoner but it's not a favorite or anything. Sure, 73 is very low but when it kept coming up in different battles I liked the other song better most of the times. :<

[Outcrier]

No shit, the best song of In Rainbows that low 

[orcus116]

536 battles but fairly accurate. 1 and 2 flip flop every once in awhile.

1   Just
2   You
3   The National Anthem
4   Pyramid Song
5   Everything In Its Right Place
6   Airbag
7   Exit Music (For A Film)
8   Climbing Up The Walls
9   My Iron Lung
10   Karma Police
11   Planet Telex
12   Paranoid Android
13   Idioteque
14   Fake Plastic Trees
15   High & Dry
16   Creep
17   Lucky
18   A Punchup At A Wedding
19   The Bends
20   Street Spirit (Fade Out)
21   I Might Be Wrong
22   15 Step
23   Burn The Witch
24   Let Down
25   2 + 2 = 5
26   The Tourist
27   Videotape
28   Reckoner
29   (Nice Dream)
30   You And Whose Army?
31   Black Star
32   Bulletproof.. I Wish I Was
33   No Surprises
34   There There
35   Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
36   How Do You?
37   Sulk
38   Bones
39   Stop Whispering
40   Subterranean Homesick Alien
41   We Suck Young Blood
42   All I Need
43   I Will
44   Sit Down, Stand Up
45   Anyone Can Play Guitar
46   Where I End And You Begin
47   A Wolf At The Door
48   House Of Cards
49   How To Disappear Completely
50   Prove Yourself
51   In Limbo
52   Ful Stop
53   Daydreaming
54   The Gloaming
55   Separator
56   The Numbers
57   Optimistic
58   Electioneering
59   Knives Out
60   Bodysnatchers
61   Motion Picture Soundtrack
62   Sail To The Moon
63   Backdrifts
64   Nude
65   Like Spinning Plates
66   Identikit
67   Morning Bell
68   Scatterbrain
69   Treefingers
70   Go To Sleep
71   Thinking About You
72   Life In A Glass House
73   Amnesiac / Morning Bell
74   Dollars And Cents
75   I Can't
76   Jigsaw Falling Into Place
77   Faust Arp
78   Myxomatosis
79   Blow Out
80   Desert Island Disk
81   Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box
82   Decks Dark
83   Glass Eyes
84   Little By Little
85   True Love Waits
86   Ripcord
87   Kid A
88   Lotus Flower
89   Vegetable
90   Give Up The Ghost
91   Codex
92   Bloom
93   Present Tense
94   Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
95   Pull / Pulk Revolving Doors
96   Fitter Happier
97   Morning Mr Magpie
98   Lurgee
99   Feral

[Outcrier]

536 battles but fairly accurate.

It wasn't 200?

[KevShmev]

Scatterbrain is right at the bottom where it belongs.

Yeah, I was a bit sad to see that one at the very bottom of your list. It's one of my favorites on Hail to the thief, along with Young blood and Backdrifts, all massively underrated songs. I think that's what makes the album my 3rd favorite by the band, I'm in love with some very deep cuts.
 

Four of the songs from Hail to the Thief made by bottom 10, but the other 10 songs are all great enough that I still love the record as a whole and consider it their 5th best.  Plus, that record has a great blend of rock and their modern electronic sound.  Easily their most rocking album since OK Computer.