Before you even listen to this album you are struck by Radiohead’s willingness to experiment with new ideas. In order to buy In Rainbows, you must choose how much you want to pay to download it. You can choose any value you like too, not just a selection. Interesting too, lots and lots of people have decided to pay the full amount you would expect to pay for an album.
The best track on the album is the first, the 5 beat show-piece 15 Step, and this sets an example for the rest of the offering to follow off of. From there on, a mixture of textures are incorporated from Thom Yorke’s layered harmonies on Nude, the abrasive sounds that accompany All I Need and the melodic time-skipping of Faust Arp. And Jigsaw Falling Into Place is definitely a top song. I tend to think after listening to it that they should have ended the album with it, but then Videotape stars to play and I realise they have got it just right. It’s not a great song on its own, but followed by silence it leaves a feeling of relaxation and completion, much in the same way Eclipse does on Dark Side of the Moon.
Average Song Rating: 3.2/5
Hits: 15 Step, Nude, Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Shits: House of Cards
