md655321 Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 I bought this download last night for the princely sum of £3.45. I thought that was a fair price considering I've bought pretty much everything Radiohead have put out and have seen them live twice! I managed to extract the files and convert them into AAC at 320kBps for the iPod and for a burn. I'll make a nice (recyclable ) slipcase and burn it again onto a printable CD-R. It's impressive stuff but still feels like they're scrabbling to get out of the post-Kid A shake up. I'm not sure if I'll go for the big box. I'm very much into aesthetics and it'll certainly look nice on the shelf but given that I only listen to rock music occasionally I'm wondering if it will be unnecessary. Now if someone can tell me the SQ will be better..... that's a different story. Why convert the mp3 files to AAC? Doesn't ipod handle mp3? yeah but the bigger files sound better! Um, no they don't. Not when converted from smaller files. You can not regain that lost information, in fact you are just losing more information. Quote
tonym Posted October 14, 2007 Report Posted October 14, 2007 I bought this download last night for the princely sum of £3.45. I thought that was a fair price considering I've bought pretty much everything Radiohead have put out and have seen them live twice! I managed to extract the files and convert them into AAC at 320kBps for the iPod and for a burn. I'll make a nice (recyclable ) slipcase and burn it again onto a printable CD-R. It's impressive stuff but still feels like they're scrabbling to get out of the post-Kid A shake up. I'm not sure if I'll go for the big box. I'm very much into aesthetics and it'll certainly look nice on the shelf but given that I only listen to rock music occasionally I'm wondering if it will be unnecessary. Now if someone can tell me the SQ will be better..... that's a different story. Why convert the mp3 files to AAC? Doesn't ipod handle mp3? yeah but the bigger files sound better! Um, no they don't. Not when converted from smaller files. You can not regain that lost information, in fact you are just losing more information. I know I was just being all Black Dog..... Quote
sal Posted October 15, 2007 Report Posted October 15, 2007 This is an EXCELLENT Radiohead album. I know that pretty much everything they put out is quality stuff, but this one is really standing out for me. They seem to have gone back to basics.....the sound is much simpler than their more recent material, yet the songs still have alot of depth. Really digging this. Quote
Rob C Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 I've never been a huge Radiohead fan--liked 'em, never really loved 'em. I never downloaded the MP3 for In Rainbows. But when I saw the newly released CD version on Amazon for $8 I couldn't resist checking it out (after having seen the record appear on many year-end rock top ten lists). I'm on my second listen right now, and I think it's truly great, definitely one of the best rock records I've heard in recent years. And I don't know how the sound quality was for the downloads (not wondeful, I'm sure), but the CD sounds terrific to me--a lot better through my halfway-decent system than most modern pop records. I'm no audiophile, but this sounds very clear and present to my ears. I see that the CD is selling well. I have to say, I doubt that I would have been as likely to pick this up without all the hype surrounding the downloads (and subsequent opportunity for the record to show up on all those top ten lists BEFORE the CD was released!). I wonder if other consumers are similar in this regard. And I wonder if this effect will be considered in all the hullabaloo about the business model of this release! Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 12, 2008 Report Posted January 12, 2008 Radio head Shmadio Head: whatever it sounds like im sure its not as good as A Trick of The Tail Quote
Aggie87 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) Bump.... Radiohead's first 3 albums are being reissued March 24th, in deluxe 2 & 3 disc versions. Disc 1 being the original album, 2 the b-sides and related tracks, and the 3rd being a DVD. Tracklists: Pablo Honey (Special Collectors Edition) CD1: 01 You 02 Creep 03 How Do You? 04 Stop Whispering 05 Thinking About You 06 Anyone Can Play Guitar 07 Ripcord 08 Vegetable 09 Prove Yourself 10 I Can't 11 Lurgee 12 Blow Out CD2: Drill EP: 01 Prove Yourself (Demo) 02 Stupid Car (Demo) 03 You (Demo) 04 Thinking About You (Demo) "Creep" B-sides: 05 Inside My Head 06 Million Dollar Question 07 Yes I Am 08 Blow Out (Remix) 09 Inside My Head (Live) 10 Creep (Acoustic) 11 Vegetable (Live) 12 Killer Cars (Live) "Anyone Can Play Guitar" B-sides: 13 Faithless, The Wonderboy 14 Coke Babies "Pop Is Dead" single: 15 Pop Is Dead 16 Banana Co. (Acoustic) 17 Ripchord (Live) "Stop Whispering" B-side: 18 Stop Whispering (U.S. version) BBC Radio One session [06/22/92]: 19 Prove Yourself 20 Creep 21 I Can't 22 Nothing Touches Me DVD: Music Videos: 01 Creep 02 Anyone Can Play Guitar 03 Pop Is Dead 04 Stop Whispering "Top of the Pops" [09/16/93]: 05 Creep The Astoria, London – Live [05/27/94]: 06 You 07 Ripcord 08 Creep 09 Prove Yourself 10 Vegetable 11 Stop Whispering 12 Anyone Can Play Guitar 13 Pop Is Dead 14 Blow Out The Bends (Special Collectors Edition) CD1: 01 Planet Telex 02 The Bends 03 High and Dry 04 Fake Plastic Trees 05 Bones 06 (Nice Dream) 07 Just 08 My Iron Lung 09 Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was 10 Black Star 11 Sulk 12 Street Spirit (Fade Out) CD2: "My Iron Lung" B-sides: 01 The Trickster 02 Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong 03 Lozenge of Love 04 Lewis (Mistreated) 05 Permanent Daylight 06 You Never Wash Up After Yourself "High and Dry"/"Planet Telex" B-sides: 07 Maquiladora 08 Killer Cars "Fake Plastic Trees" B-sides: 09 India Rubber 10 How Can You Be Sure? "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" B-sides: 11 Talk Show Host 12 Bishop's Robes 13 Banana Co. 14 Molasses BBC Radio One Session [04/14/94]: 15 Just 16 Maquiladora 17 Street Spirit (Fade Out) 18 Bones DVD: Music Videos: 01 High and Dry (UK Version) 02 High and Dry (US Version) 03 Fake Plastic Trees 04 Just 05 Street Spirit (Fade Out) The Astoria, London – Live [5/27/94]: 06 Bones 07 Black Star 08 The Bends 09 My Iron Lung 10 Maquiladora 11 Fake Plastic Trees 12 Just 13 Street Spirit (Fade Out) 2 Meter Session, Holland [02/27/95]: 14 My Iron Lung 15 High and Dry 16 Fake Plastic Trees 17 Street Spirit (Fade Out) "Later With Jools Holland" [05/27/95]: 18 The Bends 19 High and Dry "Top of the Pops": 20 High and Dry (03/09/95) 21 Fake Plastic Trees (06/01/95) 22 Street Spirit (Fade Out) (02/01/96) OK Computer (Special Collectors Edition) CD1: 01 Airbag 02 Paranoid Android 03 Subterranean Homesick Alien 04 Exit Music (For a Film) 05 Let Down 06 Karma Police 07 Fitter Happier 08 Electioneering 09 Climbing Up the Walls 10 No Surprises 11 Lucky 12 The Tourist CD2: "Paranoid Android" B-sides: 01 Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) 02 Pearly* 03 A Reminder 04 Melatonin "Karma Police" B-sides: 05 Meeting in the Aisle 06 Lull 07 Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7 Mix) 08 Climbing Up The Walls (Fila Brazillia Mix) "No Surprises B-sides: 09 Palo Alto 10 How I Made My Millions 11 Airbag (Live in Berlin) 12 Lucky (Live in Florence) BBC Radio One Evening Session [05/28/97]: 13 No Surprises 14 Climbing Up the Walls 15 Exit Music (For a Film) DVD: Music Videos: 01 Paranoid Android 02 Karma Police 03 No Surprises "Later With Jools Holland" [05/31/97]: 04 Paranoid Android 05 No Surprises 06 Airbag Edited January 15, 2009 by Aggie87 Quote
BruceH Posted January 15, 2009 Report Posted January 15, 2009 I took the delightfully anachronistic route of buying the album in a physical store. I think it was worth it. It happened to come out right around the time I was belatedly getting into Radiohead. (Nowadays it usually takes me a few years to notice a group, as I stopped paying any sort of close attention to rock in about 1984.) Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 Bump.... Radiohead's first 3 albums are being reissued March 24th, in deluxe 2 & 3 disc versions. Disc 1 being the original album, 2 the b-sides and related tracks, and the 3rd being a DVD. Spectacular news. I'm 100% sure I'll get the expanded versions of The Bends and OK Computer, and if I can ever find it really cheap (used), maybe even their debut. Quote
BruceH Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 Their debut is the only album of theirs I don't have, but I'm not sure I need the 3-disc version. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 Their debut is the only album of theirs I don't have, but I'm not sure I need the 3-disc version. And if it weren't for "Creep", you wouldn't even need the 1-disc version. Copies can be had for $4 in many used stores - just keep your eyes out. Quote
sal Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 Nice idea for the reissues! Hopefully they'll be reasonably priced. Radiohead is one of the great "rock" bands of these times. Quote
BruceH Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 Their debut is the only album of theirs I don't have, but I'm not sure I need the 3-disc version. And if it weren't for "Creep", you wouldn't even need the 1-disc version. Copies can be had for $4 in many used stores - just keep your eyes out. Already got "Creep" on The Best Of which was the first thing I got by them. Quote
Soul Stream Posted January 16, 2009 Report Posted January 16, 2009 I don't think this will work as a "new model" for bands that aren't already well established. Remember, Radiohead has had full record company hype/promotional support until now. The fan base is already built on the shoulders of the record company's work. A new up and coming band, unsigned, telling people to pay what they want for the downloads...well, the verdict is already in...they don't want to pay. That's what has got us here in the first place. Quote
Aggie87 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 For those that liked the first three Radiohead reissues, the remaining three are due out August 25! Just like before, there are 2 cd reissues, and 2cd+dvd versions as well. Track listing: Kid A (Collectors Edition) CD1 (original album): 01 Everything in Its Right Place 02 Kid A 03 The National Anthem 04 How to Disappear Completely 05 Treefingers 06 Optimistic 07 In Limbo 08 Idioteque 09 Morning Bell 10 Motion Picture Soundtrack CD2: BBC Radio One Evening Session [11/15/00]: 01 Everything in Its Right Place 02 How to Disappear Completely 03 Idioteque 04 The National Anthem Lamacq Live in Concert: Victoria Park, Warrington, England [10/02/00]: 05 Optimistic Canal+ Studios [04/28/01]: 06 Morning Bell 07 The National Anthem 08 How to Disappear Completely 09 In Limbo 10 Idioteque 11 Everything in Its Right Place 12 Motion Picture Soundtrack I Might Be Wrong – Live Recordings: 13 True Love Waits (Live) Special Collectors Edition DVD "Later… With Jools Holland: [06/09/01]: 01 The National Anthem 02 Morning Bell 03 Idioteque Amnesiac (Collectors Edition) CD1 (original album): 01 Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box 02 Pyramid Song 03 Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors 04 You and Whose Army? 05 I Might Be Wrong 06 Knives Out 07 Morning Bell/Amnesiac 08 Dollars & Cents 09 Hunting Bears 10 Like Spinning Plates 11 Life in a Glasshouse CD2 "Pyramid Song" single: 01 The Amazing Sounds of Orgy 02 Trans-Atlantic Drawl 03 Fast-Track 04 Kinetic "Knives Out" single: 05 Worrywort 06 Fog 07 Cuttooth 08 Life in a Glasshouse (Full Length Version) Canal+ Studios [04/28/01]: 09 You and Whose Army? 10 Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box 11 Dollars and Cents 12 I Might Be Wrong 13 Knives Out 14 Pyramid Song I Might Be Wrong – Live Recordings: 15 Like Spinning Plates (Live) Special Collectors Edition DVD: Music videos: 01 Pyramid Song 02 Knives Out 03 I Might Be Wrong 05 Push Pulk/Spinning Plates "Top of the Pops" [05/25/01]: 06 Pyramid Song "Later… With Jools Holland" [06/09/01]: 07 Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box 08 Knives Out 09 Life in a Glasshouse 10 I Might Be Wrong "Top of the Pops" [8/17/01]: 11 Knives Out Hail To The Thief (Collectors Edition) CD1 (original album): 01 2 + 2 = 5 02 Sit Down. Stand Up. 03 Sail to the Moon 04 Backdrifts 05 Go to Sleep 06 Where I End and You Begin 07 We Suck Young Blood 08 The Gloaming 09 There There 10 I Will 11 A Punchup at a Wedding 12 Myxomatosis 13 Scatterbrain 14 A Wolf at the Door CD2: "There There" single: 01 Paperbag Writer 02 Where Bluebirds Fly "Go to Sleep" single: 03 I Am Citizen Insane 04 Fog (Again) (Live) 05 Gagging Order 06 I Am a Wicked Child "2+2=5" single: 07 Remyxomatosis (Cristian Vogel RMX) 08 There There (First Demo) 09 Skttrbrain (Four Tet RMX) 10 I Will (Los Angeles Version) "Jo Whiley Show" [05/28/03]: 11 Sail to the Moon Com Lag: 12 2+2=5 [Live at Earls Court, London, 11/26/03] "Zane Lowe" [12/08/03]: 13 Go to Sleep Special Collectors Edition DVD: Music videos: 01 There There 02 Go to Sleep 03 2 + 2 = 5 04 Sit Down. Stand Up. 05 2 + 2 = 5 (Live at Belfort Festival) "Later… With Jools Holland" [05/27/03] 06 There There 07 Go to Sleep 08 2 + 2 = 5 09 Where I End and You Begin Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) Interesting they're splitting up "I Might Be Wrong" and "Com Lag" and putting some (all?) of those tracks on the bonus CD's to these last three albums. (Of course, that's only cuz I finally bought "Com Lag" last year, finally.) Haven't even gotten the first three extended versions yet, but eventually I'm sure I'll get 'em all ('cept maybe the very first one). Edited June 23, 2009 by Rooster_Ties Quote
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