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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
All in all, it just sounds so glossy, weird studio production instant-songwriting that IN RAINBOWS had, where it has this real minimal feel to it, like the songs were based on just bass and drums or something and they just piled on different sounds, instead of having prewritten songs that flow from part to part like they did on HAIL TO THE THIEF and stuff. I mean, it's not as bad as ST. ANGER or something, where the songs are obviously just random riffs over Lars drumming to whatever, but ... how did they get from "Paranoid Android" to this?
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perfect synopsis. when I got hail to thief I was initially worried, i hadn't heard any of it yet and all the rock magazine talking heads were complaining that it was flat and not guitar oriented enough. How could they say that? HTT was perhaps the most guitar oriented radiohead album aside from pablo honey (but instead was a
good record)..
in_rainbows had some nice guitar work as well, but it definitely sounded gutted production-wise, it didn't have the craft that amensiac/kid a had. I like the progression by the way, bands should change and evolve and not just make two decades of the exact same album, BUT, they should stick with some elemental formulas that work best, and what always impressed me most about radiohead was that they kept a live drummer and some good guitar work, even for songs that were almost entirely electronic, and so they need to keep that. I have not heard this album yet, I am going to download it later today, but I am excited either way..