In Rainbows
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In Rainbows
In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by English rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download, followed by a physical release internationally by XL Recordings in December 2007 and in the United States on 1 January 2008 by TBD Records. It was Radiohead's first release after their recording contract with EMI ended with their previous album Hail to the Thief (2003). -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
In Rainbows represents the sound of Radiohead coming back to earth. Luckily, as it turns out, that's nothing to be afraid of at all.
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Rolling Stone
No wasted moments, no weak tracks:just primo Radiohead.
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BBC
You only donated 50 pence for this wonderful album? SHAME on you.
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XS Noize
For this extraordinary album nine years has provided some perspective on what I consider one of the best albums ever released.
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Telegraph
This reminds you instantly of the wide screen, emotionally coloured splendour that Radiohead used to evoke on a regular basis before the urge to unsettle listeners usurped the desire to offer them something more cathartic.
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Sputnik Music
Radiohead at their most intimate in years; In Rainbows is their own collection of "seduction songs".
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Sputnik Music
With the addition of a second disc, In Rainbows loses some flow but maintains the original atmosphere and quality of the first disc.
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Sputnik Music
In Rainbows is one of the finest releases in Radiohead’s career.
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All Music
In Rainbows will hopefully be remembered as Radiohead's most stimulating synthesis of accessible songs and abstract sounds, rather than their first pick-your-price download.
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Generally, In Rainbows sees the band doing what they do best: adopting a new vision and seeing it through.
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Alt Rock Chick
If great art is defined by its ability to elucidate something essential regarding the human condition, In Rainbows certainly qualifies.
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Wired
No matter what you spent on In Rainbows, it probably wasn’t enough.
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Soundblab
If they keep producing albums such as this, then there's no stopping them reaching the canon.
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Reuters
Overall, the material feels more human, more honest, more assured.
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Music OMH
Without even a dud bar never mind a filler track, In Rainbows is more than any fan could hope for.
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QRO Mag
Even before its unusual release, In Rainbows was already slated to be a different kind of Radiohead album.
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Scene Point Blank
Another stellar accomplishment from a band that have a glorious way of pulling the listener into their music and almost suffocating them.
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The Stranger
Radiohead are, artistically speaking, doing wonderfully—one just yearns for a little more of that old black magic.
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Albumism
In Rainbows is the first record made in the band’s post-rock experimental era that is relatively personal and genuine, where the band masterfully plays with a warmer, brighter palette and returns to a more traditional and organic rock sound.
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The Skinny
Worth every penny.
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Idolator
‘Good things, come to those who wait’ that’s what my mum said to me as a child and it’s so true upon hearing Radiohead’s long-awaited new LP ‘In Rainbows.’
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Westword
The accents are all new, dense and wonderful, but they know their place this new, integrated work. And it's over. I want more.
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RTE
Despite its evident bleakness, the future continues to looks bright for the Oxford five-piece. In rainbows indeed.
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The Line of Best Fit
Whilst not their best, it is a worthy addition to their catalogue, even if I can’t yet put it on the shelf with all the others.
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Prefix Mag
Finally, there’s a measured balance between the band’s organic and synthetic impulses.
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The Marquee
Still worth a listen, but we feel it was the excitement of the release, and not the release itself that originally made us put this on repeat.
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4 out of 5 Reviews
Radiohead's most inviting, vibrant collection of music.
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Smile Politely
Each of the songs here could have fit somewhere on the first disc’s October release, but the album is still very much its own unified entity.
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