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I listened to it a few times when it came out, hated it, listened to it with a few other people who hated it, and haven't had an urge to sit down and listen to it since. I tried to force myself to listen to it a few months ago to try to get into it but I was bored out of my mind by track three. I watched one of their music videos on OnDemand with this dude who loves every Radiohead album (though he hadn't had a computer at the time this came out and missed this album) and he said, "This is terrible." I think the worst assessment was from my girlfriend; Radiohead is her favorite band of all time and she said, "Um, this album sounds like they're not even trying. A good album to fall asleep to because it's so fucking boring!" I know one person in real life who likes this album, and even the best thing he can say about it is, "It isn't awful." It really makes me wonder. I live in a small town of 40,000 people but the musical tastes are SO opposite of the pitchfork dicksuckery you find most places on the internet. It can't just be my town, can it? Whatever can be said about Radiohead -- they're not "Experimenting" enough, they're back to their roots -- this album is still just BORING. I mean, I put on Kid A, Hail to the Thief, whatever, and I'm instantly.. I mean, those are good albums.. brilliance shines forth with almost every song... this album just seems completely thrown-together, from the shitty internet release to even the crappy title of the album. I mean, wait, this album ISN'T awful; it's just boring and mediocre in every way...
But if any of you guys like it, cool!
I'm just saying: This isn't Vegas, and Radiohead isn't Elvis.
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