Radiohead's New Album: The King of Limbs

OneMoreRobot · #1 02-14-2011, 09:11 AM

Has anyone else pre-ordered it????

It was the first thing I saw on Facebook this morning, and it got me so sweaty I ripped off my sweatshirt emblazoned with a timber wolf and the word "Alaska" for no apparent reason and quickly forked over $48.00 for a two-disc vinyl set with a CD and over 625 pieces of artwork.

The artwork looks fantastic... Super trippy. I love it!

Here's a picture of my Radiohead tattoo... Amnesiac was my first Radiohead album and this was my first tattoo. Amnesiac is still my favorite album. Pyramid Song invokes emotions that no other song ever has.

TheDialog · #2 02-14-2011, 09:13 AM

Tattoo pics? My brother has the Kid A logo on his side.

linken4000 · #3 02-14-2011, 09:15 AM

I can't wait for its official release...48 bucks is kinda way too much in this economy.

OneMoreRobot · #4 02-14-2011, 09:17 AM

warwick.hoy · #5 02-14-2011, 01:15 PM

I'm stoked on this,...will likely pick up the artwork and vinyl along with the DL and all the other goodies.

noahw1 · #6 02-14-2011, 06:22 PM

$48 is a bit high but considering you get the MP3s, a cd, the clear vinyl and all the artwork that goes along with it I think it's pretty good. Also in 10 years it will probably be worth more than that as a collectible.

OneMoreRobot · #7 02-14-2011, 06:30 PM

I thought so. Plus, I swore I would pay whatever necessary to get Radiohead's new album

I also swore to cancel anything and pay whatever necessary to see them next time they come to town. I saw Thom Yorke in Chicago with Atoms for Peace last April and it was the best show of my life.

OneMoreRobot · #8 02-14-2011, 07:10 PM

I can't believe more people aren't excited about this.... New album after 4 years! They didn't even announce it until today, out of nowhere!

mcflurry · #9 02-14-2011, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by OneMoreRobot

I can't believe more people aren't excited about this.... New album after 4 years! They didn't even announce it until today, out of nowhere!

Don't worry..you're not alone!

Still can't decide if I want to buy the super-mega-deluxe edition or not. Prices are pretty steep, especially considering they won't ship til May (yes, I know you get the digital download beforehand, but still).

The most interesting thing about this is that it isn't leaked, there is no track list and absolutely no one has any idea what it's gonna sound like. Hopefully it stays that way until Saturday.

OneMoreRobot · #10 02-14-2011, 07:51 PM

They're totally worth it! The In Rainbows deluxe pack was $79.99!

I know though, I love the mystery and secrecy surrounding the whole album. Especially how the deluxe version is the first "Newspaper album." What does that mean??? I hope it's more Amnesiac or In Rainbows sounding. The more ambient songs like Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, Nude, and Reckoner are my favorites.

linken4000 · #11 02-14-2011, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by OneMoreRobot

They're totally worth it! The In Rainbows deluxe pack was $79.99!

I know though, I love the mystery and secrecy surrounding the whole album. Especially how the deluxe version is the first "Newspaper album." What does that mean??? I hope it's more Amnesiac or In Rainbows sounding. The more ambient songs like Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army?, Nude, and Reckoner are my favorites.

I believe Radiohead announced that this coming up album will be different from any of their previous albums. I wouldn't expect their genre to be similar to "The Rainbow" or the "The Bends". They are constantly evolving and innovating, that makes them one of my favorite, and in my opinion, one of the greatest band in history.

OneMoreRobot · #12 02-14-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by linken4000

I believe Radiohead announced that this coming up album will be different from any of their previous albums. I wouldn't expect their genre to be similar to "The Rainbow" or the "The Bends". They are constantly evolving and innovating, that makes them one of my favorite, and in my opinion, one of the greatest band in history.

The Rainbow?

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The King of Limbs is the band's follow-up to 2007's In Rainbows. "It's genuinely exciting. It's very different from what we did last time," guitarist Ed O'Brien said about Radiohead's new effort during a BBC radio interview last June. "It's really nice to be doing this. It's so good to be making music with the band that you feel is still as good as it's ever been.

"We're at the finishing line," he added. "When you're making a record, a film, writing a book for ages and ages you think the finishing line is miles away. Now it feels it's in touching distance."

There has been no word on whether or not the band would take the same approach this time around, though Yorke has noted in the past that the In Rainbows experiment should be considered a "one-off."

I got these from various VH1 articles. By "the same approach" does Ed mean sonically? Or do they mean the fact that they compiled many pre-existing songs into one album with some new songs when they did In Rainbows? Because in the last phrase it seems fairly clear that the "pay-what-you-want" part of In Rainbows was a one time deal.

linken4000 · #13 02-14-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by OneMoreRobot

The Rainbow?

I got these from various VH1 articles. By "the same approach" does Ed mean sonically? Or do they mean the fact that they compiled many pre-existing songs into one album with some new songs when they did In Rainbows? Because in the last phrase it seems fairly clear that the "pay-what-you-want" part of In Rainbows was a one time deal.

man, does it matter?

OneMoreRobot · #14 02-15-2011, 09:44 AM

Yes it does matter, O Stealer of My Thunder! Haha

markjazzbassist · #15 02-15-2011, 04:59 PM

im excited for it, just getting the digital download though, i can't afford the other stuff.

OneMoreRobot · #16 02-16-2011, 08:56 AM

I am going to help crash their website with my download at 12:00 AM on the 19th.

warwick.hoy · #17 02-18-2011, 11:28 AM

I'm impatient and downlaoded a leaked copy with the plans of downlaoding the WAV only package (I can't justify spend ~50 for the newspaper album as much as I'd like to).

I'm in as far as the 2nd song and so far it's different but I like it. In Rainbows and Hail to the Thief rox my soxzors. This one is more bass driven than previous efforts and the record seems more cheery and more psychedelic than other efforts but the Radiohead vibe is still there.

I won't go so far as to call myself a fanboy but in recent years after a steady diet thanks to my wife RH is high up on my list of favorite bands.

BigOldHarry · #18 02-18-2011, 11:35 AM

I have never pre-ordered anything in my life... With age comes patience, I suppose. Soon enough, it will be old.

austentaciousC · #19 02-18-2011, 11:39 AM

I pre-ordered the album as soon as i saw the post of FB. Yea, just stupid excited, like christmas that comes every 4-5 years...and to anybody who thinks its going to be different, when has a radiohead album ever been like the one before it?

warwick.hoy · #20 02-18-2011, 11:44 AM

^^yeah never^^

There are some "depressing" songs (everyone who is a Radiohead detractor says they don't like it cause it's depressing,...whatever).

I should clarify I downlaoded the leaked copy with the plan of paying for the .WAV package.