Oct 15 2007
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead
In Rainbows
Self-Released; 2007
UPDATE: This review can also be found at Burnside Writers Collective.
Let’s cut to the chase – all Radiohead fans have already downloaded this album & have listened to it non-stop since it was made available in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007. And by now, there’s very little that can be said that will sway any of those folks from the opinion(s) that they’ve crafted for themselves as they gorge on its ten tracks. More press has been given to how In Rainbows has been released, as well as how secretive Radiohead has been for the past year regarding if or when they would ever release their seventh full-length album. For you see, when the band put out Hail To The Thief in 2004, they fulfilled the details of their contract with Columbia, thus allowing the band to sever ties with their former record company and be independent.
So, after 9 months of mysterious press released from deep inside the Radiohead camp regarding what the album would sound like (the inclusion of a children’s choir on certain songs was alluded to at one point) and if it would even drop in 2007, on the night of Sunday, September 30th, 2007, guitarist Jonny Greenwood informs the world that their new album, In Rainbows, would be arriving in 10 days’ time. Continue reading “Radiohead - In Rainbows”
