radiohead released a new album on october 10th and after listening to it straight through since then, i have decided that, shockingly, it is quite amazing. first of all, obviously, is the music. it is the most endearing, human feeling album they have put out since OK computer, and it is a nice change coming from the electric coldness (but still brilliance) of kid a and amnesiac. it is (*gasp*) accessible, without sacrificing anything, which is what makes it so brilliant. second of all, they, as of yet, have released it without signing on to any label. they released it on the tenth as a download only mp3 zip file for a price to be named by each buyer. since this is such an unorthodox way to release music, no figures have been produced as to sales, but according to unconfirmed sources "close to the band," the file was downloaded almost 1.3 million times in its first day, making it "platinum." another note of importance is the fact that last.fm lists the ten songs from the album as the top ten most played songs in their database since it came out, with the tenth song being played twice as many times as the next closest song. they are truly something special.
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Marilyn heard the album was "odd," but after reading your review, we'll have to give it a shot. Glad to see you blogging again.
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