Much like on Kid A, each song only has the instrumentation it requires, and the band is expanding out of their own comfort zones.

In Rainbows' was Radiohead's first release after the end of their contract with EMI labels Parlophone and Capitol Records. The strings (and there are a lot of strings on this record) are beautiful - the arrangements really show off Jonny Greenwood's classical leanings - and Thom's voice is amazing, despite years of touring and knocking on 40's door.

Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. The album is very song-oriented, with each track constantly moving forward and developing, yet there are abstract electronic layers and studio-as-instrument elements to prevent it from sounding like a regression.

However themes do emerge: One being the surprising inclusion of several songs about 'relationships'. OK Computer' is the album that established Radiohead as one of the most inventive bands of the '90s.To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. This record is framed and ready to hang under our high quality, durable wood, non-glare acrylic and archival bevel cut double stack matting.

Previous experiments bleed all over the album, warped electronics, brazen hooks and maudlin melodies while Yorke turns the screw on the human psyche. Variously hailed as "the best band in the world" (Q Magazine), "Rock's best live band" (Rolling Stone) and No. Now the cult band around Mastermind Thom Yorke has signed a classic record deal and allows XL Recordings to bring CD and LPs to the market.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The album as a whole, due to a lack of invention or really pushing in any new direction, isn't really on the same level as the holy triad that started with The Bends and ended with Kid A.

We stand behind every product we sell and offer free live support if you need assistance setting-up, troubleshooting, or maximizing your purchase. Nude' has been hanging around since the OK Computer days, only now finally appearing on an album, accentuated by the bubbling string section and stripped production of the album.

Their new marketing and distribution model may be making a mockery of conventional business models, but it's also making a mockery of the critic's job too. The solitary moments with Thom Yorke on the backwardly twisted Nude, the serene Faust Arp and Videotape that dooms us all, turning the screw on our human psyche.