All yesterday afternoon one of my multi-tasks was trying to download this album. The shopping cart made no sense to me. Finally I got to the order stage, and realized that the "shipping" address is actually supposed to be your credit card billing address. Since mine are different, and I couldn't figure out how to change it, I was unable to buy it.

Today I'm thinking of starting over with a new account/e-mail address. Wish me luck....

I grabbed it Wednesday for free on bittorrent but paid the 7 euro today. I think it's pretty cool that a band this big is doing this.

the album is pretty good so far. I have only listened a couple times.

On first listen I really liked it, I think it's going to get better. I gave myself the fellow musician discount and paid $6.00.

d-l'ed it last nite, and listenned through a few times, including in my sleep... it's very cool, very good moods harmonies and structure...alot of "stream of consciousness"-linear jammy type stuff that really digs in.  (edit: glad they are exploring new ground back in "band" mode instead of trying to re-write Creep to regain radio notoriety... better? Maybe not), and are doing novel things to market themselves... sorta like an alterna-rock Pearl Jam..to me anyway.

And tho I was bored to tears with Amnesiac, I love that they still explore different directions every album. Bravo.

 I dig it alot.  I have yet to pick up Hail to the Theif...I was a tad underwhelmed with the single, and maybe not in a Radiohead state of mind...I'll give it a go soon...until then, I'll get mileage outta this.

I don't follow, Ron.

Just bustin' balls

When Radiohead announced last week that they would be releasing their seventh album, In Rainbows, via their official Web site, there was much fanfare and some honest-to-goodness debate about the future of the music industry, the validity of major labels and just how people consume music.

But in the days since that announcement, a whole lot of that fanfare has curdled, thanks to moves by the band and its management that some see as dishonest, distasteful and, well, downright un-Radiohead. The sentiment among many fans seems to have gone from admiration for the group's willingness to let the consumer decide how much to pay for the new album to anger over the low quality of the downloads — and dismay over the band's manager's statement that the you-choose-the-price downloads were just a promotional tool for the release of the physical CD.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1571737/20071011/radiohead.jhtml

i like this album, but i did hear a differance in quality when playing it on my computer and then at the restaurant. but i thought that it was just the stereo.

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funny, I was thinking the same thing, mine, for an MP3, sounds pretty good...

I officially love this record. It's the most soulful Radiohead record in some time.