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Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 | Burn the Witch |
2 | Daydreaming |
Disc: 2
1 | Decks Dark |
2 | Desert Island Disk |
3 | Ful Stop |
Disc: 3
1 | Glass Eyes |
2 | Identikit |
3 | The Numbers |
Disc: 4
1 | Present Tense |
2 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief |
3 | True Love Waits |
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A Moon Shaped Pool is the ninth studio album from Radiohead, featuring “Burn The Witch,” “Daydreaming” and “True Love Waits.”
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 12.48 x 12.4 x 0.31 inches; 1.29 Pounds
- Manufacturer : XL Recordings
- Item model number : 634904079017
- Original Release Date : 2016
- Date First Available : May 10, 2016
- Label : XL Recordings
- ASIN : B01FDF12UI
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,389 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #1,141 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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Sure enough, “A Moon Shaped Pool” isn’t Radiohead’s best album—but it’s in the top three or four, and that’s more than we have any right to expect at this stage in their career.
Thom Yorke recently split from his partner of twenty-three years, and with this, he’s given us his “Blood on the Tracks,” a magnificent later-career breakup opus, as personal a statement as we’re likely to get from this resolutely private public figure. It also feels like a Pixies tribute. The tracks are sequenced in alphabetical order, which Frank Black et. al. sometimes used to do during their concerts. And (as was the case on “OK Computer”) there’s an enigmatic and beautiful song about an alien visitation, something the Pixies did to great effect on “The Happening.” Here, it’s the gorgeous “Deck’s Dark,” with plain lyrics perfectly sketching out the larger emotions of overwhelming dread. “And in your life, there comes a darkness. There’s a spacecraft blocking out the sky. And there’s no way to hide. You run to look back, and you cover your ears, but it’s the loudest sound you’ve ever heard.” Simple words, but stunningly effective—depressing, but so awesome they’re somehow inspiring, too.
Negative emotions have always been Thom Yorke’s stock in trade; Vegas should offer prop bets on how many times he’ll use the word “panic” in his next album, but I’m sure the over-under will be up in the teens, at least. So one can’t entirely complain about getting more of the same here. Still, you worry about the guy. How can someone who sings so beautifully be so miserable? (I’d like to think I’d be happy if I’d given the world what he has, but who knows?) But it’s an entirely pleasant misery, and tremendously comforting (for me, at least) after the tedious final tracks of “The King of Limbs.”
Like all their best work, it takes dozens of listens to unpack it all, and you fall in love with a new part every time: the lush strings on “Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief,” the delicate excitement of “Ful Stop,” the mournful strings that help “Glass Eyes” turn a simple train commute into a suffocating ordeal, the aching ghostly howl of “Present Tense,” the way the instruments at the end of “Daydreamers” sound like a mildly angry rhinoceros. Granted, there are parts I’m less enamored with—the Nick Drake-esque “Desert Island Disk” is a bit of a letdown, and “Identikit” features Thom singing “broken hearts make it rain,” which is, frankly, a relatively awful lyric, no matter how many times Yorke repeats it. In fact, it’d be unforgivable if the song on the whole wasn’t so amazing, with the band firing on all cylinders, and Johnny Greenwood unleashing a skittering electronic spider of a guitar solo that somehow wordlessly encapsulates the band’s whole ethos.
All in all, this is an amazing album, one that succeeds in spite of (and even because of) its few moments of weakness. But it isn’t all new songs; there’s a few here that’ve been reworked over time, most obviously “True Love Waits,” but also “Burn the Witch” and “Present Tense.” So for all the "Blood on the Tracks" vibe, there's maybe a little “Tattoo You," too. Which leaves us the question: are we still entitled to some mixed feelings about this band? They’ve already given us so much that they’ve staked out a fair claim as a generation-defining band, one that’s continued to make amazing music well into middle age. (For all my beef with “The King of Limbs,” there are still a few great songs on it, and when you throw in “In Rainbows” and this, the past nine years have given us two amazing albums and an EP in LP’s clothing, which is, again, more than we should rightfully expect.) But if they can only reach those heights nowadays by digging into the vaults and reworking some old stuff, my inner paranoid android says this heralds a couple decades of 80s-Stones mediocrity, of money-grabbing tours and albums devoid of inspiration. Now that’s truly cause for panic.
The album opens up with Burn the Witch. This is a very string heavy song that is also carried by a smooth bass from Colin and Thom's rising and falling voice. Having watched some videos on YouTube, the live is version fantastic as well. Since they can't make use of a string section for live shows, Thom and Ed pound through the chorus on their electric guitars. I recommend checking it out. This is followed by Daydreaming. The album slows up at this point. Daydreaming is a beautiful song with an accompanying piano and really reminds me of something from Kid A. This is then followed by two acoustic guitar heavy songs, Decks Dark and Desert Island Disk. They are just beautiful songs. Ful Stop follows which is one of the more uptempo songs on the album like Burn the Witch. It is a great track and also brings me back to the Kid A/Amnesiac period. This followed by Glass Eyes which is just a great transition song into Identikit, one of my favorite songs on the album. I just love the guitar work on this track and the rise to the song's climax where "Broken Hearts make it Rain" lyric echoes out. The song then closes with just great guitar work and singing from Jonny and Thom respectively. This song is then followed by the Numbers and Present Tense. Two once again acoustic guitar heavy songs much like track 3 and 4. Both are great, but I really like the Numbers due to the string section that drops in at the end. Whenever, I listen to this song I always turn the volume up for this part, it is just so epic. These last two songs is followed the longest titled song in the Radiohead in the catalogue. It is mellow and just beautiful. album ends with True Love Waits. One of the most beautiful songs this band has ever made. The lyrics and musical composition are just powerful and meaningful.
A Moon Shaped Pool is one of Radiohead's best and one of the best albums of the year. I particularly love how many of these songs have been in existence for a while. It was cool that the band came together to finally put songs like True Love Waits, Identikit, and a few others into recording.
I was very fortunate to get my hands on one of the limited edition white vinyl pressings. This is now one of the prized possessions of my record collection. The white vinyl is just beautiful. It has a couple hiccups on Burn the Witch and Desert Island Disks, but plays and sounds great. Love this album. First time I ever bought an album three times. Beautiful record.
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An absolute must-have for the modern-day Radiohead listener.