The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).

A Moon Shaped Pool (White Vinyl) Records Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool (White Vinyl) Records

Overall, it doesn't reach the heights of their best music but it is great and has some fantastic moments. A Light for Attracting Attention, the 2022 side project album, feels like a natural evolution from A Moon Shaped Pool - and, for my count, an improvement; it successfully merges the jazz-inflected chamber atmosphere of A Moon Shaped Pool with the focused rock arrangements of earlier Radiohead albums. If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker. On tour in 2012, they recorded two songs at the Third Man Records studio in Nashville, Tennessee, including a version of "Identikit", [5] but discarded the recordings as substandard. Many critics saw them as a response to the split of the singer, Thom Yorke, from his wife, Rachel Owen.

In The New York Observer, Justin Joffe wrote that A Moon Shaped Pool was "a stunning display of naked vulnerability and a notable achievement .

Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool (2016, White, 180 - Discogs Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool (2016, White, 180 - Discogs

We thought rather than it ending up as landfill we would cut it up and make it useful as a part of the special edition. The big variation in reviews here suggests a lot of bad copies got out, but listening to mine again after a good clean it honestly is one of the best sounding Radiohead pressings I've got.It comes together to create an album of intense emotion and flair that uses new instrumentation to further extend the talents of the band. The special edition features packaging inspired by the albums for 78rpm shellac records in the La Fabrique studio, additional artwork and an original piece of master tape, less than a second in length, from one of Radiohead's prior recording sessions. Glass Eyes, con menos de 3 minutos, podría ser tranquilamente una throw-away track de ser otra banda, pero desde que comienza la producción te sobrecoge de manera inenarrable.

A Moon Shaped Pool (2016, Rainbo - Discogs Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool (2016, Rainbo - Discogs

The Optimal stamper numbers are etched in mirrored orientation (3 to 5 chars building up an own group within the runout string). In The Guardian, Lanre Bakare praised the evolution of "Present Tense" from Yorke's earlier "sketchy guitar number" to "beautifully wrought, bossa nova-tinged ballad".Got this Optimal pressing last Christmas and I remember from when I first spun it it was full of crackles and pops, but after cleaning it many times and since upgraded my stylus from an elliptical to a microline i think it’s safe to say that this is a great pressing.