I reckon I'm so-so on Radiohead's new marketing/album sales plan. I named my own price, 2.50 british pounds, which came to $5 and there was an additional $3 service. so i paid $8 for a digital download. I much prefer to have the ol'fashioned cd w/ case and insert w/ all sorts of knowlege useless to many like engineers, producers, studio info, etc....i figured, if i liked the album enough upon download, i'll make the $80 commitment for the uber-pack which has the download, a hardcopy of the album w/ artwork, a bonus cd w/ extra tracks, and i think a 2-record set on 180-gram vinyl.
upon listening to this album for the 3rd time round, it's growing on me. it was released digitally october 10th, i think, and i was skeptical, as i got very bored with Kid A, Amnesiac, and Hail to the Theif. Granted, I purchased all of them, and liked them at the time, i realized, they don't hold up as their 2 predecessors: The Bends and OK Computer. Those 2 albums were the apex of Radiohead's career. You can put them on at anytime, in any mood, in any year. I'm not saying they're 'timeless', b/c they're very dated--mid-to-late 1990's alternative, BUT, they hold up, nonetheless. Upon reading a bulletin posted (yes on the elusive and oddly infectious-slash-addictive 'myspace') by an acquaintence (i'd say friend, but we're only friends on myspace--though we'd both witnessed a truly amazing event, almost relgious experience known to us as 'church', but to others as the twilight singers'), i digress, Patrick wrote that he, too, was very into radiohead during the 90's, and then lost interest upon their alt-techno-avant-garde (dare i say 'hipster) era. He said 'In Rainbows', the new album, is as good as 'The Bends' and 'OK Computer'. I trust his taste in music, so I figured, what do ihave to lose, a few $ and maybe an hour...i went to www.radiohead.com, named my price: small enough to not hurt, but enough so i'm not asking for free shit, and it took all of 6minutes. Added the tracks to my itunes and put in my ipod. I like the album, but i miss thumbing through the insert and looking at the pictures..its a huge part of the music experience for me. Much like when listening to a record, you know, those big, black, vinyl, cd's your mom and dad used to put on when they were necking in grandma and grandpa's den. The smell of vinyl, the crackle of the sleeve in which the record comes in, the vastness of the album art (12"x12")....it's all part of music.
Check out Radiohead's album "In Rainbows", name your price, don't be a dick, but don't go overboard..unless you want to.
Choice tracks: "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi", "Reckoner", and "Videotape"
♥,
Uncle J
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