RADIOHEAD'S MOST DIVISIVE ALBUM? THE KING OF LIMBS-Full Album Reaction/Review
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- It's about time we head into the next Radiohead album and with that a very divisive piece in their discography "The King of Limbs" This was an album in which I have heard many different things about, some good and some bad. None the less Im always thrilled to dive back into this incredible bands work. Join me as I continue my journey through their incredibly rich discography
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0:00 Intro
2:11 Bloom
5:55 Morning Mr. Magpie
10:08 Little by Little
13:22 Feral
15:34 Lotus Flower
20:34 Codex
24:40 Give Up the Ghost
27:59 Separator
29:56 Final Thoughts
The second half is what elevates this album so hard. First half is full of very interesting and unique music with drum loops and experimental catchiness. But the last 4 tracks are what makes it so memorable. Putting lotus flower, codex, give up the ghost AND separator all in a row had to have been intentional. They knew we would be levitating lol.
Love that we get a bit of both sounds
Biggest problem with TKOL is that the studio version kinds lives in the shadow of the live, from the basement version.
totally agreee... the live version of Bloom is incredible
The live version is so good
Ikr, it's like every single track sounds better than on the album, plus it's got two extra banger tracks. That's why I rarely ever listen to the studio version.
there's a particular b-side that unfortunately didn't make on to the album, titled "daily mail". and it is by far one of the greatest songs they've ever written, i highly recommended checking it out in your own time, you will love it!!
The Daily Mail is awesome, so powerful, the piano chord progression, that drop, omg..
Really gotta check out the B Sides have heard nothing but good things about them
Staircase is my fav of that era. I don't care for the daily mail. Lol. But I've never liked that Beatles piano and singing approach anyway.
I know this the least favorite album for a lot of people but to me personally I discovered Radiohead with this album and I completely loved it, made me feel so much energy with the percussions and also this album helped me to get through a hard situation of my life, this is my favorite album.
I've always had a soft spot for this record, its not as immediate or affecting as their other projects but its got a meditative-ness that just makes it such a pleasant listen, perfect study music
Second half of this album is up there with their best, first part is like them showing you some of their workings, finding a new path which leads onto the next album. Moon Shaped Pool is a great listen. I'd argue that it's worth listening to the Smile afterwards. Radiohead will be back though, they are talking about it. Can't wait!
Mannnn would be unreal to enjoy a Radiohead album in real time with all of you
I agree about the percussion, they had to bring in a second drummer to play it live
From "Portishead" of course, as they only went for the best/most appropriate and man did it work out
TKOL itself had limbs. They were released separately, often in pairs. The Butcher, Supercollider, Twisted Words, Harry Patch, Staircase and Daily Mail were made in the same sessions. I always thought this album got a bad rap. It's not an elite release but it is still strong.
TKOL was kinda like…a seperator?
daily mail fucking slaps
Harry Patch was released previously, and so was These Are My Twisted Words although this one sounds like a sketch for what they would ultimately do with Limbs.
Finally more Radiohead! Here for it 😂
The "From the Basement" session of this album is pretty incredible and gave me such a better appreciation of the record. Highly recommend!
Any Radiohead is awesome. The King of Limbs is underrated. Fan expectations extra high after In Rainbows. Felt really short as well. It’s a very good project.
And, of course, give Sigur Ros a try!!! 😀 They could really fill the void you’ll feel after finishing Radiohead’s current discography. “Ágætis Byrjun” is your entry point. And they’ve made 6 great albums since. (Newest released a month ago.)
This album underwhelmed when it came out for me but after the years Iv loved it more and more every year.
Love Radiohead
Oh man, I really hope they keep making records... Radiohead has been my favourite band for most of my life and I haven't been able to see them live. And that will make me sad if I never get to 😭
I wanna see them so bad now too hahah
I think you’ll get another chance to see them! I have a feeling they will tour again. I saw them with The Beta Band on the Kid A tour. The charm of seeing them now will be that they are at the height of their powers.
excited for this! and please check out The King Of Limbs: From The Basement too - it's as essential as In Rainbows Disk 2 was, if not more. i'm sure many others will say the same :)
Lotus flower and Codex from the basement👌🏻
@@dannybhoy2625 not mentioning bloom here is insane
I’ve grown to LOVE this album. I think my opinion used to be very much influenced by the consensus of the fans, but the more I’ve come back to it the more I hear brilliance!
Jack I am so unbelievably excited for you to the listen to A Moon Shaped Pool. Based on what seems to be your taste, I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being one of your favourites. It’s an absolutely beautiful album!
It is so good! Just wait until he hears Daydreaming!
Man I can’t wait ! Has been such a great ride so far
Appreciate the constant support on the vids legend !
Dude I agree, I often think rh fans can only appreciate melodic and harmonic genius, hence the in rainbows craze. But this album is more texturally and rhythmically genius. People only appreciate the second half. My personal favorite albums are these last two and then kid a.
I think the problem for a lot of people are most of the songs unfurl a lot like a Fourt Tet song. The changes are nuanced and often small over a groove that stays in the pocket the entire time.
Love King of Limbs! Lotus Flower and Codex are the highlights.
Not my favourite Radiohead, but probably the one I listen to the most because it's short, blissful and mediative. The perfect RH record for a walk in the English countryside.
Moon Shaped Pool next! Can't Wait!
You will love ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’, it has probably their most artistically developed and creative production, whilst remaining catchy and beautiful
Fantano said it’s ‘easy on the ears and heavy on the heart’
Codex has always been a favourite
I’m so glad you loved this album! It has become my most listened to RH album 💿 It just grows and grows on you like moss on a tree. I’m fact, I highly recommend listening to this album while walking through nature. It’s magical
Great reaction as always! Excited for the basement sessions so you can hear “staircase” and “daily mail”, two of the best songs that didn’t make the cut somehow.
As someone who's enjoyed reaction videos for 3 or 4 years, and for whom RH is my favorite band, its always a treat when they pop up. As we arrive at "Moon Shaped Pool" I think it ought to be said, I've enjoyed your reactions more than anyone else. Always so very much worth the wait. Not to be too melancholic, as there are the 100 B-Sides, live performances (the 2 Basement sessions of course), the almost mythic partial songs only 1 or 2 people have and post in weird places - so this isn't a time to be sad. YES - I do believe there is an LP10 awaiting us, though perhaps that will be the last. Also, I agree with the nearly Universal sentiment the TKOL "From the Basement" is superior to the album though I always enjoyed this album. I don't know if/how with as much music you react to you might consider, but this project is incomplete without listening to the single "The Daily Mail/Staircase" released nearly at the same time as the album - those 2 songs are truly special special individual tracks in the RH lore. One of the best parts about the Basement session for this one is how incredible it is to see them recreate these looping rhythms and very percussive and sampled vibe that so much defines the album - they added a 2nd drummer for that performance and the tour (Clive Demler from Portishead - 90's indie rock royalty - one of the coolest bands ever, the Trip Hop pioneers who's album "Dummy" from 1994 you really ought to experience, it is a master work). But just as you'll see (or maybe have if you have been unable to resist) on "In Rainbows: From the Basement" and "The King of Limbs: From the Basement" is just how unbelievable and so fun it is to watch 5 guys who met in High School in the 80's and managed to stay as one unit through 9 albums and 35 years and remain as such. Amongst the highest heights of bands (where we can all agree RH belongs forever) and even the next tier of amazing bands, that is such a rare unique aspect of their story, and it oozes through as part of the one-of-a-kind soundscapes and world's they create for us to drift off to or sing our asses off or struggle to learn on guitar and then realize once you've learned it, now you have to try to sing like Thom dammit! But man, my friend, you have presented these albums and your reactions and your enthusiasm, genuine smile as you get lost in a new favorite, and shared adventure in such a way it has been a genuine treat, the very best Radiohead reactor IMO; just a delight to know in a month or 2 - like tonight - as I wrap up my evening, I will get a surprise like this, and relive my own memory of driving home from work through the mountains hearing this Compact Disc as we called them in 2011, for the first time (having heard Thom's solo acoustic version of "Lotus Flower for a few months - shocker, it sounds a bit different and is AWESOME) and be so enlivened by the personality you bring to what you do. Well done once again, fantastic, and it's so cool you rolled with TKOL and 'got' it - I saw Thom and Jonny live last month near Washington D.C. touring their side band "The Smile" - keep an eye out as you may be able to see them - and they are the #1 and #2 of this band so it is as it should be - different. And while it does NOT replace seeing RH live as they give back songs for 150 minutes that span 30 years like when I saw them in 2016 twice for the 9th record. But based on articles and the fun they were having that night as "The Smile" and the incredible music both of them - true geniuses of our time for modern music, together - will continue to create, I mean Jonny has 2 Oscar nominations in the bag for orchestral film scores and Thom is - I think of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Robert Johnson, Neil Young...I've got no qualms placing him at their stature as a force of nature musically in my Gen X lifetime with no equal and deserving to be alongside those names, period. So they just have so much to give and compared to seeing Mick Jagger on some combination of crack/adderall/gasoline/ and Nitrous (props to him not a criticism) dancing around like a college kid when he was in his 70s, RH doing an album in their mid 50's is not a crazy concept. However, they will go out with grace, when it is the right time. But I have full faith the 10th album is something we will now all wait for together. In the interim, you'll have so much - from Thom's solo work to acoustic performances from 2003 with Jonny, to the nearly 15 quality B-Sides off "The Bends" alone (hell, the B-Side Record for "OK Computer" was nominated for the Grammy for 'Best Alternative Album' of 1999 - who does that? What band pulls off something as ludicrous as that - and by the way, it deserved it as it was like an awesome sequel to "OK Computer" when it came out...had it on cassette tape, yup...and then..."Kid A" and my struggles and return with In Rainbows and then giving in completely; a lifetime devotion to all of it -- the special journey, right), the music video's - some of which are more artistic and better fleshed out than most films you'd see today, and much more...to look forward to. Whatever you are willing to share with us as far of any of that goes , please do! As things move along, you'll have a lot of fans like me happy to join in. BUT, let's GO man - this train is still rolling! "A Moon Shaped Pool!" Thanks as always. For real - made my night over here in the states. Peace//
Legend Drew
Always appreciate your kind words mate
Has been one hell of a ride and I have enjoyed the connections I have made along the way
Cannot wait for a moon shaped pool!
Great post fella, I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment.
Great album, under-appreciated. Codex is one of their best tracks IMHO
Codex is awesome.. goosebumps xx
The last three tracks on TKOL are magnificent imo 🥲☺
Lovely reaction. Colin in the most underrated member of the band and shines through on this album IMO
Hi. You need to go on youtube and write radiohead king of limbs from the basement. You can see they making this live!
Stoked you got to this their RnB dance album! They have two drummers in this period. This album has an accompanied remix album that features Radioheads favorite electronic dance music producers. Its pretty sweet check that Blawan remix! Peace 🏝️🌊🦜
I've heard people say it isn't the strongest album however i just love this album. There is one song missing called the Daily Mail that you find on in the basement sessions that is worth checking out.
Great reaction as always.
Legend
Thank you , I really had fun with this one
You should listen to the 'from the basement' version as it really improves and builds on the sounds of this album.
I am literally crying watching you hear this for the first time. You have such satisfying reactions to Radiohead and I cant get enough!
Awww thank you !
I LOVE this album.... If I had any complaint, it would be that this album is way too short! I wanted much more❤❤❤❤❤
Finally someone who gets this album. So underrated!!!
A MOON SHAPED POOL REACTION IS MORE AND MORE CLOSER YESSS
Sooooooon
i love this album so much great reaction man
I'm basing this off of your other reactions and what you might and might not enjoy, I really think you would absolutely love "Deadwing" by "Porcupine Tree". Fantastic album and an absolute all timer, full of great melodies and well written lyrics and I recommend you give it a listen I promise you will love it
Thank you! Also appreciate the recommendations as well!
Codex is a top 5 Radiohead song come at me.
Great to see a mention of the in the basement sessions, we Radiohead fans are suckers for those recordings.
Only a matter of time before we coerce you into listening to the side projects especially with a new Smile album on the horizon.
Side note: you should watch the music video for lotus flower, it cured my depression
Gotta check it out one day
And really can’t wait for that day tbh haha
Also I checked out the video after your comment and mannn what an unreal video
The carefree dancing
Just feeling the music
Absolutely loved it
nice!! this is without a doubt my favorite radiohead LP, it's like they're showing that they know how to access the spiritual side of their music and with the aid of new things Thom learned with his solo and side projects (mostly atoms for peace) they're able to creat this sound that is so hypnotic but at the same time so warm, and with so many natural soundscapes...its also worth to mention that the sctructure of the album reminds me of a DMT experience, with this shamanic and feral begining with such a release at the end
btw, i think this kind of sound is the one that most resembles Yorke's and Greenwood actual project called "The Smile", you should check it out after A Moon Shaped Pool
Such an amazing album !
Just put the record on in your free time. It’s perfect length for a drive. Eventually, you’ll enjoy the first half at least as much as the second.
Giving Feral the love it deserves! I've said before and I'll say it forever: Feral is next level even for Radiohead. Ahead of its time and really really wish the band would do more music that sounds like it.
Such a awesome track !
I can't wait for your review of A Moon Shaped Pool.
Best band in the world. Looking forward for that A Moon Shaped Pool reaction mate
Can’t wait mate !
I'm so glad you enjoyed this album! I wasn't a fan at first, but over time it grew on me and I listen to it all the time now. The last three songs in particular have a special kind of magic I can't get enough of.
Separator remains for me one their finest tracks. The definite highlight of this album for me. And another to their list of iconic album closers.
Great reaction as always! So this album is widely regarded as their weakest output alongside Pablo honey, so the fact that Lotus Flower is to be found on this album speaks volumes of the standard they bring! Amazing track. When Radiohead are “bad” they’re still leagues above the pack and lightyears ahead of the curve. Can’t wait for your reaction to Moonshaped pool. Astonishing swansong to say the least!
Legend
Thank you
Lotus flower is one of my fav Radiohead songs ever
As youve listened to In Rainbows disc 2 you need to listen to OKNOTOK the 2nd CD from OK Computer has some great songs on it like Pearly and Palo Alto... Palo Alto being one of my fav Radiohead guitar tracks...
The b-sides, that were released as singles are worth checking out:
These are their names: Supercollider, The Butcher, The Daily Mail, Staircase. I also reccomend These Are My Twisted Words, but I'm not sure if that's a TKOL b-side
Been so excited for this
I love this album.
Please, please, PLEASE listen to the "from the basement" session of King of Limbs (In Rainbows also!) it'll blow your mind to see them playing all these live, also, there are extra tracks like "the Daily Mail" that have you scratch your head as to why it's not on any album. The piano chord progression, the drop.. Man..
Seriously, people who didn't "get" King of Limbs at first, got it after watching and listening to "from the basement".
It needs a separate reaction!
Loved your reaction, and yes, Lotus Flower, 👌🏼
Btw Lotus Flower "from the basement" SLAPS
Can’t wait to check out the basement session !!
The from the basement sessions are far and away better than the studio version and of course it has the extra tracks, supercollider for example.
you are some boy jack, loved watching you go through their catalogue
hell ya. im glad you like the record. it also has grown on me and has become one of my favorites now
Thank you thank you! It just feels good to see somebody get behind this album. It's just so evocative and wonderful
You should check their "From the Basement" rendition of The King Of Limbs. In my opinion, it is better than the studio album.
Hell yeah man! Always great to see someone enjoy this record. I see why it could be divisive, but it’s really become a special album for me. Just love the atmosphere and the percussion / unconventional rhythms hook me every time. Amazing emotional moments as well.
In terms of 'new' Radiohead, not sure. But The Smile, though not technically Radiohead the band, is definitely still worth checking out - came out recently. Tom Skinner definitely adds a different flavour, which is interesting
The smile are fucking awesome my friend x
Bittersweet moment because you only have one album left. What a journey, Jack! So glad you enjoyed this album. It took me a minute to like ALL tracks. Codex always hits. Lotus Flower makes me want to dance. The music video is pretty cool since Thom is dancing about.
I love your positive energy! I feel like I got back some of it on this video.. maybe you were expecting too much from In Rainbows.
This album wasn’t really something that I was hooked on the first few times I heard it but as time went on it just hooked me more and more. The king of limbs is definitely a grower and I know that a lot of radiohead fans don’t really have this record high up on their lists but I think this is one of their best albums that they’ve ever put out (my opinion only)
Something music works in wild ways hey Lauren
But when it hits dammm it hits
So glad you liked it! My favorite tracks are Bloom and Little by Little
I am so excited for you to do moon shaped pool!!!
A moon shape pool next 😊
Great to see such a positive review of this album! Thanks as always
My pleasure!
I really like Bloom as an intro and Separator as an outro. Bloom starts the album with "open your mouth wide", like inviting you in. And Separator says goodbye with "wake me up", like if the album was a dream. And at the same time, it says "if you think this is over, then you're wrong"; you have to remember that this was the last Radiohead album for some years; and it gave you the sense that it could actually be the end of the band, but at the same time, they will trascend, or that there would be more of what Radiohead transmits in life.
BTW, I really recommend the band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which i knew thanks to a remarkable sequence of the film 28 Days Later. It's pure atmosphere and feeling. You can imagine the apocalypse with most of its pieces, and feel the payne and destruction in the world, but also the hope and beauty of life.
Love it! Would LOVE to see your full reaction the Radiohead perform the King Of Limbs on Live from the Basement. They do In Rainbows Live From the Basement as well and they always include other songs. TRUE genius.
Love this band! Love your reaction!
Thank you!!
Been seriously enjoying your Radiohead listens. Can’t wait for you to tackle The Smile. You’re in for a treat!
Legend
Thanks mate !
You seem like such a nice guy, I've been watching all your Radiohead reacts - you are a gem!
Thank you so much! That’s very kind of you
LOVED your reaction to Lotus Flower! Who ever expected a song with such wild instrumentation could be such a banger!
So good!
Let’s goooo! This is my favorite album by any band!! I hope you will like it and I highly suggest you do the live from the basement version of the album, it makes the albums 100 times better
Such a sick album man
Can’t wait to check out the basement session
Your reactions to radiohead have been amazing and insightful. This album is such an underrated masterpiece. It doesn't get the respect it so incredibly deserves.
Legend , thank you it has been such an amazing ride
The video for Lotus Flower is so entertaining.
It really is! I loved it haha!
Thanks for the review! Everything you're saying about it I agree with, and it has stuck with me since 2011. The peaceful nature of it sticks around man. It's just a blessing
My pleasure!
i really really like this album, i don't really understand the hate it gets. separator is probably in my top 3 favourite songs of all time
I love The King Of Limbs, but I love A Moon Shaped Pool even more! AMSP is an absolute classic and you're going to love it
I can't wait to see your reaction to a moon shaped pool. It is such an incredible album.
I can’t wait !
Man you gotta check the From The Basement session of this album, it's honestly my favourite Radiohead proyect of them all!
i think the first half of this album is decent, but i find the second half incredible
interested to see the a moon shaped pool reaction
Little by Little, The King Of Limbs will grow on you.
Separator is my fave in this album! It transports me
I know it has been said, to reiterate, Please do the "from the basement" versions of this, and all the Radiohead albums. It's worth it, it's a different experience. I love your breakdowns.
10/10 album. Love it. Experimental masterpiece.
Codex is without a doubt my favorite song. You have to watch King of Limbs from The Basement - full brass section - an additional drummer - it's glorious.
If you do the basement session, I can't wait to see your reaction to Feral. It's absolute madness in that environment. Way better than the studio version.
Glad you enjoyed Lotus Flower a lot! It is also my favourite song in this album. Maybe you should see the official video as well! 😅
Hahaha one of my favourite music videos
Such a good album
The best incarnation of this album for me is the From the Basement performance. The songs are much warmer, and you get the B-sides of this era which are phenomenal.
I have to cycle to my work for about 20 minutes back and forth five times a week with mostly Radiohead as my musical companion. When I cycle on a longs stretch of empty cycle ways, I stretch my arms sing on the top of my lungs until I'm out of my breath.
Lotus Flower would be my favorite. You have a cool channel going CavemanJackReacts.
Thanks Danny
Love lotus flower !!
I like watching someone fall in love with Radiohead. ❤
btw you are on my exact wavelength by having utopia and the king of limbs back to back 😮
From the Basement bro 🙏
My favorite song on the album is Coda. The solo live piano performance of Bloom by Thom Yorke is really great. It really highlights Thom’s vocals and is one of my very favorite performances of a Radiohead song.
Listen to The Smile m8, it's basically Radiohead - Mark. II
I second this!! Love The Smile :)
Codex is my escape whenever life becomes too much. Instant transportation
Power of music man!!
Will you be doing A Moon Shaped Pool any time soon? I cant wait to see you hear it!😊
Again your reaction is heartwarming!
I try not to like it just to be different yk, but I really enjoy it.
Codex is my favorite from this one, and actually top 5 radiohead song for me
Such a moving track
this album olny made sense to me when i saw it live on from the basement
FUCK YEAH SOMEONE JAMMING TO FERAL AS MUCH AS I DID
😭 just listened to the album myself and I loved that track so much!!
The King of Limbs to me, is when Radiohead really escaped and found peace.
This album is nostalgic to me nowadays.
I always thought this album would be at it's best with this tracklist. -
1. Bloom
2. Morning Mr Magpie
3. Little By Little
4. The Daily Mail
5. Feral
6. The Butcher
7. Lotus Flower
8. Staircase
9. Supercollider
10. Codex
11. Give Up The Ghost
12. Seperator
I hate to say this but I don't think we will see another new Radiohead album. This package of music from Pablo Honey to Moon Shaped Pool is an incredible legacy to have and I could not think of a better swan song than this last album. From what I have read and if you read the tea leaves of what everyone in the band is now doing it looks very much they have moved on to other projects. It must be terrifying to try to follow up A Moon Shaped Pool. You will understand after you experience it. If I was them I would say, "Yep, we did everything we set out to as this band. Time to rest."
Pls react to third eye blind’s debut, amazing mix of pop and unpredictable rock music!!!