djsid:I would like to comment on the album too, sounds to me like they have bought a new drum machine and they are going to use it. Its a pile of twoddle, good for insomniacs though, better than valium, the audiophiles will love the rythms, the fans will probably just fall asleep listening to this but strongly deny it. They are better than this........not much though, I would recommend listening to the last two Talk Talk albums if you want to know how good Radiohead could have been if they stayed on the path.
Okay, the easy answer would include phrases like "horses for courses" and "one man's meat is another's poison", but when you referred to Talk Talk I had to credit your critique with a tad more insight than the previous correspondent and offer a more nuanced response.
Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock have undoubtedly been reference points for Radiohead since at least Kid A, but they aren't some sole benchmark by which any non-guitar dominated music should be judged or compared. Radiohead's vast stew of influences post -Ok Computer, would surely be far broader and take in, let's say Miles Davis, the Warp label's repertoire of artists, Thomas Ades, the Flaming Lips/Mercury Rev and Jive Bunny(!). To name but a fraction.
I really don't think you would have to be an "audiophile" (whatever that is) to love the rhythms, or that fans will unduly succumb to the arms of Morpheus on listening to the album, but you seem to have bought into the anti-hype strain of criticism and thereby denied yourself a wonderful experience.
Take a longer look and not just a cursory glance. It just might change your mind.