Radiohead's New CD Free for Download 10 Days from Now

[McGuffin]

Title...

www.radiohead.com

Coolest. Band. Evar.

[Templarian]

Cool. I have a few of their cd's this is gonna be nice.

(1.8gigs)

[DanontheMoon]

Awesome, thanks for posting that!

[pablosci]

yeaaaaaaaaaah!!!
i just get the notice!!!
cant believe it!
they are so fuc//g amazing!

i just get the downlaod pre order on my mail
im gonna try to get a credit card to pay something

cant believe!

http://i23.tinypic.com/14j4tqt.jpg

[hl]

The sites really slow, I assume due to traffic.. but it's impressive that it still works. Really good idea, the RIAA might see that a lot of people are actually willing to pay for good music. The income of the recording artists doesn't depend on DRM. DRM just inhibits word of.. song.. advertising.

:love:

[DanontheMoon]

I'm glad that I got the option to preview it. If it's awesome, I'll buy the actual cd.

[pablosci]

I'm glad that I got the option to preview it. If it's awesome, I'll buy the actual cd.

yeah
vinil version and cd with multimedia really worths the 40 euros

[pablosci]

http://www.exitmusic.com.ar/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/12.jpg

:love:

(is that din mittleshirft tupography?) -dont know exactly how to write it-

[phorte]

This kind of thing from radiohead doesnt suprise me at all. and i mean that in a purely completmentry way. Radiohead are such a terrific band, i will very interested to see how many people do pay for it. I would of paid somthing but, dont have a credit card.

Havent been keeping up to date much with radiohead's going on latley, but this seems to have come totaly out of left field.

[pablosci]

This kind of thing from radiohead doesnt suprise me at all. and i mean that in a purely completmentry way. Radiohead are such a terrific band, i will very interested to see how many people do pay for it. I would of paid somthing but, dont have a credit card.

Havent been keeping up to date much with radiohead's going on latley, but this seems to have come totaly out of left field.

yeap

all weeks i search info abpout the new album
and everythings seems taht it was gonna be released on next year
but this, its justa a hughe surprise

radiohead had a very bad relation with their label (they made all their album eith them for a contract) and they where not very happy with the condittions and all that, so, they decide to make it on their way, and this wierdo marketing strategy can change the music records sales industry, if this works, much more arist will want to do it, but of course, this is radiohead, this is way this idea is working

[phorte]

I found some very interesting quotes about the idealogy about this marketing stratergy. “As for the special situation in China, it does not seem to be easy to obtain Western music via legal channels, so I have the following suggestion for our fans: If you can find and buy our legal CDs, I express my thanks for your support. If you cannot find it, I think that downloading from the Internet is a more acceptable option than buying pirated CDs. Our music is easy to find on the Internet, and you might not need to spend much effort to find most of our songs. If you like our songs after you’ve heard them, please feel free to share it with your friends. As I have put all my effort and heart into my music, I sincerely hope that more and more people can share the enjoyment with us.”
http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/+journal That idea that they prefer you to download the music than to buy a pirated copy is so right. That someone else isnt profiting from you're enjoyment of the beauty of the album. And in the sense of a record company, they are profiting from you're enjoyment. Radiohead have really hit the nail on the head, its not about the profits, its about the music. And with this new album, you tell us how much its worth, not only in currency, but in emotion.

Another very intersting article about about radiohead, and itunes. Radiohead refuse to have their music sold on itunes, because itunes refuses to sell the music as album only. http://puddlegum.net/radioheads-fight-to-keep-the-album-alive/ The album issue is somthing i feel very strongly about, and i feel the record industry today has destory today. They should be called the Single Industry. its all about the single, market the single before the album is even release. And they way the majority of the market today talk about music:
-"oohhh i really like that new band"
+"have u listened to their album"
-"nah, but that song on the radio is really good"
blegh, how can u fully appreciate a band, if uve only listened to the single....

anyway, i will contain my rant from there.

Hope this album actually lives up to all this hype, and we can be part of history here.

[pablosci]

I found some very interesting quotes about the idealogy about this marketing stratergy. That idea that they prefer you to download the music than to buy a pirated copy is so right. That someone else isnt profiting from you're enjoyment of the beauty of the album. And in the sense of a record company, they are profiting from you're enjoyment. Radiohead have really hit the nail on the head, its not about the profits, its about the music. And with this new album, you tell us how much its worth, not only in currency, but in emotion.

Another very intersting article about about radiohead, and itunes. Radiohead refuse to have their music sold on itunes, because itunes refuses to sell the music as album only. http://puddlegum.net/radioheads-fight-to-keep-the-album-alive/ The album issue is somthing i feel very strongly about, and i feel the record industry today has destory today. They should be called the Single Industry. its all about the single, market the single before the album is even release. And they way the majority of the market today talk about music:
-"oohhh i really like that new band"
+"have u listened to their album"
-"nah, but that song on the radio is really good"
blegh, how can u fully appreciate a band, if uve only listened to the single....

anyway, i will contain my rant from there.

Hope this album actually lives up to all this hype, and we can be part of history here.

yeap
the idea of download one song from a album is destreoing the concept
is like hearing lucy in the sky with diamons but never heard all the sgt pepper record
and most important with radiohead, coss their album are a hughe concept, and you cannot take one song and undestarnd it, those songs are part of a mayor work.

[pablosci]

emailed an A&R executive at a major European label. "If the best band in the world doesn't want a part of us, I'm not sure what's left for this business."

more: http://www.greenplastic.com/news/archives/2007/10/record-industry.php

:king:

[denizengt]

It may be free as an option, but I think this band is at least worth a few $.

[pablosci]

1 day
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[squishy]

seems like there taking after brad sucks www.bradsucks.net

[pablosci]

recent mail

THANK YOU FOR ORDERING IN RAINBOWS. THIS IS AN UPDATE.

YOUR UNIQUE ACTIVATION CODE(S) WILL BE SENT OUT TOMORROW MORNING (UK TIME). THIS WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE DOWNLOAD AREA.

HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD:

THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s.

MOST COMPUTERS NOW HAVE ZIP SOFTWARE AS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM; IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT, YOU NEED TO GET WINZIP OR ZIPIT INSTALLED PRIOR.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM HERE:

PC: http://www.winzip.com/
MAC: http://www.maczipit.com/

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING YOUR FILE, PLEASE CONTACT OUR DOWNLOAD CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM AT ....

[DanontheMoon]

I like how they included 'DRM FREE' in the message.. :D

[phorte]

so what will that be? like 9am GMT?

[McGuffin]

I guess... I'm half expecting the email to be here when I wake up here in North America... I hope it's there :(

[phorte]

ooohh just started listening to it. mmm interestig start...

[RabBell]

we want an update review phorte....come on, whats the album like :fight: ;)

[Starpromo]

Just finished recieving the download...

Only half way through the first track and I LIKE IT... Been waiting a long time for this.

[phorte]

ooohh its good! As good as hail to the theif def. Im more into OK Computer and the Bends though, so not as good as though, but they are a dif style. Only listened through it once so far so havent grasped it fully yet. But I like what i hear. Nude is simply beatiful. The whole album has a very Kid A feel to it i think. All the tracks arent 'together' as much as other albums. Like, OK Computer, all the tracks they just fit. The only way to listen to it is from start to end. Rainbows is not as 'tight', but hail wasnt as tight either in my opinion. But i was expecting it to not be as 'tight' (cant think of any other adjective to define it) when they decided on releasing bonus tracks and such with the box set.

All said though. Still a beatiful ride, only wish i had a more interesting first listen story, than sitting infront of my computer.

[Starpromo]

Nude is outstanding!

[iLikePie]

it's a shame the audio quality is noticeably compressed... i'm not an audiophile by any means but i'm getting some distracting distortion when listening. I recognise it's a digital download and all that, but when people are paying just like for a CD...

"faust arp" just started for me, and i'm liking it :)

[pablosci]

im downloading right now
its seems to be saturated
coss
my download rate is 2 kb with a 2 mb conection

i want it now!!!!

[garyzero]

So is this band good? I've heard of them but never heard them, what style is the music? Though I admit if it isn't hard rock or metal I would never listen to them.

But it would be cool if everyone started giving their music a away for free.

[phorte]

it's a shame the audio quality is noticeably compressed... i'm not an audiophile by any means but i'm getting some distracting distortion when listening. I recognise it's a digital download and all that, but when people are paying just like for a CD...

"faust arp" just started for me, and i'm liking it :)yeah, i admit, 160kbps is a bit of a dissapointment, at very least 192 i would of thought. preferably 256 or 320. oh well, i can really notice that much distortion, though im only listening through laptop speakers.

@gary - haha, yeah not really metal here. not really sure what ud define it as. earlier albums, maybe kind of indie, but not typical indie. Later albums, which would be there main sound would be electronic? alternate? im not really sure. what would u define it as guys? Pretty much, they are a band. Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, but with a strong electronic distortion influence. A little bit start of Dark Side of the Moon style, but more modernish.

(haha, arent i just great at describing music styles.)

[λ]

If it's saturated, just download it off bittorrent, i didn't even get the email link or anything so i just torrented it (i did pay for it though)

[McGuffin]

(haha, arent i just great at describing music styles.)

It's always been difficult describing Radiohead :P

I'm loving the new album. I was hoping for something more in the vein of There There, but all of the songs are good in their own right.

[pablosci]

phorte, if they put on theyr servers a 192 kbps quality, im pretty sure it will colapse and nobody will get the albu for a while
whit this quality and size they get ensure that download will be fast and meny people can get it

[travis]

crap it seems to be gone for today...

[pablosci]

crap it seems to be gone for today...

people is creating mirrors

[danulf]

I haven't listened to them at all, so this is awesome!

[love police]

got it and love it, waiting for my discbox to come in the mail :D

[RabBell]

I was gonna ask, everyone who downloaded the album...are you happy with it?

[love police]

my pick of the album would have to be All I Need, i love the closing part of the song with the piano, really intense!

[phorte]

oohh i love 15 steps. just that beat at the start, and the way it evolves and the screaming children clip towards the end. awsome. As for comparing to the rest of there albums, its def up there if not better than some of the others.

[pablosci]

i got the box set
the second part is more amazing than the first one
the airs of anmesiac are back
banger % mash is great
but last flowers and 4 minute warning are deeeeeply amazing
now, i can sai, in rainbows is one of radioheads albums

[phorte]

oh oh i want the other tracks....... will they only be available on the box set? or will the be on the cd realease too?

[garyzero]

I was gonna ask, everyone who downloaded the album...are you happy with it?

Very good question, not knowing who they were I downloaded it and listened to it while on the road with my wife and 13 year daughter. We all agreed it was terrible.

But since that day I have listened to it on my ipod a few times and grown to like a few songs. I wouldn't have hyped this album up as much as people did but its not as terrible as my original impression.

[pablosci]

oh oh i want the other tracks....... will they only be available on the box set? or will the be on the cd realease too?

i really dont know that
i know that the cd will be releases on january 1st, i think that it will contain the 18 tracks

[love police]

i'm still waiting for my discbox. commmmoooonnnnnn

[pablosci]

like three days ago
radiohead close the download option from in rainbows
now its gonna be only avaliable at cd format, disc box or maybe at itunes ¿?

[phorte]

radiohead wont sell at itunes. theyve always had a beef with itunes cause they want album only sales, not individual song. and itunes wants individual song.

[pablosci]

radiohead wont sell at itunes. theyve always had a beef with itunes cause they want album only sales, not individual song. and itunes wants individual song.

its seems that radiohead is talking to apple

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i7c5caf365ab6a9b82f128054ee5b2302

[love police]

my discbox finally came :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/studio_p/sets/72157603501456430/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/2124187610_c63862d38a.jpg

[phorte]

I went and bought the physical cd today, but im sorry to say it lacked the excitment that normally comes with buying a new album from a band you love. I almost wish they hadnt gone on with the selling on the internet thing, i get the feeling its make the now properly released album feel less worthy. I feel like I only went and bought it so that i could have higher quality mp3s on my ipod than the dodge 92kbps ones that i downloaded.

I only wish I was a radiohead fan when Hail to the Theif or OK Computer were released, and be able to go out and buy them on release day and have a great first time i listened to them story.

[love police]

i thought downloading it and listening to it was a great first time listening to it story! haha, it really is an amazing album. Using the piano's and strings a lot within the guitars is amazing. I'm still in love with All I Need. And the bonus CD has some awesome tracks on it too. Like '4 Minute Warning' and 'Flowers to the Hospital'.

I love all the albums. The reason I love Radiohead and other bands of the like (Smashing Pumpkins) who change their sound so much at each album and go a different direction. Kida A, Adore (smashing pumpkins)... yeah.