My Rating: 3.5/5
At last, my vinyl LP record of Radiohead’s latest release ‘The King of Limbs’ has come after a long wait since April……..I put on the vinyl record on my turntable with lot of enthusiasm and expectation (especially after their own independent release of their music means they can do whatever they would like to) and after a listen, my feeling is “That’s it? Such brief?’…….after repeat listening, the feeling is quite the same. It’s not a bad record, but not as good as their previous ones…….besides that, I’m also surprised the relaxing and laid back atmosphere the record provides as you will surely know how the cautionary(警世), intellectual(知性) and seriousness (嚴肅) of their past works (especially for OK computer, Kid A, etc),…..musically, it’s quite like a sum-up of their music ingredients of past 10 years since ‘Kid A’ with the early cold isolated end-of-the-world-like drone synth sound in ‘Kid A’, Amnesiac, etc. and the later stage of those afrobeat and jazz, blue & glitch electronica influence in ‘In Rainbow’.....so, no new things this time!!
Disappointed? A bit…. At bad side, yes, it’s a very averaged album at Radiohead’s always-highest standard, but at good side, I have a feeling that it’s a transition album for them to steer to another music approach in next album or in future that might like the same case from ‘OK Computer’ steering to ‘Kid A’ to surprise everyone as I have a gut feeling that they still have a lot (idea, ambition, etc.) in bag!!…….nevertheless, taking 4 years (since their last ‘In Rainbow’ in 2007) to make a transition album seems a bit too long, right?! Hope their next release will be coming soon…..
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