I reviewed this then lost everything I said but there's some in here that are massively upgraded with energy or just have a great live performance, there's some that don't translate as well or feel early in their development (big boots/man-o-war). It's also not the greatest recording and the crowd ruined Bulletproof.
Nothing amazing or spectacular just nice music to listen to. The standout for me is Never Know
I'm afraid Muse have hit absolute peak and have produced one of their top 3 albums. Sorry haters.
Ranking So Far:
Be With You - 100
Hexagons - 100
Unravelling - 100
Cryogen - 100
Nightshift Superstar - 100
So filled with energy and emotion, the streak of essentially perfect albums starts. Bulletproof is one of the most underrated songs of all time just striking the heart just right. I would replace Bones with The Trickster but other than that just a beautiful album.
Bullet Proof - 100
Just - 100
Street Spirit - 100
High and Dry - 100
Black Star - 100
Fake Plastic Trees - 100
My Iron Lung - 100
The Bends - 100
(Nice Dream) - 95
Sulk - 80
Planet Telex - 70
Bones - 50
The Trickster - 100
My Iron Lung - 100
Creep (Acoustic) - 100
You Never Wash Up After Yourself - 100
Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong - 95
Lozenge of Love - 95
Lewis (Mistreated) - 85
Permanent Daylight - 80
This is the first release that felt like this is what Radiohead truly becomes. Amazing listen after one of the hardest weekends of my life
The Trickster - 100
My Iron Lung - 100
Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong - 95
Lozenge of Love - 95 (reminds me of Ed O'Brien's Incantations)
The US version of Stop Whispering has infintely better vocals and sounds so much better but still can't make a bad song good.
Creep (Acoustic) - 100
Banana Co. - 100
Killer Cars (Live) - 90 (Better than studio imo, just so much more emotion in his voice)
Thinking About You - 80
You (Live) - 70
Vegetable (Live) - 65 (Again better than the studio)
Stop Whispering (US Version) - 35
Faithless the Wonder Boy - 10
Probably their most Jeff Buckley inspired stuff and it works really well
My Iron Lung - 100
You Never Wash Up After Yourself - 100
Lewis (Mistreated) - 85
Permanent Daylight - 80
This is my own music! I'm really proud of it and has been a great creative outlet even if it is short. I wrote a poem along side it if this helps or is of interest:
Jealousy consumes our lives
With nowhere to hide behind
Who are they to forgive?
Who are they to cleanse away my loneliness?
and wash away my jealousy
For what it's worth
There's no heaven or hell
Only demons clinging onto souls
Do we forget those we have met
Whose eyes are filled with pain and suffering
Pain goes ... read more
Not their best performance of Creep, they took it too fast and the performance doesn't feel emotionfilled as their other live performances of it and the studio versions. I did like Jonny's change in guitar at the end though.
Banana Co. (Acoustic) - 100
Creep (Live at Town and Country Club, London 14/03/1993) - 60
Pop is Dead - 60
Ripcord (Live at Town and Country Club, London 14/03/1993) - N/A COULDN'T FIND A RECORDING
This album doesn't hit on the emotional level of the other albums apart from Creep and Thinking About You. I rarely come back to the album as a whole as it has some of my least favourite Radiohead songs on. A lot of the b-sides would have been better choices.
Creep - 100
Thinking About You -100
Lurgee - 70
I Can't - 65
Anyone Can Play Guitar - 65
Blow Out - 65
You - 60
Prove Yourself - 50
Ripcord - 40
Vegetable - 35
How Do You? - 10
Stop Whispering - 0
Anyone Can Play Guitar - 75
Coke Babies - 40
Faithless the Wonder Boy - 10 (good guitar solo that's the nicest thing I can say)
Inside My Head is incredible especially live, don't know why it isn't more popular
Creep (Live at KROQ, L.A., California 13/07/1993) - 100 (Just sounds like the acoustic studio one)
Creep - 100
Inside My Head (Live at Chicago Metro 30/06/1993) - 100
Yes I Am - 50
Overhated. The lyrics aren't great but the emotion is there and it captures the dirtier side of human emotions that people tend to want to avoid really wel
This EP is a lot more divisive than Drill EP cause it has much higher highs and much lower lows. Blow Out is also a good song but imo Thom Yorke's singing is weaker here and the mix lets it down quite badly especially the noise section at the end. Inside My Head is an extremely underrated banger though
Creep (Acoustic) - 100
Creep - 100
Inside My Head - 100
Million Dollar Question - 75
Blow Our - Remix - 60
Yes I Am - 50
There's lots to love on this album, just cut Moonchild down to 5 minutes and it's great. Honestly alot of them should be split into smaller songs cause they're way too long and disjointed
A perfectly fine summer album. Nice background music at a party, sort of makes me feel nostalgic