Album · 2007
In Rainbows
by Radiohead
In Rainbows is a 2007 alternative rock album by Radiohead. It runs 10 tracks across 43 minutes on XL Recordings. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.2/5 from 432 ratings.
Alternative Rock · Rock · Art Rock
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- 4.2 /5
- 432 ratings
- 89 /100
- 9 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 43 min
- Runtime
- 108 bpm
- Tempo
- F minor
- Key
Ratings
432 ratings · avg 4.2
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Reviews
3 reviews
- 5.0
This was one of those albums that grabs your attention but then runs and hides, or vice versa. The first listen felt almost like standing in front of a rotating wall moving at 45 mph with the world’s greatest art on it, it was beautiful yet will take much more time to take in. Maybe this feeling was all due to it having been a minute since I’ve sat down and really LISTENED to an album. “House of Cards” was when I felt like I caught up and could begin digesting what I was hearing. “House of Cards” made me feel like I wanted to run away and forget to be remembered. “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” had some moving strings that felt like they lovingly shoved your body or like you got taken away by a wave in the ocean. So much of the album was like a rock band ran into a computer and your hearing their music get digitized piece by piece. I think each song is incredibly focused and a nearly perfect length individually and as an entire album. It was sweet and sad to see it leave. I had to leave after hearing it but genuinely if I had another hour would just sit and listen again and again until I felt at home in it. It was almost like going to a party where you don’t know any one but they greet you like you know them. The activities are strange and the colors alien, yet it’s also inviting, the only thing holding you back is your own mind. You have fun but are unfamiliar still, you come back to gain the comfort they show. Lots of thoughts about this album and yet very little at the same time. What an experience.
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- 5.0
Radiohead's warmest record, and arguably their most perfect. The pay-what-you-want release made headlines, but In Rainbows endures because of the songs: "Reckoner" floating on brushed drums, "Nude" finally captured after a decade of attempts, "Videotape" closing things with quiet devastation. A band famous for anxiety discovering grace.
89 people have played it start to finish
7 people are spinning it this week
People who scrobbled it: 4.2★ (8) · Everyone else: 4.6★ (69)
Critics
9 publications
- The Guardian5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- Pitchfork9.3/10
- AllMusic4.5/5
- Rolling Stone4.5/5
- The A.V. ClubA−
- The Times4/5
- Mojo4/5
- Spin4/5
- Metacriticaggregate88/100
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In Rainbows album cover
2 ratings
The In Rainbows cover was designed by Mel Maxwell, Stanley Donwood and Xiaan Munro, photographed by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood and Steve Keros, and art-directed by Dr Tchock and Stanley Donwood. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.8 out of 5 from 2 ratings.
- Design
- Mel Maxwell, Stanley Donwood, Xiaan Munro
- Photography
- Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Steve Keros
- Art direction
- Dr Tchock, Stanley Donwood
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Tracklist
10 tracks · 43 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on In Rainbows is Nude — rated 4.5/5 by 124 listeners.
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About
In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a download via a pay-what-you-want model, followed by a standard CD release in most countries in the last week of 2007. The album was released in North America on 1 January 2008 on TBD Records. In Rainbows was Radiohead's first release after the end of their contract with EMI and the end of the longest gap between studio albums in their career. Recording with producer Nigel Godrich, Radiohead worked on In Rainbows for more than two years, beginning in early 2005. In between recording, the band toured Europe and North America for three months in mid-2006. The songwriting on In Rainbows was more personal than other Radiohead albums, with singer Thom Yorke describing most tracks as his versions of "seduction songs". Radiohead incorporated a wide variety of musical styles and instruments, using not only electronic music and string arrangements, but also pianos, celestes, and the ondes Martenot.
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Upon its retail release, In Rainbows entered the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200 at number one; by October 2008, it had sold more than three million copies worldwide in both digital and physical formats. The album earned widespread critical acclaim and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2007 by several publications. In 2009, it won two Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Special Limited Edition Package.
In brief
- Is In Rainbows good?
- Riffiter listeners rate In Rainbows 4.2/5 from 432 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on In Rainbows?
- Nude, rated 4.5/5 by 124 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was In Rainbows released?
- In Rainbows was released in 2007 on XL Recordings.
- How many tracks are on In Rainbows?
- In Rainbows has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 43 minutes.
- What genre is In Rainbows?
- In Rainbows is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Rock, Art Rock.
- What BPM is In Rainbows?
- In Rainbows runs at a median tempo of 108 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to In Rainbows?
- Listeners of In Rainbows also rate Black Holes and Revelations by Muse, The Resistance by Muse, Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Who produced In Rainbows?
- Nigel Godrich produced all 10 tracks on In Rainbows.
- Who wrote the songs on In Rainbows?
- In Rainbows was written by Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood and Philip Selway, among 5 credited in total. Colin Greenwood wrote 2 of them.
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