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King Of Limbs

180 grams

Radiohead Format: Vinyl
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Track Listings

1 Bloom
2 Morning Mr. Magpie
3 Little By Little
4 Feral
5 Lotus Flower
6 Codex
7 Give Up the Ghost
8 Separator

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RADIOHEAD / KING OF LIMBS (180 gram vinyl one disc) - Radiohead's highly anticipated eighth album, The King Of Limbs follows-up the artistic provocateurs' 7-time Grammy nominated 2007 release In Rainbows. The eight song collection was produced by longtime collaborator, Nigel Godrich and is arguably the most groove-oriented set of Radiohead's restless career. King Of Limbs was named in honor of one of Great Britain's oldest trees. Nicknamed 'Big Belly Oak' and located in the 4,000-acre Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, England, the tree is estimated to be around 1,000 years old and has a girth of over 36 feet. The album was recorded in a country home less than three miles from Big Belly.

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  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 31.29 x 31.39 x 0.79 cm; 235.87 g
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ XL Recordings
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35644092
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2005
  • Label ‏ : ‎ XL Recordings
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01F0XNZ5S
  • Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Netherlands
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Vincent C
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good album, but was delivered looking like it was second hand..
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 December 2024
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    Yeah the cd was marked and had to be cleaned, the box/sleeve had bend creases, and slight damage to one corner, not what I would expect from a new item, it also came without cellophane wrapping, I
    ve recently ordered a few other cd's, and they've all been in good condition with cellophane wrapping, so not so happy with this, the 5 stars is for the music, not the actual item, I'd give the actual cd and packaging 1 star.
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  • MAC
    5.0 out of 5 stars The King of Hymns To Heterodoxy
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2020
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    Look, let me get to the chase right? This is a great album. It is a Radiohead album and I am a Radiohead fan - one who blubs every time he sees them live because I just can't believe something so good exists in these times.

    Since 'Kid A' and 'Insomniac', Radiohead having been kicking against fan and industry expectations with stuff that challenges their fan's and dominant music business orthodoxies.

    We should be used to this by now, OK?

    Who knows, one day there might be another 'The Bends' or OK Computer' - but really? Is that what you want? For your favourite band to be a like a safe Hollywood remake or sequel? Uuuugh! No thanks!

    'Bloom' - what band would (except perhaps yours truly) put a track on (a first track BTW), where there is a real disruptive drum beat bashing away at the centre of a much slower 'real' tempo (actually to my ears created by the bass guitar) accompanied by soaring synths and vocals?

    'Little by Little' - OK - so the guitar is not super distorted a la 'The Bends' - but what a sinewy guitar riff that is - the sort of riff you come across when you are noodling about with the instrument (and the boys in Radiohead do noodling for a living remember).

    'Feral' - sorry - I don't like this. On nearly every album Radiohead there has been a track on it I just can't get on with. I love Beethoven too but his 2nd Symphony is simply lost on me. Sorry, but it happens.

    'Mr Magpie' - look! Guitars! Great edgy riff and no Pro-Co Rat pedal in sight either. (Yes, I know it comes before 'Feral). Compelling.

    'Lotus Flower' - seems to carry on the 'lurve' aspect of 'In Rainbows' - a sort of erotic musical exposition of desire with a great throbbing drum beat (yes - THAT sort of throbbing).

    'Codex' - well, after the above, here is the cool shower. Languid, liquid piano chords with some brass instruments and a strung out slow mo' vocal soars into calmness. Lovely and special.

    And just when you think it could not get any more 'lovely and special' than that, in comes 'Give Up the Ghost' . It starts off innocently enough - very simple chord change, but then Yorke's vocal prowess asserts itself with one of those tight-trousered high pitched vocal renditions that reminds us who He and They are. It's an ethereal , delicate folk song using his own vocal samples as a backing instrument to the main song, building up to a lovely sustained release that subsides gently. It's indecently good.

    But for me, the highlight of the album is 'Separator'. This song is like a long dark night, topped off by a beautiful, rosy fingered dawn. It starts almost like an electronic grumble accompanied by an edgy drum beat. To begin with you can't tell whether its in the minor or major mode (happy or sad) - the tonal centre is neutral. But then the guitar gently kicks in (yes! Guitar!) and the song changes (just recalling it now as I write makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up) and we are lured into this beautiful, plaintive new part of the song.......and so it ends. Serenely.

    So what are you into? Orthodox or heterodox? Do you want everything easy and same as? Or do you want to roll with the band as they mature as creative musicians and weave different genres together to make something new? If you like Pablo, OK Computer and The Bends, well keep listening to 'em and leave it at that.

    So for me the question posed by 'The King of Limbs' is not whether or not Radiohead are still a creative force.

    The question is, if you as a fan, are up to it?

    Are you?
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  • Christopher Scott
    5.0 out of 5 stars Radiohead drop the angst
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2011
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    This is the first Radiohead album that I have ever felt fully drawn into. I've always had a kind of removed appreciation for their work; recognising the quality of the music but rarely actually wanting to listen to it. Radiohead have always sounded like they want to impress while at the same time feeling uncomfortable with this fact- something which may have leant a sense of angst to a lot of their previous work. OK Computer and In Rainbows particularly have been lauded as great albums, but to me they are the Radiohead albums that seem most to embody this sense of angst.

    So moving on to the King of Limbs and it seems like Radiohead's existential crisis is over, no longer are the concerned about impressing and the angst is gone with it. It is the sound of a band that is confident in itself, and this is evident in the lush textured feel to the album. The production is incredible and each track feels like a natural extension of the last - not because it sounds samey but because of the care that has gone into creating a distinctive, progressive feel throughout the album.

    It is a far more self-contained album than In Rainbows, and while a common view seems to be that The King of Limbs is a natural progression, it actually sounds to me like a significant reductive shift. The melodious elements of the album are subtler and far less immediate, but ultimately are all the more beautiful for it.

    It is difficult to pick a highlight from the album; it is very much the sum of each wonderful part. If anything, Lotus Flower sounds slightly out of place as a centre piece, neither fully fitting in with the frenetic beat driven first section of the album nor the relaxed opium haze of the second half, but it may be that it sits there to act as a conduit between the two halves.

    I know a lot of people who loved In Rainbows who are disappointed with The King of Limbs. However, when Kid A came out there were a lot of people who had loved Radiohead's previous work who were up in arms, but with time it became apparent that Kid A was an excellent album.

    King of Limbs may not contain much in the way of hooks or stadium sing-alongs, but to me it is the band's most beautiful, confident and coherent work to date; the sound of a band that feels it has nothing to prove and benefitting because of it.
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  • Chris Mannion
    4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a revisit
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2014
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    When I first listened to this album, I found it a bit unfathomable as the band obviously revisited the direction they took for Kid A. I listened to it a few times, didn't really buy it and left it alone for a couple of years.
    I revisited it recently and found myself getting it and actually rather liking it. Unlike Kid A, there is a coherence about what is here, whereas there are to much documented issues internally in the band following the success of OK Computer which comes across in the music.
    This album is worth persevering with in my opinion as it is a band clearly not afraid to venture into a different direction, and it is a good thing to occasionally be taken on this type of journey.
    Unlike some of their other works, there is not the high tempo hook or riffs to help you access what they are doing like with Amnesiac or Hail to the Thief, and it is fairly down beat throughout, but it is a strangely soothing and melodic experience as a result.
    Not their most accessible work, which may be the point, but possibly their most grown up and definitely worth a go.
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  • Nicolas Aubé-Lanctôt
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in Canada on 4 November 2024
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  • Marcelo Gonçalves
    5.0 out of 5 stars Otimo disco
    Reviewed in Brazil on 3 August 2024
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    O disco é ótimo e por sorte veio em boas condições, mas a غ precisa ter mais cuidado com certos produtos, não dá pra enviar um disco sem uma caixa para proteger
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  • James W
    5.0 out of 5 stars Even a 'Middle of the Road' Album is Pretty Fantastic When It Comes From a Band Like Radiohead.
    Reviewed in the United States on 8 February 2024
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    Had I written this review ten years ago, 2011’s The King of Limbs would’ve inspired some less-than complementary thoughts. So, yeah, it took a while for the album to grow on me, but grow on me it has. Initially, the album’s opening tracks felt like an impenetrable barrage of Thom Yorke crooning indecipherable musings over a bed of minimalistic drum-heavy vamps.

    But with the benefit of repeated listens, I slowly began to recognize the genius of this album. You see, The King of Limbs is less a collection of songs and more a summation of mood. Not unlike Miles Davis’ early ‘70s work (Big Fun for the win!) tracks like “Bloom” and “Little by Little” seep into one another not unlike movements in a larger piece.

    In fact, the sonic palette remains defiantly monochromatic until the album reaches its de-facto climax, “Codex,” a haunting ballad that ranks among the band’s best. From there, the album closes with the incredibly effective one-two punch of “Give Up the Ghost” and “Separator.”

    One of the many criticisms waged against The King of Limbs is the album’s thirty-seven minute run-time. And while ‘epic’ or ‘grand’ are hardly a fitting description of the band’s most concise work to date, I routinely revisit The King of Limbs as it’s the only Radiohead release that fits squarely within my morning commute.

    It's far from their best work, but even a 'middle of the road' album is pretty fantastic when it comes from a band like Radiohead.
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  • Fabio Massimo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ottima edizione
    Reviewed in Italy on 24 February 2024
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    Album molto interessante, seppur non memorabile lsu due piedi non ricordo nemmeno un pezzo, ma appena lo metto su riemerge in tutta la sua particolarità).
    Vinile di ottima qualità, silenzioso e molto ben inciso, al costo pagato di 21 euro è un affare stellare, visti i prezzi dei vinili odierni.
    Suggerito senza riserve a chi apprezza i Radiohead!
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  • Ivan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Otra Joya
    Reviewed in Spain on 15 March 2023
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    Un discazo de esta banda que no puede faltar en tu colección de vinilos
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