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A good place for fans to begin?

Chris | Christchurch, New Zealand | 06/03/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have never been a fan of Radiohead. But I kept hearing how amazing the band was and how they are considered music royalty of the late 90s and 2000's.

So I picked this compilation up.

Radiohead are an interesting band.

I always thought of them as a boring, overly praised mediocre band.

I can tell now that they are legitimate.

Im still getting used to them...but im hoping the album will fully grow on me!

The tracks are pretty good and I especially enjoy the first 9 or so tracks.

I look forward to listening to some of their full albums as I heard, the songs fully flourish when in company with the context of the other tracks.

I keep hearing about EMIs 'corporate greed' by releasing this.

I say why not? It gives non-fans a platform to hear their music before fully investing in their back catalogue. Im so sick of these people whining about EMIs greed. Look, they distributed Radioheads music since 1993 to all you fans, so why dont they have the right to compile some of the best tracks so new fans can discover them? Without EMI there might not even be a succesful Radiohead.

So 3.5 stars from me. For now."

Why Bother?

Patrick Kennedy | Michigan, USA | 06/05/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Each of these songs is fantastic, so if you're the kind of person who would like to be able to say that you've "heard" Radiohead, this purchase will be ok. You will at least have 17 great songs that you didn't have before. On the other hand, if you listen to the samples and notice that you like what you hear, you might be interested in knowing that Radiohead now have seven whole albums of songs at least as good as what's presented here.



You should also know that each of their albums is a fairly cohesive work, and is best taken as a whole. So, even if you're not looking to buy seven disks straight up (which is still a great idea if you like what you hear), I think you'd do better to buy one of the complete albums rather than this collection.



Pablo Honey is their first and easily their weakest album, but is still fairly good (and yes, it has "Creep" on it). If you're looking to just satisfy your curiosity about this Radiohead that you keep hearing about (and I'm sorry about that; Radiohead fans can be a rabid bunch), then buy OK Computer. I guarantee you that having one complete album with 12 tracks is better than having this collection of 17. Once you have OK Computer and you want more, you can either go to Kid A and Amnesiac for more weird and electronic, or to The Bends for less weird.



Once you've done that, if you realize that you would still be interested in more (and I hope you are), you might as well just order Pablo Honey, Hail to the Thief, and In Rainbows in one shipment, giving yourself about a week to listen to each of the last two.



I hope that's helpful. Enjoy!"

Good Stuff

music fan | 06/09/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a very good sampler if you are new to radiohead and want to check them out. If you like it, it will send you deeper into there catalog for some of there other works. Not sure what a couple of the other reviewers are referring to for $70.00. This is a $14.00 CD. I think they wanted to review the LP's."