You are a very lucky man, getting to hear this album for the first time. It's just simply one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard wtf

I love watching people fall in love with Radiohead

Whoever said “I skip this one” to 15 step is TRIPPING Great intro🔥

You’ve got to watch them play this album live “From the Basement”. Their ability to recreate these sounds live is unbelievable. They are by far the best band I’ve ever seen in concert.

YES!!! I love Radiohead!! Be sure and check out the In Rainbows Live from the Basement! Their genius is just so phenomenal. I know of no other band that could ever create as they did. Not one!! I love music but Radiohead is my favorite!!!

Reckoner is such a beautiful song it's one of the reasons I think this is the best album of the 2000s.

This band is God Tier. Enough said.

Finally a normal reaction to hearing 15 step for the first time

What i love about the clunky percussion and repeated hums in Videotape is that it almost sounds like a tape reel coming to an end and the last piece of the tape flopping loose. So clever.

Weird fishes appregi is a sublime piece of art 😊

The band touches the face of god on this album and Kid A

The first time I heard Weird Fishes, I was up in the mountains in the Lake District UK. The atmosphere and backing vocals combined with the scene just blew me away 🤯😍

When I first got into Radiohead this was firmly 4th on my list of favourite albums from them. After listening to it countless times over the years I can safely say it's an extremely close second to OK Computer for not only their best work, but one of the greatest albums ever made. It's a masterpiece.

I really hope you listen to A Moon Shaped Pool. It’s beautiful!

The rabbit hole is deep with this band. You see the basement sessions of this album. You would be amazed how brilliant it is.

We are listening to peak Radiohead is so good bro another beautiful record weird fishes/arpeggi best song

Radiohead is like a genre unto themselves.

Here we go! I loved your OK Computer video and I’ve got a feeling I’m going to love this just as much

Beautiful album, really enjoyed your reaction and commentary! I appreciate you letting the songs play all the way through without cutting it up, it allows us to follow along and become immersed in the album along with you

I had no idea it was time to listen to this album again, but it was really what I needed and I'm glad I got to see you experience it for the first time :)

Every one of these songs sound better live they did a live in the basement session for this album that's legendary.

Faust Arp sounds like a Nick Drake song.

Bodysnatchers is my favorite song of all time. You should check their "From the Basement" version of this album, you'll see how this sausage is made and it's the best sausage there is.

the timing man i just finished watching your ok computer reaction and same day you post this!!!

I wish to hear this for the first time again, you’re so lucky!

Glad you’re sitting down with in rainbows

It gets better with each listen bro

Listen to A moon shaped pool and Kid A too

The lesser known disc 2 for in rainbows is also phenomenal

fell asleep yesterday after finishing your ok computer reaction and this appears... nice!

Many will say to listen to the albums in order, but you've started with 2 of the 3 masterpiece albums, IMO. You could do the third next, AMoon Shape Pool, which is also the most recent. They're all great though. Listen in any order, just record it!

Some trivia: - According to Thom Yorke, the lyrics were based on "that anonymous fear thing, sitting in traffic, thinking, 'I'm sure I'm supposed to be doing something else' ... It's similar to OK Computer in a way. It's much more terrifying." - Unlike Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows is not an angry or political album. It's about mortality and the fact any of us can die at any given moment. - My theory for 15 Step is that the title is a reference to the plant Antiaris toxicaria, the poison of which is so deadly a victim can only take seven steps uphill and eight downhill before dying. What's 7+8? 15 Steps. - The band recorded the cheers of music school students for 15 Step. They wanted the kids to clap but the unconventional 5/4 time signature was too hard for the students to follow. - Bodysnatchers utilizes a technique known as "modal mixture", where notes and chords from different modes (sets of notes) that share the same root are used. The verses are in D Mixolydian (the Major scale with a flattened seventh), while the bridge is in D minor. - Nude was worked on for around a decade, starting during the OK Computer sessions. It was originally called "Big Ideas" by fans, as it was unnamed for many years. The final version was built atop the bassline written by Colin Greenwood. The intro is the outro reversed. - Weird Fishes / Arpeggi was originally just called "Arpeggi" due to the arpeggiated guitar line that can be heard through the song (clever bastards). - On All I Need, the chaotic noise wall, imitating the white noise created by a band playing loudly in a room (which would be impossible in a studio), was achieved by having a string section play every note in the scale, blanketing the frequencies. - In Reckoner, background vocals can be heard at 2:49 singing "In Rainbows", which happens to be 61.8% of the runtime; the golden ratio. The line "because we separate like ripples on a blank shore" is the center of the album; everything leads up to and away from it, much as waves on a beach do. - On House of Cards, Jonny used a coin as a guitar pick to imitate the sound of a string instrument. - Jigsaw Falling Into Place was inspired by the chaos inspired Thom saw when he used to go out on the weekend in Oxford. - Videotape is tricking you; the true downbeat is syncopated. The piano is playing half a beat before the downbeat. Listen to the 2006 live performance where this trick is much more pronounced.

Again enjoying your reaction- Radiohead hold a very special place for me since first hearing them 30 years ago… I delight in this album, great vibe. Maybe their most coherent album since the Bends. Every album has its value from them.

Weird Fishes is probably the most Radiohead of all the Radiohead songs

Kid A is peak Radiohead though

You gotta watch the ''from the basement'' for in rainbows. To see how these guys perform these songs live, it's an experience!

You should go back and do Kid A (which was released in between OK Computer and In Rainbows). It will blow your mind how different it sounds in comparison.

Welcome to the world's greatest record. Oh how I Iove to be part of this gang of Radiohead fans on KZfaq who flock over every time we have go chance to see new fan fall in love ❤️

I downloaded masterpiece this for $12 on day one, but it was pay what you want. You could have picked it up for a penny or a million dollars. Just crazy?!

I like this and I liked how you did full tracks without getting shut down. I want to believe Radiohead made sure the label isn't doing that.

My favourite album

Im 36 years old. My 1st experience with RH was Ok computer when I was like 15 when we all used to still have Diskmans and CD's lol, I was obsessed. Later on I've heard pablo honey and bends, and the following ones. I've heard the most I could about them. 2024, my fav album of them is this one. I think this is like their Dark Side of The moon.

I used to fall asleep to house of cards in middle school. Beautiful track

Iv'e always thought Last Flowers from disc 2 should have been the closer I like it better.

Everyone was telling me to listen to this album, I listened to 15 steps and bodysnatcher, and didn’t like the album and it all changed starting with Nude, and I listened to the rest of the album and for a while it was my favorite album of all time

I wish i could hear Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, In Rainbows and A Moon Shaped Pool all for the first time again.

"Because there are no others" Holy fuck !! I always thought it was "Because then I'm above it"!

The lyrics of this album destroy me

You missed a lot from ok computer to in rainbows so I recommend you listen to their big transition album called “KID A” it is incredible that it is right next to ok computer. I recommend you read up on why the band went that direction. Very interesting…

Faust Arp has some serious Revolver / white album era Beatles vibe

I was at thom yorks and johnny greenwoods concert yesterday! It sounded amazing

Now go to In Rainbows ‘From the Basement’ and watch it as a live experience. It’s even better. If atmosphere is your bag, Kid A is a whole other world. Amnesiac is darker. Skip King of Limbs lp and just go to their ‘From in the Basement’-that album shines live in the studio.

Bro your dog nearly blew my eardrums out during House of Cards 😅

ayyy

trust me, do react to cub by wunderhorse - you will not be disappointed

One of the best album ever.... Faust arp seems to be highly influenced by Nick Drake !

I remember hearing this for the first time; didn’t like it then, still don’t like it now. Every so often I go back to it hoping I’ll get it, but it doesn’t happen. I really thought ‘15 Step’ was going to be industrial but in comes that weedy little guitar line that spoils it all. All the other songs have the same basic structure. ‘Reckoner’ and ‘Videotape’ are the only tracks I like from this album. Give me Kid A and Ok Computer over this anyday.

you were doing great till you said "invested in the project"

Lol 😂 project?? It's an album with songs. That simple.

Staring at the lyrics on a first listen is such a mistake. His voice is essentially another instrument. Giving pointed emotional eclamation marks and carry through the silence. The lyrics are not of concern.. Especially not initially