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| 1. 2 + 2 = 5 | |||
| 2. Sit Down. Stand Up | |||
| 3. Sail To The Moon | |||
| 4. Backdrifts | |||
| 5. Go To Sleep | |||
| 6. Where I End And You Begin | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Paperbag Writer | |||
| 2. Where Bluebirds Fly | |||
| 3. I Am Citizen Insane | |||
| 4. Fog (Again) (Live) | |||
| 5. Gagging Order | |||
| 6. I Am A Wicked Child | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. There, There | |||
| 2. Go To Sleep | |||
| 3. 2 + 2 = 5 | |||
| 4. Sit Down Stand Up | |||
| 5. 2 + 2 = 5 (Live At Belfort Festival) | |||
| 6. There, There (Later With Jools Holland - 27/05/03) | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Radiohead's Hail to the Thief bridges the gulf between OK Computer's epic progressive rock and Kid A's skittering electronic theatrics, borrowing equally from each. Its title implies that this is a collection filled with songs of anger and dissent, but Radiohead no longer howl at the moon like they did on 1995's The Bends. Instead, they use eloquent metaphors and complicated arrangements to express the uncertainty, fear and anger arising from the 2000 US presidential election and a post-9-11 world. There's no doubt about where Thom Yorke and company stand; the prog-rock break on "2 + 2 = 5" and Yorke's terror at the thought of being "put in a box" make that immediately clear. But there's a prevailing sense of powerlessness here. The tinkling piano behind the cold sonic surface of "Backdrifts" and the brief, swooping melody in the middle of "Sail to the Moon" are islands in a sea of confusion. Like the band's best work, Hail to the Thief requires more than a few listens to fully appreciate, but those who stick around will be richly rewarded. --Matthew Cooke
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Even if these reissues are just a way of squeezing every last penny out of Radiohead fans, the record company have done a great job on them.
The album itself makes up the first CD. i will not say much about it as everything that needs to be said about Hail to the Thief is probably covered in other peoples' reviews. it is left just as it was, as it should be in my opinion - i don't think there's any need for remastering, and appending any bonus tracks to this disc would stop it ending the way it was meant to. radiohead albums always end well so it's fortunate that it's kept that way.
the second CD is all the B-sides from the album's singles plus a few live songs. (most of this is on the COM LAG (2plus2isfive) EP.) the B-side songs, while not as good overall as the album songs, are quirky and/or interesting, and still very good. Gagging Order is just gorgeous. NOTE: THIS 'LOS ANGELES VERSION' OF 'I WILL' IS DIFFERENT TO THE ONE ON THE COM LAG EP. THE ONE HERE ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE IT'S AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THE ALBUM VERSION.
the DVD has the music videos for the singles and four songs performed on Later... with Jools Holland. there could probably be more on here but oh well.
also in the box is the original booklet (again it's good that this is kept the same - the artwork is great), three postcards with the covers of the singles on them and, best of all, a huge fold-out map which i believe came with a limited edition version of the album - as with the second Kid A booklet and the Amnesiac library card it was quite generous to include this.
So, in summary, you'll get your money's worth even if you already own Hail to the Thief and Com Lag. and it's definitely better value than the version which just has the two CDs.
The album itself makes up the first CD. i will not say much about it as everything that needs to be said about Hail to the Thief is probably covered in other peoples' reviews. it is left just as it was, as it should be in my opinion - i don't think there's any need for remastering, and appending any bonus tracks to this disc would stop it ending the way it was meant to. radiohead albums always end well so it's fortunate that it's kept that way.
the second CD is all the B-sides from the album's singles plus a few live songs. (most of this is on the COM LAG (2plus2isfive) EP.) the B-side songs, while not as good overall as the album songs, are quirky and/or interesting, and still very good. Gagging Order is just gorgeous. NOTE: THIS 'LOS ANGELES VERSION' OF 'I WILL' IS DIFFERENT TO THE ONE ON THE COM LAG EP. THE ONE HERE ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE IT'S AN EXTENDED VERSION OF THE ALBUM VERSION.
the DVD has the music videos for the singles and four songs performed on Later... with Jools Holland. there could probably be more on here but oh well.
also in the box is the original booklet (again it's good that this is kept the same - the artwork is great), three postcards with the covers of the singles on them and, best of all, a huge fold-out map which i believe came with a limited edition version of the album - as with the second Kid A booklet and the Amnesiac library card it was quite generous to include this.
So, in summary, you'll get your money's worth even if you already own Hail to the Thief and Com Lag. and it's definitely better value than the version which just has the two CDs.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have been collecting these 2 CD DVDs from Pablo Honey up to Hail to the Thief and yet more beautiful music from Yorke and the gang has been produced, my only dissapointment was in the DVD which was a little lacking in body, especially when you compare it with The Bends, the bonus material almost double the content of the main disc, with tons live vids and alternate takes on the DVD, yet hail to the thief only had about 15 mins of content. :( thats what made me only give it 4 stars, but the music itself is all 5 stars. Sit down/stand up. What a tune.
"The raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops..."
"The raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops, the raindrops..."
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The final Radiohead album for EMI, "Hail To The Thief" came a couple of years later and takes the musical experimentalism and new directions of the previous two albums, and forges them into a concentrated whole. It neither broke new ground, nor spoilt the narrative. Radiohead created in this a stuttering, paranoid whole, obsessed with the end of times, the final days of fiddled Rome, and tried to envisage this post-millenial tension with a record made of dead ends, watching eyes, wolves at the door and other portends of doom. There were fragments, moments of dark horror, the sound of a child watching Doctor Who behind hands over fingers - and knowing that it was real. The Daleks were just a manifestation of a more real terror - The Commies. Living in the shadow of the bomb. "Hail To The Thief" is the soundtrack to a disappointment, the prophecy on the horizon.
The bonus tracks are frankly, very incomplete. Whilst EMI have clearly spent time and money licensing radio broadcasts and sessions, they've left anything interesting off the list. Neil Young's "On The Beach" was recorded for the BBC in 2003 : other songs from the same recording appear here, but not the cover version that hasn't yet been released. Why? And not only this, but the bonus songs are presented without a moments thought as to how they may sound when listened to as a complete experience. If these releases are EMI's funeral farewell to Radiohead, they could at least bury the records with dignity instead of leaving the corpse in the road.
The DVD that accomapnies "Hail To The Thief" is no short fumble, but then again, two years ago, when the first batch of exploitative reissues surfaced, EMI made a point that you could watch a streamed 'Hail To The Thief' concert as part of the sets selling points. Where's this concert on the 'Hail To The Thief' DVD? Nowhere. The sound of a goal being missed as administrators devalue the art.
Sure, it's a fairly hefty bonus package and assembled with some decency, but it is, by any standard, an incomplete package assembled with no thought for what could provide a truly outstanding release. Why be great, when you can be good? Must try harder.
The bonus tracks are frankly, very incomplete. Whilst EMI have clearly spent time and money licensing radio broadcasts and sessions, they've left anything interesting off the list. Neil Young's "On The Beach" was recorded for the BBC in 2003 : other songs from the same recording appear here, but not the cover version that hasn't yet been released. Why? And not only this, but the bonus songs are presented without a moments thought as to how they may sound when listened to as a complete experience. If these releases are EMI's funeral farewell to Radiohead, they could at least bury the records with dignity instead of leaving the corpse in the road.
The DVD that accomapnies "Hail To The Thief" is no short fumble, but then again, two years ago, when the first batch of exploitative reissues surfaced, EMI made a point that you could watch a streamed 'Hail To The Thief' concert as part of the sets selling points. Where's this concert on the 'Hail To The Thief' DVD? Nowhere. The sound of a goal being missed as administrators devalue the art.
Sure, it's a fairly hefty bonus package and assembled with some decency, but it is, by any standard, an incomplete package assembled with no thought for what could provide a truly outstanding release. Why be great, when you can be good? Must try harder.
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