The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

I ignored Radiohead until Hail to the Thief. (I liked Creep but thought Pablo Honey was dreadful and anything I saw on MTV/heard on the radio just made me go “gee that singer guy sure is whiny.”) Therefore, I missed the whole “What the fuck just happened?” with Kid A. I bought all of the CDs in like a month after Hail. Kid A did not seem like some crazy leap to me.
 
Nee Lewman said:
I ignored Radiohead until Hail to the Thief. (I liked Creep but thought Pablo Honey was dreadful and anything I saw on MTV/heard on the radio just made me go “gee that singer guy sure is whiny.”) Therefore, I missed the whole “What the fuck just happened?” with Kid A. I bought all of the CDs in like a month after Hail. Kid A did not seem like some crazy leap to me.
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It was crazy how guarded it was before it came out to. Rather than receive promo copies in stores before it was released, the reps came and did a listening session. One time straight through, and nobody else was allowed to handle the disc.
 
avecigrec said:
It was crazy how guarded it was before it came out to. Rather than receive promo copies in stores before it was released, the reps came and did a listening session. One time straight through, and nobody else was allowed to handle the disc.
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It was the same for all the magazine reviewers as well at the time. That said I think National Anthem and Motion Picture Soundtrack had both leaked on Napster months in advance and that whole thing was part of the labels strategy of trying to prevent the whole album from leaking in the very early mp3 download days.
 
Joe Mac said:
It was the same for all the magazine reviewers as well at the time. That said I think National Anthem and Motion Picture Soundtrack had both leaked on Napster months in advance and that whole thing was part of the labels strategy of trying to prevent the whole album from leaking in the very early mp3 download days.
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I can’t remember if it was Radiohead or Pearl Jam, but around this time they sent out promo tapes inside of a Walkman that was glued shut. Label execs were geniuses.
 
I was WAAAAAY late to the Radiohead party. Being a dumb adolescent, I always ignored them because they were "too cool" while hypocritically listening to "unknown" indie stuff that was actually very well known. Rectified this in the 20teens by doing a full discography dive, quickly realizing how stupid I was. They've since become among my favorites. That being said, my first experience with Kid A was immediately following OK Computer, and let me tell you, the reaction was visceral. I absolutely hated that first go round. Ended up giving it more listens on its own and in different mindsets, and I've come around to see the light. OK Computer and In Rainbows are my favorites, but Kid A has crept it way up to #3 over the years.

Not sorry about that little joke in the last sentence.
 
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