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After far too long, Radiohead are showing themselves for who they truly are, without too many frills.
It is a simple album, not particularly distinctive, but finally it reveals the true essence of the group, that is pop. It mainly consists of electronic ballads - nothing particularly original - where the unease and alienation (themes that albums like Amnesiac, Ok Computer used to refer to) seem to have disappeared, replaced by an apparent calm (a sign of the band's maturity?).
I think it is the band's best work, Yorke's onanistic dream; but it matters little, since it is a decently arranged album.
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By matto90
"Bloom opens with a dreamlike vision, sustained by unconventional percussion in true Radiohead style."
"Finally, 'Separator' feels like a new beginning, closing the album with a sense of freedom from past weights."
By The Punisher
This 'King of Limbs'... is a faded copy of things we’ve already heard.
No use: everything got lost behind elaborated and skillfully distorted sound-design... but at the same time uninteresting and much less memorable.
By Breus
The King of Limbs is a convoluted and pretentious work that perhaps wouldn’t even gain credit if it had been recorded by a lesser-known name.
Today, The King of Limbs seems an album without a reason to be.
By whereismymind
"King Of Limbs is... an exercise in style without spirit."
Listening to this contrived and barren album is a stab.
By Bert
Impossible to listen to the eight tracks individually. An album to listen to in one go.
This is a hermetic, cryptic album, which will take on different characterizations depending on the listener.
