New Radiohead album to be released this Saturday! (February 19th)
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nme.comPosted Feb 14, 2011, 12:23 PM UTC
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nme.comIs it a pay what you like again? or do we have to pay full price for this. In Rainbows was so successful because they pretty much gave it away for free.
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Nah fixed price http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/ only £6/$9 for the MP3 version though.
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I'm thinking Radiohead-full-catalog-party on Friday night into Saturday.
Anyone think/know if it will be released at exactly midnight?
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i cant wait
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I really have tried to like their music, honest.
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$9 for the whole thing? Bought!
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Has it really been four years since In Rainbows already? What a treat - purchased!
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Great, I can't wait to listen to it.
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can I pirate it now?
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Perhaps post this in r/music instead?
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Agreed. This does not belong here. May the downvotes sink your battleship.
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Hell yeah.
FTR Radiohead made more money from In Rainbows than they did from all their other albums put together when signed to EMI. A classic example of how major record labels completely fucking shaft artists who sign with them.
Great album too. But if the pay what you like worked so well, why have they dropped it now?
Because their business model is now to try a different approach every time they release an album.
I read that somewhere a while back, I'll try and find the article.
Doing something new every time gives them a ton of hype. In Rainbows had so much hype because of the way it was released. Actually I don't remember anyone discussing the content. Clever business model though, if that's what you want.
It's an amazing album though, you can't deny that.
fairynuff, just wondered.
True...but you could also say that Radiohead are as popular now because of the incredible amount of marketing money and tour support money paid by EMI. Radiohead had to pay back this money to EMI through their royalties from sales. You might never have known about Radiohead if it wasnt for their label acting like a bank for them. There are sooooo many amazing bands that are as good or better than Radiohead that will struggle in with their career because they cant get signed to a good record label and they cant put out their own music and make a living because people dont feel they should pay for music anymore.