Radiohead release their seventh studio album today and it's only available online and you set your own price. Will you buy the album? Do you buy the idea?
Not only do I buy the idea, but I bought the album. Being the cynical/cautious type, I waited until I started hearing reports today of people getting their download codes and made sure people were NOT reporting getting their credit card info stolen. (Yes, I know the website is linked from Radiohead's main website. Yes, it's a secure transaction. Did I mention I'm cautious?)
Anyway, I made the purchase this morning off their website. (FYI, now when you make the purchase, you get the download link immediately on your purchase page, rather than having to wait to have it emailed to you.) A few minutes later I had the album .zip file on my computer and the tracks in my media player.
It's a little early to tell, but overall I think this is a GOOD album from Radiohead. There are a couple tracks that definitely stand out, to me, as tops on the album: "Faust Arp" and "Jigsaw Falling Into Place". I gave everything preliminary ratings, and there's only one track that probably won't make it into regular rotation for me ("Weird Fishes/Arpeggi").
I'm sure the tracks will be out and about in the interwebs in the near future – here's my contribution of my 2 favorite songs…check them out and see what you think.
As an aside – my credit card fraud department just called me up to make sure I had made the purchase for the album – it seems since the processing is done by a company overseas, they were a little suspicious of the purchase. I just told them I was testing their system. :-)
