Radiohead - The King of Limbs

[rezn0r]

And...they're back. Radiohead have just announced their eighth full-length record, The King of Limbs. Billed as the world's first "Newspaper Album," an extravagantly packaged version of the record will be issued on May 9; however, the music itself will effectively be issued on Saturday, February 19 when digital downloads become available to those who made pre-orders.

So Radiohead have set aside the "pay what you want" patronage model that dominated the conversation surrounding the In Rainbows release, yet have retained that album's more important business aspects: Packaging their music as a high-end collectable and controlling and monetizing its leak, which has the effect of creating what these days is a rare, worldwide, collective listening experience. Once again, we all know exactly when we're first able to hear a new Radiohead record and therefore will largely all experience it together, something almost completely lost in today's pop music landscape. This in effect is also what Kanye West did so successfully with his G.O.O.D. Friday project.
The King of Limbs will be released by TBD Records in North America, XL in the UK, and Hostess Entertainment in Asia.
Full information is quoted below, and pre-orders are currently being accepted at Thekingoflimbs.com. At present there is no track information.
"Radiohead's new record, The King of Limbs, is presented here as the world's first* Newspaper Album, comprising:

• Two clear 10" vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.
• A compact disc.
• Many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together.
• The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.
• The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.
• Shipping is included in the prices shown.
• One lucky owner of the digital version of The King of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12" vinyl.
• *"perhaps"

In the U.S., the mp3 version of the newspaper album is $48 and the WAV version is $53. In the UK, the two sets are £30 and £33; in Europe, €36 and €39; and in the rest of the world.
A digital-only presale version is also available:
"Radiohead's new record, The King of Limbs, is presented here with a choice of two digital formats:

• MP3 version is a 320K constant bit rate file.
• WAV version is a full CD quality uncompressed digital audio file.
• One lucky owner of the digital version of The King of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12" vinyl.

The King of Limbs can be pre-ordered now and downloaded on Saturday 19th February 2011."
In the U.S., this version is $9 for mp3s and $14 for a WAV version. In the UK, £6 and £9; in Europe, €7 and €11

http://pitchfork.com/news/41561-radi...this-saturday/

[Altariel]

So pumped!

[ikethegreat]

Can't fucking wait!

[Conrad]

What exactly do they mean by "Newspaper Album?"
Also expecting someone to link to this on Saturday.

[Pooky]

What exactly do they mean by "Newspaper Album?"
Also expecting someone to link to this on Saturday.

It's Thom Yorke. Don't try and read to much into his pretentious bullshit.

[Qalbert]

What exactly do they mean by "Newspaper Album?"
Also expecting someone to link to this on Saturday.

bullshit to try and get people to support a dying medium

[Titanss]

I was going to ask the same question. Newspaper album.. what in the fuck

[Overburn]

What exactly do they mean by "Newspaper Album?"
Also expecting someone to link to this on Saturday.

I believe it has to do with all the stuff they're including with the physical CD and Vinyl. With all the art and stuff they're selling, it'll resemble how a folded newspaper looks. From how they explain it, the "Newspaper" part ships in May, which would be all that extra shit.

[Alleya]

Read this earlier today. Still cumming all over the place.

[grantlogan]

So apparently there's leaks of this album out, anyone has links?

[Qalbert]

not on what.cd or filestube so idk

[Overburn]

So apparently there's leaks of this album out, anyone has links?

Don't most leaks happen around the time the physical CDs are being made? I can't imagine much getting out on a digital release album unless somebody gets lucky on a hacked email or something.

[Alleya]

Downloaded mah wavs.

Loved every second. Can't wait to get the newspaper album.

[Alleya]

37 minutes.

Last track is called Separator.

The lyrics of aforementioned track repeat "If you think this is over, then you're wrong" 5 times.

I have been presented with a powerful vision of more radiohead tomorrow, or when the physical album comes out.

[Qalbert]

trolled

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

Fuck man... getting an error saying the site doesn't recognize my email address Paid for the wavs on Wednesday too shitfuck their customer support better get back to me today about this.

[Xajii]

So, lots of crazy shit going on concerning the possibility of a 2nd part to this album.

This showed up - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ugHdHe63c

Then some pretty interesting twitter remarks on http://twitter.com/transitionapex# this site
and this girl's http://twitter.com/helienne/status/38673057140846592

Hmm. Just going through my first listen of the album as it stands right now, pretty nice stuff.

[Omniyoji]

Listened to it quickly yesterday (maybe too quick), first two tracks suck. The rest was okay I guess. Maybe I'll listen to it later today cause I just wasn't feeling it. Still prefer Kid-A.

[Pooky]

First two songs are crap, rest of the album is decent. Codex is easily the best track on the album imo.


Still think Yorke's a pretentious douchebag though.

[Ohemgee]

I enjoyed the album, its a nice addition to the catalog...

Waiting for the newspaper album to come to me.