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Poorly done-old news

Grant H (goomba92@aol.com) | Seattle | 04/27/1999

(2 out of 5 stars)

"First, the number one problem with this CD is that it's only one track. You'll have to fast forward through the 45:00 minutes to reach a spot towards the end. It would have been better to divide the audio into chapters just like the accompaning book. The sound quality is poor. Most of the time in interveiws Thom is too quiet and mumbly. The narrator is too loud and pushy in contrast, and he doesn't seem really appreciate the subject (at least not enough to make you love it). The 100 page book that the CD comes with only really contains about 10 pages of text- the rest of the space is filled with big, fancy fonts and streached out photos. If you're a serious Radiohead fan (serious enough to buy such a CD anyway) then most of the things said ("Revealed") on the CD are old news, stuff you've already seen in articles or on the internet. If you're just casually intrested in Radiohead, then by all means get this shoddy compilation. You probably won't love the music any more than without it, but maybe you'll then want to buy some of their music. You'd be much better off in that case buying The Bends, OK Computer, or Airbag EP."