Once again it comes scrollin’ back — scroll buttons get ill like a heart attack! (with apologies to Strongbad)
A WWdN reader wrote:
: So your advice to get “The Dark at the End of the Tunnel” worked out ok, so
: try this one…
:
: Can you rank the Radiohead albums from “best” to
: “don’t bother”?
:
And I wrote back:

Yes. I’ll also rank my favorite song from the album:
KID A – The National Anthem & Idioteque (tie)
The Bends – Black Star
OK Computer – Paranoid Android & Airbag (tied)
Amnesiac – Knives Out
Pablo Honey – Thinking About You
This is more ranked from “Listen to it all the time” to “Listen to it not as often,” because there isn’t a Radiohead album I could refer to as “don’t bother.” I ranked OK Computer third, even though it’s my favorite, because it’s not very accessible the first few times you listen to it. It’s one of those albums that really “grows” on you, because it’s so, well, ‘full’ is the best word I can come up with. Kid A is first, because that’s the one I use to convert^H^H^H^H^H^H introduce people to Radiohead.
I ranked Pablo Honey last, because it’s thematically different from the rest of them. It’s cool to listen to it, followed by The Bends, and then OK Computer (the order they were released) and watch their evolution.
Let me know what you think when you give them a listen.

Here’s a page of Radiohead listings from the WWdN Library, if you’re one of the 6 WWdN readers who doesn’t already own all their stuff, plus the Imports. 😉
If anybody needs me today, I’ll be out burninating the peasants in my brand new TROGDOR T-shirt that just arrived!