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rayrayfiftytwo

A few interesting things happened with this story.  A lot of fans feel duped by the band for two reasons:


1.  They will be releasing these songs (plus now apparently others) as a cd later.  Some who felt like they were supporting a groundbreaking new model now see it as a promotional tool for the larger physical CD.  You had to figure that this was the point but a little more info would have helped fans when deciding how much to pay. 


2.  The bit rate is 160kbps.  This is lower than their earlier albums but higher than an Itunes download (i think).  I didn't hear a difference but I wasn't playing it on $5000 speakers either.


Anyway-I paid $5 for it and am very happy.  Not a big Radiohead fan but it's a really good album.  Anyone else jump in?

Comments (7)

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doodirock·
Im super interested in this forum of album sales. Nice idea. You have the link to where to download?
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rayrayfiftytwo·
www.inrainbows.com
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WallyBR·
I paid 4 pounds. After fees and conversions, it came out to about $9. I'll pay almost $10 for a good CD.
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inertianinja·
i don't feel tricked.\r \r that the band wants to make money should be of no surprise to anyone - especially since they offered the ~$80 discbox as an alternative to the download.\r \r i encoded most of my CD's years ago, where 128kbps was the norm....so 160k is fine for me for a $5 album,
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MutusLetum·
The more I listen to it, the more disappointed I am. There are a few good songs, but a lot of them are skip-able. I wasn't expecting it to be as good as OK. That's an album the quality of which only comes around every ten years or so, but I was expecting a little better than this. I'll probably keep this one on my playlist, but not come back to it nearly as much as I'll come back to OK, Kid A, and Amnesiac.\r \r My .02
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MikeTheKnife·
I want to comment but I fear the turtle.
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RoyalMartinez·
i dont fear this turtle asshole , anyways since the turtle left acomment on my blog it make me thinking about my third world country wanna be and decide to pay for this album the amount of 0.00 and after i listen to it i press the SUPR BUTTON in my keyboard and now it s all over thank God ...(radiohead should pay me for the time i wasted on downloading their album )