160kb/s is a little low, be nice if it was 192+
It'll be good to see more artists making use of digital sales and at least you know the money is going to them instead of the record companies. Which I was mostly ambivalent about up until recently they began to show how low as you can go and setting new standards of scum legal activity.

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Originally posted by gumble Anyway, is this a step in the right direction? Personally, I would never, ever buy an mp3 (even if I was a DJ). It just doesn't seem right, and you miss out on the artwork etc. But $80 to have a physical (albeit pimped up) cd? Good idea, or load of pretentious wank?

Don't know if it's a good idea, and how profitable it will be for them, only time will tell. I think it's definitely a step in the right direction though. Instead of fighting the internet/market, work out how to use it to your advantage. I think they're doing that.

$80 for the cd seems a bit much but I guess diehard fans will go for it.

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Originally posted by Lilith 160kb/s is a little low, be nice if it was 192+

+1

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its a good 160 kbps tho. its not like 160 kbps ripped by someone popping a cd in and through itunes/wmp.


good album thus far.

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i like the fact that the artists are respecting the fact that anyone with broadband and half a brain can work out how to get their cds for free so they're giving us the convenience of giving it to us but saying "hey it'd be nice if you paid"

good idea imo

Related thread on whirlpool...

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/foru...es.cfm?t=831612

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still too expensive.

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Looks like some of the big names are ditching the corporations too- Madonna dumps Warner

Pity they go lost up their arseholes after "the bends', those three albums including pablo and ok computer are and will always be amazing.

I will download it, print out the code on some a3, wipe my arse on it and mail it stright back to Radiohead HQ. They can put it on the wall with the photo of grandma.

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Originally posted by Simon00 Pity they go lost up their arseholes after "the bends', those three albums including pablo and ok computer are and will always be amazing. I will download it, print out the code on some a3, wipe my arse on it and mail it stright back to Radiohead HQ. They can put it on the wall with the photo of grandma.

The Bends was before OK Computer.

I completely agree with you thought, the first three albums were so amazing and the rest have been fucking awful.

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Originally posted by Dean Millson The Bends was before OK Computer. I completely agree with you thought, the first three albums were so amazing and the rest have been fucking awful.

I'd give this one a listen before passing judgement, I reckon its allright. I'm not an overly obsessed Radiohead fan, I mean I love some tracks off all the albums (they all have at least a few good tracks), but I rarely sit down and listen to an entire album. I've listened through this one a few times though.

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Would it not have been better to offer it at a lower bitrate, thus encouraging those who like it to then buy the CD?