Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool ALBUM REVIEW 

I agree this album is 8/8

"easy on the ears , heavy on the heart " nicely said..

AN EGG SHAPED MAN

Radiohead moved in a depressing direction? Yeah, when they formed...

This is easily their best work in five years.

sad radiohead is good radiohead

this album just keeps getting better every time you listen to it. it is fantastic.

OK Computer is EASILY their best album from 1997.

Not enough hi-hat flavored trap beats

I really don't care whether the general public admire the album or not.. For me, Radiohead can try the best they can, the best they can is good enough..

I dont know why, but I want Radiohead's 10th album to be called RAD10HEAD.

This album has aged beautifully. It deserved a 10 and you can't change my mind.

Solid 8/8 album. Well done Fantano.

if u turn 8 on its side... u get a sideways 8

A Moon Shaped Pool stands as my 2nd favorite Radiohead LP to Kid A. From Burn The Witch to True Love Waits (with its ethereal, haunting musical arrangement) this is a brilliant album.

9.5: Best album of the year so far.

Thom's wife left him, and there were some deaths in the family of the band members.. how did you think this was going to sound.

Anthony Fantano: A Moon Shaped Head

Decks Dark is incredible, I think. I don't know of any other Radiohead song that has so much funk injected in it. I think definitely one of their better albums

The week this album came out, my best friend got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I don’t think I’ve ever cried more to a record than this one, but A Moon Shaped Pool helped me understand what true grief was before my friend was even gone. It holds a special place in my heart.

THE CURSE OF THE TKOL '6' HAS BEEN BROKEN!

This isn't the angry birds soundtrack...

In a way, I feel like this is Radiohead's 'Vespertine'.

Good review and all, but how can you not like Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief?! That song is the shit

I can party to this

review Thom Yorke's haircut

Wait... What? Was that Hungrybox?

This was a SPOT ON review but honestly, what kept this from being a 9 or 10?

Best Radiohad: 1. OK Computer 2. The Life of Pablo 3. Pablo Honey

5/10????! WTF

I hope they do a Live from the Basement session thing for this album.

So Hungrybox just going to drop in just like that huh?

review the new pokémon starters Fantano.

A Moon shaped Pool was more like a Kid A fused with In Rainbows well at least to me. Love it.

This album has since become my fav of their catalogue. It takes the softer parts of In Rainbows and the introspection of Kid A and fuses them so well. It also just sounds really warm and inviting, even though much of the general vibe is pretty down (as ever). It's the semi-funky beat running through Identikit, the sweeping sadness of Daydreaming, the menacing build-up and explosion in Ful Stop.. it's masterful..

the lyric in The Present Tense is "This dance" not "distance" lol

10/10 review it again.

should have been a 9/10

The numbers not being in favorite songs makes me ______________ a.) Want to have a polite debate with Anthony about his opinion b.) Want to stab Anthony in the chest 15 times c.) Move on with my day and not worry about some melons opinion

I may be under only one here, but I feel like The Numbers is one of the best songs they've ever done.

TOURIST - U KAYTRANADA - 99.9 SKEPTA - KONNICHIWA JAMES BLAKE - WHATEVER THE TITLE IS IM TOO AFRAID OF CRYING TO LOOK IT UP

Wait, did he just say as a negative that you can't put this album at a party? It´s Radiohead dude, not fucking Maroon 5 Great review though

Hungrybox?

Present tense is probably my favorite!

I clicked the notification quicker than my tinder notifications

Only James Blake left!

Melee making a cameo in every aspect of my life

This is their best album ever. I don’t care. Edit: yeah never mind it’s kid a

lead singer is starting to look a little like Willie Nelson lol

DO KAYTRANADA 99.9%!!!!

Yep, not a party album. This is 'alone time' music. But an 8? Deserves higher, IMO.

first Radiohead album I bought, love it to pieces, have recently splurged on their discography, thanks for spuring my interest Mr Fantano!

Damn. 3/10? Harsh.

I absolutely loved this album. Though I'd suggest "in rainbows" for first-time Radiohead listeners.

Unpopular opinion time: A Moon Shaped Pool is my second favorite Radiohead album, after OK Computer obv.

In Present Tense I heard it as "this dance" rather than "distance"

This is a 9/10 for me. Some of the most beautiful music they've ever written.

Reviewthany Goodtino

Radiohead didn't suddenly become depressing. You'll always find songs from all 9 of their LPs that are depressing. The fact that thom Yorke did recently go through a divorce probably did boost the depression levels in the lyrics and the instrumental

King of Limbs:From the Basement is the better version of that album, it really shows off the songs correctly.

10/8 not bad

whas that hungrybox in the beggining?????

king of limbs is still a great part of their discography, they just experimented with loops, the loops form a kind hypnosis and atmosphere on each song and an effective mood, I think they're all pretty great experimental songs on that one, A Moon Shaped Pool is definitely more human and organic tho

what the hell was that hungrybox cameo LMAO

Damn, everyone seems to say Tinker Tailor is their least favorite. Happens to be my favorite.....that synth timbre is to die for.

"Hey it's me, I just got off the train"

I saw them during the MSP 2018 tour. They opened in pitch black with the song daydreaming then when the second riff came in white beams shot across the garden. That was one of the most spectacular moments of my life

Who else thinks this is 100% better than Pablo Honey?

While i agree that the album does not deserve a 10 i also can't understand why death grips deserves a fucking 9 i try to listen to them but i just can't understand their apparently unfathomable greatness

Fantano, you're easy on the ears but heavy on the heart

I'm so fucking glad that this album turned out as amazing as it did; I'll admit j wasn't expecting much when I listened to it the day it dropped. Great stuff though, the best in a long time.

It's been two years and this has become my favorite Radiohead album. The list goes: A moon shaped pool. Kid A. Ok Computer. In Rainbows. Amnesiac. The Bends.

FUL STOP AND IDENTIKIT ARE SO GOOD. THOSE TEXTURES ANTHONY. THOSE TEXTURES

Only on RU-vid will people compare Radiohead and Death Grips.

well thats because radiohead are not in a phase of doing "records to play at parties", they've gon through a lot.I dont think they ever did party records

decks dark is the best Radiohead has done for a long time (and there's a lot of competition)

I think the rating is about a tad low, but hey, that's your thing. I think it's a masterpiece, one which will only grow with time. Then again I've been waiting for them to put out a record like this for at least (almost) 9 years, so I'm biased. Light on the ears, heavy on the heart for sure. I can't remember the last time I've been devastated by a track like "True Love Waits", and the rest of the album speaks as a whole piece, which I can't say about a Radiohead album since Kid A- and even then, this is more cohesive... maybe not more impressive, but almost, which says a lot.

Pretty sure the lyric in Present Tense is "this dance" not "distance" as past versions had it as "when we dance", but a nice interpretation nonetheless.

Whaaattttt? "Trouble Will Find Me" is a masterpiece.

Every time I come back to this video I'm surprised by the Hbox cameo

So do the tunes come haunting back to you even after you have stopped listening to it? Those are the kinds of forever great albums and Radiohead sure are ones who do that. And as some would say, they are like fine wine.

Only the plebs are thinking Tinker isn't one of the best songs.

Thoms wife of like 20 years died right before this album released. One of the songs has reversed vocals at the end talking about his wife. Having this in mind makes the album so much more haunting

he forgot to talk about Identikit bruh

Skepta - KONNICHIWA!!!

I think 5/10 is a bit harsh

I don't understand why you "warn" people about the tone of the album, like if the fact the songs are not "uplifting" were, somehow, a flaw. I think is unfortunate to establish a "mood hierarchy". That has nothing to do with music itself, but the listener. Just saying.

HOLY SHIT WAS THAT FUCKING HUNGRY BOX IN THE BEGINNING

LP9, GIVE IT A 9 LP9, GIVE IT A 9 LP9, GIVE IT A 9 LP9, GIVE IT A 9 LP9, GIVE IT A 9

Turn the 8 upside-down it's a....nvm

This album has been helping me process, when my mental health is unstable, for the last few years. I actually didn't realize the sadness in the majority of the lyrics but it makes sense how someone with mental health challenges could relate and use this as a tool for processing. I know this video is quite old but thanks for the thoughtful review.

Mate, you always manage to articulate how I feel about the music I listen to so well. I love how diverse your reviews are, you don't box yourself in by just focusing on one or two genre's, your not afraid to review anything and everything which gives you a roundness, or sensibility for want of a better word that allows someone like me to take you seriously. I also love how much time you devote to each review and how deep you get into each and every song. To take that emotional journey and manage to still stay objective each and every time, then take the time to produce/edit and upload is something few could probably do and manage to sustain long term as you have done. So well done man, and thank you sincerely for several years of grounded, intelligent reviews that often help me understand my own feelings about various albums I listen to. - Radiohead was all around me growing up, and yet I never really understood what the massive appeal was. I probably enjoyed listening to songs like Paranoid Android on the radio from time to time but I'd be lying if I said I ever truly dove into any particular album as a lot of people did. I typically find people who are into Radiohead are proper fanatics, and the rest are just impartial like myself, but I have to say after hearing "Burn the witch" I found myself really enjoying this album and giving it some real time. After going back and listening to previous albums, even albums considered their most successful I actually find myself listening to this new album far more then any of their older works. Your right it isn't something you would throw casually on at a party, as a listener its kind of an intimate, more proactive experience which I really dig. - One question while I'm doing so well here, going through your video's I couldn't help but find any reviews on Tool albums. Forgive my ignorance if you have reviewed any of their albums, but if you haven't I'd love to hear your thoughts on any of their albums, in particular their last 3. (Definitely some good click bait for you as well as any Tool fan within 100 meters of a keyboard will be jumping on what they hope might lead to some new info on their mythical upcoming album lol)

Great review - in fact probably one of the best i've seen/read on the album. I just feel the vision, humanity and majesty of such an album requires a 9 plus. Fact is you don't get this kind of album very often (closest thing I can think of is a Talk Talk album). So yeah, certainly not for everyone but as a piece of art it is genuinely great. I do sometimes wonder if some new band made such an album, we'd all be so surprised and impressed with the musicality of them we'd be handing out 10's left right and centre. It's an 8/10 for a Radiohead album, but for say an Arcade Fire album it's an 11/10.

Was hoping for a 9 but an 8 will do

Why is no one talking about hungrybox being in the intro

Don't ever comment on white people music again

Are you reviewing Skepta

>Fantano isn't even aware that AMSP is a Thom breakup album BRAVO TONY R A V O T O N Y

Fantastic, fantastic album. Once again sounding totally unique. After a few listens it's great.

Great review! My favourite album of the year, and I have to admit I'm pretty obsessed with it, listening to it every morning on the way to work for about 3 weeks straight! Healing, haunting and harrowing; a fascinating place to visit and probably my favourite of their albums to date..and I've been there since the beginning. Thanks again for a great video.