more than worth the asking price... (I Might Be Wrong - Radiohead)

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Product:	I Might Be Wrong - Radiohead
Date:	20/11/01 (51 review reads)
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Radiohead's third release in two years(although not an album proper), is a useful addition for those unfortunate enough to have missed last year's terrific live shows. Contrary to speculation, the tracks, in live form, don't differ too greatly from their studio counterparts, although "Like Spinning Plates'" magnificent piano rebirth is a notable exception. "The National Anthem" buzzes along with a spectacular jazz-funk groove(although Thom Yorke still can't seem to yell the opening lines without going drastically out of tune), and "Everything In Its Right Place", with its spookily amazing intro, proves how such seemingly studio-bound tracks easily fit into the live show. Radiohead are also to be applauded for not merely pandering to those "fans" who can't listen to anything they've recorded in the last five years, and have included tracks solely from the last two albums. Above all, it's great to have decent quality recordings of the best live band in the world instead of dodgy bootleg versions.

Which makes it extremely ironic, then, that the sole "new" track on the album, the acoustic "True Love Waits", must surely rank as one of the most boring tracks they've recorded in years. It's whiny, repetitive, and contains some of the worst lyrics ever to grace a Radiohead song("I'll dress like your neice"? "True love lives on lollipops and crisps"? damn!?!)The fact that most people have pinpointed this as the best track on the album simply testifies to how little they value Radiohead's prime asset- their progression. In the same way that "Knives Out" was the worst track on "Amnesiac" due to its dull, repetitive and completely lazy and whiny lyrics, "True Love Waits" also represents the worst of Radiohead. The band, no matter how many excuses they may make to the contrary, clearly didn't have too much fai
th in the song either, tucking it away on this live mini-lp. This song isn't even truly "new", as any Radohead fan worth their salt will have had this on record for years. Surely a completely brilliant unreleased track like "Big Ideas(Don't Get Any) would have ben a more welcome addition.

Still, the rest of the album is more than worth it, and, while it's unlikely to warrant as many listenings as their studio albums, it's more than worth the asking price. Here's looking forward to the next album proper.

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