Radiohead have annouced via their website that their new album is finished and will be released digitally in ten days. The album is called In Rainbows and will be exclusively available via inrainbows.com. You can pre-order the album now.Buyers have two options. One is the album download only which will be available on October 10. The second option, is being called the "discbox." The set will include the album download on October 10 plus the album on CD and two 12-inch heavyweight vinyl records. The "discbox" will also include a second CD which will contain more new songs along with an enhanced feature that will have photos and artwork. It also includes artwork and a lyric book. All of the "discbox" items will be encased in a hardback book and slipcase. All of the "discbox" items will ship on or before December 3.
The "discbox" set will be £40.00 which is approximately $81.00. It's a little steep, but you get tons of cool stuff. Here's the crazy part. How much is the download only you ask? You get to name your own price. No, you really get to name your own price. It's quite ballsy of Radiohead. I'm not sure if there is a minimum. Theoretically, you could pay £.01 or quite possibly nothing.
Here's the album tracklist for the album:
15 STEP
BODYSNATCHERS
NUDE
WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
ALL I NEED
FAUST ARP
RECKONER
HOUSE OF CARDS
JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
VIDEOTAPE
Here's the tracklist for the bonus CD that is included with the "discbox":
MK 1
DOWN IS THE NEW UP
GO SLOWLY
MK 2
LAST FLOWERS
UP ON THE LADDER
BANGERS AND MASH
4 MINUTE WARNING
For those who don't know, Radiohead's contract ran out with their last album, Hail to the Thief. The release of In Rainbows is like a big middle finger to the record industry. Without the label red tape, they are album to release the album as soon as it's done, on their own. Radiohead has been set free and are setting out to break all the rules.
So what do you think, is this the wave of the future?
3 comments:
How interesting! Leave it to Radiohead to buck the system. Not sure if I am going to dish out the bucks for the discbox, but I will def buy the download for a fair price.
According to macworld.com:
A completed transaction showed the album can be bought for as little as £.01 (US$.02), plus a £.45 charge for using a credit or debit card.
I was surprised when Thom Yorke released his solo album The Eraser on itunes last year. How many weeks was it the number one download in the itunes store?
I think I'll try to buy In Rainbows for $9.99.
Yorke/Greenwood 2008!
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