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Hopefully Ed's told Jonny that moving away from the CD is a good thing. When In Rainbows came out, I was really put off by the band's attitude toward digital di
by leviathant 17y ago
Hopefully Ed's told Jonny that moving away from the CD is a good thing. When In Rainbows came out, I was really put off by the band's attitude toward digital distribution.
"How would you respond to complaints about the sound quality - that 160 isn’t a high enough bitrate?
I don’t know, we talked about it and we just wanted to make it a bit better than iTunes, which it is, so that’s kind of good enough, really. It’s never going to be CD quality, because that’s what CD does."
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/10/radioheads-jonny-greenwood-on-in-rainbows-its-fun-to-make-people-think-about-what-music-is-worth/ http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/10/r...
- rms 17y agoI think someone probably did an A/B test or education session with the band about how 160 isn't good enough; their subsequent online release These Are My Twisted Words was an MP3 at 320 CBR. It's available for free download directly from the band here. http://www.waste.uk.com/Store/waste-radiohead-twisted+words.html http://www.waste.uk.com/Store/waste-radiohead-twisted+words.... Also, the release of In Rainbows was a promotional stunt for the conventional release of the album. For the next LP, I expect that online distribution will form a more core part of their release strategy.