Track Listing

1. The Eraser
2. Analyse
3. The Clock
4. Black Swan
5. Skip Divided
6. Atoms For Peace
7. And It Rained All Night
8. Harrowdown Hill
9. Cymbal Rush

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2284 in Music
• Released on: 2006-07-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Album Description
The Eraser is a solo album by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. It was produced by Nigel Godrich and comprises of 9 songs written and played by Yorke. The album art was created by Stanley Donwood, who has worked with Radiohead since 1994.

Amazon.com
Some writers and fans have taken to calling this album Kid B, the (obvious) implication that it's the companion piece to Radiohead's masterpiece of electronic rock. And while The Eraser does compare favorably to that work, it's no longer ahead of its time, just simply of its time. We can't all be visionaries all the time, however, and it's understandable that Yorke wants to play with his computer more than he gets to with his rock and roll band. Looped bubbly bloops, sleight drones, and curious bleeps complement Yorke's distinctive vocals throughout. The album at times sounds like demo versions, as if they were an update of the way Pete Townshend used to do solo versions of all his songs for the Who. It's tough not to expect the rest of the band to come in and "complete" a particular song. But once you get used to the fact that this isn't going to happen, the album reveals itself as a delightful, occasionally brave work that's as playful as it is melancholic. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

excellent album!
This album is one of the best albums I've heard overall lately! When I listen to this record, I often forget its not Radiohead. When Thom Yorke says its definitely just a side project, and not a "solo" album, that's a very valid statement. It does sound more like a side project. Solo albums, at least in my experience, always seem to sound a lot different than the artist's material with the band. This album to me, seems like songs that Thom didn't want to put on a Radiohead album, so he just put them on The Eraser. Since it was technically only him, it automatically receives the label "solo album". Not that it isn't a solo album, it just sounds so much like a Radiohead record to me. As in the other reviews, I warn you, if you don't like electronic music or electronica, I don't think this album is for you nor most Radiohead after OK Computer. I happen to like a lot of music and be open to a lot of music, but if you only like certain things or you hate electronica, you probably won't like this record. For most people and Radiohead fans, I say give this a try! It is one of my favorites now!

Short, but excellent
I've been a fan of Radioheads and am entranced by Thom's singing style. Theses songs are impossible to sit still to, you feel their great beats and are forced to move to them, whether that be dancing or working out. I love this disc.

Excelent Album
This album is great, maybe better than great, and you can't beat the full sound that a record provides. I was satisfied with my purchase because the pressing was a 28 gram record with the fabulous re worked edge, the only way the sound quality could improve now is if it was two 12" 45's like the in rainbows double record set. I was only disappointed by one aspect of the album art; I was expecting the record to fold out into a panoramic of the art (Like on the CD case, only much larger), it doesn't, but that hasn't stopped me from listening repeatedly.