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Originally Posted by El Pancake
Obviously those type of comparisons fall prey to the details. But the only real problem I have is Pablo=Southern. Pablo Honey isn't good. Creep is, very. But that may be revisionist. If Radiohead didn't find itself Creep may have become a very Save Tonight one-off. But that's beside the point. Southern is fucking great. Pablo is horribly uneven, possibly bad.
Also, Hail to the Chief=Speakerboxxx is off.
But I can see your point and as far as career arcs matching each other it's not that bad.
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I kind of like the Hail to the Thief/Speakerboxxx comparison, but yes, Pablo Honey is very uneven and sloppy and sometimes shitty.
But there's a true hidden gem on it (though you have to get past the muddled first 20 seconds because it's Pablo Honey):
Of course, if they had that song on The Bends, it would have been cleaner and more inventive and better.