It's easy to see why it'd be a closer in theory - it has the quality of being the Anti-RH song that defines many of their album closers. It's cut from a slightly different cloth than the rest, in this case emotionally it's far more upbeat and resolute than most of their material. This is in part because of Colin's obvious harmonic input and the clarity of the drum sample (the studio version avoids any variation whatsoever - a statement perhaps in contrast to the polyrhythmic, ornamented percussion onslaught of the first five tracks). They play around with it a lot more on the tour which is cool too. The acoustic version from the Corn Exchange suggests the songs genesis was looping a guitar, which has become an effective mode of writing for Mr. Yorke although he's just as likely to begin to despise it as soon as it becomes too comfortable. Of course, the end here feels incomplete without the grand guitar wash outro - three days ago I might have ranked this song the lowest yet but I forget how uniquely resolute that ending is. I like it for now.
7.5/10
Pyramid Song (10)
Airbag
Where I End And You Begin (9.5)
The National Anthem (9)
In Limbo
Karma Police (8)
Everything In Its Right Place
A Wolf At The Door
Separator (7.5)
Electioneering
Little By Little
Fake Plastic Trees (7)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Videotape
For some reason I had LBL under some sevens when I clearly proved it was .5 better than that.
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