Customer Reviews
Great DVD - By: Dmitriy Shkarubo, 31 Aug 2008 
Everyone reviewing this seems to be focusing on the sell-out factor & not THE ACTUAL ITEM. This isnt a radiohead approved release since they parted ways with capitol. All that beside the point it is still a staggeringly beautiful set of songs & visuals. If your a fan of radiohead, you need this. It is a corporate money grab, but its still nice to have all the old videosin one place & the music is still awesome. Radiohead still gets paid if you buy this.
One for the serious fans. - By: L. Atkinson, 23 Jun 2008 
Radiohead are a great band, & I don't think this compilation of their videos could be classed as a cash in. If you are a big fan of Radiohead, rather than someone who mainly likes their better known work, it is a good thing to have for your collection.
Their videos are some of the most creative, experimental, original & beautiful ever made. However I found myself a little disappointed with the overall standard & didn't enjoy all of the videos as much as I thought I would. Whilst the band have this reputation for very complex, arty videos - be aware that a few of the videos are basically just recorded live gigs or performance videos.
The middle of the DVD has,in my opinion, the strongest videos & songs - from the bands strongest & most acclaimed albums - The Bends & OK Computer. 'Just' is my favourite of the videos, but Karma Police, No Surprises & Street Spirit are also greatin very different ways. I find the earlier songs & videos (apart from Creep of course!) quite immature & `brit poppy' & not up to the standard you would expect. Plus, as the later music becomes more abstract so do the videos. Videos such as the ones for Pyramid Song & Push Pulk/Spinning Plates are truly bizzare & I didn't find them as enjoyable as their earlier work.
It is however interesting to see videos directed by well known film makers including Michel Gondry (Knives Out), who went on to make the excellent Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. You can also compare the UK & US versions of High & Dry (the US version is much better. Even if I'm not 100% sure I understand it!!!) I think the DVD could be improved by some extra features on the making of the videos as I'm sure some explanation & behind the scenes info would make the videos more watchable & make the DVD better value. However it is still an interesting collection of videos by a band who have experimented with every techniquein the book - art house, performance, animation, CGI & more.
Oh, & if you do decide to buy it, shop around, as prices vary wildly. I bought my copy for around £12, having seen it that day on the high street for 20!
A Quick Cash In - By: Greg A. Carrigan, 03 Jun 2008 
I don't consider myself a cynical guy, but had to say a few words about this. Fans of Radiohead will no doubt agree that they have always put a high priority on the quality of their recordings - from recording to mixing to mastering. Why then would this collection be releasedin inferior sounding 'Dolby Digital' & be falsely advertised as '5.1' when it's really 'fake surround' (there's nothing but echo & ambiencein the rears - a trick used to make stereo mixes sound like surround).
Other artists have released these types of video collections & have gone back to the original master tapes to create true DTS 5.1 mixesin superior sounding 96kHz. Why wouldn't Radiohead have done the same? It seems pretty obvious that this collection was made without the band's cooperation. They had no sayin this & did not give the record company permission to remix their catalogue into true 5.1 surround.
Clearly the record company doesn't care much about the band's music - otherwise they would have taken the time & spent the money to present their musicin a better quality format &in real surround sound. The band & its fans deserve nothing less.
But hey, if you don't really care about hearing good audio resolution or true 5.1 surround, & you just want to have the band's videos collected on a DVD - by all means buy this.
Stunning. - By: Jame Souther, 22 May 2008 I'm sure you'll have read the irate rants from pseudo-politician fans about how their dear Radiohead have been "exploited" with the upcoming "Best of" compilations. Forget the motives behind the release - this DVD is stunning. A phenomenal compilation of Radiohead's videos, many of which were never before available on DVD. Maybe EMI being left to their own devices isn't such a bad thing - they give us this stellar collection, while Radiohead give us only a dire collection of SEVEN videos for the same price. In a nutshell, grab this DVD, it's phenomenal.
The CD's a cash grab, this is brilliance - By: Mr. Joseph J. Baldwin, 04 May 2008 EMI have, rather cynically, decided that now Radiohead have left them, they're going to release a Greatest Hits CD made up of some of the material from the 6 albums they recorded for them. Radiohead had no involvement whatsoeverin the selection of the songs, the composition of the packaging, anything, & at any rate I would urge anyone interested to just buy the 6 albums for themselves - each (OK, maybe not Pablo Honey) a work of brilliance.
However, the Best of DVD is worth the money, purely because it is the first proper collection of Radiohead's music videos since "7 Television Commercials" backin the mid 1990s. Everything isin here, bar the Kid A "blips" (which wouldn't fit into a DVD format very well anyway). As well as the (typically brilliant) videos from throughout the band's career, it also includes two very rare videos, including what has to be hands down the most terrifyingly disturbing music video ever, "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors & Like Spinning Plates". In some senses, the purchase price is worth it just to witness the fact that there's one band which has videos which can actually disturb you like that.
So yes, by all means, buy this collection, because there's not been anything like it ever. A cash grab it may be, but every cloud has a silver lining.
