In Rainbows
by Radiohead

In Rainbows by Radiohead
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-10-10
Overall rank: 6th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 3,962 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 2007 (1st)
Award Best album of the 2000s (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of all time (6th)

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Radiohead bestography

In Rainbows is ranked 2nd best out of 25 albums by Radiohead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Radiohead is OK Computer which is ranked number 1 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 62,854.

Radiohead album bestography « Higher ranked (1st)
OK Computer
This album (6th)
In Rainbows
Lower ranked (9th) »
Kid A

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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In Rainbows track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 90 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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In Rainbows rankings

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Overall rank: 6th | 2000s rank: 1st | 2007 rank: 1st
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2026mutantTop 100 Greatest Music Albums11/10089
2026 RasmVMy 100 most listened albums in 20253/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 20071/905
2026SkernsTop 83 Music Albums of the 2000s39/8311
2026SiromynianTop 23 Music Albums of 20071/235
2026wizardalienMy Ranking of the BEA Top 1002/92 -
2026 paladisiacgrammy album winners, my choices44/61 -
2026SUPERJEFF6My most scrobbled albums of all time50/100 -
2026stareaterogni0nTop 26 Music Albums of the 2000s4/2618
2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 62 Music Albums of the 2000s20/6214
2026FlapJackJoeyTop 100 Greatest Music Albums5/10095
2026 swedTop 100 Greatest Music Albums41/10060
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 per Year2/68 -
2026pinkfreud1981Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s4/10019
2026araidernomoreTop 100 Greatest Music Albums1/10099
2026 hoyquarlowTop 100 Greatest Music Albums25/10075
2026Rm12398Top 100 Greatest Music Albums49/10051
2026 travelfulTop 100 Greatest Music Albums43/10057
2026munsonTop 63 Music Albums of the 2000s24/6313
2026AbsurdCheesecakeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums55/10046
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 2,930
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 42,794
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Average Rating: 
90/100 (from 3,962 votes)
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3 days ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,74270/100
 
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02/28/2026 01:03 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,43573/100
 
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02/27/2026 01:51 JoshN125  Ratings distribution  14978/100
 
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02/25/2026 20:19 Map  Ratings distribution  49981/100
 
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02/25/2026 19:59 Luccaag  Ratings distribution  4585/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 89.5/100, a mean average of 87.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.

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From 02/01/2026 09:47 | #312928
Over - rated ! In the truest sense of the word . It`s still a decent album , but i do not consider it as the best of the 2000`s .
And it plays not even in the same league as `Kid A` or `OK Computer` .
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From 12/22/2025 21:16 | #312258
I still remember it when I ordered this besutiful album from Radiohead's online store. Of course I heard the mp3s before I got the CD and the vinyl but the real pleasure was building the CD cover and putting the CD into my CD-player and listening to it the first time. It was just an amazing experience. IT still sounds terrific.
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95/100
From 09/28/2025 20:07 | #311122
This album is a miracle, nothing less. To think that they would release their best record in between their two least good record is really something.

I must admit I wasn't the biggest Radiohead fan up to this point, I tough Ok Computer was great but maybe not a masterpiece, and I didn't like Kid A at all (I still didn't quite like it). While Kid A lefted me cold as ice, In Rainbows's songs on the other hand were piercing me like... well , like I was travelling through a rainbow, litterally. It is rightfully so that In Rainbows surpasses Kid A on this site's overall chart, because it's a way better album.

So yeah, I get it now. You were right people, Radiohead is, indeed, a great band. In Rainbows made me realise that. Songs are so desperate and naive yet never leaves a depressing effect. Songs are all so different from each other yet the whole album is so cohesive ... I don't know how they managed to do that. But they did it. They just nailed that album at the supreme level an album can be nailed.
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From 08/05/2025 19:12 | #310421
more crap from radiohead
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95/100
From 07/08/2025 07:20 | #309973
Thom creates beauty out of painful thoughts, singing through metaphor and blasting the listener with a dose of reality that is not meant to please them but to present them with truths that are unspoken but also unavoidable.

Many songs on the album start off very basic, building up to a beautiful orchestral crescendo. Thom's wallowing wordplay syncs perfectly with the energy of the wave of sounds and distortions that eventually immerse you entirely.
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90/100
From 05/11/2025 07:37 | #308946
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2009 Grammys. The winner was Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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From 02/25/2025 21:44 | #307774
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From 02/09/2025 09:04 | #307500
The only problem this album has is the fact that it ends.
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From 12/29/2024 07:46 | #306705
One of the four Radiohead albums I consider a 10. Incredible from start to finish
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