![]() ![]() “Million Dollar Question” veers from a rip-roaring, overdriven rock song to a swooning, pleading breakdown and back. This melodic fuzzbomb is better than most of the songs that actually made it onto Pablo Honey. Radiohead’s catalog runs deep, and so does my love for it. Even with all those restrictions in place, narrowing this down to 30 songs proved difficult. Thom Yorke’s collaborations with the likes of Björk, PJ Harvey, and DJ Shadow are omitted, too only proper Radiohead songs are included here, not Yorke solo joints. “ True Love Waits,” a song that only appeared on I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, was also left out because a live album is an album nonetheless. And anyhow, we already rounded up Radiohead’s 20 best covers four years ago, so no need to revisit those here. I only included studio recordings, so no live favorites like Radiohead’s cover of Can’s “ The Thief” were eligible. All these years later, this music still makes me giddy.Ī word about my methodology: The list is chronological by era. Most hardcore Radiohead fans probably already know every single one of these songs inside-out, and if you’re among that crowd, I’m excited to revisit them with you and nerd out together. There are some honest-to-God masterpieces in this playlist, and if you’ve never experienced the likes of “Talk Show Host” or “Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)” before, I am so stoked for you. Their B-sides and rarities cover an even wider stylistic range than their album tracks, and as with most prolific musicians, some of the more obscure material ranks among the absolute best. If you removed all of Radiohead’s studio albums from their discography, their accumulated body of work would still be both vaster than and superior to most other bands’. Maybe that was a pathetic way to spend an adolescence, but all those hours toiling at the mercy of a dial-up modem are finally paying off! In honor of Stereogum’s Radiohead Week, it’s time to run down the band’s greatest non-album tracks. So whereas previous generations of fanatical music fans lived and died by record stores, catalogs, and zines, I surfed the far recesses of the internet for rarities and had them delivered directly to my hard drive at snail speed. Kid A Mnesia, an anniversary reissue compiling Kid A, Amnesiac and previously unreleased material, was released on 5 November 2021.My passionate teenage obsession with Radiohead coincided with the rise of Napster. In 2017, Radiohead released a deluxe remaster of OK Computer, OKNOTOK 1997 2017, including B-sides and the previously unreleased songs " I Promise", " Man of War", and " Lift". Their next album, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016), incorporates art rock and ambient music, with string and choral arrangements performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. After a hiatus, Radiohead recorded a title song for the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, but it was rejected. The band released four non-album singles in 2011: "Supercollider" and "The Butcher", followed by "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase". Radiohead's eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), emphasises the rhythm section with extensive samples and loops. In 2009, Radiohead released two non-album singles: " Harry Patch (In Memory Of)", a tribute to the last surviving World War I soldier Harry Patch, and " These Are My Twisted Words", a free download. Outtakes from the album were released on In Rainbows Disk 2 (2007). It incorporates alternative rock and art pop with more personal, "universal" lyrics. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), as a pay-what-you-want download. Radiohead's sixth album, Hail to the Thief (2003), combines electronic and rock music with lyrics written in response to the War on Terror. ![]() Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), recorded in the same sessions, marked a drastic change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music, 20th-century classical music, krautrock and jazz. OK Computer (1997), the first Radiohead album produced by Godrich, features more abstract lyrics that reflected themes of modern alienation, and subtle, complex and textured songs. The Bends (1995) marked a move toward " anthemic rock", with more cryptic lyrics about social and global topics, and elements of Britpop. Radiohead's first album, Pablo Honey (1993), preceded by their breakthrough single " Creep", features a sound reminiscent of alternative rock bands such as the Pixies and Nirvana. Radiohead in the mid-2010s from left to right: Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien and Philip Selway Several of their albums are consistently ranked among the greatest of all time. They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich since 1994. Since their 1992 debut, the English rock band Radiohead have recorded more than 160 songs, most credited to the band as a whole. ![]()
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