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Several of their albums are consistently ranked among the greatest of all time. [1] [2] [3] Radiohead's first album, Pablo Honey (1993), preceded by their breakthrough single "Creep", [4] features a sound reminiscent of alternative rock bands such as the Pixies and Nirvana.
A gateway to sci-fi landscapes, hook-filled grunge, and even the occasional dance beat. Radiohead in 10 Songs Consequence Staff
It was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008). The music video, directed by Jonathan Glazer, sees the singer, Thom Yorke, in the back of a car pursuing a man. Rolling Stone placed "Karma Police" at number 279 in its rankings of the 500 greatest songs of all time in both 2021 and 2024. [3] [4]
"15 Step" features syncopated drumming and a "smooth" guitar line. [5] [6] The song is written in 54 time, [7] with a "stuttering" pattern played on a drum machine. [8] [9] "15 Step" begins with a 40-second "mulched-up" drum introduction reminiscent of songs on Kid A, [6] before a "blissful" guitar line and a bass line reminiscent of "Airbag" on OK Computer enter.
Radiohead: The Best Of is a greatest hits album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 2 June 2008 by Parlophone Records in the UK and by Capitol Records in the US, subsidiaries of EMI. It contains songs from Radiohead's first six albums, recorded while they were under contract with EMI.
[10] In 2016, Rolling Stone readers voted it one of the best Radiohead songs released since the 1990s. [11] Along with the 2000 Radiohead song "Everything in Its Right Place", "Jigsaw Falling into Place" inspired the composer Steve Reich's 2012 instrumental work Radio Rewrite. [12]
Radiohead recorded "Knives Out" during the sessions for their albums Kid A and Amnesiac, which were recorded simultaneously in 1999 and 2000. [3] Although the albums moved away from Radiohead's earlier guitar-led sound, the singer, Thom Yorke, said "Knives Out" was "no departure at all" and "survived because it was too good to miss". [4]
Pitchfork ranked "Daydreaming" the 24th-best song of 2016, behind another Moon Shaped Pool track, "True Love Waits", at ninth. [18] In 2020, the Guardian named "Daydreaming" the 12th-greatest Radiohead song, writing: "Beneath the tiptoeing pianos, 'Daydreaming' is a gut-wrencher."