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According to Consequence of Sound, the song "sounds like nothing else Radiohead has ever written", with country and folk elements. [80] "Cut a Hole" Radiohead debuted "Cut a Hole" on the King of Limbs tour in 2012. [81] The song builds gradually to a climax, with "menacing" lyrics about a "long-distance connection". [81]
Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone.It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.
Later that month, Radiohead performed their then-biggest-ever show at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland. [11] [12] The performance was held in windy and rainy conditions. [13] The song was inspired by a dream Yorke had on the night of this show, [14] in which he was running naked down Dublin's River Liffey and being pursued by a tidal wave. [15]
Abingdon School, where the band formed. The members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, a private school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. [2] The guitarist and singer Thom Yorke and the bassist Colin Greenwood were in the same year; the guitarist Ed O'Brien was one year above, and the drummer Philip Selway was in the year above O'Brien. [3]
[1] [3] Kid A followed in October 2000, topping the charts in the UK and becoming first number-one Radiohead album on the US Billboard 200. [3] [5] Amnesiac was released in May 2001, topping the UK charts and producing the singles "Pyramid Song" and "Knives Out". Hail to the Thief was released in June 2003, ending Radiohead's contract with EMI ...
In July, R.E.M. chose Radiohead as the opening act for the European leg of its Monster tour, a decision made because the members of R.E.M. were fans of The Bends but had never heard Radiohead live. R.E.M. was an early and lasting influence on Radiohead, and during the tour the two bands shared admiration. [44]
Amnesiac is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 30 May 2001 by EMI.It was recorded with the producer Nigel Godrich in the same sessions as Radiohead's previous album Kid A (2000).
"Everything in its Right Place" is an electronic song featuring synthesiser and digitally manipulated vocals. [16] It uses unusual time signatures and mixed modes, staples of Radiohead's songwriting. [17] O'Brien observed that it lacks the crescendos of Radiohead's previous songs. [12] Adam Zwi of Radio National described it as dissonant and ...