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Chris DeVille of Stereogum picked "Spectre" as one of the week's best songs, writing that it was "beautiful" and a reminder that "Radiohead still have life left in them". [17] After "Writing's on the Wall" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song the following week, DeVille wrote that "Spectre" was "the more masterful of the two tracks ...
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]
According to the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, he and the lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, wrote "Optimistic" in 1998 while traveling through a desert. [1] The refrain, "Try the best you can / The best you can is good enough", was an assurance by Yorke's partner, Rachel Owen, when he was frustrated with Radiohead's recording progress. [4]
"15 Step" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the opening track on their seventh studio album, In Rainbows (2007). Produced by Nigel Godrich, the song was written in 2005 during a "mad rhythm experiment". The song received acclaim from music critics, who praised its blend of electronic and rock elements.
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.
"Man of War" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 22 June 2017 on the compilation OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017. Radiohead first performed "Man of War" while on tour for their second album, The Bends (1995). The singer, Thom Yorke, described it as a homage to James Bond themes.
"Fake Plastic Trees" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on their second album, The Bends (1995). It was the third single from The Bends in the UK, and the first in the US. It reached the top 50 on the UK Singles Chart , the New Zealand Singles Chart , the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Canadian Rock/Alternative chart.
[28] [31] Pitchfork named it the week's best new track [20] and the ninth-best song of 2016. [34] In 2017, Consequence of Sound named "True Love Waits" the 12th-greatest Radiohead song. [ 35 ] In 2019, Vulture named it the greatest Radiohead song, [ 33 ] and Pitchfork named it the 93rd-greatest song of the decade. [ 36 ]