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Radiohead's experimental approach is credited with advancing the sound of alternative rock. Radiohead signed to EMI in 1991 and released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in 1993. Their debut single, "Creep", was a worldwide hit, and their popularity and critical standing rose with The Bends in 1995.
Radiohead did not know they were being recorded; according to the drummer, Philip Selway, "The reason it sounds so powerful is because it’s completely unselfconscious." [8] After Radiohead assured Kolderie that "Creep" was an original song, he called EMI and convinced them to release it as the single. [6]
Radiohead took Yorke's electronic influences to their next albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), processing vocals, obscuring lyrics, and using electronic instruments such as synthesisers, drum machines and samplers. The albums divided listeners, but were commercially successful and later attracted acclaim.
OK Computer is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 1997.With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of OK Computer in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic mansion of St Catherine's Court in Bath in 1996 and early 1997.
Nigel Godrich received five nominations for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his work with Radiohead (2001, 2002, 2004. 2006 and 2009 ). Two albums have been nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical , Kid A in 2001 and Hail to the Thief in 2004, winning for Hail to the Thief.
Radiohead signed to EMI in 1991 and released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in 1993. Their debut single, "Creep", was a worldwide hit, and their popularity and critical standing
The lyrics were inspired by the stress felt by the singer, Thom Yorke, while promoting Radiohead's album OK Computer (1997). Yorke wrote "Everything in Its Right Place" on piano. Radiohead worked on it in a conventional band arrangement before transferring it to synthesiser, and described it as a breakthrough in the album recording.
In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Radiohead.It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download, followed by a retail release internationally through XL Recordings on 3 December 2007 and in North America through TBD Records on 1 January 2008.