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In June 2001, Radiohead began the Amnesiac tour, incorporating their first North American tour in three years. Amnesiac debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and number two on the US Billboard 200. By October 2008, it had sold over 900,000 copies worldwide. It is certified platinum in the UK, the US and Canada, and gold in Japan.
Amnesiac: Nigel Godrich Radiohead 2001 [49] "Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong" My Iron Lung: John Leckie: 1994 [63] " A Punchup at a Wedding" Hail to the Thief: Nigel Godrich Radiohead 2003 [35] "Pyramid Song" Amnesiac: Nigel Godrich Radiohead 2001 [49] "Reckoner" In Rainbows: Nigel Godrich 2007 [34] " A Reminder " [f] B-side to "Paranoid Android ...
[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 ...
Having completed over 20 songs, [22] Radiohead considered releasing a double album, but felt the material was too dense, [23] and decided that a series of EPs would be a "copout". [24] Instead, they saved half the songs for their next album, Amnesiac, released the following year. Yorke said Radiohead split the work into two albums because "they ...
The Mojo critic Danny Eccleston noted the influence of Kid A and Amnesiac on subsequent acts that had blended rock and electronic music. [9] In Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield wrote that Kid A Mnesia was "a stunning collection making the case for both albums as twin halves of the same musical statement ... a monument of Radiohead’s bravest ...
"Knives Out" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the second single from their fifth album, Amnesiac (2001). It features lyrics about cannibalism and guitars influenced by the Smiths. Critics described "Knives Out" as one of the more conventional tracks on Amnesiac.
In mid-2000, Radiohead toured the Mediterranean, performing Kid A and Amnesiac songs for the first time. [66] Later that year, Radiohead toured Europe in a custom-built tent without corporate logos, playing mostly new songs. [67] They also performed three concerts in North American theatres, their first in nearly three years.
"Pyramid Song" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, Amnesiac (2001), in May 2001. It features piano, strings, an unusual "shuffling" rhythm and lyrics inspired by the Egyptian underworld and ideas of cyclical time.