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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.
Radiohead's eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), emphasises the rhythm section with extensive samples and loops. [23] [24] The band released four non-album singles in 2011: "Supercollider" and "The Butcher", [25] followed by "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase". [26] [27] After a hiatus, [5] Radiohead recorded a title song for the 2015 James ...
Hail to the Thief was released in June 2003, ending Radiohead's contract with EMI. It was Radiohead's fourth consecutive UK number-one album and was certified platinum. [1] [3] Radiohead released their seventh album, In Rainbows, in October 2007 as a download for which customers could set their own price; a conventional retail release followed ...
"15 Step" was developed in 2005, when Radiohead was experimenting with odd rhythms. The singer, Thom Yorke, arranged the song on his laptop, [1] inspired by the "clapping groove" of "Fuck the Pain Away" (2000) by Peaches. [2] [3] On March 8, 2006, Radiohead teased the song ahead of their tour later that year through a picture posted to their blog.
Dublin's River Liffey (pictured in 2007) was one of the sources of inspiration for the song. [2]One of the earliest songs written for Kid A (2000), [3] "How to Disappear Completely" was written primarily by the Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, [4] [5] [c] during the tour for their third album, OK Computer (1997).
April Clare Welsh of NME said that it is "probably the most Bends-like track Kid A has to offer", ranking it as the 5th best on the album. [5] Chris DeVille of Stereogum opined that "Optimistic" "is probably the most underrated song in Radiohead's discography". [13] It was included on Radiohead: The Best Of (2008) [14] and Kid A Mnesia (2021). [15]
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 ...
"High and Dry" and "Planet Telex" are songs by the English rock band Radiohead. They were released as a double-A side single from Radiohead's second album, The Bends (1995), on 27 February 1995. "High and Dry" was recorded as a demo during the sessions of Radiohead's first album, Pablo Honey (1993), and remastered for inclusion on The Bends.