The English rock band
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band members are Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Gre ...
have released nine
studio album
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s, one
live album
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, five
compilation album
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s, one
remix album
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, nine
video album
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s, seven
EPs, 32
singles, and 48
music video
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s. Their debut album, ''
Pablo Honey,'' released in February 1993, reached number 22 in the UK, receiving
platinum certifications in the UK and US.
Their debut single, "
Creep", remains their most successful, entering the top 10 in several countries. Their second album, ''
The Bends'', released in March 1995, reached number four in the UK and is certified triple platinum.
Radiohead's third album, ''
OK Computer
''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 m ...
'', was released in May 1997. It remains their most successful album, reaching number one in the UK and Ireland and the top 10 in several other countries.
It was certified triple platinum and produced the UK top-ten singles "
Paranoid Android
"Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album, '' OK Computer'' (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant e ...
", "
Karma Police
"Karma Police" is a song by the English Rock music, rock band Radiohead, released on 25 August 1997 as the second single from their third studio album, ''OK Computer'' (1997). It features acoustic guitar and piano, and lyrical themes of insani ...
" and "
No Surprises".
''
Kid A
''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. Departing from their ...
'' followed in October 2000, topping the charts in the UK and becoming first number-one Radiohead album on the US
''Billboard'' 200.
''
Amnesiac'' was released in May 2001, topping the UK charts and producing the singles "
Pyramid Song" and "
Knives Out
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". ''
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.
Radiohead released their seventh album, ''
In Rainbows,'' in October 2007 as a
download
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for which
customers could set their own price; a conventional retail release followed. It sold more than three million copies in one year. "
Nude
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" and "
Jigsaw Falling Into Place" were released as singles; "Nude" was Radiohead's first top-40 hit on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 since "Creep".
Radiohead released their eighth album, ''
The King of Limbs,'' in February 2011. It ended their streak of number-one albums in the UK, reaching number seven,
and is the only Radiohead album not to be certified gold in the US.
In April 2016, following the purchase of EMI by
Universal Music
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, Radiohead's back catalogue transferred to
XL Recordings, who had released the retail editions of ''In Rainbows'' and ''The King of Limbs''.
Radiohead released their ninth album,''
A Moon Shaped Pool'', in May 2016,
backed by the singles "
Burn the Witch"
and "
Daydreaming
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Various names of this phenomenon exist, including mind-wandering, fantasies, a ...
".
In June 2017, Radiohead released a 20th-anniversary ''OK Computer'' reissue, ''
OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017'', including unreleased tracks, two of which were released as download singles: "
I Promise" and "
Man of War". In June 2019, several hours of recordings from the ''OK Computer'' period leaked online; in response, Radiohead made them available to purchase online as ''
MiniDiscs ">acked', with all proceeds to the environmentalist group
Extinction Rebellion
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. ''
Kid A Mnesia'', an anniversary reissue compiling ''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' and previously unreleased material, was released in November 2021, promoted with the singles "
If You Say the Word" and "
Follow Me Around".
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Remix albums
Demo albums
*"On a Friday" (1986) (as On a Friday) (recorded in Abingdon School music room)
*''Medicinal Sounds'' (1987) (as On a Friday) (recorded in Sphincter Studios in Marcham)
*"Gripe" (1988) (as On a Friday) (recorded in Woodworm Studios)
*"The Greatest Shindig" (1990) (as Shindig) (recorded in Clifton Hampden Village Hall, Nuneham Courtenay Village Hall, and on home 4-track)
*Untitled (nicknamed "Dungeon Demo") (1991) (as On a Friday) (recorded in Dungeon Studios)
*''First Tapes'' (aka ''Manic Hedgehog'') (1991) (as On a Friday) (recorded in Courtyard Studios)
Video albums
EPs
Singles
Promotional singles
Other charted and certified songs
Music videos
See also
*
List of songs recorded by Radiohead
Notes
References
External links
Official websiteRadioheadat
AllMusic
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