Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Label:
Catalog#:
7243 5 84544 2 0
Format:
CD, Album, Copy Protected
Country:
Europe
Released:
09 Jun 2003
Genre:
Electronic,
Rock
Style:
Alternative Rock,
IDM,
Indie Rock,
Experimental
Tracklist
| 1 | 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.) | 3:19 | X | |
| 2 | Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.) | 4:19 | X | |
| 3 | Sail To The Moon. (Brush The Cobwebs Out Of The Sky.) | 4:18 | X | |
| 4 | Backdrifts. (Honeymoon Is Over.) | 5:22 | X | |
| 5 | Go To Sleep. (Little Man Being Erased.) | 3:21 | X | |
| 6 | Where I End And You Begin. (The Sky Is Falling In.) | 4:29 | X | |
| 7 | We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time Is Up.) | 4:56 | X | |
| 8 | The Gloaming. (Softly Open Our Mouths In The Cold.) | 3:32 | X | |
| Engineer [Tape Loops] - Graeme Stewart | ||||
| 9 | There There. (The Boney King Of Nowhere.) | 5:23 | X | |
| 10 | I Will. (No Man's Land.) | 1:59 | X | |
| 11 | A Punchup At A Wedding. (No No No No No No No No.) | 4:57 | X | |
| 12 | Myxomatosis. (Judge, Jury & Executioner.) | 3:52 | X | |
| 13 | Scatterbrain. (As Dead As Leaves.) | 3:21 | X | |
| 14 | A Wolf At The Door. (It Girl. Rag Doll.) | 3:23 | X | |
Credits
Artwork By [Packaging Designed By] -
Stanley Donwood
Bass, Synthesizer [String], Sampler - Colin Greenwood
Drums, Percussion - Philip Selway*
Engineer - Darrell Thorp
Guitar, Effects, Backing Vocals - Ed O'Brien
Guitar, Electronics [Analogue Systems], Computer [Laptop], Ondes Martenot, Piano [Toy], Glockenspiel - Jonny Greenwood
Recorded By, Edited By, Mixed By - Nigel Godrich
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Computer [Laptop], Lyrics By - Thom Yorke
Written-By - Radiohead
Bass, Synthesizer [String], Sampler - Colin Greenwood
Drums, Percussion - Philip Selway*
Engineer - Darrell Thorp
Guitar, Effects, Backing Vocals - Ed O'Brien
Guitar, Electronics [Analogue Systems], Computer [Laptop], Ondes Martenot, Piano [Toy], Glockenspiel - Jonny Greenwood
Recorded By, Edited By, Mixed By - Nigel Godrich
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Computer [Laptop], Lyrics By - Thom Yorke
Written-By - Radiohead
Notes
This record was made at Ocean Way, Hollywood, California, & at our own studio, between September 2002 and February 2003.
℗ 2003 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
© 2003 EMI Records Ltd.
LC 0299
Made & printed in EU.
bel/BIEM
Barcode: 7 24358 45442 0.
℗ 2003 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
© 2003 EMI Records Ltd.
LC 0299
Made & printed in EU.
bel/BIEM
Barcode: 7 24358 45442 0.
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Radiohead - OK Computer (CD, Album)
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Radiohead - The Bends (CD, Album)
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Radiohead - Kid A (CD, Album)
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Radiohead - Amnesiac (CD, Album)
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Aphex Twin - Drukqs (2xCD, Album)
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Now I'm going to tell you a short story about my "relationship" with Radiohead:
I've been a hardcore Radiohead-fan since "OK Computer". I was like 8-9 years old and didn't listen to anything else than rock this kind of depressing, emotional brit-pop. My interest for EDM didn't start for real around 2000.
After "OK Computer" Radiohead changed their sound radically with the "Kid A" and "Amnesiac" albums. At the first listenings of those albums I didn't understand a shit! My good old Radiohead were now all about experimenting, and at first I got pretty angry.
But after a couple of listenings I started to understand the music. The beauty of the good old Radiohead was there, you just had to search for it. So called "intelligent music".
But even though I started to love these two new albums I kind of missed the OK Computer-Radiohead. It was like the guitar-driven Radiohead were gone...forever...
And so they released "Hail to the thief" - the mix of the old and new Radiohead.
Starting off with their first pure rock-song ("2+2=5") since OK Computer, and then it only get better! "Go to sleep", "Where I end and you begin", "Scatterbrain" and "There there" are pure pre-Kid A material, in a modern package.
And then we have the more experimental tracks: "Sit down, stand up" with the drum'n'bass beats and "Backdrifts" and "The gloaming" are, even their total uniqueness and originality, two of the most beautiful tracks on the album. My favourite-track, though, is the groovy, piano-lead "A punchup at the wedding" which, at the right moment, could bring tears to my eyes. Extremely beautiful!
Aren't there any traditional Radiohead-ballads here, you might ask.
Of course there are, I say then. "Sail to the moon" and "I will" are, as usual when Radiohead slow down their music, two of the most beautful songs ever done in my opinion!
Radiohead are together with Pink Floyd not only the best, but also the most innovative rock-band ever in my opinion. And "Hail to the thief" is the best proof of that! =)