Yorke seems to be duetting with Greenwood’s razor-sharp lead parts throughout, Radiohead’s two must powerful voices hurtling downhill in tandem. “The Trickster” (First appearance: My Iron Lung EP, 1994) “The Trickster” is another full-fledged guitar assault. “Coke Babies” (First appearance: “Anyone Can Play Guitar” UK single, 1993) This shoegaze slow-burn plays like an early draft of “Airbag,” its massive wash of guitars cascading into a tingly, all-consuming swoon. The chorus is total college-rock crunch, though. “Faithless, The Wonder Boy” (First appearance: “Creep” cassette promo, 1993) The Smiths influence noted in our is evident here, so much that “Faithless The Wonder Boy” damn near invented Belle And Sebastian two years before Tigermilk. “Million Dollar Question” veers from a rip-roaring, overdriven rock song to a swooning, pleading breakdown and back.Įven on such a straightforward song, the value of a powerful rhythm section cannot be overstated. “Million Dollar Question” (First appearance: “Creep” single, 1993) This melodic fuzzbomb is better than most of the songs that actually made it onto Pablo Honey. Radiohead’s catalog runs deep, and so does my love for it. Thom Yorke’s collaborations with the likes of, and are omitted, too only proper Radiohead songs are included here, not Yorke solo joints.Įven with all those restrictions in place, narrowing this down to 30 songs proved difficult. “,” a song that only appeared on I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, was also left out because a live album is an album nonetheless. And anyhow, we already rounded up four years ago, so no need to revisit those here. I only included studio recordings, so no live favorites like Radiohead’s cover of Can’s “” were eligible. 'Go to Sleep' 3:21: Hail to the Thief, 'Go to Sleep', Radiohead: The Best Of: 2003: 101. 'Sail to the Moon' 4:18: Hail to the Thief: 2003: 99. Stand Up' 4:19: Hail to the Thief, '2 + 2 = 5', Radiohead: The Best Of: 2003: 98. Hail to the Thief, '2 + 2 = 5', COM LAG (2plus2isfive), Radiohead: The Best Of: 2003: 97. A word about my methodology: The list is chronological by era.
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All these years later, this music still makes me giddy. Most hardcore Radiohead fans probably already know every single one of these songs inside-out, and if you’re among that crowd, I’m excited to revisit them with you and nerd out together.
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There are some honest-to-God masterpieces in this playlist, and if you’ve never experienced the likes of “Talk Show Host” or “Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)” before, I am so stoked for you. Their B-sides and rarities cover an even wider stylistic range than their album tracks, and as with most prolific musicians, some of the more obscure material ranks among the absolute best. If you removed all of Radiohead’s studio albums from their discography, their accumulated body of work would still be both vaster than and superior to most other bands’. In honor of Stereogum’s, it’s time to run down the band’s greatest non-album tracks.
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Maybe that was a pathetic way to spend an adolescence, but all those hours toiling at the mercy of a dial-up modem are finally paying off! So whereas previous generations of fanatical music fans lived and died by record stores, catalogs, and zines, I surfed the far recesses of the internet for rarities and had them delivered directly to my hard drive at snail speed. My passionate teenage obsession with Radiohead coincided with the rise of Napster.