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'''Radiohead''' are<!--THIS ARTICLE IS WRITTEN IN BRITISH ENGLISH, WHICH TREATS COLLECTIVE NOUNS LIKE "BAND" AS PLURALS (e.g. "Radiohead ARE a band"). PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS.--> an English ] band from ], formed in 1985. The band consists of ] (vocals, guitars, piano), ] (guitars, keyboards, other instruments), ] (guitars, backing vocals), ] (bass, synthesisers) and ] (drums, percussion).


'''Radiohead''' are<!-- This article is written in British English, which commonly treats collective nouns as plural. Please do NOT change "ARE" to "IS". Thank you. --> an English ] band formed in ], ], in 1985. They comprise ] (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers ] (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and ] (bass); ] (guitar, backing vocals); and ] (drums, percussion). They have worked with the producer ] and the cover artist ] since 1994. Radiohead's ] approach is credited with advancing the sound of ].
Radiohead released their first ], "]", in 1992. The song was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, '']'' (1993). Radiohead's popularity rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, '']'' (1995). Radiohead's third album, '']'' (1997), propelled them to greater international fame. Featuring an expansive sound and themes of ] ], ''OK Computer'' has often been acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s.


Radiohead signed to ] in 1991 and released their debut album, ''],'' in 1993. Their debut single, "]", was a worldwide hit, and their popularity and critical standing rose with '']'' in 1995. Their third album, '']'' (1997), is acclaimed as a landmark record and one of the greatest albums in popular music, with complex production and themes of ]. Their fourth album, '']'' (2000), marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from ], ], ] and ]. Though ''Kid A'' divided listeners, it was later named the best album of the decade by multiple outlets. It was followed by '']'' (2001), recorded in the same sessions. Radiohead's final album for EMI, '']'' (2003), blended rock and electronic music, with lyrics addressing the ].
'']'' (2000) and '']'' (2001) marked an evolution in Radiohead's musical style, as the group incorporated experimental ], ], ] and ] influences. '']'' (2003), a mix of guitar-driven rock, electronics and lyrics inspired by war, was the band's final album for their major record label, ]. The band's first six albums, released via EMI, had sold more than twenty-five million copies by 2007.<ref>
{{Citation
| last =Sherwin
| first =Adam
| title =EMI accuses Radiohead after group’s demands for more fell on deaf ears
| newspaper=]
| date = 28 December 2007
| url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3101671.ece
| accessdate = 29 January 2008
}}</ref> Radiohead independently released their seventh album, '']'' (2007), originally as a ] for which customers could set their own price, and later in physical form to critical and chart success.


Radiohead self-released their seventh album, '']'' (2007), as a ] for which customers could ], to critical and commercial success. Their eighth album, '']'' (2011), an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive ] and ]. '']'' (2016) prominently featured Jonny Greenwood's ]l arrangements. Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Selway and O'Brien have released solo albums. In 2021, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood debuted a new band, ].
Radiohead's work has appeared in a large number of listener polls and critics' lists.<ref>{{Citation |title=Radiohead gun for Beatles' Revolver |source=BBC News |publisher=BBC News |date=3 September 2000 |accessdate=28 September 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/908638.stm}}</ref><ref>{{citation

| title = Radiohead&nbsp;— In Rainbows Is Overwhelming Critics Choice for Top Album
By 2011, Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.<ref name="BBC Worldwide takes exclusive 20112">Jonathan, Emma. . ]. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2023.</ref> ] include six ] and four ], and they hold five ] nominations, the most of any act. Seven Radiohead singles have reached the top 10 on the ]: "Creep" (1992), "]" (1996), "]" (1997), "]" (1997), "]" (1998), "]" (2001), and "]" (2003). "Creep" and "]" (2008) reached the ] on the US ]. '']'' named Radiohead one of the ], and included five of their albums in its lists of the "]". Radiohead were inducted into the ] in 2019.
| url = http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/in-rainbows-is-overwhelming-critics-choice-for-top-album_1053848
| publisher=Contact Music
| date = 18 December 2007
| accessdate = 3 October 2009
}}</ref> In 2005, Radiohead were ranked number 73 in '']'''s list of "The Greatest Artists of All Time".<ref>{{citation
| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7248604/73_radiohead
| title=The Immortals&nbsp;— The Greatest Artists of All Time: 73) Radiohead
| accessdate = 3 October 2008
| date=22 April 2005
| magazine=]
}}</ref> While the band's earlier albums were influential on British rock and pop music,<ref>
{{citation
| title = The 50 albums that changed music
| newspaper=The Observer
| date = 16 July 2006
| url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1821230,00.html
| accessdate = 3 October 2009
}}</ref> musicians in a wide variety of genres have been influenced by their later work.<ref name="BBCKIDAAMN"/>


==History== ==History==
===Formation and first years (1985–1991)===
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The musicians who formed Radiohead met while attending ], a boys-only ] in ].<ref name="MCLEAN">
{{Citation
| last =McLean
| first =Craig
| title =Don't worry, be happy
| newspaper=]
| date = 14 July 2003
| url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/13/1055220766407.html
| accessdate = 25 December 2007
}}</ref> Thom Yorke and Colin Greenwood were in the same year, Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway were one year older and Jonny Greenwood two years younger than his brother. In 1985 they formed the band "On a Friday", the name referring to the band's usual rehearsal day in the school's music room.<ref name="RANDALL"/> The group played their first gig in late 1986 at Oxford's ];<ref name="CLARKE">
{{citation
| last=Clarke
| first=Martin
| title=Radiohead: Hysterical and Useless
| date=5 May 2006
| isbn=0859653838
| publisher=Plexus
}}</ref> Jonny Greenwood originally joined as a harmonica and then keyboard player, but he soon became the lead guitarist.<ref name="RANDALL">
{{Citation
| last = Randall
| first = Mac
| title = The Golden Age of Radiohead
| magazine = ]
| date = 1 April 1998
}}</ref>


===1985–1992: formation and first years===
Although Yorke, O'Brien, Selway, and Colin Greenwood had left Abingdon by 1987 to attend university, the band continued to rehearse often on weekends and holidays.<ref name="ROSS">
], where Radiohead formed]]
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The members of Radiohead met while attending ], a ] school for boys in ].<ref name="MCLEAN">{{cite news|last=McLean|first=Craig|title=Don't worry, be happy|newspaper=]|date=14 July 2003|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/dont-worry-be-happy-20030614-gdgxei.html|access-date=25 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001040219/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/dont-worry-be-happy-20030614-gdgxei.html|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The guitarist and singer ] and the bassist ] were in the same year; the guitarist ] was one year above, and the drummer ] was in the year above O'Brien.<ref name="AbingdonArchives">{{Cite web |title=Radiohead |url=https://archives.abingdon.org.uk/content/uncategorized/radiohead |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821213232/https://archives.abingdon.org.uk/content/uncategorized/radiohead |archive-date=2024-08-21 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Abingdon School Archives |language=en}}</ref> Colin's brother, the multi-instrumentalist ], was three years below Colin and Yorke and the last to join.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radiohead |url=https://archives.abingdon.org.uk/content/uncategorized/radiohead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821213232/https://archives.abingdon.org.uk/content/uncategorized/radiohead |archive-date=2024-08-21 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Abingdon School Archives |language=en}}</ref>
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In 1985, the group formed On a Friday, the name referring to their usual rehearsal day in the school's music room.<ref name="guitar-world">{{cite journal |author=Randall |first=Mac |date=1 April 1998 |title=The Golden Age of Radiohead |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/radiohead-interview-golden-age-radiohead |journal=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903205835/http://www.guitarworld.com/radiohead-interview-golden-age-radiohead |archive-date=3 September 2017}}</ref> The band disliked the school's strict atmosphere—the headmaster once charged them for using a rehearsal room on a Sunday—and found solace in the music department. They credited their music teacher for introducing them to ], ], postwar ], and ].<ref name="ROSS">{{cite news |last=Ross |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Ross |date=20 August 2001 |title=The Searchers |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/08/20/the-searchers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214053947/http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/mahler_1.html |archive-date=14 February 2008 |access-date=16 March 2011 |newspaper=]}}</ref>
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]'' announcing On a Friday's change of name<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite news|date=13 March 2016|title=Radiohead, Foals and 25 years of discovering Oxford music|language=en-GB|work=]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-33176717|url-status=live|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314074533/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-33176717|archive-date=14 March 2016}}</ref>]]While each member contributed songs in the band's early period, Yorke emerged as the main songwriter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Randall |first=Mac |date=9 June 2023 |title=Philip Selway: Tidal Backstory |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/philip-selway-backstory/1-91629 |access-date=15 June 2023 |website=]}}</ref> According to Colin, the band members picked their instruments because they wanted to play together, rather than through any particular interest: "It was more of a collective angle, and if you could contribute by having someone else play your instrument, then that was really cool."<ref name="KELLY">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2001/0915/01091500133.html|title=Taking Music To Strange Places|last=Kelly|first=John|date=15 September 2001|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=16 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012072827/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2001/0915/01091500133.html|archive-date=12 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> They played few gigs, and focused on rehearsing in village halls.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Jane |date=2024-10-20 |title=Colin Greenwood: 'I never let Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead' |url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/colin-greenwood-interview-radiohead-jonny-music/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> Oxford had an active ] scene in the late 1980s, but it centred on ] bands such as ] and ].<ref name="KENT">{{cite journal |last=Kent |first=Nick |author-link=Nick Kent |date=1 June 2001 |title=Happy now? |journal=]}}</ref> On a Friday played their first gig in 1987, at Oxford's ].<ref name="guitar-world" />
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On the strength of an early demo, On a Friday were offered a record deal by ], but they decided they were not ready and wanted to go to university first.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs – Ten things we learned from Thom Yorke's Desert Island Discs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/b7zfNZjlKBK3r8s9t9ldhx/ten-things-we-learned-from-thom-yorkes-desert-island-discs |access-date=23 September 2019 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> They continued to rehearse on weekends and holidays,<ref name="ROSS"/> but did not perform for four years.<ref name="RANDALL">{{cite journal|last=Randall|first=Mac|date=1 April 1998|title=The Golden Age of Radiohead|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/radiohead-interview-golden-age-radiohead|journal=]}}</ref> At the ], Yorke played with the band Headless Chickens, performing songs including future Radiohead material.<ref>{{cite web|last=Minsker|first=Evan|date=13 July 2015|title=Rare footage surfaces of Thom Yorke performing 'High and Dry' with pre-Radiohead band|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/60375-rare-footage-surfaces-of-thom-yorke-performing-high-and-dry-with-pre-radiohead-band/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715025618/http://pitchfork.com/news/60375-rare-footage-surfaces-of-thom-yorke-performing-high-and-dry-with-pre-radiohead-band/|archive-date=15 July 2015|access-date=16 July 2015|website=]}}</ref> He also met ], who later became Radiohead's cover artist.<ref name="EYE">{{cite web|url=https://www.eyestorm.com/artists/profile/Stanley_Donwood.html|title=Stanley Donwood|publisher=Eyestorm|access-date=29 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516152202/http://www.eyestorm.com/artists/profile/Stanley_Donwood.html|archive-date=16 May 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080214053947/http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/04/mahler_1.html |archivedate = 14 February 2008}}</ref> In 1991, when all the members except Jonny had completed their university degrees, On a Friday regrouped, began to record demos such as ''Manic Hedgehog'', and performed live gigs around Oxford. Oxfordshire and the ] had an active ] scene in the late 1980s, but it centred around ] bands such as ] and ]; On a Friday were never seen as fitting this trend, commenting that they had missed it by the time they returned from university.<ref name="KENT">
In 1991, the band regrouped in Oxford, sharing a house on the corner of Magdalen Road and Ridgefield Road.<ref name="Fricke-2012">{{cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |date=26 April 2012 |title=Radiohead reconnect |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-reconnect-20120426 |url-status=live |magazine=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317233858/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-reconnect-20120426 |archive-date=17 March 2016 |access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> They recorded another demo, which attracted the attention of Chris Hufford, Slowdive's producer and the co-owner of Oxford's Courtyard Studios.<ref name="Doyle-2008">{{Cite journal|last=Doyle|first=Tom|date=April 2008|title=The complete Radiohead|journal=]|publisher=]|volume=261|pages=65–69|issn=0955-4955}}</ref> Hufford and his business partner, Bryce Edge, attended a concert at the Jericho Tavern; impressed, they became On a Friday's managers.<ref name="Doyle-2008"/> According to Hufford, at this point the band had "all of the elements of Radiohead", but with a rougher, punkier sound and faster tempos.<ref name="Gilbert-1996">{{Cite journal |last=Gilbert |first=Pat |date=November 1996 |title=Radiohead |journal=]}}</ref> At Courtyard Studios, On a Friday recorded the ''Manic Hedgehog'' demo tape, named after an Oxford record shop.<ref name="Gilbert-1996" />
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Nevertheless, as On a Friday's number of live performances increased, record labels and producers became interested. Chris Hufford, Slowdive's producer and the co-owner of Oxford's Courtyard Studios, attended an early On a Friday concert at the Jericho Tavern. Impressed by the band, he and his partner Bryce Edge produced a demo tape and became On a Friday's managers;<ref name="ROSS"/> they remain the band's managers to this day. Following a chance meeting between Colin Greenwood and ] ] representative Keith Wozencroft at the record shop where Greenwood worked, the band signed a six-album recording contract with the label in late 1991.<ref name="ROSS"/> At the request of EMI, the band changed their name to Radiohead, inspired by the title of a song on ]' '']'' album.<ref name="ROSS"/> In late 1991, Colin happened to meet the ] ] representative Keith Wozencroft at a record shop and handed him a copy of the demo.<ref name="Doyle-2008" /> Wozencroft was impressed and attended a performance.<ref name="Doyle-2008" /> That November, On a Friday performed at the Jericho Tavern to an audience that included several A&R representatives. It was only their eighth gig, but they had attracted interest from several record companies.<ref name="Doyle-2008" /> On 21 December, On a Friday signed a six-album recording contract with EMI.<ref name="ROSS" /><ref name="Doyle-2008" /> At EMI's request, they changed their name; "Radiohead" was taken from the song "Radio Head" on the ] album '']'' (1986).<ref name="ROSS" /> Yorke said the name "sums up all these things about receiving stuff ... It's about the way you take information in, the way you respond to the environment you're put in."<ref name="Doyle-2008" />


===''Pablo Honey'', ''The Bends'' and early success (1992–1995)=== ===1992–1994: "Creep", ''Pablo Honey'' and early success===
Radiohead recorded their debut release, the '']'' ], with Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge at Courtyard Studios. Released in March 1992, its chart performance was very poor. Subsequently, the band enlisted Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade—who had worked with US indie bands ] and ]—to ] their debut album, recorded quickly in an Oxford studio in 1992.<ref name="RANDALL"/> With the release of the "]" single late in the year, Radiohead began to receive attention in the British music press, not all of it favourable. '']'' described them as "a lily-livered excuse for a rock band",<ref name="FREQUENCY"> Radiohead recorded their debut EP, '']'', with Hufford and Edge at Courtyard Studios. Released in May 1992, its chart performance was poor.<ref name="guitar-world" /> As it was difficult for ] such as EMI to promote bands in the UK, where ] dominated the ], Radiohead's managers planned to have Radiohead use American producers and tour aggressively in America, then return to build a following in the UK.<ref name="popisdead-1" /> ] and ], who had worked with the US bands ] and ], were enlisted to produce Radiohead's debut album, recorded quickly in Oxford in 1992.<ref name="guitar-world"/> With the release of their debut single, "]", that September, Radiohead began to receive attention in the British music press, not all of it favourable; '']'' described them as "a lily-livered excuse for a rock band",<ref name="FREQUENCY">{{cite news|title=Radiohead: The right frequency|date=22 February 2001|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1182725.stm|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=24 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728142710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1182725.stm|archive-date=28 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Creep" was blacklisted by ] as "too depressing".<ref name="mel">{{cite news|title=Creepshow|newspaper=]|date=19 December 1992}}</ref>
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| date=22 February 2001
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}}</ref> and "Creep" was blacklisted by ] because it was deemed "too depressing".<ref name="mel">
{{Citation
| title =Creepshow
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| date = 19 December 1992
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The band released their debut album, '']'', in February 1993. It stalled at number 22 in the UK charts, as "Creep" and its anthemic follow-up singles "]" and "]" failed to become radio or video hits. "]", a non-album single later disavowed by the band, sold equally poorly. Some critics compared the band's early style to the wave of ] music popular in the early 1990s—to the extent of Radiohead being dubbed "]-lite"<ref name="SMITH"/>—yet ''Pablo Honey'' failed to make either a critical or a commercial splash upon its initial release.<ref name="FREQUENCY"/> Despite shared influences with popular guitar-heavy acts, and some notice for Yorke's ] voice, the band toured only British universities and clubs.<ref name="PABLO">{{Citation
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Radiohead released their debut album, '']'', in February 1993. It reached number 22 in the UK charts. "Creep" and its follow-up singles "Anyone Can Play Guitar" and "]" failed to become hits, and "]", a non-album single, also sold poorly. O'Brien later called it "a hideous mistake".<ref name="popisdead-1">{{cite book |author=Randall |first=Mac |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GU9QmQEpLoYC&q=%22Pop+Is+Dead%22+radiohead&pg=PT112 |title=Exit Music – The Radiohead Story |publisher=] |year=2011 |isbn=978-0857126955}}</ref> Some critics compared Radiohead to the wave of ] music popular in the early 1990s, dubbing them "]-lite",<ref name="SMITH">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Andrew |date=1 October 2000 |title=Sound and Fury |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,375564,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031226112721/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0%2C6903%2C375564%2C00.html |archive-date=26 December 2003 |access-date=17 March 2007 |newspaper=] |location=London}}</ref> and ''Pablo Honey'' initially failed to make a critical or a commercial impact.<ref name="FREQUENCY"/> The members of Radiohead expressed dissatisfaction with the album in later years.<ref name="Pitchfork2">{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Joshua |date=26 February 2007 |title=Various artists: ''Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller'' Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9911-jonny-greenwood-is-the-controller/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310040933/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9911-jonny-greenwood-is-the-controller/ |archive-date=10 March 2021 |access-date=2016-06-23 |website=]}}</ref>
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In early 1993, Radiohead began to attract listeners elsewhere. "Creep" had been played frequently on Israeli radio by the influential DJ ], and in March, after the song became a hit there, Radiohead were invited to ] for their first show overseas.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rubinstein|first=Harry|title=The Radiohead&nbsp;— Israel connection|newspaper=israelity.com|url=http://israelity.com/2009/01/20/the-radiohead-israel-connection/|date=20 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515111700/http://israelity.com/2009/01/20/the-radiohead-israel-connection/|archive-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> Around the same time, "Creep" became a hit in America, a "] anthem" in the vein of "]" by ] and "]" by ].<ref name="postrockband">{{cite news |last=Marzorati |first=Gerald |date=1 October 2000 |title=The post-rock band |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/01/magazine/the-post-rock-band.html |access-date=28 July 2008 |work=] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It reached number two on the ''Billboard'' ],<ref name="ROSS"/> number 34 on the ''Billboard'' ] chart,<ref name="Irvin-1997">{{cite journal|last1=Irvin|first1=Jim|author-link=Jim Irvin|last2=Hoskyns|first2=Barney|date=July 1997|title=We have lift-off!|journal=]|issue=45}}</ref> and number seven on the ] when EMI rereleased it in September.<ref name="BILL"/> To build on the success, Radiohead embarked on a US tour supporting ] and ],<ref name="frontline">{{Cite journal |last=Nichols |first=Natalie |date=Fall 1993 |title=Creeping into the Limelight |journal=Fender Frontline |publisher=The Phelps Group |volume=11}}</ref> followed by a European tour supporting ] and ].<ref name="Irvin-1997" /><ref name="Gilbert-1996" />
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===1994–1995: ''The Bends'', critical recognition and growing fanbase===
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| newspaper=israelity.com
| image2 = Stanley Donwood The Universal Sigh 2011.jpg
| url =http://israelity.com/2009/01/20/the-radiohead-israel-connection/
| caption2 = ''The Bends'' marked Radiohead's first collaboration with the producer ] (top) and the artist ], both of whom have worked on every Radiohead album since.
| date = 20 January 2009
}}
}}</ref> Around the same time, the ] alternative radio station ] added the song to its playlist. Soon other radio stations along the west coast of the United States followed suit. By the time Radiohead began their first North American tour in June 1993, the ] for "Creep" was in heavy rotation on ].<ref name="ROSS"/> The song rose to number two on the US ] chart, entered the lower reaches of the ] pop chart, and finally hit number seven in the UK singles chart when EMI re-released it in Britain late in the year.<ref name="BILL"/>


Radiohead began work on their second album in 1994 with the veteran ] producer ]. Tensions were high, with mounting expectations to match the success of "Creep".<ref>{{cite journal|first=Johnny|last=Black|title=The Greatest Songs Ever! Fake Plastic Trees|date=1 June 2003|journal=]|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=824|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409000921/http://blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=824|archive-date=9 April 2007|access-date=15 April 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> To break a deadlock, Radiohead toured Asia, Australasia and Mexico and found greater confidence performing their new music live.<ref name="RANDA BENDS">{{cite book |last=Randall |first=Mac |title=Exit Music: The Radiohead Story |date=12 September 2000 |publisher=Delta |isbn=0-385-33393-5 |pages=127–134}}</ref> However, troubled by his new fame, Yorke became disillusioned with being "at the sharp end of the sexy, sassy, MTV eye-candy lifestyle" he felt he was helping to sell to the world.<ref name="REYNOLDS">{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |date=July 2001 |title=Walking on thin ice |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/radiohead-walking-on-thin-ice |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=]}}</ref>
Unexpected attention to the single in America caused the label to improvise new promotional plans, and the band shuttled back and forth between continents, playing over 150 concerts in 1993.<ref name="PABLO"/> Radiohead nearly broke up due to the pressure of sudden success as the ''Pablo Honey'' supporting tour extended into its second year.<ref>
{{Citation
| last = Richardson
| first = Andy
| title = Boom! Shake The Gloom!
| newspaper=]
| date = 9 December 1995
}}</ref> Band members described the tour as difficult to adjust to, saying that towards its end they were "still playing the same songs that recorded two years previously... like being held in a time warp", when they were eager to work on new songs.<ref name="HARDING">
{{citation
| first=Nigel
| last=Harding
| title=Radiohead's Phil Selway
| year=1995
| newspaper=consumable.com
| url =http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1995/May08.1995/revradio.html
| accessdate = 28 May 2007
}}</ref>


The '']'' EP and single, released in 1994, was Radiohead's reaction, marking a transition towards the greater depth they aimed for on their second album.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mallins|first=Steve|date=1 April 1995|title=Scuba Do|journal=]}}</ref> It was Radiohead's first collaboration with their future producer, ], then working under Leckie as an ],<ref>{{cite news |last=McKinnon |first=Matthew |date=24 July 2006 |title=Everything In Its Right Place |website=] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/everything-in-its-right-place-1.587693 |url-status=live |access-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170935/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/everything-in-its-right-place-1.587693 |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> and the artist ]. Both have worked on every Radiohead album since.<ref name="EYE" /> Though sales of ''My Iron Lung'' were low, it boosted Radiohead's credibility in alternative circles, creating commercial opportunity for their next album.<ref name="EXIT">{{cite book|last=Randall|first=Mac|title=Exit Music: The Radiohead Story|date=12 September 2000|pages=98–99|isbn=0-385-33393-5|publisher=Delta}}</ref>
The band began work on their second album in 1994, hiring veteran ] producer ]. Tensions were high, with mounting expectations on the band to deliver a superior follow-up to match or exceed the success of "Creep".<ref name="BLACK">
{{citation
| first=Johnny
| last=Black
| title=The Greatest Songs Ever! Fake Plastic Trees
| date=1 June 2003
| magazine = ]
| url =http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=824
| accessdate = 15 April 2007
}}</ref> Recording felt unnatural in the studio, band members having over-rehearsed their material.<ref name="RANDA BENDS">{{citation
| last=Randall | first=Mac
| title=Exit Music: The Radiohead Story
| date=12 September 2000
| pages=127–134
| isbn= 0385333935
| publisher=Delta
}}</ref> They sought a change of scenery, touring the ], ] and ] in an attempt to reduce the pressure. The band found greater confidence performing their new music live.<ref name="RANDA BENDS"/> However, confronted again by the fame he had achieved, Yorke became disillusioned at being "right at the sharp end of the sexy, sassy, MTV eye-candy lifestyle" he felt he was helping to sell to the world.<ref name="REYNOLDS">
{{Citation
| last = Reynolds
| first = Simon
| author-link = Simon Reynolds
| title = Walking on Thin Ice
| magazine = ]
|date=June 2001}}</ref>


Having introduced more new songs on tour, Radiohead finished recording their second album, '']'', by 1995, and released it that March. It was driven by dense riffs and ethereal atmospheres, with greater use of keyboards.<ref name="guitar-world" /> It received stronger reviews for its songwriting and performances.<ref name="FREQUENCY" /> While Radiohead were seen as outsiders to the ] scene that dominated music media at the time, they were finally successful in the UK,<ref name="KENT" /> as the singles "]", "]", "]", and "]" became chart successes. "High and Dry" became a modest hit, but Radiohead's growing fanbase was insufficient to repeat the worldwide success of "Creep". ''The Bends'' reached number 88 on the US album charts, and remains Radiohead's lowest showing there.<ref name="art-rock"/> Jonny Greenwood later said ''The Bends'' was turning point for Radiohead: "It started appearing in people's polls for the end of the year. That's when it started to feel like we made the right choice about being a band."<ref name="LAUNCH">{{cite journal|last=DiMartino|first=Dave|title=Give Radiohead to Your Computer|journal=]|date=2 May 1997}}</ref> In later years, ''The Bends'' appeared in many publications' lists of the best albums of all time,<ref name="Voted best">{{citation|title=Beatles, Radiohead albums voted best ever|date=4 September 2000|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/04/britain.albums/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080522120621/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/04/britain.albums/|work=CNN.com|access-date=8 October 2008|archive-date=22 May 2008}}<br />{{cite journal|date=February 1998|title=Q Readers All Time Top 100 Albums|journal=]|issue=137}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://www.listsofbests.com/list/13644-q-readers-best-albums-ever-2006-readers-poll|title=Q Magazine's Q Readers Best Albums Ever (2006 Readers Poll) Archived by Lists of Bests|work=]|access-date=15 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231034303/http://www.listsofbests.com/list/13644-q-readers-best-albums-ever-2006-readers-poll|archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref> including '']'s'' 2012 edition of the ] at No. 111.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/radiohead-the-bends-20120524|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=18 July 2016|date=31 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717125207/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/radiohead-the-bends-20120524|archive-date=17 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
'']'', an EP and single released late in 1994, was Radiohead's reaction, marking a transition towards the greater depth they aimed for on their second album.<ref>
{{citation
| first=Steve
| last=Mallins
| title=Scuba Do
| date=1 April 1995
| magazine = ]
}}</ref> Promoted through alternative radio stations, the hard-edged single's sales were better than expected, and suggested for the first time that the band had found a loyal fan base beyond one hit.<ref name="EXIT">
{{citation
| last=Randall
| first=Mac
| title=Exit Music: The Radiohead Story
| date=12 September 2000
| pages=98–99
| isbn= 0385333935
| publisher=Delta
}}</ref> Having introduced more new songs on tour, Radiohead finished recording their second album by year's end, and they released '']'' in March 1995. The album was driven by dense riffs and ethereal atmospheres from the band's three guitarists, with greater use of ] than their debut.<ref name="RANDALL"/> It also received stronger reviews for both songwriting and performances.<ref name="FREQUENCY"/>


In 1995, Radiohead again toured North America and Europe, this time in support of ], one of their formative influences and at the time one of the biggest rock bands in the world.<ref name="HARDING">{{cite news|url=http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1995/May08.1995/revradio.html|title=Radiohead's Phil Selway|last=Harding|first=Nigel|newspaper=consumable.com|access-date=28 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810101504/http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1995/May08.1995/revradio.html|archive-date=10 August 2007|url-status=dead|year=1995}}</ref> Attention from famous fans such as the R.E.M. singer ], along with distinctive music videos for "Just" and "Street Spirit", helped sustain Radiohead's popularity outside the UK.<ref>Randall, p. 127</ref> The night before a performance in Denver, Colorado, Radiohead's tour van was stolen, and with it their musical equipment. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a stripped-down acoustic set with rented instruments and several shows were cancelled.<ref name="StolenEquipment">{{Cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2015/02/23/radioheads-jonny-greenwood-reunited-guitar-stolen-in-denver-in-1995/|title=Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood reunited with guitar stolen in Denver in 1995|date=23 February 2015|work=]|access-date=11 January 2019|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200713/https://www.denverpost.com/2015/02/23/radioheads-jonny-greenwood-reunited-guitar-stolen-in-denver-in-1995/|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Greenwood was reunited with one of the stolen guitars in 2015 after a fan recognised it as one they had purchased in Denver in the 1990s.<ref name="StolenEquipment" />}} Their first live video, '']'', was released in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=2020-05-27|title=Radiohead to stream classic ''Live at the Astoria'' show in full|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-to-stream-classic-live-at-the-astoria-show-in-full-2677066|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606082132/https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-to-stream-classic-live-at-the-astoria-show-in-full-2677066|archive-date=6 June 2020|access-date=2020-06-02|website=]|language=en-GB}}</ref>
While Radiohead were seen as outsiders to the ] scene that dominated the media's attention at the time, they were finally successful in their home country with ''The Bends'',<ref name="KENT"/> as singles "]", "]", "]", and "]" made their way to UK chart success; the latter song placed Radiohead in the top five for the first time. In 1995, Radiohead again toured North America and Europe, this time in support of ], one of their formative influences and at the time one of the biggest rock bands in the world.<ref name="HARDING"/> The buzz generated by such famous fans as ], along with distinctive music videos for "Just" and "Street Spirit", helped to sustain Radiohead's popularity outside the UK.


===1995–1998: ''OK Computer'' and acclaim===
However, Radiohead's growing fan base was insufficient for them to repeat the commercial popularity of "Creep" worldwide. "High and Dry" became a modest hit, but ''The Bends'' peaked at 88 on the US album charts, which remains Radiohead's lowest showing there.<ref>
]
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By late 1995, Radiohead had already recorded one song that would appear on their next record. "]", released as a single to promote the ] charity's '']'',<ref name="IRETIMES">{{cite news|last=Courtney|first=Kevin|title=Radiohead calling|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=17 May 1997|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/1997/0517/97051700184.html|access-date=24 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726215059/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/1997/0517/97051700184.html|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> was recorded in a brief session with Nigel Godrich, the young audio engineer who had assisted on ''The Bends.'' Radiohead decided to self-produce their next album with Godrich, and began work in early 1996. By July they had recorded four songs at their rehearsal studio, Canned Applause, a converted apple shed in the countryside near ], Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Adrian|last=Glover|title=Radiohead&nbsp;— Getting More Respect|date=1 August 1997|journal=]}}</ref> In August 1996, Radiohead toured as the opening act for ].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moran|first=Caitlin|author-link=Caitlin Moran|date=July 1997|title=Everything was just fear.|journal=]|page=84}}</ref> They resumed recording not at a studio but at ], a 15th-century mansion near ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,OK_Computer,00.html|title=The All-Time 100 albums|magazine=Time|date=13 November 2006|access-date=11 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307093434/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,OK_Computer,00.html|archive-date=7 March 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sessions were relaxed, with the band playing at all hours of the day, recording in different rooms, and listening to ], ], ] and ] for inspiration.<ref name="guitar-world" /><ref name="LAUNCH" />
| title = Radiohead: Biography
], ], ], and ] discussing '']'' in 1997]]
| magazine = ]
Radiohead released their third album, '']'', in May 1997. It found the band experimenting with song structures and incorporating ], ] and ] influences, prompting '']'' to call the album a "stunning art-rock tour de force".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Mark Kemp|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ok-computer-19970710|title=OK Computer &#124; Album Reviews|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=10 July 1997|access-date=26 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117031912/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ok-computer-19970710|archive-date=17 January 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Radiohead denied being part of the ] genre, but critics began to compare their work to ]. Some compared ''OK Computer'' thematically to the 1973 Pink Floyd album '']'',<ref>{{Harvnb|Reising|2005|pp=208–211}}<br />{{Harvnb|Griffiths|2004|p=109}}<br />{{Harvnb|Buckley|2003|p=843}}</ref> although Yorke said the lyrics were inspired by observing the "speed" of the world in the 1990s. Yorke's lyrics, embodying different characters, had expressed what one magazine called "end-of-the-millennium blues"<ref name="REQ">{{cite journal|title=Subterranean Aliens|date=1 September 1997|journal=Request Magazine}}</ref> in contrast to the more personal songs of ''The Bends''. According to the journalist ], Radiohead had become "the poster boys for a certain kind of knowing alienation" as Talking Heads and R.E.M. had been before.<ref name="ROSS"/> ''OK Computer'' received acclaim. Yorke said he was "amazed it got the reaction it did. None of us fucking knew any more whether it was good or bad. What really blew my head off was the fact that people got all the things, all the textures and the sounds and the atmospheres we were trying to create."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Renaissance Men|journal=]|date=December 1997}}</ref>
| url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/radiohead/biography
| accessdate = 20 January 2009
}}</ref> Radiohead were satisfied with the album's reception. Jonny Greenwood said, "I think the turning point for us came about nine or twelve months after ''The Bends'' was released and it started appearing in people's polls for the end of the year. That's when it started to feel like we made the right choice about being a band".<ref name="LAUNCH">
{{Citation
| last = DiMartino
| first = Dave
| title = Give Radiohead to Your Computer
| magazine = ]
| date = 2 May 1997
| accessdate = 21 December 2007
}}</ref>


===''OK Computer'', fame and critical acclaim (1996–1998)===
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In late 1995, Radiohead had already recorded one song that would make their next record. "]", released as a single to promote the ] charity's '']'',<ref name="IRETIMES">
''OK Computer'' was Radiohead's first number-one UK chart debut, and brought them commercial success around the world. Despite peaking at number 21 in the ], the album eventually met with mainstream recognition there, earning Radiohead their first ] recognition, winning ] and a nomination for ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amug.org/~scrnsrc/grammys_98.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981201040406/http://www.amug.org/~scrnsrc/grammys_98.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 1998|title=Screen Source presents: The 40th Annual Grammy Awards|access-date=20 November 2007|date=27 February 1998|work=Screen Source|publisher=amug.com}}</ref> "]", "]" and "]" were released as singles, of which "Karma Police" was most successful internationally.<ref name="BILL">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=radiohead|chart=all}}|title=Radiohead: Artist Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 November 2007}}</ref> ''OK Computer'' went on to become a staple of "best-of" British album lists.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3HSuhm6DRGgC&pg=PA28|title=Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album: How to Disappear Completely|last=Letts|first=Marianne Tatom|date=2010|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253004918|page=28|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217094343/https://books.google.com/books?id=3HSuhm6DRGgC&pg=PA28|archive-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8219786/Radioheads-OK-Computer-named-best-album-of-the-past-25-years.html|title=Radiohead's OK Computer named best album of the past 25 years|date=22 December 2010|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201214751/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8219786/Radioheads-OK-Computer-named-best-album-of-the-past-25-years.html|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, Radiohead became one of the first bands in the world to have a website, and developed a devoted online following; within a few years, there were dozens of ]s devoted to them.<ref name="Curious Case">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9890-internet-explorers-the-curious-case-of-radioheads-online-fandom/|title=Internet Explorers: The Curious Case of Radiohead's Online Fandom|last=Jeremy|first=Gordon|date=12 May 2016|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512175336/http://pitchfork.com/features/article/9890-internet-explorers-the-curious-case-of-radioheads-online-fandom/|archive-date=12 May 2016|access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>
{{citation
| last = Courtney
| first = Kevin
| title = Radiohead calling
| newspaper=]
| date = 17 May 1997
| url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/1997/0517/97051700184.html
| accessdate = 24 December 2007
}}</ref> had come out of a brief session with ], a young ] who had assisted on ''The Bends'' and also produced a 1996 ], "]". The band decided to produce their next album with Godrich's assistance, and they began work in early 1996. By July they had recorded four songs at their rehearsal studio, Canned Applause, a converted apple shed in the countryside near ], Oxfordshire.<ref>
{{citation
| first = Adrian
| last = Glover
| title = Radiohead&nbsp;— Getting More Respect
| date = 1 August 1997
| magazine = ]
}}</ref>


''OK Computer'' was followed by the year-long Against Demons world tour, including Radiohead's first headline ] performance in 1997.<ref name="Glastonbury 2017">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/20/radiohead-glastonbury-2017-festival-headliners-confirmed-pyramid-stage-worthy-farm|title=Radiohead are confirmed as first headliners for Glastonbury 2017|last=Hann|first=Michael|date=20 October 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=20 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021012906/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/20/radiohead-glastonbury-2017-festival-headliners-confirmed-pyramid-stage-worthy-farm|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite technical problems that almost caused Yorke to abandon the stage, the performance was acclaimed and cemented Radiohead as a major live act.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/radioheads-glastonbury-1997-set-like-form-according-guitarist/|title=Radiohead's Glastonbury 1997 set was 'like a form of hell', according to guitarist Ed O'Brien|last=White|first=Adam|date=23 June 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=24 June 2017|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623230959/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/radioheads-glastonbury-1997-set-like-form-according-guitarist/|archive-date=23 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ], the director of the "No Surprises" video, filmed the band on tour for the 1999 documentary '']''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/177943/Meeting-People-is-Easy/overview|title=Meeting People is Easy (1999)|access-date=20 November 2007|last=Deming|first=Mark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116202225/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/177943/Meeting-People-is-Easy/overview|archive-date=16 January 2008|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=]|date=2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film portrays the band's disaffection with the music industry and press, showing their ] over the course of the tour.<ref name="guitar-world" /> Since its release, ''OK Computer'' is often acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s<ref>Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121081725/https://www.allmusic.com/album/ok-computer-mw0000024289|date=21 November 2018}}" AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2012</ref> and the ] era, and one of the greatest albums in recording history.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rose|first=Phil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UCIDwAAQBAJ&q=radiohead+generation+x+ok+computer&pg=PR20|title=Radiohead: Music for a Global Future|date=2019-04-22|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-7930-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Q Magazine: The 100 Greatest British Albums of All Time – How many do you own? (Either on CD, Vinyl, Tape or Download)|url=https://www.listchallenges.com/q-magazine-the-100-greatest-british-albums-of-all|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219052103/https://www.listchallenges.com/q-magazine-the-100-greatest-british-albums-of-all|archive-date=19 February 2020|access-date=19 February 2020|work=List Challenges}}</ref>
In August 1996, Radiohead toured as the opening act for ], seeking to perfect their new songs live before completing the record. They then resumed recording, again outside a traditional music studio, settling instead at a 15th-century mansion, ], near Bath.<ref>
{{citation
| url = http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,OK_Computer,00.html
| title = The All-Time 100 albums
| magazine = Time
| date = 13 November 2006
| accessdate = 11 March 2007
}}</ref> The recording sessions were relaxed, with the band playing at all hours of the day, recording songs in different rooms, and listening to ], ], ] and ] for inspiration.<ref name="RANDALL"/><ref name="LAUNCH"/> Radiohead contributed "Talk Show Host", as well as a newly recorded song called "]", to ]'s adaptation of '']'' late in the year. Most of the rest of the album was complete by the end of 1996, and by March 1997, the record was mixed and mastered.


In 1998, Radiohead performed at a Paris ] concert<ref>{{cite web |title=Art for Amnesty |url=http://www.artforamnesty.org/view_artist.php?id=32 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030120709/http://www.artforamnesty.org/view_artist.php?id=32 |archive-date=30 October 2007 |access-date=22 December 2007}}</ref> and the ].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |date=17 March 2015 |title=Flashback: Michael Stipe Fronts Radiohead at Tibet Concert |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-michael-stipe-fronts-radiohead-at-tibetan-freedom-concert-192978/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603100749/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-michael-stipe-fronts-radiohead-at-tibetan-freedom-concert-192978/ |archive-date=3 June 2019 |access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> In March, they and Godrich entered ] to record a song for the 1998 film '']'', "]", but were unsatisfied with the results and it went unreleased.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mejia |first=Paula |title=The Secret History of Radiohead's OK Computer |language=en |work=Vulture |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/06/the-secret-history-of-radioheads-ok-computer.html |url-status=live |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073547/http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/the-secret-history-of-radioheads-ok-computer.html |archive-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> Yorke described the period as a "real low point";<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radiohead's 'Man of War': Everything You Need to Know About the 'OK Computer' Bonus Tracks |url=http://diffuser.fm/radiohead-man-of-war/ |access-date=29 July 2017 |website=Diffuser.fm |date=3 May 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> he and O'Brien developed depression,<ref>{{cite web |last=McLean |first=Craig |date=6 February 2020 |title=Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien steps up |url=https://theface.com/music/radiohead-guitarist-ed-obrien-album-shangri-la-interview-thom-yorke |access-date=2020-02-08 |website=] |language=en-gb}}</ref> and the band came close to splitting up.<ref name="ECCLES">{{cite journal |last1=Cavanagh |first1=David |last2=Eccleston |first2=Danny |date=1 October 2000 |title=I Can See The Monsters |journal=] |issue=169}}</ref>
Radiohead released their third album, '']'', in June 1997. Largely composed of melodic rock songs, the new record also found the band experimenting with song structures and incorporating some ], ] and ] influences. The album's lyrics took a more observational, less personal tone than ''The Bends'', expressing what one magazine called "end-of-the-millennium blues".<ref name="REQ">
{{citation
| title = Subterranean Aliens
| date = 1 September 1997
| magazine = Request Magazine
}}</ref> ''OK Computer'' met with great critical acclaim, and Yorke admitted that he was "amazed it got the reaction it did. None of us fucking knew any more whether it was good or bad. What really blew my head off was the fact that people got all the things, all the textures and the sounds and the atmospheres we were trying to create."<ref>
{{citation
| title = Renaissance Men
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|date=December 1997}}</ref>


===1998–2001: ''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' and change in sound===
''OK Computer'' was the band's first number one UK chart debut, propelling Radiohead to commercial success around the world. Despite peaking at number 21 in the ], the album eventually met with mainstream recognition there, receiving the first ] recognition of the band's career, a win for ] and a nomination for ].<ref>
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After the success of ''OK Computer'', Radiohead bought a barn in Oxfordshire and converted it into a recording studio.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Jude |author-link=Jude Rogers |date=2024-09-29 |title='It commemorates collective moments': Radiohead through the eyes of Colin Greenwood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/29/radiohead-colin-greenwood-photography-how-to-disappear#comments |access-date=2024-09-29 |work=] |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> They began work on their next album with Godrich in early 1999, working in studios in Paris, Copenhagen, and ] before their new studio was completed.<ref name="SMITH" /> Although their success meant there was no longer pressure from their record label,<ref name="ROSS"/> tensions were high. The members had different visions for Radiohead's future, and Yorke suffered from ], influencing him toward more abstract, fragmented songwriting.<ref name="ECCLES" /> O'Brien kept an online diary of their progress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/517864/radiohead-guitarists-online-diary-gives-glimpse-of-new-lp/|title=Radiohead Guitarist's Online Diary Gives Glimpse Of New LP|website=MTV News|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726215727/http://www.mtv.com/news/517864/radiohead-guitarists-online-diary-gives-glimpse-of-new-lp/|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> After nearly 18 months, recording was completed in April 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Chris |date=20 April 2000 |title=Radiohead complete recording for ''OK Computer'' follow-up |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/821233/radiohead-complete-recording-for-ok-computer-follow-up/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004102055/https://www.mtv.com/news/821233/radiohead-complete-recording-for-ok-computer-follow-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2021 |access-date=2021-10-04 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>
| title = Screen Source presents: The 40th Annual Grammy Awards
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}}</ref> "]", "]" and "]" were released as singles from the album, of which "Karma Police" was most successful internationally.<ref name="BILL">
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| title = Radiohead: Artist Chart History
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| magazine = Billboard
}}</ref>


Radiohead's fourth album, '']'', was released in October 2000. A departure from ''OK Computer'', ''Kid A'' featured a ] and textured style with more diverse instrumentation, including the ], programmed ] beats, ], and jazz horns.<ref name="ECCLES"/> It debuted at number one in many countries, including the US, where it became the first Radiohead album to debut atop the '']'' chart and the first US number-one album by any UK act since the ] in 1996.<ref name="BBCKIDAAMN">{{cite news |date=14 June 2001 |title=US Success for Radiohead |work=] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1389135.stm |url-status=live |access-date=22 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313150734/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1389135.stm |archive-date=13 March 2007}}</ref> This success was attributed variously to marketing, to the album's leak on the file-sharing network ] a few months before its release, and to advance anticipation based, in part, on the success of ''OK Computer''.<ref>{{cite news|title=CD Soars After Net Release: Radiohead's 'Kid A' premieres in No.&nbsp;1 slot|last=Evangelista|first=Benny|access-date=17 March 2007|date=12 October 2000|newspaper=]|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/12/BU108599.DTL&type=tech_article|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718100907/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/12/BU108599.DTL&type=tech_article|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite news|last=Menta|first=Richard|title=Did Napster Take Radiohead's New Album to Number 1?|newspaper=]|date=28 October 2000}}<br />{{cite news|last=Oldham|first=James|title=Radiohead&nbsp;— Their Stupendous Return|newspaper=NME|date=24 June 2000}}</ref> Although Radiohead released no singles from ''Kid A'', ] of "]" and "]" received radio play, and a series of "blips", short videos set to portions of tracks, were played on music channels and released free online.<ref name="ZORIC">{{cite news |last=Zoric |first=Lauren |date=22 September 2000 |title=I think I'm meant to be dead |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,371289,00.html |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> Radiohead continued a 2000 tour of Europe in a custom-built tent free of advertising; they also promoted ''Kid A'' with three sold-out North American theatre concerts.<ref name="ZORIC"/>
The release of ''OK Computer'' was followed by the "Against Demons" world tour. ], the director of the "No Surprises" video, accompanied and filmed the band, releasing the footage in the 1999 documentary '']''.<ref>
{{citation
| url = http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/177943/Meeting-People-is-Easy/overview
| title = Meeting People is Easy (1999)
| accessdate = 20 November 2007
| last = Deming
| first = Mark
| date = 20 November 2007
| newspaper=]
}}</ref> The film portrays the band's disaffection with the music industry and press, showing their burnout as they progressed from their first tour dates in mid-1997 to mid-1998, nearly a year later.<ref name="RANDALL"/> The film is also notable for documenting earlier versions of songs that were never released or were not released until years later, such as "How to Disappear Completely", "Life in a Glasshouse" and "Nude". During this time the band also released a music video compilation, '']'', as well as two EPs, '']'' and '']'', that compiled their B-sides from ''OK Computer'' singles.

===''Kid A'', ''Amnesiac'' and a change in sound (1999–2001)===
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Radiohead were largely inactive following their 1997–1998 tour; after its end, their only public performance in 1998 was at an ] concert in Paris.<ref>
{{citation
| url = http://www.artforamnesty.org/view_artist.php?id=32
| title=Art for Amnesty
| accessdate = 22 December 2007
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071030120709/http://www.artforamnesty.org/view_artist.php?id=32 |archivedate = 30 October 2007}}</ref> Yorke later admitted that during that period the band came close to splitting up, and that he had developed severe depression.<ref name="ECCLES">
{{citation
| last=Eccleston
| first=Danny
| date=1 October 2000
| magazine =]
| accessdate = 23 December 2007
}}</ref> In early 1999, Radiohead began work on a follow-up to ''OK Computer''. Although there was no longer any pressure or even a deadline from their record label, tension during this period was high. Band members all had different visions for Radiohead's future, and Yorke was experiencing writer's block, influencing him toward a more abstract, fragmented form of songwriting.<ref name="ECCLES"/> Radiohead secluded themselves with producer Nigel Godrich in studios in Paris, ], and ], and in their newly completed studio in ]. Eventually, all the members agreed on a new musical direction, redefining their instrumental roles in the band.<ref name="SMITH">
{{citation
| first=Andrew
| last=Smith
| title=Sound and Fury
| date=1 October 2000
| url =http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,375564,00.html
| newspaper=]
| accessdate = 17 March 2007
}}</ref> After nearly 18 months, Radiohead's recording sessions were completed in April 2000.<ref name="ECCLES"/>

In October 2000 Radiohead released their fourth album, '']'', the first of two albums from these recording sessions. Rather than being a stylistic sequel to ''OK Computer'', ''Kid A'' featured a ] and textured style with less overt guitar parts and more diverse instrumentation including the ], programmed ] beats, ], and jazz horns.<ref name="ECCLES"/> It debuted at number one in many countries, including the US, where its debut atop the '']'' chart marked a first for the band and a rare success in the US by UK musicians.<ref name="BBCKIDAAMN">{{citation|publisher=BBC News|title=US Success for Radiohead|date=14 June 2001|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1389135.stm|accessdate=22 March 2007}}</ref> This success was attributed variously to marketing, to the album's leak on the file-sharing network ] a few months before its release, and to advance anticipation based, in part, on the success of ''OK Computer''.<ref>
{{citation
| title=CD Soars After Net Release: Radiohead's 'Kid A' premieres in No. 1 slot
| last=Evangelista
| first=Benny
| accessdate = 17 March 2007
| date=12 October 2000
| newspaper=]
| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/12/BU108599.DTL&type=tech_article
}}</ref><ref>
{{citation
| last = Menta
| first = Richard
| title = Did Napster Take Radiohead's New Album to Number 1?
| newspaper=]
| date = 28 October 2000
}}</ref><ref>
{{citation
| last = Oldham
| first = James
| title = Radiohead&nbsp;— Their Stupendous Return
| newspaper=]
| date = 24 June 2000
}}</ref> Although Radiohead did not release any singles from ''Kid A'', ] of "]" and "]" received radio play, and a series of "]", or short videos set to portions of tracks, were played on music channels and released freely on the Internet.<ref name="ZORIC">
{{citation
| last = Zoric
| first = Lauren
| title = I think I'm meant to be dead
| newspaper=The Guardian
| date = 22 September 2000
}}</ref> The band had read ]'s ] book '']'' during the recording, and they decided to continue a summer 2000 tour of Europe later in the year in a custom-built tent free of advertising; they also promoted ''Kid A'' with three sold-out North American theatre concerts.<ref name="ZORIC"/>


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''Kid A'' received a ] for ] and a nomination for ] in early 2001. Yet it won both praise and criticism in ] circles for appropriating ] styles of music, while some mainstream British critics saw ''Kid A'' as a "commercial suicide note", labelling it "intentionally difficult" and longing for a return to the band's earlier style.<ref name="KENT"/><ref name="FREQUENCY"/> Radiohead's fans were similarly divided; along with those who were appalled or mystified, there were many who saw the album as the band's best work.<ref name="REYNOLDS"/><ref> ''Kid A'' received a ] for ] and a nomination for ] in early 2001. It won both praise and criticism in ] circles for appropriating ] styles of music; some British critics saw ''Kid A'' as a "commercial suicide note" and "intentionally difficult", and longed for a return to Radiohead's earlier style.<ref name="KENT"/><ref name="FREQUENCY"/> Fans were similarly divided; along with those who were appalled or mystified, many saw it as the band's best work.<ref name="REYNOLDS"/><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/kida|title=Kid A by Radiohead|access-date=20 May 2007|journal=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609160948/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/kida|archive-date=9 June 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Yorke denied that Radiohead had set out to eschew expectations, saying: "We're not trying to be difficult&nbsp;... We're actually trying to communicate but somewhere along the line, we just seemed to piss off a lot of people&nbsp;... What we're doing isn't that radical."<ref name="KENT"/> The album was ranked one of the best of all time by publications including ] and ''Rolling Stone;''<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |date=13 November 2006 |title=The all-time 100 albums |url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html |url-status=dead |magazine=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424141858/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html |archive-date=24 April 2011 |access-date=3 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2020-09-22 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |magazine=] |language=en-US |access-date=2020-09-23}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'', '']'' and the '']'' named it the best album of the decade.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 18, 2011 |title=100 Best Albums of the 2000s |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-153375/radiohead-kid-a-3-158987/ |magazine=] |access-date=May 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2009 |title=The top 200 albums of the 2000s: 20–1 – page 2 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314045640/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=2 |archive-date=14 March 2016 |access-date=2 September 2016 |website=]}}</ref><ref name="Noughties">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/the-100-best-pop-albums-of-the-noughties-s7bmg6sr90g|title=The 100 best pop albums of the Noughties|date=21 November 2009|newspaper=]|access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref>
{{citation
| url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/kida
| title=Kid A by Radiohead
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| magazine=]
}}</ref> Yorke, however, denied that Radiohead had set out to eschew commercial expectations, saying, "I was really, really amazed at how badly was being viewed&nbsp;... because the music's not that hard to grasp. We're not trying to be difficult&nbsp;... We're actually trying to communicate but somewhere along the line, we just seemed to piss off a lot of people&nbsp;... What we're doing isn't that radical."<ref name="KENT"/>


Radiohead's fifth album, '']'', was released in May 2001. It comprised additional tracks from the ''Kid A'' sessions, including "Life in a Glasshouse", featuring the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/interviews/humph_transcript2.shtml|title=The chairman – Humphrey Lyttelton|date=31 January 2001|publisher=BBC|access-date=1 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414233610/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/interviews/humph_transcript2.shtml|archive-date=14 April 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Radiohead stressed that they saw ''Amnesiac'' not as a collection of B-sides or outtakes from ''Kid A'' but an album in its own right.<ref name="KCRW">{{cite interview|last1=Greenwood|first1=Colin|subject-link1=Colin Greenwood|last2=O'Brien|first2=Ed|subject-link2=Ed O'Brien|interviewer=Chris Douridas|title=Interview with Ed & Colin|work=Ground Zero|publisher=]|date=25 January 2001}}</ref> It topped the ] and reached number two in the US, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and the ].<ref name="FREQUENCY" /><ref name="BBCKIDAAMN" /> Radiohead released "]" and "]" as singles, their first since 1998.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kessler, Ted |date=12 September 2005 |title=Radiohead: Pyramid Song: This is our favourite Radiohead single in recent memory&nbsp;... |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/5064 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017154745/http://www.nme.com/reviews/5064 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |access-date=2007-04-22 |website=] |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Merryweather |first=David |date=24 July 2021 |title=Single Review: Radiohead – Knives Out |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5182/reviews/1723- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508033751/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5182/reviews/1723- |archive-date=8 May 2019 |access-date=10 August 2018 |work=]}}</ref> Radiohead began a North American tour, their first there in three years, in June 2001.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pakvis |first=Peter |date=21 June 2001 |title=Radiohead take ''Amnesiac'' on tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-take-amnesiac-on-tour-20010621 |url-status=live |magazine=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517021226/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-take-amnesiac-on-tour-20010621 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |access-date=27 July 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> With a string of sold-out dates, '']'' described it as "the most sweeping conquest of America by a British group" since ], succeeding where bands such as ] had failed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-08-19 |title=How Radiohead took America by stealth |language=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/19/uk.theobserver |access-date=2023-07-16 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> Recordings from the ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' tours were released on '']'' in November 2001.<ref>{{cite web|last=LeMay|first=Matt|date=17 December 2001|title=Radiohead: ''I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings EP''|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6657-i-might-be-wrong-live-recordings-ep/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610001809/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6657-i-might-be-wrong-live-recordings-ep/|archive-date=10 June 2016|access-date=11 June 2016|website=]}}</ref>
'']'', released in June 2001, comprised additional tracks from the ''Kid A'' recording sessions. Radiohead's musical style on these songs was similar to that of ''Kid A'' in their fusion of electronic music and jazz influences, though more reliant on the use of guitars. The record was a critical and commercial success worldwide, it topped the ] and reached number two in the US, being nominated for a Grammy Award and the ].<ref name="BBCKIDAAMN"/><ref name="FREQUENCY"/> After ''Amnesiac'''s release, the band embarked on a world tour, visiting North America, Europe and Japan. Meanwhile, "]" and "]", Radiohead's first issued singles since 1998, were modestly successful, and "]", initially planned as a third single, expanded into Radiohead's thus far only live record. '']'', released in November 2001, featured performances of seven songs from ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' along with the acoustic, previously unreleased "True Love Waits".


===''Hail to the Thief'' and a hiatus (2002–2004)=== === 2002–2006: ''Hail to the Thief'' and solo work ===
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In July and August 2002, Radiohead toured Portugal and Spain, playing a number of new songs. For their next album, they sought to explore the tension between human and machine-generated music<ref name="Fricke">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bitter-prophet-thom-yorke-on-hail-to-the-thief-20030626|title=Bitter Prophet: Thom Yorke on 'Hail to the Thief'|last=Fricke|first=David|date=27 June 2003|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318111404/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bitter-prophet-thom-yorke-on-hail-to-the-thief-20030626|archive-date=18 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and capture a more immediate, live sound.<ref name="official">{{cite interview|title=Radiohead Hail to the Thief – Interview CD|year=2003}} Promotional interview CD sent to British music press.</ref><ref name="NME-exclusive">{{cite journal|date=5 October 2002|title=Exclusive: Thom on new Radiohead album|journal=NME}}</ref> They and Godrich recorded most of the material in two weeks at ] in Los Angeles. The band described the recording process as relaxed, in contrast to the tense sessions for ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac''.<ref name="MCLEAN"/> Radiohead also composed music for "Split Sides", a dance piece by the ], which debuted in October 2003 at the ].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= |title=Radiohead Dances With Sigur Ros |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71349/radiohead-dances-with-sigur-ros |url-status=live |magazine=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015020048/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71349/radiohead-dances-with-sigur-ros |archive-date=15 October 2018 |access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>
During July and August 2002, Radiohead toured Portugal and Spain, playing a number of newly written songs. They then recorded the new material in two weeks in a ] studio with ], adding several tracks later in Oxford, where the band continued their work into the next year. Radiohead members described the recording process as relaxed, in contrast to the tense sessions for ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac''.<ref name="MCLEAN"/> The band's sixth album, '']'', was released in June 2003. Mixing sounds from throughout their career, ''Hail to the Thief'' combined guitar-based rock with electronic influences and topical lyrics by Yorke.<ref name="META">
{{citation
| url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/hailtothethief?q=hail%20to%20the%20thief
| title=Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (2003): Reviews
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}}</ref> Although the album was critically praised, many critics felt that Radiohead were treading water creatively rather than continuing the "genre-redefining" trend that ''OK Computer'' had begun.<ref>
{{citation
| first=Alexis
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| url =http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,970859,00.html
| accessdate = 22 November 2007
}}</ref> Nevertheless, ''Hail to the Thief'' enjoyed commercial success, debuting at number one in the UK and number three on the ''Billboard'' chart and eventually being certified ] in the UK and ] in the US. The album's singles, "]", "]" and "]", achieved a level of play on ] radio. At the 2003 Grammy Awards, Radiohead were again nominated for ], while producer Godrich and engineer Darrell Thorp received the ].<ref>
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| url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/grammys.htm
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| magazine=rockonthenet.com
}}</ref>


Radiohead's sixth album, '']'', was released in June 2003.<ref name="META">{{cite journal|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/hailtothethief?q=hail%20to%20the%20thief|title=Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (2003): Reviews|access-date=17 March 2007|journal=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234534/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/hailtothethief?q=hail%20to%20the%20thief|archive-date=26 September 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Its lyrics were influenced by what Yorke called "the general sense of ignorance and intolerance and panic and stupidity" following the 2000 election of US President ].<ref name="XFM">{{cite news|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=3561|title=Recording 'Hail to the Thief' in Los Angeles|newspaper=Radio X |publisher=]|access-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> The album was promoted with a website, radiohead.tv, where short films, music videos, and studio webcasts were streamed.<ref name="radioheadtv">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2977526.stm|title=Radiohead TV goes on air|date=10 June 2003|work=]|access-date=6 November 2012}}</ref> ''Hail to the Thief'' debuted at number one in the UK and number three on the ''Billboard'' chart, and was eventually certified ] in the UK and ] in the US. The singles "]", "]" and "]" achieved heavy circulation on ] radio. At the ], Radiohead were again nominated for ], and Godrich and the engineer Darrell Thorp received the ].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm |title=46th Annual Grammy Awards |access-date=14 September 2019 |date=8 February 2004 |journal=Rock on the Net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218081526/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/grammys.htm |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2003, Radiohead launched radiohead.tv, where they streamed short films, music videos and live webcasts from their studio.<ref name="radioheadtv2">{{cite web |date=10 June 2003 |title=Radiohead TV goes on air |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2977526.stm |access-date=6 November 2012 |work=]}}</ref> The material was released on the 2004 DVD '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Modell |first=Josh |date=27 December 2004 |title=Radiohead: ''The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time'' |url=https://www.avclub.com/radiohead-the-most-gigantic-lying-mouth-of-all-time-1798200283 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420080129/https://music.avclub.com/radiohead-the-most-gigantic-lying-mouth-of-all-time-1798200283 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |access-date=2019-04-20 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> A compilation of ''Hail to the Thief'' B-sides, remixes and live performances, '']'', was released in April 2004.<ref>{{Citation |title=Radiohead - Com Lag (2Plus2IsFive) |work=] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/com-lag-2plus2isfive-mw0000582738 |access-date=2023-04-03 |language=en}}</ref> In May 2003, Radiohead embarked on a world tour and headlined Glastonbury Festival for the second time. The tour finished in May 2004 with a performance at the ] in California.<ref name="Sweet Malaise">{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=2 July 2006 |title=With Radiohead, and Alone, the Sweet Malaise of Thom Yorke |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/arts/music/02pare.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017210558/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/arts/music/02pare.html |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=16 October 2015 |newspaper=] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Yorke denied that ''Hail to the Thief'''s title was a comment on the controversial ], explaining that he first heard the words in a ] discussion of 19th century American politics.<ref name="MCLEAN"/> Yorke said his lyrics had been affected by news reports of war in 2001 to 2002 and "the feeling that we are entering an age of intolerance and fear where the power to express ourselves in a democracy and have our voices heard is being denied us"<ref>{{citation |last=Sutcliffe |first=Phil |title=Radiohead heeds the alarms |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=8 June 2003 |accessdate=11 January 2009 url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/08/entertainment/ca-sutcliffe8}}</ref> but said, " didn't write a protest record, we didn't write a political record."<ref name="MCLEAN"/> After the release of ''Hail to the Thief'', Radiohead embarked in May 2003 on a world tour, including a headlining performance at the ]. The tour finished in May 2004 with a performance at the ]. During their tour, the band released '']'', an EP compiling most of their b-sides from the time. Following their tour, the band began writing and rehearsing in their Oxford studio but soon went on hiatus. Free of their label contract, Radiohead spent the remainder of 2004 resting with their families and working on solo projects.<ref name="HERE">
{{citation
| last=O'Brien
| first=Ed
| title=Here we go
| work=Dead Air Space
| publisher=Radiohead
| date=21 August 2005
| url =http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=65
| accessdate = 23 December 2007
}}</ref>


]]]
===''In Rainbows'' (2005–2009)===
''Hail to the Thief'' was Radiohead's final album with EMI; in 2006, ''The New York Times'' described Radiohead as "by far the world's most popular unsigned band".<ref name="Sweet Malaise" /> Following the ''Hail to the Thief'' tour, Radiohead went on hiatus to spend time with their families and work on solo projects. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood contributed to the ] charity single "]", produced by Godrich.<ref>{{cite web |last=Godrich |first=Nigel |date=29 November 2009 |title=Flashback: making Band Aid 20 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/01/last-waltz-dylan-the-band |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035729/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/01/last-waltz-dylan-the-band |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=2 May 2015 |website=]}}</ref> Greenwood composed soundtracks for the films '']'' (2004) and '']'' (2007); the latter was the first of several collaborations with the director ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Everett-Green |first=Robert |date=June 14, 2006 |title=Radiohead retooled |website=] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/radiohead-retooled/article711010/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103235729/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/radiohead-retooled/article711010/ |archive-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="HERE">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=65|title=Here we go|last=O'Brien|first=Ed|date=21 August 2005|work=Dead Air Space|publisher=Radiohead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051031112530/http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=65|archive-date=31 October 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> In July 2006, Yorke released his debut solo album, '']'', comprising mainly electronic music.<ref name="Free Agent">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-28-et-yorke28-story.html|title=Thom Yorke, free agent|last=Powers|first=Ann|date=28 June 2006|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=3 May 2015|language=en|issn=0458-3035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091319/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/28/entertainment/et-yorke28|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He stressed it was made with the band's blessing, and that Radiohead were not breaking up. Jonny Greenwood said: "He had to get this stuff out, and everyone was happy ... He'd go mad if every time he wrote a song it had to go through the Radiohead consensus."<ref name="Mojo">{{cite news|last=Paytress|first=Mark|date=February 2008|title=CHASING RAIN_BOWS|pages=75–85|work=]}}</ref> Selway and Jonny Greenwood appeared in the 2005 film '']'' as members of the fictional band ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Alex |date=2010-11-18 |title=Break Yo' TV: Harry Potter's The Weird Sisters - 'Do The Hippogriff' |url=https://consequence.net/2010/11/break-yo-tv-harry-potters-the-weird-sisters-do-the-hippogriff/ |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref>
]
Radiohead began work on their seventh album in February 2005.<ref name="HERE"/> In September 2005, the band recorded a piano-based song, "I Want None of This", for the ] charity album '']''. The album was sold online, with "I Want None of This" being the most downloaded track, although it was not released as a single.<ref>
{{citation
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4238542.stm
| title=Rush to download War Child album
| date=12 September 2005
| accessdate = 19 October 2007
| newspaper=]
}}</ref> Radiohead had already begun recording their next album on their own and then with producer ]. However, in late 2006, after touring Europe and North America and debuting 13 new songs there, the band resumed work with Nigel Godrich in London, Oxford and several rural locations in ], England.<ref>
{{citation
| title = Radiohead: Exclusive Interview
| accessdate = 21 October 2007
| last = Marshall
| first = Julian
| date = 2 October 2007
| newspaper=]
}}</ref> Work was finished in June 2007 and the recordings were mastered the following month.<ref>
{{citation
| url = http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/29715
| title = Radiohead mastering seventh album in New York
| date = 16 July 2007
| newspaper=]
}}</ref>


===2006–2009: departure from EMI, ''In Rainbows'', and "pay what you want"===
Radiohead's seventh album, '']'', was released through the band's own website in October 2007 as a ] for which customers could make whatever payment that they deemed appropriate, including paying nothing at all; the site only advised, "it's up to you".<ref>{{citation |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |title=Radiohead Says: Pay What You Want |journal=Time Magazine |date=1 October 2007 |accessdate=11 January 2009 |url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html}}</ref> Following the band's sudden announcement 10 days beforehand, Radiohead's unusual strategy received much notice within the music industry and beyond.<ref name="WIRED">
{{citation
| last=Byrne
| first =David
| newspaper=]
| date=18 November 2007
| title =David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music
| url=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_yorke?currentPage=all
| accessdate = 6 January 2008
}}</ref> 1.2&nbsp;million downloads were reportedly sold by the day of release,<ref name="tour">
{{Citation
| last =Brandle
| first =Lars
| title =Radiohead Returning To The Road In 2008
| magazine =]
| date =18 October 2007
| url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003660154
| accessdate = 21 December 2007
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080208234628/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003660154 |archivedate = 8 February 2008}}</ref> but the band's management did not release official sales figures, claiming that the Internet-only distribution was intended to boost later retail sales.<ref name="JOHNSON">
{{citation
| last=Edgecliffe-Johnson
| first =Andrew
| newspaper=]
| date=11 October 2007
| title =Radiohead MP3 release a tactic to lift CD sales
}}</ref> Colin Greenwood explained the Internet release as a way of avoiding the "regulated playlists" and "straightened formats" of radio and TV, ensuring fans around the world could all experience the music at the same time, and preventing leaks in advance of a physical release.<ref name="IND"/> A "discbox", including a second disc from the recording sessions, vinyl and CD editions of the album, and a hardcover book of artwork, was also sold and shipped in late 2007.<ref name="INRAINBOWSYHOO">{{citation
| last = Grossberg
| first = Josh
| title = Fans Shortchanging Radiohead's Rainbows?
| newspaper=]
| url = http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/51355968
| date = 6 November 2007
}}</ref>


Radiohead began work on their seventh album in February 2005.<ref name="HERE" /> Instead of involving Godrich, Radiohead hired the producer ], but the collaboration was unsuccessful.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Vozick-Levinson |first1=Simon |date=27 April 2012 |title=The Making of Radiohead's ''In Rainbows'' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-making-of-radioheads-in-rainbows-187534/ |url-status=live |magazine=] |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730031338/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-making-of-radioheads-in-rainbows-187534/ |archive-date=30 July 2019 |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> In September 2005, Radiohead contributed "I Want None of This", a piano ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2097-help-a-day-in-the-life/|title=Various Artists: Help: A Day in the Life Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|last=Plagenhoef|first=Scott|date=11 September 2005|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=13 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109180938/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2097-help-a-day-in-the-life/|archive-date=9 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> for the ] charity album '']''. The album was sold online, with "I Want None of This" the most downloaded track, though it was not released as a single.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4238542.stm|title=Rush to download War Child album|date=12 September 2005|access-date=19 October 2007|newspaper=BBC News}}</ref> In late 2006, after touring Europe and North America with new material, Radiohead re-enlisted Godrich and resumed work in London, Oxford and rural ], England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Radiohead: Exclusive Interview|last=Marshall|first=Julian|date=2 October 2007|newspaper=NME}}</ref> Recording ended in June 2007 and the recordings were mastered the following month.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 2007 |title=Radiohead mastering seventh album in New York |newspaper=] |url=https://www.nme.com//news/radiohead/29715 |url-status=live |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414123718/http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/29715 |archive-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>
''In Rainbows'' was physically released in the UK in late December 2007 on ] and in North America in January 2008 on ],<ref name="INRAINBOWSYHOO"/> charting at number one both in the UK and in the US.<ref>{{citation
| last=Griffiths
| first=Peter
| title=Radiohead top album chart
| newspaper=Reuters
| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL063195120080106
| date=6 January 2008
| accessdate = 7 January 2008
}}</ref><ref>
{{citation
| last=Cohen
| first=Jonathan
| title=Radiohead Nudges Blige From Atop Album Chart
| newspaper=Billboard
| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694375
| date=9 January 2008
| accessdate = 9 January 2008
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080212015339/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694375 |archivedate = 12 February 2008}}</ref> The record's success in the US marked Radiohead's highest chart success in that country since ''Kid A'', while it was their fifth UK number one album. ''In Rainbows'' sold more than three million copies within one year of release.<ref name="METARAIN">
{{citation
| url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/inrainbows
| title=Radiohead: In Rainbows (2007): Reviews
| accessdate = 6 November 2007
| magazine=]
}}</ref> ''In Rainbows'' also received extremely positive reviews, among the best of Radiohead's career; critics praised the album for having a more accessible sound and personal style of lyrics than their past work.<ref>{{Citation
| last =Kreps
| first =Daniel
| title =Radiohead Publishers Reveal “In Rainbows” Numbers
| newspaper=]
| date = 15 October 2008
| url = http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/15/radiohead-publishers-reveal-in-rainbows-numbers/
| accessdate = 7 November 2008
}}</ref> The album was nominated for the short list of the ],<ref>{{citation|unused_data=Radiohead, Adele & Estelle|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/35718/radiohead|title=Radiohead News - 2008 Mercury Music Prize Nominees Announced|accessdate=12 September 2008|date=24 July 2008|publisher=]}}</ref> and went on to win the 2009 ]. Their production team won the Grammy for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, while Radiohead received their third nomination for ]. Along with three other nominations for the band, Godrich's production work and the "]" music video also received nominations.<ref>{{Citation |title=Grammy Awards 2009: British artists dominate Los Angeles ceremony |date=2009-02-00 |accessdate=11 February 2009 |source='']'' |http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4566240/Grammy-Awards-2009-British-artists-dominate-Los-Angeles-ceremony.html}}</ref>


In 2007, EMI was acquired by the ] firm ]. Radiohead were critical of the new management, and no new deal was agreed.<ref name="observer12">{{cite news|author=McLean, Craig|date=9 December 2007|title=Caught in the flash|work=]|location=London|url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2222276,00.html|url-status=live|access-date=1 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220030505/http://music.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2222276,00.html|archive-date=20 February 2008}}</ref> The ] reported that EMI had offered Radiohead a £3 million advance, but had refused to relinquish rights to the band's back catalogue. An EMI spokesman stated that Radiohead had demanded "an extraordinary amount of money".<ref name="Rajan-2007">{{Cite news |last=Rajan |first=Amol |date=29 December 2007 |title=EMI split blamed on Radiohead's £10m advance demands |language=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/emi-split-blamed-on-radioheads-pound10m-advance-demands-767248.html |url-status=live |access-date=16 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616141638/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/emi-split-blamed-on-radioheads-pound10m-advance-demands-767248.html |archive-date=16 June 2018}}</ref> Radiohead's management and Yorke released statements denying that they had asked for a large advance, but had instead wanted control over their back catalogue.<ref name="Rajan-2007" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|title='Nude' Radiohead Video Hits Web, EMI Airs Dirty Laundry|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nude-radiohead-video-hits-web-thom-yorke-responds-to-emis-airing-of-dirty-laundry-20080102|url-status=live|access-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616130306/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nude-radiohead-video-hits-web-thom-yorke-responds-to-emis-airing-of-dirty-laundry-20080102|archive-date=16 June 2018}}</ref>
Radiohead released a number of singles from ''In Rainbows'' in support of the album; "]", the first, was released in the UK in January 2008.<ref>
{{citation
| title=Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' to be released on CD this year
| date=8 November 2007
| newspaper=]
| url =http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/32393
| accessdate = 19 November 2007
}}</ref> The second single, "]", debuted at number 37 in the ], Radiohead's first song to make that chart since 1995's "High and Dry" and their first top 40 hit in the US since "Creep".<ref name="BILL"/> Radiohead continued to put out tracks from ''In Rainbows'' as singles and videos; in July a digitally shot video for "House of Cards" was made available.<ref>{{Citation |last=Dodson |first=Sean |title=Is Radiohead the latest band to go open source? |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/17/opensource.google |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=17 July 2008 |accessdate=27 September 2008}}</ref> "House of Cards", along with "]", also received a single release on radio. In September the band announced a fourth single, "]", and a ] competition similar to one organised for "Nude".<ref>{{Citation |last=Dead Air Space |first= |title=Reckoner remix |url=http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?c=428 |publisher=Radiohead.com |date=23 September 2008 |accessdate=27 September 2008}}</ref> A ] album, titled '']'', was released by EMI in June 2008.<ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |title=Radiohead to release 'Best Of' compilation |url=http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/35609 |work=NME |location=UK |date=3 April 2008 |accessdate=3 April 2008}}</ref> The compilation was made without the input of the band and also did not contain any songs from ''In Rainbows'', as the band had already left their label. Yorke expressed his disapproval on behalf of Radiohead: "We haven't really had any hits so what exactly is the purpose? ... It's a wasted opportunity in that if we'd been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good."<ref>{{Citation |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |title=Yorke slams Radiohead 'Best Of' LP |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a95605/yorke-slams-radiohead-best-of-lp.html?rss |publisher=Digital Spy |date=9 May 2008 |accessdate=27 September 2008}}</ref> From mid-2008 to early 2009, Radiohead toured North America, Europe, Japan, Mexico and South America to promote ''In Rainbows''. The band headlined the ] in August 2009.<ref name="tour"/><ref>. '']''. 30 Mar 2009</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Radiohead, por primera vez en Buenos Aires |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1069354 |source=La Nación |publisher=lanacion.com.ar |date=13 November 2008 |accessdate=14 January 2009}}</ref>


Radiohead self-released their seventh album, '']'', on their website on 10 October 2007 as a ], for any amount users wanted, including £0. The landmark ] release, the first for a major act, made headlines worldwide and created debate about the implications for the music industry.<ref name="nytimespay">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/music/09pare.html?ex=1354856400&en=ec2f1c29937292be&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|title=Pay What You Want for This Article|access-date=30 December 2007|author=Pareles, Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=9 December 2007|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212152701/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/music/09pare.html?ei=5090&en=ec2f1c29937292be&ex=1354856400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|archive-date=12 December 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Media reaction was positive, and Radiohead were praised for finding new ways to connect with fans.<ref name="PAYTRESS">{{cite news|author=Paytress, Mark|title=Chasing Rainbows|date=1 January 2008|work=Mojo}}</ref><ref name="Tyrangiel, Josh">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html|title=Radiohead Says: Pay What You Want|author=Tyrangiel, Josh|date=1 October 2007|magazine=]|access-date=16 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827171043/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html|archive-date=27 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, it drew criticism from musicians such as ] and ], who felt it undercut less successful acts.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=14 November 2007 |title=Lily Allen, Oasis, Gene Simmons Criticize Radiohead's 'Rainbows' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lily-allen-oasis-gene-simmons-backlash-against-radioheads-rainbows-20071114 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425211901/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lily-allen-oasis-gene-simmons-backlash-against-radioheads-rainbows-20071114 |archive-date=25 April 2014 |access-date=14 March 2014 |magazine=]}}</ref><ref name="Sonic Youth slams">{{Cite magazine |last=Thill |first=Scott |date=8 July 2009 |title=Sonic Youth Slams Radiohead's In Rainbows Model |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/06/sonic-youth-slams-radioheads-in-rainbows-model/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005152018/https://www.wired.com/2009/06/sonic-youth-slams-radioheads-in-rainbows-model/ |archive-date=5 October 2017 |access-date=4 June 2017 |magazine=]}}</ref>
===Independent work and new album sessions (2009–present)===
In May 2009, the band began new recording sessions with producer Nigel Godrich.<ref name="Lindsay, Andrew">{{cite web | author=Lindsay, Andrew | title=Radiohead begin recording new album |date= 18 May 2009 |url=http://stereokill.net/2009/05/18/radiohead-begin-recording-new-album/ | publisher=Stereokill.net | accessdate=18 May 2009 }}</ref> A few months later, in August Radiohead released two singles from these sessions on their website. First, "]", was recorded in tribute to the recently deceased ], the last surviving British soldier to have fought in the ]. The song was sold for £1, with proceeds donated to the ].<ref name="Harry Patch In Memory Of">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/?a=495|title=Harry Patch (In Memory Of)|publisher=Radiohead.com|accessdate=5 August 2009}}</ref><ref name="Harris">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/06/radiohead-song-harry-patch|title=Radiohead's farewell to old first world war soldier in song|last=Harris|first=John|date=6 August 2009|work=G2|work=The Guardian |location=UK|accessdate=6 August 2009}}</ref> "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" featured Thom Yorke singing lyrics based on Patch's own statements about his war experience, over a string orchestra backdrop arranged by Jonny Greenwood. Later that month, a new song "]", was made available as a free download. Jonny Greenwood explained that the song had been one of the first products of the band's recent studio sessions.<ref name="stereokill.net">Lindsay, Andrew (17 August 2009), "", Stereokill.net, retrieved 31 October 2010 </ref>


''In Rainbows'' was downloaded an estimated 1.2&nbsp;million times on the day of release.<ref name="tour">{{cite magazine|last=Brandle|first=Lars|title=Radiohead Returning to the Road in 2008|magazine=]|date=18 October 2007|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047969/radiohead-returning-to-the-road-in-2008|access-date=21 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208234628/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047969/radiohead-returning-to-the-road-in-2008|archive-date=8 February 2008}}</ref> Colin Greenwood explained the internet release as a way of avoiding the "regulated playlists" and "straitened formats" of radio and TV, ensuring fans around the world could experience the music at the same time, and preventing leaks in advance of a physical release.<ref name="IND">] (13 September 2010), " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105045102/https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/09/radiohead-copyright-freespeech-music/|date=5 November 2015}}", Index on Censorship. Retrieved 31 October 2010</ref> A special "discbox" edition of ''In Rainbows'', containing the record on vinyl, a book of artwork, and a CD of extra songs, was also sold from Radiohead's website.<ref name="INRAINBOWSYHOO">{{cite news|last=Grossberg|first=Josh|title=Fans Shortchanging Radiohead's Rainbows?|newspaper=]|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/56660/fans-shortchanging-radiohead-s-rainbows|date=6 November 2007|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211729/https://www.eonline.com/news/56660/fans-shortchanging-radiohead-s-rainbows|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
In a mid-2009 ''NME'' interview, Yorke suggested that Radiohead would turn their focus from full length albums to releasing EPs, including the possibility of an EP of orchestral music.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme/46596|title=Radiohead's Thom Yorke: 'We need to get away from releasing albums'|date=10 August 2009|work=New Musical Express |location=UK |accessdate=10 August 2009}}</ref> In December that year, O'Brien stated on Radiohead's website that the band would begin work on their next album in January, "The vibe in the camp is fantastic at present, and we head off into the studio in January to continue on from the work we started last summer...10 years ago we were all collectively (that’s the band) in the land of ''Kid A''... and although hugely proud of that record, it wasn’t a fun place to be...What's reassuring now, is that we are most definitely a different band, which should therefore mean that the music is different too and that is the aim of the game."<ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/|title=A rant and some other stuff|date=19 December 2009|work=radiohead.com|accessdate=22 December 2009}}</ref> In an interview with ] in June 2010, Ed O'Brien made similar comments, that Radiohead were "in the heart of now". O'Brien also said the band hoped to be able to release the record by the end of the year.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/6musicnews</ref> In September 2010, Colin Greenwood mentioned that they had just finished a new set of songs and "have begun to wonder about how to release them in a digital landscape that has changed again".<ref name="IND">Greenwood, Colin (13 September 2010), "", Index on Censorship, retrieved 31 October 2010 </ref> Phil Selway added later that month that the band will "take stock" of the new material and said that it is all "up in the air".<ref>Oliveira, Michael (20 September 2010), "", 570 News, retrieved 31 October 2010 </ref>


The retail version of ''In Rainbows'' was released in the UK in late December 2007 on ] and in North America in January 2008 on ],<ref name="INRAINBOWSYHOO" /> reaching number one in the UK and in the US.<ref>{{cite news|last=Griffiths|first=Peter|title=Radiohead top album chart|work=Reuters|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL063195120080106|date=6 January 2008|access-date=7 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503032551/http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL063195120080106|archive-date=3 May 2009|url-status=dead}}<br />{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|title=Radiohead Nudges Blige From Atop Album Chart|newspaper=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046867/radiohead-nudges-blige-from-atop-album-chart|date=9 January 2008|access-date=9 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212015339/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046867/radiohead-nudges-blige-from-atop-album-chart|archive-date=12 February 2008}}</ref> The success was Radiohead's highest chart placement in the US since ''Kid A''. It became their fifth UK number-one album and sold more than three million copies in one year.<ref name="METARAIN">{{cite journal|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/inrainbows|title=Radiohead: In Rainbows (2007): Reviews|access-date=6 November 2007|journal=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107114044/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/radiohead/inrainbows|archive-date=7 November 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> The album received acclaim for its more accessible sound and personal lyrics.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|title=Radiohead Publishers Reveal "In Rainbows" Numbers|newspaper=]|date=15 October 2008|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/15/radiohead-publishers-reveal-in-rainbows-numbers/|access-date=7 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018150410/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/15/radiohead-publishers-reveal-in-rainbows-numbers/|archive-date=18 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was nominated for the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/35718/radiohead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102090138/http://www.idiomag.com/peek/35718/radiohead |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2009|title=Radiohead News – 2008 Mercury Music Prize Nominees Announced|access-date=12 September 2008|date=24 July 2008|publisher=Idiomag.com}}</ref> and won the ] for ] and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. It was nominated for five other Grammy awards, including Radiohead's third nomination for ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Grammy Awards 2009: British artists dominate Los Angeles ceremony|first=Caroline|last=Hedley|date=9 February 2009|access-date=11 February 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=UK|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4566240/Grammy-Awards-2009-British-artists-dominate-Los-Angeles-ceremony.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212102103/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4566240/Grammy-Awards-2009-British-artists-dominate-Los-Angeles-ceremony.html|archive-date=12 February 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed "]" with the ] at the televised award show.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Amrit |date=9 September 2009 |title=The 2009 Grammys: Just The Good Parts |work=] |url=https://www.stereogum.com/51301/the_2009_grammys_just_the_good_parts/video/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927050317/https://www.stereogum.com/51301/the_2009_grammys_just_the_good_parts/video/ |archive-date=27 September 2018}}</ref>
In January 2010, while Radiohead members were in Los Angeles to record, the band played their only gig of the year as a benefit for ]. Tickets were auctioned to the highest bidders, allowing the show at L.A.'s ] to raise over half a million US dollars for the ]'s work in ], which earlier that month had been hit by a devastating ].<ref>{{cite news| title = 'Musicians for Oxfam: Radiohead, will.i.am, and more' | publisher = oxfamamerica.org | date = 2010-02-08 | accessdate = 2011-01-07 | url = http://blogs.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/2010/02/08/musicians-for-oxfam-radiohead-will-i-am-and-more/ | last = Kramer | first = Anna}}</ref> A group of fans edited together digital video taken by attendees to make a multi-camera document of the concert, which they made available through ] and ]s in December 2010, with the band's support and a "pay what you want" link to donate to Oxfam.<ref>{{ cite news | last = Roberts | first = Randall | publisher = latimes.com | title = Video: View the full Radiohead for Haiti benefit concert online, compiled from fan footage | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/radiohead-for-haiti-full-video-from-fonda.html | accessdate = 2011-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = RADIOHEAD for HAITI multi-cam DVD release!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | author = inez4bears | url = http://inez4bears.blogspot.com/2010/12/radiohead-for-haiti-multi-cam-dvd.html | date = 2010-12-24 | accessdate = 2011-01-07}}</ref> In 2010, another collective of fans made a not-for-profit video of Radiohead's 2009 Prague concert and distributed it freely online, with soundboard audio provided by the band.<ref>{{cite web| title = ’Radiohead-Approved, Fan-Shot Concert Movie Released’ | publisher = Pitchfork.com| date = 2010-09-02| url = http://pitchfork.com/news/39935-radiohead-approved-fan-shot-concert-movie-released/| accessdate = 2010-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = ’'Radiohead in Prague' official page’| publisher = | date = 2010-08-23| url = http://radiohead-prague.nataly.fr/| accessdate = 2010-09-04}}</ref> '']'' and '']'' were reviewed by mainstream media and were described as examples of the band's openness to fans and their positivity toward non-commercial forms of Internet distribution.<ref>{{cite news| title = ’Radiohead lend their music to fan-made live DVD’ | publisher = guardian.co.uk| date = 2010-09-01| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/01/radiohead-fan-made-live-film| accessdate = 2010-09-04 | location=London | first=Sean | last=Michaels}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = ’Radiohead help fans 'bootleg' their own gig’ | publisher = NME.com| date = 2010-09-03| url = http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/52847| accessdate = 2010-09-04}}</ref>

]
The first single from ''In Rainbows'', "]", was released in January 2008,<ref>{{cite news|title=Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' to be released on CD this year|date=8 November 2007|newspaper=NME|url=https://www.nme.com//news/radiohead/32393|access-date=19 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121025651/http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/32393|archive-date=21 November 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by "]" in March,<ref name="NME_0312">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com//news/radiohead/35076|title=Radiohead announce new single details|date=12 March 2008|magazine=]|access-date=12 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314012342/http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/35076|archive-date=14 March 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> which debuted at number 37 in the ]; it was Radiohead's first song to enter the chart since "High and Dry" (1995) and their first US top 40 since "Creep".<ref name="BILL" /> In July, Radiohead released a digitally shot video for "]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Dodson|first=Sean|date=17 July 2008|title=Is Radiohead the latest band to go open source?|work=The Guardian|location=UK|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jul/17/opensource.google|url-status=live|access-date=27 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209210809/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jul/17/opensource.google|archive-date=9 February 2015}}</ref> Radiohead held ] competitions for "Nude" and "]", releasing the separated ] for fans to remix.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/09/radiohead-launc-2/|title=Radiohead Launches Easier, Less Expensive Remix Contest|magazine=WIRED|access-date=20 October 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020182052/https://www.wired.com/2008/09/radiohead-launc-2/|archive-date=20 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2008, Radiohead launched W.A.S.T.E. Central, a ] for Radiohead fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techdigest.tv/2008/04/theyve_already.html|title=Radiohead launches social networking site for gossip about Thom's hair, Waste-Central|date=7 April 2008|access-date=18 February 2015|publisher=Tech Digest|last=Hannaford|first=Katherine}}</ref> In May, ] broadcast '']'', a special episode of the music television show '']'' in which Radiohead performed songs from ''In Rainbows''. It was released on ] in June.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2 July 2008 |title=Radiohead Rake in Praise From Bono, Release 'From the Basement' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/24/radiohead-rake-in-praise-from-bono-release-from-the-basement/ |url-status=dead |magazine=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702173304/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/24/radiohead-rake-in-praise-from-bono-release-from-the-basement/ |archive-date=2 July 2008 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> From mid-2008 to early 2009, Radiohead toured North America, Europe, Japan and South America to promote ''In Rainbows'', and headlined the ] in August 2009.<ref name="tour" /><ref>{{cite web |date=30 March 2009 |title=Reading and Leeds 2009 line-up |url=https://www.nme.com//news/readingleeds-festival/43738 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209184737/http://www.nme.com/news/readingleeds-festival/43738 |archive-date=9 February 2015 |access-date=28 September 2014 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1069354|title=Radiohead, por primera vez en Buenos Aires|date=13 November 2008|newspaper=La Nación|access-date=14 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309194147/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1069354|archive-date=9 March 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

Days after Radiohead signed to XL, EMI announced a ] recorded before ''In Rainbows'', released in the same week as the ''In Rainbows'' special edition. Commentators including the ''Guardian'' saw the move as retaliation for the band choosing not to re-sign with EMI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/08/emi.musicindustry|title=EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue|last=Nestruck|first=Kelly|date=8 November 2007|website=]|language=en|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117193325/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/08/emi.musicindustry|archive-date=17 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2008, EMI released a ] album, '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Radiohead to release 'Best Of' compilation|url=https://www.nme.com//news/radiohead/35609|work=NME|location=UK|date=3 April 2008|access-date=3 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404000759/http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/35609|archive-date=4 April 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> It was made without Radiohead's involvement and contains only songs recorded under their contract with EMI. Yorke was critical of the release, calling it a "wasted opportunity".<ref>{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |date=9 May 2008 |title=Yorke slams Radiohead ''Best Of'' LP |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a95605/yorke-slams-radiohead-best-of-lp.html?rss |access-date=27 September 2008 |work=]}}</ref> As ] expanded around the turn of the decade, Radiohead gradually withdrew their public presence, with no promotional interviews or tours to promote new releases. ''Pitchfork'' wrote that around this time Radiohead's "popularity became increasingly untethered from the typical formalities of record promotion, placing them on the same level as ] and ]".<ref name="Curious Case" />

===2009–2010: reissues, singles and side projects===
In 2009, EMI reissued the albums recorded while Radiohead was signed to them in a series of expanded "Collector's Editions", without Radiohead's involvement.<ref name="DOMBAL reissue">{{citation |last=Dombal |first=Ryan |title=Radiohead's First Three Albums Reissued and Expanded |date=14 January 2009 |magazine=] |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/34391-radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-and-expanded/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317215443/http://pitchfork.com/news/34391-radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-and-expanded/ |archive-date=17 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Press reaction expressed concern that EMI was exploiting Radiohead's back catalogue.<ref name="FITZMAURICE">{{citation |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |title=Radiohead's First Three Albums Reissued with Extras |date=15 January 2009 |magazine=] |url=https://www.spin.com/2009/01/radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-extras/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122214440/http://spin.com/articles/radioheads-first-three-albums-reissued-extras |archive-date=22 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DOMBAL reissue" /><ref>{{citation |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |title=Radiohead's First Three Albums Reissued with Extras |date=15 January 2009 |magazine=] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radioheads-first-three-albums-return-as-reissues-march-24th-20090115 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803002824/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radioheads-first-three-albums-return-as-reissues-march-24th-20090115 |archive-date=3 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May, Radiohead began new recording sessions with Godrich.<ref name="Lindsay, Andrew">{{cite web|author=Lindsay, Andrew|title=Radiohead begin recording new album|date=18 May 2009|url=http://stereokill.net/2009/05/18/radiohead-begin-recording-new-album/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703112006/http://stereokill.net/2009/05/18/radiohead-begin-recording-new-album/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2009|publisher=Stereokill.net|access-date=18 May 2009}}</ref> In August, they released "]", a tribute song to ], the last surviving British soldier to have fought in ], with proceeds donated to the ].<ref name="Harry Patch In Memory Of">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/?a=495|title=Harry Patch (In Memory Of)|publisher=Radiohead.com|access-date=5 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828044117/http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/?a=495|archive-date=28 August 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Harris">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/06/radiohead-song-harry-patch|title=Radiohead's farewell to old first world war soldier in song|last=Harris|first=John|date=6 August 2009|work=The Guardian|location=UK|access-date=6 August 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181116063022/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/06/radiohead-song-harry-patch|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The song has no conventional rock instrumentation, and instead comprises Yorke's vocals and a string arrangement composed by Jonny Greenwood.<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100002153/radioheads-tribute-to-harry-patch-strikes-the-right-note/|title=Radiohead's tribute to Harry Patch strikes the right note|last=Jones|first=Lucy|date=6 August 2009|newspaper=]|access-date=18 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325015934/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100002153/radioheads-tribute-to-harry-patch-strikes-the-right-note/|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later that month, another new song, "]", featuring ]-like drumming and guitars,<ref name="RS2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-radiohead-song-these-are-my-twisted-words-leaks-20090813|title=New Radiohead Song "These Are My Twisted Words" Leaks|author=Daniel Kreps|date=13 August 2009|magazine=]|access-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203012053/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-radiohead-song-these-are-my-twisted-words-leaks-20090813|archive-date=3 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> was leaked via ], possibly by Radiohead.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/14/new-radiohead-song|title=Was the new Radiohead song leaked by the band?|author=Sean Michaels|date=14 August 2009|newspaper=]|access-date=21 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005073720/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/14/new-radiohead-song|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-radiohead-song-these-are-my-twisted-words-leaks-20090813|title=New Radiohead Song "These Are My Twisted Words" Leaks|magazine=]|date=13 August 2009|access-date=21 August 2013|author=Daniel Kreps|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203012053/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-radiohead-song-these-are-my-twisted-words-leaks-20090813|archive-date=3 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> It was released as a free download on the Radiohead website the following week.<ref name="Greenwood2">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=497 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819035635/http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=497 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2009|title=These Are My Twisted Words|author=Jonny Greenwood|date=17 August 2009|publisher=Dead Air Space (radiohead.com)|access-date=21 August 2009|author-link = Jonny Greenwood}}</ref> Commentators saw the releases as part of Radiohead's new unpredictable release strategy, without the need for traditional marketing.<ref name="Versus the Schedule">{{cite magazine|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/02447-radiohead-versus-the-release-schedule|title=Radiohead Versus The Release Schedule|last=Wallace|first=Wyndham|date=11 August 2009|magazine=]|access-date=19 July 2011}}</ref>

In 2009, Yorke formed a new band, ], to perform his solo material, with musicians including Godrich and the ] bassist ]. They played eight North American shows in 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/q-a-thom-yorke-on-atoms-for-peaces-mechanistic-new-album-20121105|title=Q&A: Thom Yorke on Atoms for Peace's 'Mechanistic' New Album|magazine=]|date=5 November 2012|access-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627192707/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/q-a-thom-yorke-on-atoms-for-peaces-mechanistic-new-album-20121105|archive-date=27 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2010, Radiohead played their only full concert of the year in the Los Angeles ] as a benefit for ]. Tickets were auctioned, raising over half a million US dollars for the NGO's ] relief.<ref>{{cite news|title=Musicians for Oxfam: Radiohead, will.i.am, and more |publisher=oxfamamerica.org |date=8 February 2010 |access-date=7 January 2011 |url=http://blogs.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/2010/02/08/musicians-for-oxfam-radiohead-will-i-am-and-more/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217100643/http://blogs.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/2010/02/08/musicians-for-oxfam-radiohead-will-i-am-and-more/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2010 |last=Kramer |first=Anna }}</ref> That December, a fan-made video of the performance, '']'', was released via YouTube and torrent with Radiohead's support and a "pay-what-you-want" link to donate to Oxfam.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/radiohead-for-haiti-full-video-from-fonda.html|title=Video: View the full Radiohead for Haiti benefit concert online, compiled from fan footage|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=28 December 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=7 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312081244/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/radiohead-for-haiti-full-video-from-fonda.html|archive-date=12 March 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Radiohead also released the ] of their 2009 Prague performance for use in a ] concert video, ''Live in Praha''.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 September 2010 |title=Radiohead-Approved, Fan-Shot Concert Movie Released |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/39935-radiohead-approved-fan-shot-concert-movie-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905001657/http://pitchfork.com/news/39935-radiohead-approved-fan-shot-concert-movie-released/ |archive-date=5 September 2010 |access-date=4 September 2010 |publisher=Pitchfork.com}}</ref> The videos were described as examples of Radiohead's openness to fans and positivity toward non-commercial internet distribution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/01/radiohead-fan-made-live-film|title=Radiohead lend their music to fan-made live DVD|last=Michaels|first=Sean|date=1 September 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 September 2010|location=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508100726/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/01/radiohead-fan-made-live-film|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com//news/radiohead/52847|title=Radiohead help fans 'bootleg' their own gig|date=3 September 2010|work=NME|location=UK|access-date=4 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905052813/http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/52847|archive-date=5 September 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2010, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a surprise set at ], performing ''Eraser'' and Radiohead songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/39283-thom-yorke-and-jonny-greenwood-play-surprise-glastonbury-set/|title=Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood Play Surprise Glastonbury Set|date=25 June 2010|access-date=3 January 2015|website=Pitchfork|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103211724/http://pitchfork.com/news/39283-thom-yorke-and-jonny-greenwood-play-surprise-glastonbury-set/|archive-date=3 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Selway released his debut solo album, '']'', in August.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Killian |date=28 August 2010 |title=Philip Selway: ''Familial'' |language=en-GB |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/29/philip-selway-familial-album-review |url-status=live |access-date=28 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408203827/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/29/philip-selway-familial-album-review |archive-date=8 April 2016 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' described it as a collection of "hushed" folk songs in the tradition of ], with Selway on guitar and vocals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dombal |first=Ryan |date=2010-07-26 |title=Radiohead's Selway talks new solo LP, does not talk new Radiohead LP |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/39537-radioheads-selway-talks-new-solo-lp-does-not-talk-new-radiohead-lp/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2011–2012: ''The King of Limbs'' ===
], has joined Radiohead on tour since 2012. He also performed on the "Staircase / The Daily Mail" single and ''A Moon Shaped Pool''.]]
Radiohead released their eighth album, '']'', on 18 February 2011 as a download from their website.<ref name="Radiohead release The King of Limbs">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/feb/18/radiohead-king-of-limbs-live|title=Radiohead release The King of Limbs|last=Swash|first=Rosie|date=19 February 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 February 2011|location=UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508075607/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2011/feb/18/radiohead-king-of-limbs-live|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the protracted recording and more conventional rock instrumentation of ''In Rainbows'', Radiohead developed ''The King of Limbs'' by ] and ] their recordings with ].<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2147056/review|title=''The King of Limbs'' Review|website=Allmusic|access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="Guardian Review">{{cite news|author=Alexis Petridis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/24/radiohead-king-limbs-review|title=Radiohead: ''The King of Limbs'' review|work=The Guardian|date=25 February 2011|access-date=21 April 2011|location=London|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181116223201/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/24/radiohead-king-limbs-review|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LA Times">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/02/snap-judgment-radioheads-king-of-limbs.html|title=Snap Judgment: Radiohead's ''The King of Limbs''|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=20 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305085842/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/02/snap-judgment-radioheads-king-of-limbs.html|archive-date=5 March 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> It was followed by a retail release in March through XL, and a special "newspaper album" edition in May.<ref>Swash, Rosie (14 February 2011). {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225045140/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/14/radiohead-new-album |date=25 December 2013 }}. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 16 February 2011.</ref>

''The King of Limbs'' sold an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 copies through Radiohead's website.<ref name="Fricke-2012" /> The retail edition debuted at number six on the US ]<ref name="Billboard 200">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472190/britney-spears-snares-sixth-no-1-on-billboard-200-with-femme-fatale|title=Britney Spears Snares Sixth No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'Femme Fatale{{'-}}|date=6 April 2011|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|magazine=]|location=Los Angeles|access-date=20 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508080130/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472190/britney-spears-snares-sixth-no-1-on-billboard-200-with-femme-fatale|archive-date=8 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and number seven on the ].<ref name="musicweek">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1044784&c=1|first=Alan|last=Jones|date=3 April 2011|title=Adele claims album record but loses to Lopez in singles|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=20 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005092931/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1044784&c=1|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> It was nominated for five categories in the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominess and Winners|date=1 December 2011|access-date=1 December 2011|publisher=Grammy.com|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201120225/http://www.grammy.com/nominees|archive-date=1 February 2012}}</ref> Two tracks not included on ''The King of Limbs'', "]", were released as a double A-side single for ] in April.<ref name="Record Store Day">{{cite web|url=http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-product.aspx|title=Record Store Day – Exclusive Product|access-date=16 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731180429/http://www.recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-product.aspx|archive-date=31 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> A compilation of ''King of Limbs'' remixes by various artists, '']'', was released in September.<ref name="avclubremix">{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/radiohead-remix-album-set-for-release-in-september-1798226888|title=Radiohead remix album set for release in September|last=Hyden|first=Steven|date=9 September 2011|newspaper=]|access-date=10 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022005754/http://www.avclub.com/articles/radiohead-remix-album-set-for-release-in-september%2C60151/|archive-date=22 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

To perform the rhythmically complex ''King of Limbs'' material live, Radiohead enlisted a second drummer, ], who had worked with ] and ].<ref name="Selway and evolution">{{cite web|date=9 November 2014|title=Phil Selway and the evolution of rock drumming in the digital age|url=http://monomusicmag.com/phil-selway-and-the-evolution-of-rock-drumming-in-the-digital-age/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110000743/http://monomusicmag.com/phil-selway-and-the-evolution-of-rock-drumming-in-the-digital-age/|archive-date=10 November 2014|access-date=9 November 2014|website=Mono}}</ref> In June, Radiohead played a surprise performance on the Park stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, performing songs from ''The King of Limbs'' for the first time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com//news/radiohead/57549|title=Radiohead play 'surprise' Glastonbury show with sixth member|date=24 June 2011|access-date=18 February 2015|magazine=NME|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020231054/http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/57549|archive-date=20 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> With Deamer, Radiohead recorded '']'', released online in August 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com//news/music/radiohead-232-1270222|title=Watch Radiohead's 'From The Basement' session in full on NME.COM – video – NME|date=18 August 2011|newspaper=NME|language=en-US|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230232835/http://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-232-1270222|archive-date=30 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also broadcast by international BBC channels and released on DVD and Blu-ray in January 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Radiohead's The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement to Be Released on DVD |newspaper=] |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/11/radioheads-the-king-of-limbs-live-from-the-basemen.html |url-status=dead |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230231742/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/11/radioheads-the-king-of-limbs-live-from-the-basemen.html |archive-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> The performance included two new songs, "]", released as a double A-side download single in December 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2011/12/13/radiohead-to-release-new-singles-the-daily-mail-and-staircase-253852/|title=Radiohead to release new singles The Daily Mail and Staircase|newspaper=]|date=13 December 2011|access-date=21 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518080914/http://metro.co.uk/2011/12/13/radiohead-to-release-new-singles-the-daily-mail-and-staircase-253852/|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2012, Radiohead began their first extended North American tour in four years, including dates in the United States, Canada and Mexico.<ref name="radiohead1">{{cite web|url=https://radiohead.com/deadairspace/111107/Touring-2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109035703/http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/111107/touring-2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2011|title=Touring 2012 – RADIOHEAD &#124; Dead Air Space|publisher=Radiohead|access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref> On tour, they recorded material at ]'s studio ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/46806-radiohead-did-record-at-third-man-jack-white-confirms/|title=Radiohead Did Record At Third Man, Jack White Confirms|last1=Battan|first1=Carrie|last2=Snapes|first2=Laura|date=5 July 2012|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709153742/https://pitchfork.com/news/46806-radiohead-did-record-at-third-man-jack-white-confirms/|archive-date=9 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> but discarded the recordings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/10/radiohead-ed-o-brien-solo-album-carnival|title=Radiohead's Ed O'Brien to release carnival-inspired solo album|date=10 October 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424012002/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/10/radiohead-ed-o-brien-solo-album-carnival|archive-date=24 April 2017|url-status=live|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

On 16 June 2012, an hour before gates were due to open at Toronto's ] for the final concert of Radiohead's North American tour, the ], killing the drum technician Scott Johnson and injuring three other members of Radiohead's ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18474835|title=Radiohead stage collapse 'kills one' in Canada|newspaper=BBC News|date=17 June 2012|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606213736/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18474835|archive-date=6 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> After rescheduling the tour, Radiohead paid tribute to Johnson at their next concert, in Nîmes, France, in July.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-honor-late-drum-tech-at-first-show-since-stage-collapse-20120711|title=Radiohead Honor Late Drum Tech at First Show Since Stage Collapse &#124; Music News|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=11 July 2012|access-date=16 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714235624/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/radiohead-honor-late-drum-tech-at-first-show-since-stage-collapse-20120711|archive-date=14 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2013, ] Canada Inc, two other organisations and an engineer were charged with 13 charges under Ontario health and safety laws.<ref name="Technician death">{{Cite news|title='I feel so let down by Canada': Radiohead and drum tech's parents demand answers in his Toronto death|language=en|work=]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/radiohead-drum-technician-death-1.4422702|url-status=live|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130023446/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/radiohead-drum-technician-death-1.4422702|archive-date=30 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/live-nation-engineer-charged-in-radiohead-stage-collapse-1.1387677|title=Live Nation, engineer charged in Radiohead stage collapse|work=]|date=7 June 2013|access-date=8 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608075820/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/06/07/toronto-live-nation-ontario-ministry-of-labour-optex.html|archive-date=8 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017, after several delays, the case was dropped under the ], which sets strict time limits on trials.<ref name="Technician death" /> Radiohead released a statement condemning the decision.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=8 September 2017|title=Radiohead on stalled stage collapse case: "We are appalled"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-on-stalled-stage-collapse-case-we-are-appalled/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908201541/https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-on-stalled-stage-collapse-case-we-are-appalled/|archive-date=8 September 2017|access-date=9 September 2017|website=]|language=en}}</ref> A 2019 inquest returned a verdict of ].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|date=11 April 2012|title=Radiohead share statement following stage collapse inquest|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-share-statement-following-stage-collapse-inquest/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412021902/https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-share-statement-following-stage-collapse-inquest/|archive-date=12 April 2019|access-date=14 April 2012|website=]}}</ref>

===2013–2014: side projects and move to XL===
]After the ''King of Limbs ''tour, the band members worked on further side projects. In February 2013, Yorke and Godrich's band, Atoms for Peace, released an album, '']''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=21 February 2013 |title=Atoms for Peace: ''Amok'' – review |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/21/atoms-for-peace-amok-review |url-status=live |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194005/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/21/atoms-for-peace-amok-review |archive-date=2 January 2014}}</ref> The pair made headlines that year for their criticism of the free ] service ]. Yorke accused Spotify of only benefiting major labels with large back catalogues, and encouraged artists to build their own "direct connections" with audiences instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23313445|title=Thom Yorke pulls albums from Spotify|date=15 July 2013|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205105304/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23313445|archive-date=5 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dying corpse">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/07/spotify-thom-yorke-dying-corpse|title=Thom Yorke calls Spotify 'the last desperate fart of a dying corpse'|date=7 October 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=7 October 2013|author=Stuart Dredge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007071008/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/07/spotify-thom-yorke-dying-corpse|archive-date=7 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2014, Radiohead released an app, ''Polyfauna'', a collaboration with the British ]s studio Universal Everything, with music and imagery from ''The King of Limbs''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/53922-radiohead-release-polyfauna-app/|title=Radiohead Release PolyFauna App|last=Battan|first=Carrie|date=11 February 2014|work=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214101507/http://pitchfork.com/news/53922-radiohead-release-polyfauna-app/|archive-date=14 February 2014|access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref> In May, Yorke contributed a soundtrack, ''Subterranea'', to ''The'' ''Panic Office'', an installation of Radiohead artwork in Sydney, Australia.<ref name="Triple J">{{cite web |date=22 May 2015 |title=Thom Yorke produces new music for Australian exhibition of Radiohead artwork |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s4240562.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523035850/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s4240562.htm |archive-date=23 May 2015 |access-date=22 May 2015 |website=]}}</ref> Yorke and Selway released their solo albums '']'' and '']'' in late 2014.<ref name="Yorke announces Boxes">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/56876-thom-yorke-announces-new-album-tomorrows-modern-boxes|title=Thom Yorke Announces New Album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes &#124; News|last1=Gordon|first1=Jeremy|date=26 September 2014|website=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926232956/http://pitchfork.com/news/56876-thom-yorke-announces-new-album-tomorrows-modern-boxes/|archive-date=26 September 2014|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com//news/radiohead/78101|title=Radiohead drummer Philip Selway announces new album ''Weatherhouse''|last=Stevens|first=Jenny|date=24 June 2014|website=]|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120601/http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/78101|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Jonny Greenwood scored his third Anderson film, '']''; it features a version of an unreleased Radiohead song, "Spooks", performed by Greenwood and members of ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/07/radiohead-jonny-greenwood-supergrass-spooks-cover-inherent-vice-track|title=Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood hires Supergrass to cover Inherent Vice track|last=Michaels|first=Sean|date=7 October 2014|website=]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007221436/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/07/radiohead-jonny-greenwood-supergrass-spooks-cover-inherent-vice-track|archive-date=7 October 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref> '']'', a collaboration between Greenwood, Godrich, the Israeli composer ] and Indian musicians, was released in November 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colter Walls |first=Seth |date=19 November 2015 |title=Shye Ben Tzur / Jonny Greenwood / The Rajasthan Express: ''Junun'' album review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21213-junun/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116074920/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21213-junun/ |archive-date=16 January 2017 |access-date=15 January 2017 |website=]}}</ref> accompanied by a ].<ref name="Film Review: 'Junun'">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/junun-film-review-1201613807/|title=Film Review: 'Junun'|website=Variety|date=8 October 2015|access-date=9 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009191758/http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/junun-film-review-1201613807/|archive-date=9 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2016, Radiohead's back catalogue was acquired by ], which had released the retail editions of ''In Rainbows'' and ''The King of Limbs'' and most of Yorke's solo work.<ref name="Billboard - move from Warner">{{cite magazine|title=Radiohead's Early Catalog Moves From Warner Bros. to XL|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318964/radioheads-early-catalog-warner-bros-xl|date=4 April 2016|access-date=5 April 2016|magazine=]|last=Christman|first=Ed}}</ref> XL reissued Radiohead's back catalogue on vinyl in May 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spice |first=Anton |date=6 May 2016 |title=Radiohead to reissue entire catalogue on vinyl |url=http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826093045/http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-news/radiohead-reissue-entire-catalogue-vinyl/ |archive-date=26 August 2016 |access-date=6 May 2017 |website=]}}</ref>

=== 2015–2016: ''A Moon Shaped Pool'' ===
Radiohead began work on their ninth studio album in September 2014.<ref name="Drowned in Sound2">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148661-dis-meets-radioheads-philip-selway--if-it-means-something-to-some-people-then-that-is-success|title=DiS Meets Radiohead's Philip Selway: "If it means something to some people then that is success"|last=Langham|first=Matt|date=4 February 2015|work=]|access-date=4 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204143203/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148661-dis-meets-radioheads-philip-selway--if-it-means-something-to-some-people-then-that-is-success|archive-date=4 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, they resumed work in the La Fabrique studio near ], France.<ref name="Playing in a room">{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/just-playing-in-a-room-with-friends/|title=In a room with Radiohead|last=Thorpe|first=Adam|date=18 May 2016|website=The Times Literary Supplement|access-date=19 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521213231/http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/just-playing-in-a-room-with-friends/|archive-date=21 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The sessions were marred by the death of Godrich's father<ref name="hanging out with Radiohead">{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=8 June 2017 |title=19 Things We Learned Hanging Out With Radiohead |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/19-things-we-learned-hanging-out-with-radiohead-w486278 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608150813/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/19-things-we-learned-hanging-out-with-radiohead-w486278 |archive-date=8 June 2017 |access-date=8 June 2017 |magazine=]}}</ref> and Yorke's separation from his wife, ], who died from cancer in 2016.<ref name="inside OK Computer">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/exclusive-thom-yorke-and-radiohead-on-ok-computer-w484570|title=Inside 'OK Computer': Radiohead Look Back on Their Paranoid Masterpiece|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=1 June 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=1 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531145331/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/exclusive-thom-yorke-and-radiohead-on-ok-computer-w484570|archive-date=31 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Work was interrupted when Radiohead were commissioned to write the theme for the 2015 ] film ''].''<ref name="hanging out with Radiohead" /> After their song, "]", was rejected, Radiohead released it on the audio streaming site ] on Christmas Day 2015.<ref name="BBC Spectre">{{cite web|date=25 December 2015|title=Radiohead reveal rejected theme for James Bond film Spectre|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35178921|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225215044/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35178921|archive-date=25 December 2015|access-date=25 December 2015|website=BBC News}}</ref>

Radiohead's ninth studio album, '']'', was released digitally in May 2016, followed by retail versions in June via XL Recordings.<ref name="Pitchfork Daydreaming22" /> It was promoted with music videos for the singles "]" (directed by Anderson) and "]".<ref name="Pitchfork Witch video">{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1133-decoding-the-politics-in-radioheads-burn-the-witch-video/|title=Decoding the Politics in Radiohead's "Burn the Witch" Video|last=Hogan|first=Marc|date=3 May 2016|website=Pitchfork|access-date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506062235/http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1133-decoding-the-politics-in-radioheads-burn-the-witch-video/|archive-date=6 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pitchfork Daydreaming22">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/65297-radiohead-announce-new-album-release-date-share-daydreaming-video/|title=Radiohead Announce New Album Release Date, Share "Daydreaming" Video|last=Philips|first=Amy|website=Pitchfork|date=6 May 2016|access-date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508231728/http://pitchfork.com/news/65297-radiohead-announce-new-album-release-date-share-daydreaming-video/|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The album includes several songs written years earlier, including "]",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/05/history-radiohead-true-love-waits.html|title=The 21-Year History of Radiohead's 'True Love Waits,' a Fan Favorite Two Decades in the Making|last=Reilly|first=Dan|date=10 May 2016|website=Vulture|access-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907002120/http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/history-radiohead-true-love-waits.html|archive-date=7 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and strings and ] performed by the ].<ref name="91x2">{{cite web|url=http://www.91x.com/uncategorized/hear-radioheads-new-albuma-moon-shaped-pool-at-11pm-tonight-on-the-ftw-new-music-show/|title=Hear Radiohead's New Album "A Moon Shaped Pool" at 11pm tonight on the FTW New Music Show|date=8 May 2016|website=91X FM|access-date=12 May 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160521171321/http://www.91x.com/uncategorized/hear-radioheads-new-albuma-moon-shaped-pool-at-11pm-tonight-on-the-ftw-new-music-show/|archive-date=21 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It became Radiohead's sixth UK number-one album<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/radiohead-score-sixth-number-1-album-with-a-moon-shaped-pool__15040/|title=Radiohead score sixth Number 1 album with A Moon Shaped Pool|publisher=officialcharts.com|access-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516231757/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/radiohead-score-sixth-number-1-album-with-a-moon-shaped-pool__15040/|archive-date=16 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and reached number three in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7541143/billboard-200-chart-moves-radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool|title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Radiohead's 'A Moon Shaped Pool' Returns After Special Edition's Release|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=13 October 2016|website=]|access-date=15 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209180004/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7541143/billboard-200-chart-moves-radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool|archive-date=9 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the fifth Radiohead album nominated for the ], making Radiohead the most shortlisted act in Mercury history,<ref name="Leight-2016">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowie-radiohead-and-more-nominated-for-mercury-prize-w432686|title=David Bowie, Radiohead and more nominated for Mercury Prize|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=4 August 2016|magazine=]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805213442/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/david-bowie-radiohead-and-more-nominated-for-mercury-prize-w432686|archive-date=5 August 2016|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref> and was nominated for ] and ] (for "Burn the Witch") at the ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017|title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151125/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017|archive-date=6 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It appeared on several publications' lists of the best albums of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/v-clubs-20-best-albums-2016-246644|title=The A.V. Club's Top 50 Albums of 2016|date=12 December 2016|work=]|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212062316/http://www.avclub.com/article/v-clubs-20-best-albums-2016-246644|archive-date=12 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/30/the-best-albums-of-2016|title=The best albums of 2016|date=30 November 2016|work=]|access-date=5 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315225333/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/30/the-best-albums-of-2016|archive-date=15 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9980-the-50-best-albums-of-2016/?page=5|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2016|date=13 December 2016|work=]|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213222904/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9980-the-50-best-albums-of-2016/?page=5|archive-date=13 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2016-w451265/radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool-w451343|title=50 Best Albums of 2016|date=29 November 2016|magazine=]|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210043/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2016-w451265/radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool-w451343|archive-date=29 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4577061/top-10-best-albums-2016/|title=The Top 10 Best Albums|date=22 November 2016|magazine=]|access-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128143048/http://time.com/4577061/top-10-best-albums-2016/|archive-date=28 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

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In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Radiohead toured Europe, Japan, and North and South America,<ref name="Pitchfork - Radiohead in Amsterdam">{{cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=20 May 2016 |title=Radiohead in Amsterdam: a tour opener live blog |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/65603-radiohead-in-amsterdam-a-tour-opener-live-blog/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520221831/http://pitchfork.com/news/65603-radiohead-in-amsterdam-a-tour-opener-live-blog/ |archive-date=20 May 2016 |access-date=21 May 2016 |website=]}}</ref><ref name="Pitchfork world tour">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/63069-radiohead-announce-world-tour/|title=Radiohead Announce World Tour|website=Pitchfork|date=14 March 2016|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315221524/http://pitchfork.com/news/63069-radiohead-announce-world-tour/|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-announce-north-american-tour/|title=Radiohead Announce North American Tour {{!}} Pitchfork|last1=Wicks|first1=Amanda|last2=Monroe|first2=Jazz|date=20 February 2018|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228213102/https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-announce-north-american-tour/|archive-date=28 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> including headline shows at the ] and ] festivals.<ref name="Glastonbury 2017" /> They were joined again by Deamer.<ref name="Pitchfork - Radiohead in Amsterdam" /> The tours included a performance in Tel Aviv in July 2017, disregarding the ] campaign for an international cultural ]. The performance was criticised by artists including ] and ], and a petition urging Radiohead to cancel it was signed by more than 50 prominent figures.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-criticizes-whining-thom-yorke-over-radioheads-israel-gig-197361/|title=Roger Waters Criticizes 'Whining' Thom Yorke Over Radiohead's Israel Gig|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=16 July 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=18 July 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718084115/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-criticizes-whining-thom-yorke-over-radioheads-israel-gig-197361/|archive-date=18 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In a statement, Yorke responded: "We don’t endorse ] any more than ], but we still play in America. Playing in a country isn't the same as endorsing the government. Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them, about open minds not closed ones, about shared humanity, dialogue and freedom of expression."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=12 July 2017 |title=Radiohead's Thom Yorke responds as Ken Loach criticises Israel gig |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/12/thom-yorke-radiohead-ken-loach-criticises-israel-gig |access-date=15 July 2017 |work=] |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

=== 2017–2020: ''OKNOTOK'' and ''MiniDiscs '' ===
In June 2017, Radiohead released a 20th-anniversary ''OK Computer'' reissue, '']'', comprising a remastered version of the album, B-sides, and previously unreleased material.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Althea |first=Legaspi |date=2 June 2017 |title=Hear Radiohead's Previously Unreleased Song 'I Promise' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-radioheads-previously-unreleased-song-i-promise-w485420 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602060245/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-radioheads-previously-unreleased-song-i-promise-w485420 |archive-date=2 June 2017 |access-date=2 June 2017}}</ref> Radiohead promoted the reissue with music videos for the bonus tracks "]", "]" and "]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=2 June 2017 |title=Watch Radiohead's New "I Promise" Video {{!}} Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/73929-watch-radioheads-new-i-promise-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605081435/http://pitchfork.com/news/73929-watch-radioheads-new-i-promise-video/ |archive-date=5 June 2017 |access-date=2 June 2017 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref><ref name="Rolling Stone - Paranoia">{{Cite magazine |last=Leight |first=Elias |date=23 June 2017 |title=See Radiohead's Paranoia-Inducing 'Man of War' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-radioheads-paranoia-inducing-man-of-war-video-w489190 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623133539/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-radioheads-paranoia-inducing-man-of-war-video-w489190 |archive-date=23 June 2017 |access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 September 2017 |title=Video: Radiohead – "Lift" |work=Spin |url=https://www.spin.com/2017/09/radiohead-lift-video/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192927/https://www.spin.com/2017/09/radiohead-lift-video/ |archive-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> ''OKNOTOK'' reached number two on the ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20170630/7502/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909113733/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20170630/7502/ |archive-date=9 September 2018 |access-date=9 September 2018 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> boosted by Radiohead's televised Glastonbury performance that week,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beech |first=Mark |title=The Glastonbury Effect: Radiohead Back At Top Of U.K. Chart, Foo Fighters Follow |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markbeech/2017/06/26/the-glastonbury-effect-radiohead-back-at-top-of-u-k-chart-foo-fighters-follow/#496824ad5506 |url-status=live |access-date=27 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627000813/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markbeech/2017/06/26/the-glastonbury-effect-radiohead-back-at-top-of-u-k-chart-foo-fighters-follow/#496824ad5506 |archive-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> and reached number 23 on the US ].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Tracks Surpass 1 Billion U.S. Streams |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7874021/ed-sheeran-divide-songs-1-billion-streams |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819121715/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7874021/ed-sheeran-divide-songs-1-billion-streams |archive-date=19 August 2018 |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref> In August, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a benefit concert in ], Italy, following the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2017 |title=Radiohead Announce Italian Earthquake Benefit Show {{!}} Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-announce-italian-earthquake-benefit-show/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822182651/http://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-announce-italian-earthquake-benefit-show/ |archive-date=22 August 2017 |access-date=22 August 2017 |website=pitchfork.com}}</ref> In September, the nature documentary series '']'' premiered featuring a new version of the ''King of Limbs'' track "Bloom", created with the composer ].<ref name="Telegraph - Attenborough">{{Cite news |agency=Press Association |date=14 September 2017 |title=The ultimate chill out song? Radiohead record new music for David Attenborough's Blue Planet 2 |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/09/14/radiohead-record-new-song-sir-david-attenboroughs-blue-planet/ |url-status=live |access-date=14 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412222743/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/09/14/radiohead-record-new-song-sir-david-attenboroughs-blue-planet/ |archive-date=12 April 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

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Radiohead were nominated for the ] in 2017, their first year of eligibility.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2017/10/rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-2018-nominees-radiohead-rage-against-the-machine-kate-bush/?wasp=facebook-ads|title=Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame 2018 nominees: Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Kate Bush|last=Young|first=Alex|date=5 October 2017|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013148/https://consequence.net/2017/10/rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-2018-nominees-radiohead-rage-against-the-machine-kate-bush/?wasp=facebook-ads|archive-date=6 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> They were nominated again in 2018 and inducted the following March. Though Jonny Greenwood and Yorke were uninterested in the event, Selway and O'Brien attended and made speeches.<ref name="Greene-2019">{{Cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |last2=Wang |first2=Amy X. |date=30 March 2019 |title=Read the heartfelt rock and roll hall of fame speeches by (some of) Radiohead |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-the-heartfelt-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-speeches-by-some-of-radiohead-814701/ |url-status=live |magazine=] |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330030715/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-the-heartfelt-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-speeches-by-some-of-radiohead-814701/ |archive-date=30 March 2019 |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> The singer ], one of Radiohead's formative influences, gave a speech praising Radiohead's musical and release innovations, which he said had influenced the whole music industry.<ref name="Blistein-2019">{{Cite magazine |last1=Blistein |first1=Jon |last2=Wang |first2=Amy X. |date=30 March 2019 |title=Read David Byrne's rock and roll hall of fame tribute to Radiohead |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-david-byrne-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-814063/ |url-status=live |magazine=] |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330195046/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-david-byrne-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-814063/ |archive-date=30 March 2019 |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref>

In June 2019, several hours of recordings made by Radiohead during the ''OK Computer'' period leaked online. In response, Radiohead made them available to purchase online as '']]'', with all proceeds to the environmentalist group ].<ref>Ben Beaumont-Thomas, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611132323/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/11/radiohead-release-hours-of-hacked-songs-to-benefit-extinction-rebellion |date=11 June 2019 }}, '']'' 11 June 2019.</ref> In December, Radiohead made their discography available free on ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.openculture.com/2019/12/radiohead-puts-every-official-album-on-youtube.html|title=Radiohead puts every official album on YouTube, making them all free to stream|date=21 December 2019|website=Open Culture|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222033527/http://www.openculture.com/2019/12/radiohead-puts-every-official-album-on-youtube.html|archive-date=22 December 2019|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> The following January, they launched the Radiohead Public Library, an online archive of their work, including music videos, live performances, artwork and the 1998 documentary '']''.<ref name="billboard-library">{{cite magazine |last1=Kaufman |first1=Gil |title=Radiohead Open 'Public Library' With Rarities, Videos, Hard-to-Find Merch & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8548451/radiohead-open-public-library-with-rarities |magazine=Billboard |date=20 January 2020 |access-date=20 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120232340/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8548451/radiohead-open-public-library-with-rarities |archive-date=20 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Radiohead suspended their online content for ] on 2 June, protesting racism and ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=2020-06-02|title=TV, radio and music stars mark 'Blackout Tuesday'|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52889419|access-date=2020-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602215533/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52889419|archive-date=2 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, Selway released his third solo work, the soundtrack to the film ''Let Me Go''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garratt |first=John |date=3 November 2017 |title=Philip Selway: Let Me Go Original Soundtrack |language=en |work=PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/philip-selway-let-me-go-2495378270.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613064059/https://www.popmatters.com/philip-selway-let-me-go-2495378270.html |archive-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> Jonny Greenwood was nominated for an ] for his fifth collaboration with Anderson, '']'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Alex |date=23 January 2018 |title=Jonny Greenwood earns first-ever Oscar nomination |language=en-US |work=Consequence of Sound |url=https://consequence.net/2018/01/jonny-greenwood-earns-first-ever-oscar-nomination/ |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> and scored his second film by ], '']'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web |last=Lyttelton |first=Oliver |date=2 May 2017 |title=Jonny Greenwood Scoring Lynne Ramsay's 'You Were Never Really Here' With Joaquin Phoenix |url=http://theplaylist.net/jonny-greenwood-scoring-lynne-ramsays-never-really-joaquin-phoenix-20170502/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205044631/https://theplaylist.net/jonny-greenwood-scoring-lynne-ramsays-never-really-joaquin-phoenix-20170502/ |archive-date=5 December 2018 |access-date=2 May 2017 |work=]}}</ref> Yorke released his first feature film soundtrack, '']'' (2018),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Alex |date=4 September 2018 |title=Thom Yorke details Suspiria soundtrack, shares "Suspirium": Stream |work=] |url=https://consequence.net/2018/09/thom-yorke-suspiria-details/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904192034/https://consequence.net/2018/09/thom-yorke-suspiria-details/ |archive-date=4 September 2018}}</ref> and his third solo album, '']'' (2019), backed by a short film directed by Anderson.<ref name="pitchforkannounce">{{cite web |last=Bloom |first=Madison |date=20 June 2019 |title=Thom Yorke announces new album ''Anima'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/thom-yorke-announces-new-album-anima/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620231529/https://pitchfork.com/news/thom-yorke-announces-new-album-anima/ |archive-date=20 June 2019 |access-date=21 June 2019 |website=]}}</ref> In 2020, O'Brien released his debut solo album, '']'', under the moniker EOB.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schatz |first=Lake |date=2 December 2019 |title=Radiohead's Ed O'Brien to release debut solo album in 2020, new single 'Brasil' coming this week |url=https://consequence.net/2019/12/radiohead-ed-obrien-debut-solo-album-release-date-2020/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203092736/https://consequence.net/2019/12/radiohead-ed-obrien-debut-solo-album-release-date-2020/ |archive-date=3 December 2019 |access-date=3 December 2019 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> He had been writing songs for years, but found they did not fit Radiohead.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Olson |first=Cathy Applefeld |date=2020-04-17 |title=Radiohead's Ed O'Brien on his Brazil-inspired solo debut ''Earth'' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/radiohead-ed-obrien-earth-9360518/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Daniell |first=Mark |date=2020-04-17 |title=Radiohead's Ed O'Brien on going solo: 'Something was missing' |language=en-CA |newspaper=] |url=https://torontosun.com/entertainment/music/radioheads-ed-obrien-finds-own-voice-on-earth-something-was-missing |access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> In April, to compensate for the lack of performances during the ], Radiohead began streaming old concert films on ] on a weekly basis.<ref name="Consequence">{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Wren |date=28 May 2020 |title=Radiohead streaming 1994 show Live at the Astoria on YouTube: Watch |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/05/radiohead-1994-show-live-at-the-astoria-youtube/ |access-date=2 June 2020 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== 2021–present: ''Kid A Mnesia'', the Smile and side projects ===
] as ] in January 2022]]

Radiohead abandoned plans to tour in 2021 due to the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Richards|first=Will|date=2020-04-26|title=Radiohead were planning to tour in 2021 before coronavirus outbreak|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-were-planning-to-tour-in-2021-before-coronavirus-outbreak-2654013|access-date=2021-05-31|website=]|language=en-GB}}</ref> In November, they released ''],'' an anniversary reissue compiling ''Kid A,'' ''Amnesiac'' and previously unreleased material. It was promoted with download singles and videos for the previously unreleased tracks "]" and "]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Martoccio|first=Angie|date=2021-11-01|title=Radiohead's "Follow Me Around' is a holy grail for fans. 20 years later, it's here|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-follow-me-around-video-guy-pearce-1251279/|magazine=]|language=en-US|access-date=2021-11-01}}</ref> Plans for an art installation based on the albums were cancelled due to logistical problems and the pandemic. Instead, Radiohead created a free digital experience, '']'', for ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stanton|first=Rich|date=2021-11-18|title=Radiohead's freaky-looking ''Kid A Mnesiac'' exhibition-game-thing is out (and free!)|language=en|work=]|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/radioheads-freaky-looking-kid-a-mnesiac-exhibition-game-thing-is-out-and-free/|access-date=2021-11-20}}</ref>

In a livestream event held by Glastonbury Festival in May 2021, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood debuted a new band, ], with the drummer ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-22|title=Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood form new project, the Smile|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/22/radioheads-thom-yorke-and-jonny-greenwood-form-new-project-the-smile|access-date=2021-05-22|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Greenwood said the band was a way to work with Yorke during the ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-03|title=Jonny Greenwood on writing the soundtrack for new Princess Diana biopic ''Spencer''|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jonny-greenwood-spencer-soundtrack-interview-radiohead-new-album-the-smile-3036092|access-date=2021-09-03|website=]|language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2022, they released their debut album, '']'', to acclaim.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |title=''A Light for Attracting Attention'' |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-light-for-attracting-attention/the-smile |access-date=12 May 2022 |website=]}}</ref> The ''Pitchfork'' critic Ryan Dombal described it as "instantly, unmistakably" the best album from a Radiohead side project.<ref name="Pitchfork-review">{{Cite web |last=Dombal |first=Ryan |date=2022-05-12 |title=The Smile: ''A Light for Attracting Attention'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-smile-a-light-for-attracting-attention/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> The Smile toured internationally between 2022 and 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2022-05-18 |title=The Smile debut new song 'Friend Of A Friend' as they kick off European tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-smile-debut-new-song-friend-of-a-friend-as-they-kick-off-european-tour-3228250 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murrary |first=Robin |date=2023-01-30 |title=The Smile announce ''Europe: Live Recordings 2022'' EP |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/the-smile-announce-europe-live-recordings-2022-ep/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> and released the albums '']'' and '']'', recorded simultaneously, in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vito |first=Jo |date=2024-08-28 |title=The Smile announce new album ''Cutouts'', release two songs |url=https://consequence.net/2024/08/the-smile-new-album-cutouts-zero-foreign-spies-zero-sumsum-stream/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> Critics interpreted the Smile as a liberating, lower-pressure project for Yorke and Greenwood,<ref name="Monroe-20242">{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=25 January 2024 |title=The Smile: ''Wall of Eyes'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-smile-wall-of-eyes/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walton |first=Sam |date=2 October 2024 |title=The Smile — ''Cutouts'' |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/the-smile-cutouts/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="DeVille-20242">{{Cite web |last=DeVille |first=Chris |date=2024-09-26 |title=Premature evaluation: the Smile ''Cutouts'' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2279890/the-smile-cutouts-album-review-thom-yorke/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Schonfeld-2024">{{Cite web |last=Schonfeld |first=Zach |date=10 October 2024 |title=The Smile: ''Cutouts'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-smile-cutouts/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> with more jazz, ] and ] influences and a looser, wilder sound.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=2021-05-23 |title=Live at Worthy Farm review – beautiful music marred by technical meltdown |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/23/live-at-worthy-farm-review-glastonburys-dodgy-pyramid-scheme-has-stunning-music |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Monroe-2024">{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=25 January 2024 |title=The Smile: ''Wall of Eyes'' |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-smile-wall-of-eyes/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="DeVille-2024">{{Cite web |last=DeVille |first=Chris |date=2024-09-26 |title=Premature evaluation: the Smile ''Cutouts'' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2279890/the-smile-cutouts-album-review-thom-yorke/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

Colin Greenwood toured Australia in 2022 as part of ] and ] band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valentish |first=Jenny |date=2022-11-28 |title=Nick Cave and Warren Ellis review – a transcendent night that veered on holy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/28/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-review-a-transcendent-night-that-veered-on-holy |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> He toured with Cave in 2023 and 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=2023-03-23 |title=Nick Cave announces tour featuring Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/nick-cave-announces-tour-featuring-radiohead-bassist-colin-greenwood/ |access-date=2023-03-23 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> performed on Cave's 2024 album ''],''<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=2024-03-06 |title=Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tease ''Wild God'' LP with bright title track: 'It seems we're happy' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nick-cave-wild-god-1234981528/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref> and released a book of his photographs of Radiohead in October 2024.<ref name="Dean-2024" /> Selway released his third solo album, '']'', in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corcoran |first=Nina |date=2022-10-26 |title=Radiohead's Philip Selway announces new album, shares song |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-philip-selway-announces-new-album-shares-song-listen/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> '']'', an album by Jonny Greenwood and the Israeli rock musician ], was released the following June.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2023-04-13 |title=Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood announces new album with Dudu Tassa, shares song |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-jonny-greenwood-announces-new-album-with-dudu-tassa-shares-song-listen/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> Yorke released his second film soundtrack, '']'', in April 2024, and began a solo tour in October.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Scoop |date=2024-04-22 |title=Thom Yorke previews ''Confidenza'' film score with two tracks |url=https://consequence.net/2024/04/thom-yorke-confidenza-score-knife-edge-prize-giving/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ragusa |first=Paolo |date=2024-10-23 |title=Thom Yorke debuts new song at solo tour kick-off: setlist |url=https://consequence.net/2024/10/thom-yorke-solo-tour-kickoff-new-zealand-video-setlist/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> Selway said it was healthy for the Radiohead members to work with other musicians, that all the projects came under the Radiohead "umbrella", and that Radiohead "still very much exists".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=2023-01-06 |title=Radiohead's Philip Selway on atmospheric solo LP, Radiohead's future |url=https://www.spin.com/2023/01/radiohead-philip-selway-interview/ |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DeVille |first=Chris |date=2023-03-08 |title=We've Got A File On You: Radiohead's Philip Selway |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2216269/philip-selway-radiohead-strange-dance-career-spanning-interview/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> Colin Greenwood said Radiohead had rehearsed in mid-2024 and suggested they would reunite again.<ref name="Dean-2024">{{Cite web |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=2024-10-02 |title=The time Thom Yorke smiled — candid snaps by the Radiohead bassist |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/radiohead-new-book-colin-greenwood-hl9prb3vd |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

Pressure for Radiohead to boycott Israel grew following the outbreak of the ] in 2023.<ref name="Jefferson-2024">{{Cite news |last=Jefferson |first=Dee |date=2024-10-31 |title=Thom Yorke walks off stage after being heckled by pro-Palestine protester at Melbourne concert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/31/thom-yorke-walks-off-stage-after-being-heckled-by-pro-palestine-heckler-at-melbourne-concert |access-date=2024-10-31 |work=] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Jonny Greenwood was criticised for performing in Tel Aviv with Tassa, and responded in a statement that Israeli artists should not be silenced.<ref name="Ritchie-2024">{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Hannah |date=2024-10-31 |title=Radiohead singer Thom Yorke walks off stage as fan shouts Gaza protests |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrv2zyd22o |access-date=2024-11-01 |website= |publisher=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> In October, Yorke temporarily left the stage after he was heckled by a pro-Palestine protester at a solo concert.<ref name="Jefferson-2024" /><ref name="Ritchie-2024" />

==Artistry==
===Musical style===
Radiohead's musical style has been described as ],{{refn|name="art-rock"|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Radiohead: Biography|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/radiohead/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162156/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/radiohead/biography|archive-date=12 June 2018|access-date=20 January 2009|quote= "...the biggest art-rock act since Pink Floyd..."}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Radiohead - British rock group|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/Radiohead|access-date=10 August 2015|quote= "...arguably the most accomplished art-rock band of the early 21st century..."}}</ref><ref name="guardml">{{cite web|last1=Lahann|first1=Michael|title=All Surprises: Radiohead and the Art of Unconventional Album Releases|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/may/02/all-surprises-radiohead-and-art-of-unconventional-album-release|website=]|date=2 May 2016|access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref>}} ],{{refn|name="alt-rock"|<ref name="allmusic-biography">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/radiohead-mn0000326249/biography | title=Radiohead biography | publisher=] | access-date=20 February 2016 | author=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://consequence.net/2016/01/radiohead-will-tour-in-2016/ | title=Radiohead will tour in 2016 | publisher=] | date=21 January 2016 | access-date=20 February 2016 | author=Young, Alex}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/12/sam-smith-thom-yorke-spectre-radiohead | title=Sam Smith Hasn't Heard Radiohead's Spectre Theme | magazine=] | date=12 January 2016 | access-date=20 February 2016 | author=Robinson, Will}}</ref>}} ],{{refn|name="eletronica"|<ref name="utr">{{cite web|title=Ranked: Radiohead|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/lists/ranked_radiohead/|website=]|access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/kid-a-mw0000620999 |title=''Kid A'' – Radiohead |publisher=] |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>}} ],{{refn|name="exp-rock"|<ref name="Thump">{{cite web|url=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/radiohead-tour-holly-herndon-shabazz-palaces|title=Why We're Happy Holly Herndon Is Touring with Radiohead|last1=Iadarola|first1=Alexander|website=]|date=11 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512131123/https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/radiohead-tour-holly-herndon-shabazz-palaces|archive-date=12 May 2016|access-date=11 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70598/true-love-waits-christopher-oriley-plays-radiohead | title=True Love Waits—Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead | magazine=] | date=21 June 2003 | access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>}} ],<ref name="allmusic-biography" /> ],<ref name="allmusic-biography" /> ],<ref>{{cite web |title=Exit Music: How Radiohead's OK Computer Destroyed the Art-Pop Album in Order to Save It |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/ok-computer-at-20/10038-exit-music-how-radioheads-ok-computer-destroyed-the-art-pop-album-in-order-to-save-it/ |access-date=20 March 2017 |website=]|date=20 March 2017 }}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite web |date=23 April 2017 |title=Radiohead started a sonic revolution 25 years ago, and is still leading it |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/radiohead-tour-still-freshest-thing-in-music-2017/ |access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> Critics found elements of ] in their first album, ''Pablo Honey.''<ref name="jahasuriya">{{cite web |last=Jahasuriya |first=Mehan |date=15 March 2009 |title=Jigsaw Falling into Place: Revisiting Radiohead's '90s Output |url=https://www.popmatters.com/71398-jigsaw-falling-into-place-revisiting-radioheads-90s-output-2496047786.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107022818/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/71398-jigsaw-falling-into-place-revisiting-radioheads-90s-output/P0/ |archive-date=7 January 2016 |access-date=28 December 2015 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kemp |first=Mark |date=26 March 2009 |title=Radiohead: Pablo Honey, the Bends, OK Computer (Reissues) |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/radiohead/radiohead-pablo-honey-the-bends-ok-computer-reissu/ |website=]}}</ref><ref name="Spicer-2008">{{cite web |last=Spicer |first=Al |date=2008 |title=Radiohead Pablo Honey Review |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/j5xm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421180834/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/j5xm |archive-date=21 April 2010 |access-date=5 July 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> Their second album, ''The Bends'', is sometimes described as ], though Radiohead disliked Britpop, seeing it as a "backwards-looking" pastiche.<ref name="Spin2">{{cite magazine |last=Pappademas |first=Alex |date=23 June 2003 |title=The Spin Record Guide: Essential Britpop |url=http://www.spin.com/2003/06/spin-record-guide-essential-britpop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614002823/http://www.spin.com/2003/06/spin-record-guide-essential-britpop/ |archive-date=14 June 2017 |access-date=19 January 2017 |magazine=]}}</ref><ref name="Pitchfork3">{{cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=29 March 2017 |title=The 50 Best Britpop Albums |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/ |access-date=4 October 2024 |website=]}}</ref><ref name="Rhapsody in Gloom2">{{citation |last=Greene |first=Andy |title=Radiohead's rhapsody in gloom: ''OK Computer'' 20 years later |date=31 May 2017 |magazine=] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/exclusive-thom-yorke-and-radiohead-on-ok-computer-w484570 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531145331/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/exclusive-thom-yorke-and-radiohead-on-ok-computer-w484570 |archive-date=31 May 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> O'Brien said they quickly tired of songs "with distorted guitars all the way through", preferring separation and "riffs and melodies that interweave at different registers".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amit |first=Sharma |date=2020-06-09 |title=Ed O'Brien: 'The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer - it's the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself' |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/ed-obrien-the-guitar-to-me-is-like-an-oscillator-on-a-synthesizer-its-the-start-of-a-sound-rather-than-the-sound-in-itself |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

Radiohead songs often use ] notes and ], creating "looser, roomier" harmonies and a "bittersweet, doomy" feeling.<ref name="ROSS" /> Many use unusual or changing ]s, such as "You", "]", "Morning Bell" and "]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Witmer |first=Phil |date=2018-02-22 |title=The first song on Radiohead's debut album predicted their future greatness |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/mb555q/radiohead-you-pablo-honey-25th-anniversary-music-theory-essay |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> O'Brien said Radiohead were hesitant to create "epic" music, which they felt had negative associations of ]. However, he conceded that "epic is also about beauty, like a majestic view", and cited "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" as an example of a song that was "obviously epic in scope".<ref name="PAYTRESS3">{{cite news |author=Paytress |first=Mark |date=1 January 2008 |title=Chasing Rainbows |work=]}}</ref>

Jonny Greenwood said Radiohead strive to find a middle ground between their experimental influences and rock music, and were driven by a desire not to repeat themselves rather than to be "experimental".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pettigrew |first=Jason |date=September 2001 |title=How to reinvent completely |journal=] |issue=158}}</ref> The drummer ], who has recorded and performed with Radiohead since 2011, said Radiohead do not see themselves as a rock band and that their methodology is closer to jazz: "They deliberately try to avoid cliché and standard forms for the sake of the song ... Rock bands don't do that. It's far more like a jazz mentality."<ref>{{cite news |date=11 April 2012 |title=How jazz secretly invaded pop music |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/how-jazz-secretly-invaded-pop-music-7630523.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718063833/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/how-jazz-secretly-invaded-pop-music-7630523.html |archive-date=18 July 2016 |access-date=25 July 2016 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Yorke dismissed accusations that Radiohead make "depressing" music, saying in 2004: "Depressing music to me is just shit music. It's like air freshener – just a nasty little poison in the air."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Draper |first=Brian |date=October 2004 |title=In-depth interview with Thom Yorke |url=https://highprofiles.info/interview/thom-yorke/ |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=High Profiles |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Songwriting ===
Though Yorke acts as Radiohead's director, all the members have a role in arrangement.<ref name="ECCLES" /><ref name="Klosterman-2003">{{Cite journal |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Klosterman |date=July 2003 |title=No more knives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N0HASap-qBoC&dq=no%20more%20knives&pg=PA64 |journal=]}}</ref> In 2004, Yorke said that while his power was once "absolutely unbalanced" and he would "subvert everybody else's power at all costs", later albums had been more democratic.<ref name="DAL">{{cite news |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |date=1 April 2004 |title=Are we having fun yet? |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/11/1081326991553.html?from=storyrhs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112192700/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/11/1081326991553.html?from=storyrhs |archive-date=12 January 2008 |access-date=26 March 2007 |newspaper=] |location=Melbourne}}</ref> He apologised to his bandmates for his earlier "control freak" behaviour.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohdin |first=Aamna |date=2019-09-22 |title=Thom Yorke opens up about pain of ex-partner's death |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/22/thom-yorke-ex-partners-death-desert-island-discs-rachel-owen |access-date=2023-05-06 |work=] |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> O'Brien said that no member was replaceable and each was comfortable with their position.<ref name="Klosterman-2003" />

Radiohead songs usually begin as a sketch by Yorke, which is harmonically developed by Jonny Greenwood before the rest of the band develop their parts.<ref name="ROSS" /> Whereas Yorke does not read sheet music, Greenwood is trained in ]. In '']'', Ryan Dombal wrote that "the duo's left brain-right brain dynamic has proven to be one of the most adventurous in rock history".<ref name="Pitchfork-review" /> While Jonny Greenwood plays most ] parts, O'Brien often creates ambient effects, making extensive use of ]s.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=3 December 2010 |title=Ed O'Brien – 100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/ed-obrien-20101202 |magazine=] |access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref>

Radiohead often attempt several approaches to songs, and may develop them over years. For example, Radiohead first performed "]" in 1995 before releasing it in a different arrangement on ''A Moon Shaped Pool'' in 2016.<ref name="Pareles">{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=8 May 2016 |title=Review: In Radiohead's 'A Moon Shaped Pool,' Patient Perfectionism |newspaper=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/arts/music/radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool-review.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512202652/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/arts/music/radiohead-a-moon-shaped-pool-review.html |archive-date=12 May 2016 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Greenwood said he saw Radiohead as "just a kind of an arrangement to form songs using whatever technology suits the song", be it a cello or a laptop.<ref name="inside OK Computer" />

The ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' sessions brought a change in Radiohead's music and working methods.<ref name="ECCLES" /><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Radiohead: Biography |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/radiohead/biography |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926075633/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/radiohead/biography |archive-date=26 September 2011 |access-date=14 September 2011}}</ref> Since their shift from conventional rock instrumentation, the members have gained flexibility and often switch instruments.<ref name="ECCLES" /> On ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', Yorke played keyboard and bass, Jonny Greenwood played ], Colin Greenwood worked on sampling, and O'Brien and Selway worked with drum machines and digital manipulation.<ref name="ECCLES" />

=== Influences ===
Among Radiohead's earliest influences were ],<ref name="influenceone">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd8SBdqDd9k&t=1397s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/Dd8SBdqDd9k| archive-date=2021-10-28|title=WTF with Marc Maron |publisher=youtube |date=25 May 2013 |access-date=1 October 2015 |quote=I love Queen, they are great when I was really small and then as I hit as a teenager, the band that really changed my life was R.E.M. and Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division and Bob Dylan }}{{cbignore}}<br />{{cite web|first=Jeff|last=Klingman|url=https://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2013/07/22/10-bullet-points-from-the-thom-yorke-interview-on-wtf-with-marc-maron|title=10 Bullet Points from the Thom Yorke Interview on WTF with Marc Maron|publisher=TheLmagazine.com|date=22 July 2013|access-date=23 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726113959/http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2013/07/22/10-bullet-points-from-the-thom-yorke-interview-on-wtf-with-marc-maron|archive-date=26 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ],<ref name="influenceone" /> ] and ], ] acts such as ],<ref name="influenceone" /> ]<ref name="influenceone" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/EOBBandOfficial/posts/767582517144200|title=Ed O'Brien about John McGeoch|website=Ed O'Brien Official website|date=18 September 2020|access-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201211204513/https://www.facebook.com/EOBBandOfficial/posts/767582517144200|archive-date=11 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and ], and significantly 1980s ] bands such as ],<ref name="influenceone" /> ], the ], ] and ].{{refn|name="influence-sonic-youth"|<ref name="guitar-world" /><ref name="ROSS" /><ref name="REYNOLDS" />}} Jonny Greenwood named the Magazine guitarist ] his biggest guitar influence.<ref>{{cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Jonny |date=11 February 2009 |title=I've been blown about for years |url=http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=455 |access-date=10 February 2022 |website=Dead Air Space |publisher=Radiohead.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321164928/http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=455 |archive-date=21 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By the mid-1990s, Radiohead were adopting recording methods from ], inspired by the ] work of ],<ref name="guitar-world" /> and became interested in using computers to generate sounds.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gillespie |first=Ian |date=17 August 1997 |title=It all got very surreal |newspaper=] |url=http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/londonfreepress.html |url-status=usurped |access-date=21 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012229/http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/londonfreepress.html |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> Radiohead cited 60s and 70s jazz artists such as ], ] and ] as influences.<ref name="Varga">{{Cite web |last=Varga |first=George |date=25 April 2019 |title=Radiohead's Jazz Frequencies |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/radioheads-jazz-frequencies/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826142100/https://jazztimes.com/archives/radioheads-jazz-frequencies/ |archive-date=26 August 2019 |access-date=2020-05-13 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> According to Jonny Greenwood, "We bring in our favourite jazz albums, and say: we want to do this. And we enjoy the sound of our failing!"<ref name="Varga" /> He likened their jazz influence to 1950s English bands imitating American blues records.<ref name="Varga" /> Other influences include the soundtracks of ], 1960s rock groups such as ] and ], and ]'s "]" production.<ref name="guitar-world" /><ref name="LAUNCH" />


==Style and songwriting==
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The ] of ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' was inspired by Yorke's admiration for ] artists such as ].<ref name="ZORIC"/> In 2013, Yorke named Aphex Twin as his biggest influence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-21 |title=Uni of Yorke Class 1: FlyLo, the Gaslamp Killer & FaltyDL |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/15435/1/uni-of-yorke-class-1-flylo-the-gaslamp-killer-faltydl |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> ''Kid A'' also samples early ].<ref name="SMITH" /> 1970s ] bands such as ] and ] were other major influences during this period.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Lauren|last=Zoric|title=Fitter, Happier, More Productive|date=1 October 2000|journal=]}}</ref> Jonny Greenwood's interest in ] also had a role, citing the influence of the composers ] and ].<ref name="LAUNCH" /> Since the recording of ''Kid A'', Greenwood has played the ], an early electronic instrument popularised by Messiaen.<ref name="ROSS" /> While recording ''In Rainbows'', Radiohead mentioned rock, electronic, hip hop and experimental musicians as influences, including ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Radiohead's Secret Influences, from Fleetwood Mac to Thomas Pynchon|date=24 January 2008|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18060334/radioheads_secret_influences_from_fleetwood_mac_to_thomas_pynchon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612012329/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18060334/radioheads_secret_influences_from_fleetwood_mac_to_thomas_pynchon|archive-date=12 June 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=7 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Nick|last=Kent|title=Ghost in the Machine|date=1 August 2006|magazine=]|pages=74–82}}</ref> In 2011, Yorke denied that Radiohead had set out to make "experimental music", saying they were "constantly absorbing music" and that a variety of musicians are always influencing them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141093025/radiohead-everything-in-its-right-place|title=Radiohead: Everything In Its Right Place|publisher=NPR|date=6 October 2011|access-date=26 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108021946/http://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141093025/radiohead-everything-in-its-right-place|archive-date=8 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
Among Radiohead members' earliest influences were ], ] and ]; ] acts such as ] and ]; and most significantly, 1980s ] bands such as ], ], ] and ]. It was a shared affinity for the latter bands, usually far from the top of the charts at the time, that inspired the formation and early albums of Radiohead.<ref name="RANDALL"/><ref name="ROSS"/><ref name="REYNOLDS"/>


=== Themes and lyrics ===
Thom Yorke had been in a techno group at university, and some of On a Friday's early demos made use of ] and ] beats they had sampled from records. However, it was not until after recording '']'' that Radiohead's interest became clear in ]-based music, such as that of ], who the band cited as an influence on a few parts of ''OK Computer''.<ref>
{{Further|Thom Yorke#Lyrics}}
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Yorke is Radiohead's lyricist.<ref name="ROSS"/> Though his early lyrics were personal, from ''Kid A'' on, he experimented with ] words and phrases and assembling them at random.<ref name="ECCLESTON2">{{cite web |last=Eccleston |first=Danny |date=October 2000 |title=(Radiohead article) |url=http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=2000&cutting=89&PHPSESSID=c033bc19e81ba698894f33e264541fc4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311024424/http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=2000&cutting=89&PHPSESSID=c033bc19e81ba698894f33e264541fc4 |archive-date=11 March 2007 |access-date=18 March 2007 |work=Q Magazine}}</ref> He does not write biographically, saying he instead writes "spasmodic" lyrics based on imagery and taken from external sources such as television.<ref name="Dean-2019">{{Cite news |last=Dean |first=Jonathan |date=7 July 2019 |title=Thom Yorke interview: the Radiohead frontman on his new solo album, Anima, why he struggles if he can't make music, and Billie Eilish |language=en |work=The Sunday Times |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thom-yorke-interview-radiohead-anima-billie-eilish-2wnwqmxdw |access-date=8 July 2019 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter-Tilney |first=Ludovic |date=2023-08-30 |title=A Thom Yorke painting: yours for a song |work=] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/353d0eb7-db21-4741-9fef-0232efaa369a |access-date=2023-09-01}}</ref> He deliberately uses ], ]s and other common expressions,<ref name="Kearney-2016">{{Cite magazine |last=Kearney |first=Ryan |date=2016-05-31 |title=The Radiohead Racket |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/133773/radiohead-racket |magazine=] |issn=0028-6583 |access-date=2021-08-04}}</ref> suggesting "a mind consumed by meaningless data".<ref name="Pitchfork-2">{{cite web |title=Radiohead: ''A Moon Shaped Pool'' album review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21907-a-moon-shaped-pool/ |access-date=11 May 2016 |website=]}}</ref> The '']'' writer Ryan Kearney speculated that Yorke's use of common expressions, which he described as "Radioheadisms", was an attempt "to sap our common tongue of meaning and expose the vapidity of everyday discourse".<ref name="Kearney-2016" /> According to Yorke, many of his lyrics are motivated by anger, expressing his political and environmental concerns<ref name="outtake22">{{Cite episode |title='Everything In Its Right Place' interview outtake: "Another outtake from my @Radiohead interview on @npratc with Thom and Ed. What's The King of Limbs about?" |url=http://tvider.com/view/66328 |access-date=7 October 2011 |series=All Things Considered |network=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010004818/http://tvider.com/view/66328 |archive-date=10 October 2011}}</ref> and written as "a constant response to ]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Sweet |first=Jay |date=8 August 2006 |title=Thom Yorke, Dancing in the Dark |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2006/08/thom-yorke.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181555/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2006/08/thom-yorke.html |archive-date=27 October 2017 |access-date=4 May 2015 |website=]}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' wrote that Yorke's lyrics on ''A Moon Shaped Pool'' were less cynical, conveying wonder and amazement.<ref name="Pitchfork-2" />
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}}</ref> Other important influences were the '']'' album by ] and the film scores of ], along with the sound of 1960s pop records by ], ] and ]-produced ].<ref name="RANDALL"/><ref name="LAUNCH"/> Jonny Greenwood also cited classical composer ] as an inspiration on parts of ''OK Computer''.<ref name="LAUNCH"/>


==Legacy and influence==
The electronic music of the subsequent albums ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'' was mostly the result of Thom Yorke's admiration for ], ] and ], exemplified by ] artists such as ], ] and ].<ref name="SMITH"/> Band members also talked about their love for ] label experimental hip hop and ] pioneers ], while the innovative ] of ], ] and ] and 1970s ] bands such as ] and ] were other major influences during this period.<ref>
Radiohead are cited as one of the foremost rock bands of the 21st century.<ref name="BEATLE">{{Cite web |date=2014-10-07 |title=How Radiohead Became The Beatles Of The 21st Century |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/how-radiohead-became-the-beatles-of-the-21st-century-8751 |access-date=2020-09-07 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clément|first=Guillaume|date=2017-06-15|title=Activism and Environmentalism in British Rock Music: the Case of Radiohead.|url=http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1499|journal=Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique. French Journal of British Studies|language=en|volume=22|issue=XXII-3|doi=10.4000/rfcb.1499|issn=0248-9015|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Radiohead {{!}} Members, Albums, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Radiohead|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=]|date=2016-10-12|title=How Radiohead Changed Music Forever|url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/news/a11013/esquire-25-radiohead/|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Esquire|language=en-GB|archive-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128182141/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/news/a11013/esquire-25-radiohead/|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2011, Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums.<ref name="BBC Worldwide takes exclusive 201122">{{Cite web |last=Jonathan |first=Emma |date=3 May 2011 |title=BBC Worldwide takes exclusive Radiohead performance to the world |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2011/05_may/radiohead.shtml |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Their 90s albums ''The Bends'' and ''OK Computer'' influenced a generation of British acts,<ref>{{cite news|date=16 July 2006|title=The 50 albums that changed music|newspaper=]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping|url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008194254/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping|archive-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> including ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |date=29 March 2017 |title=The 50 Best Britpop Albums |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602164010/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=5 |archive-date=2 June 2017 |access-date=30 May 2017 |website=]}}</ref> ''<ref group="nb">Specifically, critics have cited ''OK Computer''{{'}}s influence on ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. See:
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| first=Lauren
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}}</ref> Jonny Greenwood continued to employ elements of Penderecki and other ] in his orchestral arrangements for certain songs, and his interest in composer ] became more apparent; for several songs on ''Kid A'' and all subsequent albums, Greenwood has played the ], an early electronic instrument popularised by Messiaen.<ref name="ROSS"/> On "Idioteque" from ''Kid A'', the band directly sampled early electronic pieces by two different composers, while on "Life in a Glasshouse" from ''Amnesiac'', Yorke's vocals were backed by the ] band of trumpeter ].


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While working on ''Hail to the Thief'', Radiohead put renewed emphasis on guitar rock.<ref name="META"/> The Beatles, ], and particularly ] were reported sources of inspiration to the band during this period.<ref>
* {{citation |last=Eisenbeis |first=Hans |title=The Empire Strikes Back |date=July 2001 |magazine=]}}
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* {{citation |last=Richards |first=Sam |title=Album review: Radiohead Reissues – Collectors Editions |date=8 April 2009 |newspaper=] |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/radiohead-reissues-collectors-editions-6312/ |access-date=29 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206061947/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/radiohead/reviews/13013 |archive-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>'' Radiohead's ] approach is credited with expanding ].<ref name="AllMusic-2" />
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Liner notes of ''Hail to the Thief'', 2003.
</ref> Radiohead and Yorke have covered at least four different songs by Neil Young in live concerts since 2001. The band also covered Can, and declared that band, along with ], had inspired the single "There There." Since beginning to record ''In Rainbows'', Radiohead members have mentioned a variety of rock, electronic, hip hop and experimental musicians as influences, including ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite news
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| accessdate = 27 December 2009}}</ref> While touring in 2008, the band posted to their YouTube channel their impromptu acoustic cover of "The Rip," a song from ]'s '']'' album. Other than a 1995 cover of Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better" from an MTV session and a 2003 BBC session where they played Young's "On the Beach," it was the only time Radiohead came close to officially recording a cover of one of their musical influences.


According to the '']'' journalist ], in the early 21st century, Radiohead became "a touchstone for everything that is fearless and adventurous in rock", succeeding ], ] and ].<ref name="AllMusic-2">{{Cite web|title=Radiohead {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/radiohead-mn0000326249/biography|access-date=2020-07-11|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}</ref> In 2001, ], the guitarist for one of Radiohead's early influences, ], said that Radiohead was the act that had "come closest to the genuine influence of the Smiths".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoskyns |first=Barney |author-link=Barney Hoskyns |date=September 2001 |title=The Backpages Interview: Johnny Marr |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-backpages-interview-johnny-marr |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011013053327/http://www.rocksbackpages.com/features/smiths/hoskyns.html |archive-date=13 October 2001 |access-date=16 October 2023 |website=]}}</ref>
Since their formation Radiohead have, lyrically and musically, been spearheaded by Yorke. However, although Yorke is responsible for writing nearly all the lyrics, songwriting is a collaborative effort, and it has been noted in interviews that all the band members have roles in the process.<ref name="ECCLES"/> As a result, all the band's songs are officially credited to "Radiohead". The ''Kid A/Amnesiac'' sessions brought about a change in Radiohead's musical style, and an even more radical change in the band's working method.<ref name="ECCLES"/> Since the band's shift from standard rock music instrumentation toward an emphasis on electronic sound, band members have had greater flexibility and now regularly switch instruments depending on the particular song requirements.<ref name="ECCLES"/> On ''Kid A'' and ''Amnesiac'', Yorke played keyboard and bass, while Jonny Greenwood often played ] rather than guitar, bassist Colin Greenwood worked on sampling, and O'Brien and Selway branched out to drum machines and digital manipulations, also finding ways to incorporate their primary instruments, guitar and percussion, respectively, into the new sound.<ref name="ECCLES"/> The relaxed 2003 recording sessions for ''Hail to the Thief'' led to a different dynamic in Radiohead, with Yorke admitting in interviews that " power within the band was absolutely unbalanced and would subvert everybody else's power at all costs. But&nbsp;... it's actually a lot more healthy now, democracy wise, than it used to be."<ref name="DAL">

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In 2003, the '']'' critic ] wrote that Radiohead were "the only youngish band standing that combines critical consensus with the ability to fill a venue larger than the ]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=8 July 2003|title=No Hope Radio|work=]|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/radiohead-03.php|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> Gavin Haynes of '']'' described Radiohead in 2014 as "our generation's ]".<ref name="BEATLE" /> In 2020, the academic ] described Radiohead as "the blackest white rock band to emerge over the past 30 years", citing their black jazz influences, influence on black artists, and their "introspective other worlds", which parallel the work of radical black artists.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Daphne A.|author-link=Daphne Brooks|date=2 October 2020|title=Why Radiohead are the Blackest white band of our times|work=]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/02/why-radiohead-are-the-blackest-white-band-of-our-times|access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref>
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''Kid A'' is credited for pioneering the use of the internet to stream and promote music.<ref name="Grantland">{{Cite web |last=Hyden |first=Steven |date=29 September 2015 |title=How Radiohead's 'Kid A' Kicked Off the Streaming Revolution |url=http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/how-radioheads-kid-a-kicked-off-the-streaming-revolution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930220924/http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/how-radioheads-kid-a-kicked-off-the-streaming-revolution/ |archive-date=30 September 2015 |access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="DeSantis">{{Cite web |last=DeSantis |first=Nick |title=Radiohead's Digital Album Sales, Visualized |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickdesantis/2016/05/10/radioheads-digital-album-sales-visualized/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190222204347/https://www.forbes.com/ |archive-date=22 February 2019 |access-date=27 April 2019 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> The pay-what-you-want release for ''In Rainbows'' is credited as a major step for music distribution.<ref name="PAYTRESS2">{{cite news |author=Paytress, Mark |date=1 January 2008 |title=Chasing Rainbows |work=Mojo}}</ref><ref name="Tyrangiel, Josh" /><ref name="nytimespay2">{{cite news |author=Pareles, Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |date=9 December 2007 |title=Pay What You Want for This Article |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/music/09pare.html?ex=1354856400&en=ec2f1c29937292be&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all |url-status=live |access-date=30 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212152701/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/arts/music/09pare.html?ei=5090&en=ec2f1c29937292be&ex=1354856400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all |archive-date=12 December 2007}}</ref> '']'' wrote that it "helped forge the template for unconventional album releases in the internet age", ahead of artists such as ] and ].<ref name="DeSantis" /> Speaking at Radiohead's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, the Talking Heads singer ], an early influence on Radiohead, praised their musical and release innovations, which he said had influenced the entire music industry.<ref name="Blistein-2019" />
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=== Accolades ===
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{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Radiohead}}
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Radiohead's work places highly in both listener polls and critics' lists of the best music of the 1990s and 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 September 2000 |title=Radiohead gun for Beatles' Revolver |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/908638.stm |url-status=live |access-date=28 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084137/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/908638.stm |archive-date=6 October 2014}}<br />{{cite web |date=18 December 2007 |title=Radiohead&nbsp;— In Rainbows Is Overwhelming Critics Choice for Top Album |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/in-rainbows-is-overwhelming-critics-choice-for-top-album_1053848 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606163227/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/in-rainbows-is-overwhelming-critics-choice-for-top-album_1053848 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=3 October 2009 |publisher=Contact Music}}</ref> In a 2004 list composed by 55 musicians, writers and industry executives, '']'' named Radiohead 73rd-greatest artist of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Matthews |first=Dave |date=2010-12-03 |title=100 Greatest Artists |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/ |access-date=2023-10-29 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref> They have been listed among the greatest bands of all time by ] (15th)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NPR : The All-Time Greatest Rock Bands |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/totn/features/2002/feb/020207.rockbands.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511105224/https://www.npr.org/programs/totn/features/2002/feb/020207.rockbands.html |archive-date=11 May 2019 |access-date=11 May 2019 |website=www.npr.org}}</ref> and among the greatest artists by ] (29th).<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2010 |title=VH1 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time |url=https://www.stereogum.com/495331/vh1-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time/franchises/list/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412055609/https://www.stereogum.com/495331/vh1-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time/franchises/list/ |archive-date=12 April 2015 |access-date=11 May 2019 |website=Stereogum}}</ref> They were also named the third-best British band in history by Harry Fletcher of the '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2017 |title=The 20 greatest British rock bands of all time |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/the-20-greatest-british-rock-bands-of-all-time-a3655391.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331002750/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/the-20-greatest-british-rock-bands-of-all-time-a3655391.html |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=11 May 2019 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>
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Radiohead are the most nominated act for the ], with five nominated albums. They were inducted into the ] in 2019.<ref name="Greene-2019" /> In 2009, ''Rolling Stone'' readers voted Radiohead the second-best artist of the 2000s, behind ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Day Named Top Artists Of The Decade By Rolling Stone Readers |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627912/green-day-named-top-artists-decade-by-rolling-stone-readers.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928051312/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627912/green-day-named-top-artists-decade-by-rolling-stone-readers.jhtml |archive-date=28 September 2013 |access-date=28 September 2014 |work=MTV News}}</ref> In 2021, ''Pitchfork'' readers voted ''OK Computer, Kid A'' and ''In Rainbows'' among the ten greatest albums of the preceding 25 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-15 |title=The 200 best albums of the last 25 years, according to ''Pitchfork'' readers |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/peoples-list-25th-anniversary/ |access-date=2021-10-15 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> Jonny Greenwood and O'Brien were both included in ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s lists of the best guitarists<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |date=2010-12-03 |title=100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-guitarists-david-frickes-picks-146383/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Vozick-Levinson |first=Simon |date=2023-10-13 |title=The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |magazine=] |language=en-US}}</ref> and Yorke in its lists of the greatest singers.<ref name="rollingstone2">{{cite magazine |date=3 December 2010 |title=100 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/thom-yorke-20101202 |magazine=] |access-date=21 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-01-01 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/ |magazine=] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref>


==Collaborators== ==Collaborators==
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] first worked with Radiohead as an audio engineer on their second album, ''The Bends''. He has produced all their studio albums since their third album, ''OK Computer.''<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/everything-in-its-right-place-1.587693|title=Everything in Its Right Place|first=Matthew|last=McKinnon|date=24 July 2006|newspaper=]|access-date=11 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170935/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/everything-in-its-right-place-1.587693|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Godrich has been dubbed the band's "sixth member", an allusion to ] being called the "]".<ref name="CBC"/> In 2016, Godrich said: "I can only ever have one band like Radiohead who I've worked with for this many years. That's a very deep and profound relationship. The Beatles could only have ever had one George Martin; they couldn't have switched producers halfway through their career. All that work, trust, and knowledge of each other would have been thrown out of the window and they'd have to start again."<ref>{{cite web |last=Earle |first=Toby |date=6 July 2016 |title=Nigel Godrich interview: Radiohead and I have a profound relationship |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/nigel-godrich-interview-radiohead-and-i-have-a-very-deep-and-profound-relationship-a3283096.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726111030/https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/nigel-godrich-interview-radiohead-and-i-have-a-very-deep-and-profound-relationship-a3283096.html |archive-date=26 July 2018 |access-date=9 July 2016 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The band maintains a close relationship with their ] ], as well as with ] ]. Godrich made his name with Radiohead, working with the band since ''The Bends'', and as producer since ''OK Computer''.<ref name="CBC">

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Godrich also plays Chieftain Mews, a long-running character who appears in Radiohead's promotional material.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |date=April 2021 |title=Radiohead Join TikTok, Reveal New Chieftain Mews Video |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/radiohead-join-tiktok-reveal-new-chieftain-mews-video-watch/ |access-date=2021-04-02 |website=] |language=en-us}}</ref> The journalist Mac Randall described Mews as "a 21st-century ]" who "intones non-sequiturs".<ref name="popisdead-1" /> Yorke credited the filmmaker Chris Bran for his creation on the DVD '']''.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 November 2003 |title=Yes I am entering Miss World |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/nov/21/popandrock.radiohead |accessdate=19 May 2009 |newspaper=]}}</ref>
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The graphic artist ] met Yorke when they were art students. Together, they have produced all of Radiohead's album covers and visual artwork since 1994.<ref name="EYE"/> Donwood works in the studio with the band as they record, allowing the music to influence the artwork.<ref name="Donwood talks Rainbows">{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2016/03/22/radiohead-in-rainbows-new-album-lp9-stanley-donwood-interview|title=Inside the artwork: Radiohead art collaborator Stanley Donwood talks 'In Rainbows' and LP9|website=DIY|date=22 March 2016 |access-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325003555/http://diymag.com/2016/03/22/radiohead-in-rainbows-new-album-lp9-stanley-donwood-interview|archive-date=25 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He and Yorke won a ] in 2002 for the special edition of ''Amnesiac'', packaged as a library book.<ref name="EYE" />
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Since Radiohead's formation, Andi Watson has been Radiohead's lighting and stage director, designing the visuals of their live concerts.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fischer |first=Jonathan L. |date=14 March 2011 |title=Strobe Lights and Blown Speakers: Radiohead's Light Design |url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/strobe-lights-and-blown-speakers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808080547/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/strobe-lights-and-blown-speakers/ |archive-date=8 August 2012 |access-date=16 August 2012 |work=]}}</ref> Peter "Plank" Clements has worked with Radiohead since before ''The Bends'', overseeing the technical management of studio recordings and live performances.<ref name="guitar-world" /> Jim Warren has been Radiohead's live sound engineer since their first tour in 1992, and recorded early tracks including "]" and "]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/tour-profile-radiohead-368110|title=Tour Profile: Radiohead|last=Emerick|first=Donny|website=Mixonline|date=October 2008|language=en-us|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014163257/https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/tour-profile-radiohead-368110|archive-date=14 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Radiohead enlisted the drummer ] to help perform the complex rhythms of ''The King of Limbs'', and has performed and recorded with them since.<ref name="Selway and evolution" /><ref name="Pitchfork - Radiohead in Amsterdam" /><ref name="91x2"/> ] has directed several music videos for Yorke and Radiohead, and has collaborated with Jonny Greenwood on several film scores and the 2015 documentary '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/paul-thomas-anderson-thom-yorke-tease-short-film-anima/|title=Paul Thomas Anderson And Thom Yorke Tease Short Film Anima|last=White|first=James|date=20 June 2019|website=Empire|language=en|access-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621034921/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/paul-thomas-anderson-thom-yorke-tease-short-film-anima/|archive-date=21 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Radiohead are managed by Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge of Courtyard Management.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connick |first=Tom |date=14 April 2016 |title=Radiohead dismiss Brian Message's claim that their new album is coming in June |url=https://diymag.com/2016/04/14/radiohead-new-album-june-2016 |access-date=2021-12-23 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> Hufford produced their first release, the ''Drill'' EP, and co-produced their first album, ''Pablo Honey.''<ref name="Irvin-1997"/>
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== Song catalogue ==
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}}</ref> He has, at times, been dubbed the "sixth member" of the band in an allusion to ] being called the "]".<ref name="CBC"/> Donwood, another longtime associate of the band, has produced all of Radiohead's album covers and visual artwork since 1994.<ref name="EYE">
Radiohead recorded their first six albums under contract with ], a subsidiary of ].<ref name="Tyrangiel, Josh2">{{cite magazine|author=Tyrangiel, Josh|first=|date=1 October 2007|title=Radiohead Says: Pay What You Want|magazine=]|url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827171043/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666973,00.html|archive-date=27 August 2011}}</ref> The contract ended with the release of ''Hail to the Thief'' in 2003. They did not renew the contract for their next album, ''In Rainbows'', as EMI would not give them control over their back catalogue and they did not trust the new owner, ].<ref name="observer12" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Forde |first=Eamonn |date=2019-02-18 |title=Chasing rainbows: inside the battle between Radiohead and EMI's Guy Hands |work=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/18/chasing-rainbows-radiohead-emi-guy-hands-terra-firma |url-status=live |access-date=2019-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219064558/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/18/chasing-rainbows-radiohead-emi-guy-hands-terra-firma |archive-date=19 February 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Amol |first=Rajan |date=29 December 2007 |title=EMI split blamed on Radiohead's £10m advance demands |work=] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/emi-split-blamed-on-radioheads-pound10m-advance-demands-767248.html |url-status=live |access-date=2018-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616141638/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/emi-split-blamed-on-radioheads-pound10m-advance-demands-767248.html |archive-date=16 June 2018}}</ref> Radiohead have self-released their subsequent work, with retail editions released by ].<ref name="Billboard - move from Warner" /> In October 2015, Radiohead sued Parlophone for deductions made from downloads of their back catalogue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radiohead sue Parlophone, lawyers debate possible impact |url=http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/radiohead-sue-parlophone-lawyers-debate-possible-impact/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101010830/http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/radiohead-sue-parlophone-lawyers-debate-possible-impact/ |archive-date=1 November 2015 |access-date=4 November 2015 |website=]}}</ref>
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In September 2012, EMI was bought by ]. The ] approved the deal on the condition that Universal Music divest Parlophone, which controlled the Radiohead records.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=21 September 2012 |title=Universal's £1.2bn EMI takeover approved – with conditions |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/21/universal-emi-takeover-approved |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927140940/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/21/universal-emi-takeover-approved |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=2 September 2016 |newspaper=] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In February 2013, Parlophone was bought by ] (WMG).<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Knopper|first=Steve|date=8 February 2013|title=Pink Floyd, Radiohead catalogs change label hands|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-radiohead-catalogs-change-label-hands-92432/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116084628/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-radiohead-catalogs-change-label-hands-92432/|archive-date=16 November 2018|magazine=]}}</ref> As a condition of the purchase, WMG made an agreement with the ] and the trade group ] to divest 30% of the Parlophone catalogues to ], with artist approval.<ref name="Billboard - move from Warner" /> In April 2016, WMG transferred Radiohead's back catalogue to XL.<ref name="Billboard - move from Warner" /> '']'' and the reissues released by EMI in 2008 without Radiohead's approval were removed from streaming services.<ref name="Billboard - move from Warner" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|title=Here's why so many Radiohead songs disappeared from Spotify + streaming|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/106313/radiohead-songs-&-albums-removed-from-spotify-ahead-of-new-album-tour|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920142613/http://www.gigwise.com/news/106313/radiohead-songs-%26-albums-removed-from-spotify-ahead-of-new-album-tour|archive-date=20 September 2017|access-date=20 September 2017|website=]|language=en}}</ref>
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}}</ref> Together with Yorke, Donwood won a ] in 2002 for a special edition of ''Amnesiac'' packaged as a library book.<ref name="EYE"/> Other collaborators include Dilly Gent, and Peter Clements. Gent has been responsible for commissioning all Radiohead music videos since ''OK Computer'', working with the band to find a director suitable for each project.<ref>
* ] – bass guitar
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===Additional live members===
}}</ref> The band's live technician, Peter Clements, or "Plank", has worked with the band since before ''The Bends'', setting up their instruments for both studio recordings and live performances.<ref name="RANDALL"/>
* ] – drums, percussion (2011–present)


==Discography== ==Discography==
{{Main|Radiohead discography}} {{Main|Radiohead discography|List of songs recorded by Radiohead}}

'''Studio albums'''
* '']'' (1993) * '']'' (1993)
* '']'' (1995) * '']'' (1995)
* '']'' (1997) * '']'' (1997)
* '']'' (2000) * '']'' (2000)
* '']'' (2001) * '']'' (2001)
* '']'' (2003) * '']'' (2003)
* '']'' (2007) * '']'' (2007)
* '']'' (2011)
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* '']'' (2016)


==Awards and nominations== ==Awards and nominations==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Radiohead}} {{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Radiohead}}

== Tours ==
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===Sources=== ===Sources===
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* Randall, Mac. ''Exit Music: The Radiohead Story''. 2000. ISBN 0-385-33393-5
* {{citation|last=Buckley|first=Peter|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=haEfq-nKqjgC|publisher=Rough Guides|year=2003|isbn=1-84353-105-4}}
* Clarke, Martin. ''Radiohead: Hysterical and Useless''. 2000. ISBN 0-85965-332-3
* Clarke, Martin. ''Radiohead: Hysterical and Useless''. 2000. {{ISBN|0-85965-332-3}}
* {{citation|last=Griffiths|first=Dai|title=OK Computer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuZF1PP0AKkC|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year=2004|isbn=0-8264-1663-2}}
* Randall, Mac. ''Exit Music: The Radiohead Story''. 2000. {{ISBN|0-385-33393-5}}
* {{citation|last=Reising|first=Russell|title=Speak to Me|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_0oXORl4dIC|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd|year=2005|isbn=0-7546-4019-1}}
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===Further reading=== ==Further reading==
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* Doheny, James. ''Radiohead: Back to Save the Universe''. 2002. ISBN 0-8264-1663-2
* Forbes, Brandon W. and Reisch, George A. (eds). '']''. 2009. ISBN 0-8126-9664-6 * Doheny, James. ''Radiohead: Back to Save the Universe''. 2002. {{ISBN|0-8264-1663-2}}
* Johnstone, Nick. ''Radiohead: An Illustrated Biography''. 1997. ISBN 0-7119-6581-1 * Forbes, Brandon W. and Reisch, George A. (eds). ''Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter Happier More Deductive''. 2009. {{ISBN|0-8126-9664-6}}
* Letts, Marianne Tatom. ''Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album''. 2010. ISBN 978-0-253-22272-5 * Hale, Jonathan. ''Radiohead: From a Great Height''. 1999. {{ISBN|1-55022-373-9}}
* Paytress, Mark. ''Radiohead: The Complete Guide to their Music''. 2005. ISBN 1-84449-507-8 * Johnstone, Nick. ''Radiohead: An Illustrated Biography''. 1997. {{ISBN|0-7119-6581-1}}
* Tate, Joseph (ed). ''The Music and Art of Radiohead''. 2005. ISBN 0-7546-3979-7. * Letts, Marianne Tatom. ''Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album''. 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-253-22272-5}}
* Paytress, Mark. ''Radiohead: The Complete Guide to their Music''. 2005. {{ISBN|1-84449-507-8}}
* Tate, Joseph (ed). ''The Music and Art of Radiohead''. 2005. {{ISBN|0-7546-3979-7}}.
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English rock band

Radiohead
A montage of the members' facesRadiohead in the mid-2010s. From left: Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Philip Selway
Background information
OriginAbingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Genres
Discography
Years active1985–present
Labels
Spinoffs
Members
Websiteradiohead.com

Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. They comprise Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass); Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals); and Philip Selway (drums, percussion). They have worked with the producer Nigel Godrich and the cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. Radiohead's experimental approach is credited with advancing the sound of alternative rock.

Radiohead signed to EMI in 1991 and released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in 1993. Their debut single, "Creep", was a worldwide hit, and their popularity and critical standing rose with The Bends in 1995. Their third album, OK Computer (1997), is acclaimed as a landmark record and one of the greatest albums in popular music, with complex production and themes of modern alienation. Their fourth album, Kid A (2000), marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music, jazz, classical music and krautrock. Though Kid A divided listeners, it was later named the best album of the decade by multiple outlets. It was followed by Amnesiac (2001), recorded in the same sessions. Radiohead's final album for EMI, Hail to the Thief (2003), blended rock and electronic music, with lyrics addressing the war on terror.

Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and commercial success. Their eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011), an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) prominently featured Jonny Greenwood's orchestral arrangements. Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Selway and O'Brien have released solo albums. In 2021, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood debuted a new band, the Smile.

By 2011, Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their awards include six Grammy Awards and four Ivor Novello Awards, and they hold five Mercury Prize nominations, the most of any act. Seven Radiohead singles have reached the top 10 on the UK singles chart: "Creep" (1992), "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (1996), "Paranoid Android" (1997), "Karma Police" (1997), "No Surprises" (1998), "Pyramid Song" (2001), and "There There" (2003). "Creep" and "Nude" (2008) reached the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Rolling Stone named Radiohead one of the 100 greatest artists of all time, and included five of their albums in its lists of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Radiohead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

History

1985–1992: formation and first years

Abingdon School, where Radiohead formed

The members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, a private school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The guitarist and singer Thom Yorke and the bassist Colin Greenwood were in the same year; the guitarist Ed O'Brien was one year above, and the drummer Philip Selway was in the year above O'Brien. Colin's brother, the multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood, was three years below Colin and Yorke and the last to join.

In 1985, the group formed On a Friday, the name referring to their usual rehearsal day in the school's music room. The band disliked the school's strict atmosphere—the headmaster once charged them for using a rehearsal room on a Sunday—and found solace in the music department. They credited their music teacher for introducing them to jazz, film scores, postwar avant-garde music, and 20th-century classical music.

Advertisement placed in the Oxford music magazine Curfew announcing On a Friday's change of name

While each member contributed songs in the band's early period, Yorke emerged as the main songwriter. According to Colin, the band members picked their instruments because they wanted to play together, rather than through any particular interest: "It was more of a collective angle, and if you could contribute by having someone else play your instrument, then that was really cool." They played few gigs, and focused on rehearsing in village halls. Oxford had an active independent music scene in the late 1980s, but it centred on shoegazing bands such as Ride and Slowdive. On a Friday played their first gig in 1987, at Oxford's Jericho Tavern.

On the strength of an early demo, On a Friday were offered a record deal by Island Records, but they decided they were not ready and wanted to go to university first. They continued to rehearse on weekends and holidays, but did not perform for four years. At the University of Exeter, Yorke played with the band Headless Chickens, performing songs including future Radiohead material. He also met Stanley Donwood, who later became Radiohead's cover artist.

In 1991, the band regrouped in Oxford, sharing a house on the corner of Magdalen Road and Ridgefield Road. They recorded another demo, which attracted the attention of Chris Hufford, Slowdive's producer and the co-owner of Oxford's Courtyard Studios. Hufford and his business partner, Bryce Edge, attended a concert at the Jericho Tavern; impressed, they became On a Friday's managers. According to Hufford, at this point the band had "all of the elements of Radiohead", but with a rougher, punkier sound and faster tempos. At Courtyard Studios, On a Friday recorded the Manic Hedgehog demo tape, named after an Oxford record shop.

In late 1991, Colin happened to meet the EMI A&R representative Keith Wozencroft at a record shop and handed him a copy of the demo. Wozencroft was impressed and attended a performance. That November, On a Friday performed at the Jericho Tavern to an audience that included several A&R representatives. It was only their eighth gig, but they had attracted interest from several record companies. On 21 December, On a Friday signed a six-album recording contract with EMI. At EMI's request, they changed their name; "Radiohead" was taken from the song "Radio Head" on the Talking Heads album True Stories (1986). Yorke said the name "sums up all these things about receiving stuff ... It's about the way you take information in, the way you respond to the environment you're put in."

1992–1994: "Creep", Pablo Honey and early success

Radiohead recorded their debut EP, Drill, with Hufford and Edge at Courtyard Studios. Released in May 1992, its chart performance was poor. As it was difficult for major labels such as EMI to promote bands in the UK, where independent labels dominated the indie charts, Radiohead's managers planned to have Radiohead use American producers and tour aggressively in America, then return to build a following in the UK. Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, who had worked with the US bands Pixies and Dinosaur Jr., were enlisted to produce Radiohead's debut album, recorded quickly in Oxford in 1992. With the release of their debut single, "Creep", that September, Radiohead began to receive attention in the British music press, not all of it favourable; NME described them as "a lily-livered excuse for a rock band", and "Creep" was blacklisted by BBC Radio 1 as "too depressing".

"Creep" "Creep", Radiohead's debut single, was released in 1993. This sample features Jonny Greenwood's guitar distortion before the chorus.
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Radiohead released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in February 1993. It reached number 22 in the UK charts. "Creep" and its follow-up singles "Anyone Can Play Guitar" and "Stop Whispering" failed to become hits, and "Pop Is Dead", a non-album single, also sold poorly. O'Brien later called it "a hideous mistake". Some critics compared Radiohead to the wave of grunge music popular in the early 1990s, dubbing them "Nirvana-lite", and Pablo Honey initially failed to make a critical or a commercial impact. The members of Radiohead expressed dissatisfaction with the album in later years.

In early 1993, Radiohead began to attract listeners elsewhere. "Creep" had been played frequently on Israeli radio by the influential DJ Yoav Kutner, and in March, after the song became a hit there, Radiohead were invited to Tel Aviv for their first show overseas. Around the same time, "Creep" became a hit in America, a "slacker anthem" in the vein of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana and "Loser" by Beck. It reached number two on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number seven on the UK singles chart when EMI rereleased it in September. To build on the success, Radiohead embarked on a US tour supporting Belly and PJ Harvey, followed by a European tour supporting James and Tears for Fears.

1994–1995: The Bends, critical recognition and growing fanbase

The Bends marked Radiohead's first collaboration with the producer Nigel Godrich (top) and the artist Stanley Donwood, both of whom have worked on every Radiohead album since.

Radiohead began work on their second album in 1994 with the veteran Abbey Road Studios producer John Leckie. Tensions were high, with mounting expectations to match the success of "Creep". To break a deadlock, Radiohead toured Asia, Australasia and Mexico and found greater confidence performing their new music live. However, troubled by his new fame, Yorke became disillusioned with being "at the sharp end of the sexy, sassy, MTV eye-candy lifestyle" he felt he was helping to sell to the world.

The My Iron Lung EP and single, released in 1994, was Radiohead's reaction, marking a transition towards the greater depth they aimed for on their second album. It was Radiohead's first collaboration with their future producer, Nigel Godrich, then working under Leckie as an audio engineer, and the artist Stanley Donwood. Both have worked on every Radiohead album since. Though sales of My Iron Lung were low, it boosted Radiohead's credibility in alternative circles, creating commercial opportunity for their next album.

Having introduced more new songs on tour, Radiohead finished recording their second album, The Bends, by 1995, and released it that March. It was driven by dense riffs and ethereal atmospheres, with greater use of keyboards. It received stronger reviews for its songwriting and performances. While Radiohead were seen as outsiders to the Britpop scene that dominated music media at the time, they were finally successful in the UK, as the singles "Fake Plastic Trees", "High and Dry", "Just", and "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" became chart successes. "High and Dry" became a modest hit, but Radiohead's growing fanbase was insufficient to repeat the worldwide success of "Creep". The Bends reached number 88 on the US album charts, and remains Radiohead's lowest showing there. Jonny Greenwood later said The Bends was turning point for Radiohead: "It started appearing in people's polls for the end of the year. That's when it started to feel like we made the right choice about being a band." In later years, The Bends appeared in many publications' lists of the best albums of all time, including Rolling Stone's 2012 edition of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" at No. 111.

In 1995, Radiohead again toured North America and Europe, this time in support of R.E.M., one of their formative influences and at the time one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Attention from famous fans such as the R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, along with distinctive music videos for "Just" and "Street Spirit", helped sustain Radiohead's popularity outside the UK. The night before a performance in Denver, Colorado, Radiohead's tour van was stolen, and with it their musical equipment. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a stripped-down acoustic set with rented instruments and several shows were cancelled. Their first live video, Live at the Astoria, was released in 1995.

1995–1998: OK Computer and acclaim

Yorke performing with Radiohead in 1998

By late 1995, Radiohead had already recorded one song that would appear on their next record. "Lucky", released as a single to promote the War Child charity's The Help Album, was recorded in a brief session with Nigel Godrich, the young audio engineer who had assisted on The Bends. Radiohead decided to self-produce their next album with Godrich, and began work in early 1996. By July they had recorded four songs at their rehearsal studio, Canned Applause, a converted apple shed in the countryside near Didcot, Oxfordshire. In August 1996, Radiohead toured as the opening act for Alanis Morissette. They resumed recording not at a studio but at St. Catherine's Court, a 15th-century mansion near Bath. The sessions were relaxed, with the band playing at all hours of the day, recording in different rooms, and listening to the Beatles, DJ Shadow, Ennio Morricone and Miles Davis for inspiration.

Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, and Phil Selway discussing OK Computer in 1997

Radiohead released their third album, OK Computer, in May 1997. It found the band experimenting with song structures and incorporating ambient, avant-garde and electronic influences, prompting Rolling Stone to call the album a "stunning art-rock tour de force". Radiohead denied being part of the progressive rock genre, but critics began to compare their work to Pink Floyd. Some compared OK Computer thematically to the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon, although Yorke said the lyrics were inspired by observing the "speed" of the world in the 1990s. Yorke's lyrics, embodying different characters, had expressed what one magazine called "end-of-the-millennium blues" in contrast to the more personal songs of The Bends. According to the journalist Alex Ross, Radiohead had become "the poster boys for a certain kind of knowing alienation" as Talking Heads and R.E.M. had been before. OK Computer received acclaim. Yorke said he was "amazed it got the reaction it did. None of us fucking knew any more whether it was good or bad. What really blew my head off was the fact that people got all the things, all the textures and the sounds and the atmospheres we were trying to create."

"Paranoid Android" "Paranoid Android" is a three-part song, mixing acoustic guitars, abrasive electric solos and layered choirs. The first single from OK Computer, it marks Radiohead's UK Singles Chart peak (number three).
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OK Computer was Radiohead's first number-one UK chart debut, and brought them commercial success around the world. Despite peaking at number 21 in the US charts, the album eventually met with mainstream recognition there, earning Radiohead their first Grammy Awards recognition, winning Best Alternative Album and a nomination for Album of the Year. "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police" and "No Surprises" were released as singles, of which "Karma Police" was most successful internationally. OK Computer went on to become a staple of "best-of" British album lists. In the same year, Radiohead became one of the first bands in the world to have a website, and developed a devoted online following; within a few years, there were dozens of fansites devoted to them.

OK Computer was followed by the year-long Against Demons world tour, including Radiohead's first headline Glastonbury Festival performance in 1997. Despite technical problems that almost caused Yorke to abandon the stage, the performance was acclaimed and cemented Radiohead as a major live act. Grant Gee, the director of the "No Surprises" video, filmed the band on tour for the 1999 documentary Meeting People Is Easy. The film portrays the band's disaffection with the music industry and press, showing their burnout over the course of the tour. Since its release, OK Computer is often acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s and the Generation X era, and one of the greatest albums in recording history.

In 1998, Radiohead performed at a Paris Amnesty International concert and the Tibetan Freedom Concert. In March, they and Godrich entered Abbey Road Studios to record a song for the 1998 film The Avengers, "Man of War", but were unsatisfied with the results and it went unreleased. Yorke described the period as a "real low point"; he and O'Brien developed depression, and the band came close to splitting up.

1998–2001: Kid A, Amnesiac and change in sound

Jonny Greenwood has used a variety of instruments, such as this glockenspiel, in live concerts and recordings.
Phil Selway discussing Kid A in 2000

After the success of OK Computer, Radiohead bought a barn in Oxfordshire and converted it into a recording studio. They began work on their next album with Godrich in early 1999, working in studios in Paris, Copenhagen, and Gloucester before their new studio was completed. Although their success meant there was no longer pressure from their record label, tensions were high. The members had different visions for Radiohead's future, and Yorke suffered from writer's block, influencing him toward more abstract, fragmented songwriting. O'Brien kept an online diary of their progress. After nearly 18 months, recording was completed in April 2000.

Radiohead's fourth album, Kid A, was released in October 2000. A departure from OK Computer, Kid A featured a minimalist and textured style with more diverse instrumentation, including the ondes Martenot, programmed electronic beats, strings, and jazz horns. It debuted at number one in many countries, including the US, where it became the first Radiohead album to debut atop the Billboard chart and the first US number-one album by any UK act since the Spice Girls in 1996. This success was attributed variously to marketing, to the album's leak on the file-sharing network Napster a few months before its release, and to advance anticipation based, in part, on the success of OK Computer. Although Radiohead released no singles from Kid A, promos of "Optimistic" and "Idioteque" received radio play, and a series of "blips", short videos set to portions of tracks, were played on music channels and released free online. Radiohead continued a 2000 tour of Europe in a custom-built tent free of advertising; they also promoted Kid A with three sold-out North American theatre concerts.

"Everything in Its Right Place" The opening track from Radiohead's fourth album, this song emphasises the band's increasing use of electronic music and distortions of Thom Yorke's vocals.
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Kid A received a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album and a nomination for Album of the Year in early 2001. It won both praise and criticism in independent music circles for appropriating underground styles of music; some British critics saw Kid A as a "commercial suicide note" and "intentionally difficult", and longed for a return to Radiohead's earlier style. Fans were similarly divided; along with those who were appalled or mystified, many saw it as the band's best work. Yorke denied that Radiohead had set out to eschew expectations, saying: "We're not trying to be difficult ... We're actually trying to communicate but somewhere along the line, we just seemed to piss off a lot of people ... What we're doing isn't that radical." The album was ranked one of the best of all time by publications including Time and Rolling Stone; Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times named it the best album of the decade.

Radiohead's fifth album, Amnesiac, was released in May 2001. It comprised additional tracks from the Kid A sessions, including "Life in a Glasshouse", featuring the Humphrey Lyttelton Band. Radiohead stressed that they saw Amnesiac not as a collection of B-sides or outtakes from Kid A but an album in its own right. It topped the UK Albums Chart and reached number two in the US, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and the Mercury Music Prize. Radiohead released "Pyramid Song" and "Knives Out" as singles, their first since 1998. Radiohead began a North American tour, their first there in three years, in June 2001. With a string of sold-out dates, The Observer described it as "the most sweeping conquest of America by a British group" since Beatlemania, succeeding where bands such as Oasis had failed. Recordings from the Kid A and Amnesiac tours were released on I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings in November 2001.

2002–2006: Hail to the Thief and solo work

"2 + 2 = 5" An up-tempo, guitar-driven album opener, "2 + 2 = 5" heralded Radiohead's return to a more straightforward alternative rock style that still included electronic elements.
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In July and August 2002, Radiohead toured Portugal and Spain, playing a number of new songs. For their next album, they sought to explore the tension between human and machine-generated music and capture a more immediate, live sound. They and Godrich recorded most of the material in two weeks at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles. The band described the recording process as relaxed, in contrast to the tense sessions for Kid A and Amnesiac. Radiohead also composed music for "Split Sides", a dance piece by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, which debuted in October 2003 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Radiohead's sixth album, Hail to the Thief, was released in June 2003. Its lyrics were influenced by what Yorke called "the general sense of ignorance and intolerance and panic and stupidity" following the 2000 election of US President George W. Bush. The album was promoted with a website, radiohead.tv, where short films, music videos, and studio webcasts were streamed. Hail to the Thief debuted at number one in the UK and number three on the Billboard chart, and was eventually certified platinum in the UK and gold in the US. The singles "There There", "Go to Sleep" and "2 + 2 = 5" achieved heavy circulation on modern rock radio. At the 2004 Grammy Awards, Radiohead were again nominated for Best Alternative Album, and Godrich and the engineer Darrell Thorp received the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album. In May 2003, Radiohead launched radiohead.tv, where they streamed short films, music videos and live webcasts from their studio. The material was released on the 2004 DVD The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time. A compilation of Hail to the Thief B-sides, remixes and live performances, Com Lag (2plus2isfive), was released in April 2004. In May 2003, Radiohead embarked on a world tour and headlined Glastonbury Festival for the second time. The tour finished in May 2004 with a performance at the Coachella Festival in California.

Radiohead at the 2004 Coachella Music Festival

Hail to the Thief was Radiohead's final album with EMI; in 2006, The New York Times described Radiohead as "by far the world's most popular unsigned band". Following the Hail to the Thief tour, Radiohead went on hiatus to spend time with their families and work on solo projects. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood contributed to the Band Aid 20 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", produced by Godrich. Greenwood composed soundtracks for the films Bodysong (2004) and There Will Be Blood (2007); the latter was the first of several collaborations with the director Paul Thomas Anderson. In July 2006, Yorke released his debut solo album, The Eraser, comprising mainly electronic music. He stressed it was made with the band's blessing, and that Radiohead were not breaking up. Jonny Greenwood said: "He had to get this stuff out, and everyone was happy ... He'd go mad if every time he wrote a song it had to go through the Radiohead consensus." Selway and Jonny Greenwood appeared in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as members of the fictional band the Weird Sisters.

2006–2009: departure from EMI, In Rainbows, and "pay what you want"

Radiohead began work on their seventh album in February 2005. Instead of involving Godrich, Radiohead hired the producer Spike Stent, but the collaboration was unsuccessful. In September 2005, Radiohead contributed "I Want None of This", a piano dirge, for the War Child charity album Help: A Day in the Life. The album was sold online, with "I Want None of This" the most downloaded track, though it was not released as a single. In late 2006, after touring Europe and North America with new material, Radiohead re-enlisted Godrich and resumed work in London, Oxford and rural Somerset, England. Recording ended in June 2007 and the recordings were mastered the following month.

In 2007, EMI was acquired by the private equity firm Terra Firma. Radiohead were critical of the new management, and no new deal was agreed. The Independent reported that EMI had offered Radiohead a £3 million advance, but had refused to relinquish rights to the band's back catalogue. An EMI spokesman stated that Radiohead had demanded "an extraordinary amount of money". Radiohead's management and Yorke released statements denying that they had asked for a large advance, but had instead wanted control over their back catalogue.

Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows, on their website on 10 October 2007 as a download, for any amount users wanted, including £0. The landmark pay-what-you-want release, the first for a major act, made headlines worldwide and created debate about the implications for the music industry. Media reaction was positive, and Radiohead were praised for finding new ways to connect with fans. However, it drew criticism from musicians such as Lily Allen and Kim Gordon, who felt it undercut less successful acts.

In Rainbows was downloaded an estimated 1.2 million times on the day of release. Colin Greenwood explained the internet release as a way of avoiding the "regulated playlists" and "straitened formats" of radio and TV, ensuring fans around the world could experience the music at the same time, and preventing leaks in advance of a physical release. A special "discbox" edition of In Rainbows, containing the record on vinyl, a book of artwork, and a CD of extra songs, was also sold from Radiohead's website.

The retail version of In Rainbows was released in the UK in late December 2007 on XL Recordings and in North America in January 2008 on TBD Records, reaching number one in the UK and in the US. The success was Radiohead's highest chart placement in the US since Kid A. It became their fifth UK number-one album and sold more than three million copies in one year. The album received acclaim for its more accessible sound and personal lyrics. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and won the 2009 Grammy awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. It was nominated for five other Grammy awards, including Radiohead's third nomination for Album of the Year. Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed "15 Step" with the University of Southern California Marching Band at the televised award show.

Radiohead performing at the 2008 Main Square Festival in Arras, France

The first single from In Rainbows, "Jigsaw Falling into Place", was released in January 2008, followed by "Nude" in March, which debuted at number 37 in the Billboard Hot 100; it was Radiohead's first song to enter the chart since "High and Dry" (1995) and their first US top 40 since "Creep". In July, Radiohead released a digitally shot video for "House of Cards". Radiohead held remix competitions for "Nude" and "Reckoner", releasing the separated stems for fans to remix. In April 2008, Radiohead launched W.A.S.T.E. Central, a social networking service for Radiohead fans. In May, VH1 broadcast In Rainbows – From the Basement, a special episode of the music television show From the Basement in which Radiohead performed songs from In Rainbows. It was released on iTunes in June. From mid-2008 to early 2009, Radiohead toured North America, Europe, Japan and South America to promote In Rainbows, and headlined the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2009.

Days after Radiohead signed to XL, EMI announced a box set of Radiohead material recorded before In Rainbows, released in the same week as the In Rainbows special edition. Commentators including the Guardian saw the move as retaliation for the band choosing not to re-sign with EMI. In June 2008, EMI released a greatest hits album, Radiohead: The Best Of. It was made without Radiohead's involvement and contains only songs recorded under their contract with EMI. Yorke was critical of the release, calling it a "wasted opportunity". As social media expanded around the turn of the decade, Radiohead gradually withdrew their public presence, with no promotional interviews or tours to promote new releases. Pitchfork wrote that around this time Radiohead's "popularity became increasingly untethered from the typical formalities of record promotion, placing them on the same level as Beyoncé and Kanye West".

2009–2010: reissues, singles and side projects

In 2009, EMI reissued the albums recorded while Radiohead was signed to them in a series of expanded "Collector's Editions", without Radiohead's involvement. Press reaction expressed concern that EMI was exploiting Radiohead's back catalogue. In May, Radiohead began new recording sessions with Godrich. In August, they released "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)", a tribute song to Harry Patch, the last surviving British soldier to have fought in World War I, with proceeds donated to the British Legion. The song has no conventional rock instrumentation, and instead comprises Yorke's vocals and a string arrangement composed by Jonny Greenwood. Later that month, another new song, "These Are My Twisted Words", featuring krautrock-like drumming and guitars, was leaked via torrent, possibly by Radiohead. It was released as a free download on the Radiohead website the following week. Commentators saw the releases as part of Radiohead's new unpredictable release strategy, without the need for traditional marketing.

In 2009, Yorke formed a new band, Atoms for Peace, to perform his solo material, with musicians including Godrich and the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. They played eight North American shows in 2010. In January 2010, Radiohead played their only full concert of the year in the Los Angeles Henry Fonda Theater as a benefit for Oxfam. Tickets were auctioned, raising over half a million US dollars for the NGO's 2010 Haiti earthquake relief. That December, a fan-made video of the performance, Radiohead for Haiti, was released via YouTube and torrent with Radiohead's support and a "pay-what-you-want" link to donate to Oxfam. Radiohead also released the soundboard recording of their 2009 Prague performance for use in a fan-made concert video, Live in Praha. The videos were described as examples of Radiohead's openness to fans and positivity toward non-commercial internet distribution.

In June 2010, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a surprise set at Glastonbury Festival, performing Eraser and Radiohead songs. Selway released his debut solo album, Familial, in August. Pitchfork described it as a collection of "hushed" folk songs in the tradition of Nick Drake, with Selway on guitar and vocals.

2011–2012: The King of Limbs

A second drummer, Clive Deamer, has joined Radiohead on tour since 2012. He also performed on the "Staircase / The Daily Mail" single and A Moon Shaped Pool.

Radiohead released their eighth album, The King of Limbs, on 18 February 2011 as a download from their website. Following the protracted recording and more conventional rock instrumentation of In Rainbows, Radiohead developed The King of Limbs by sampling and looping their recordings with turntables. It was followed by a retail release in March through XL, and a special "newspaper album" edition in May.

The King of Limbs sold an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 copies through Radiohead's website. The retail edition debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 and number seven on the UK Albums Chart. It was nominated for five categories in the 54th Grammy Awards. Two tracks not included on The King of Limbs, "Supercollider" and "The Butcher", were released as a double A-side single for Record Store Day in April. A compilation of King of Limbs remixes by various artists, TKOL RMX 1234567, was released in September.

To perform the rhythmically complex King of Limbs material live, Radiohead enlisted a second drummer, Clive Deamer, who had worked with Portishead and Get the Blessing. In June, Radiohead played a surprise performance on the Park stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, performing songs from The King of Limbs for the first time. With Deamer, Radiohead recorded The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement, released online in August 2011. It was also broadcast by international BBC channels and released on DVD and Blu-ray in January 2012. The performance included two new songs, "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase", released as a double A-side download single in December 2011. In February 2012, Radiohead began their first extended North American tour in four years, including dates in the United States, Canada and Mexico. On tour, they recorded material at Jack White's studio Third Man Records, but discarded the recordings.

On 16 June 2012, an hour before gates were due to open at Toronto's Downsview Park for the final concert of Radiohead's North American tour, the roof of the venue's temporary stage collapsed, killing the drum technician Scott Johnson and injuring three other members of Radiohead's road crew. After rescheduling the tour, Radiohead paid tribute to Johnson at their next concert, in Nîmes, France, in July. In June 2013, Live Nation Canada Inc, two other organisations and an engineer were charged with 13 charges under Ontario health and safety laws. In September 2017, after several delays, the case was dropped under the Jordan ruling, which sets strict time limits on trials. Radiohead released a statement condemning the decision. A 2019 inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.

2013–2014: side projects and move to XL

Radiohead performing on the 2012 King of Limbs tour

After the King of Limbs tour, the band members worked on further side projects. In February 2013, Yorke and Godrich's band, Atoms for Peace, released an album, Amok. The pair made headlines that year for their criticism of the free music streaming service Spotify. Yorke accused Spotify of only benefiting major labels with large back catalogues, and encouraged artists to build their own "direct connections" with audiences instead.

In February 2014, Radiohead released an app, Polyfauna, a collaboration with the British digital arts studio Universal Everything, with music and imagery from The King of Limbs. In May, Yorke contributed a soundtrack, Subterranea, to The Panic Office, an installation of Radiohead artwork in Sydney, Australia. Yorke and Selway released their solo albums Tomorrow's Modern Boxes and Weatherhouse in late 2014. Jonny Greenwood scored his third Anderson film, Inherent Vice; it features a version of an unreleased Radiohead song, "Spooks", performed by Greenwood and members of Supergrass. Junun, a collaboration between Greenwood, Godrich, the Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur and Indian musicians, was released in November 2015, accompanied by a documentary directed by Anderson.

In April 2016, Radiohead's back catalogue was acquired by XL Recordings, which had released the retail editions of In Rainbows and The King of Limbs and most of Yorke's solo work. XL reissued Radiohead's back catalogue on vinyl in May 2016.

2015–2016: A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead began work on their ninth studio album in September 2014. In 2015, they resumed work in the La Fabrique studio near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. The sessions were marred by the death of Godrich's father and Yorke's separation from his wife, Rachel Owen, who died from cancer in 2016. Work was interrupted when Radiohead were commissioned to write the theme for the 2015 James Bond film Spectre. After their song, "Spectre", was rejected, Radiohead released it on the audio streaming site SoundCloud on Christmas Day 2015.

Radiohead's ninth studio album, A Moon Shaped Pool, was released digitally in May 2016, followed by retail versions in June via XL Recordings. It was promoted with music videos for the singles "Daydreaming" (directed by Anderson) and "Burn the Witch". The album includes several songs written years earlier, including "True Love Waits", and strings and choral vocals performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. It became Radiohead's sixth UK number-one album and reached number three in the US. It was the fifth Radiohead album nominated for the Mercury Prize, making Radiohead the most shortlisted act in Mercury history, and was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Song (for "Burn the Witch") at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. It appeared on several publications' lists of the best albums of the year.

Radiohead performing on the 2016 Moon Shaped Pool tour

In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Radiohead toured Europe, Japan, and North and South America, including headline shows at the Coachella and Glastonbury festivals. They were joined again by Deamer. The tours included a performance in Tel Aviv in July 2017, disregarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign for an international cultural boycott of Israel. The performance was criticised by artists including Roger Waters and Ken Loach, and a petition urging Radiohead to cancel it was signed by more than 50 prominent figures. In a statement, Yorke responded: "We don’t endorse Netanyahu any more than Trump, but we still play in America. Playing in a country isn't the same as endorsing the government. Music, art and academia is about crossing borders not building them, about open minds not closed ones, about shared humanity, dialogue and freedom of expression."

2017–2020: OKNOTOK and MiniDiscs

In June 2017, Radiohead released a 20th-anniversary OK Computer reissue, OKNOTOK 1997 2017, comprising a remastered version of the album, B-sides, and previously unreleased material. Radiohead promoted the reissue with music videos for the bonus tracks "I Promise", "Man of War" and "Lift". OKNOTOK reached number two on the UK Album Chart, boosted by Radiohead's televised Glastonbury performance that week, and reached number 23 on the US Billboard 200. In August, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed a benefit concert in Le Marche, Italy, following the August 2016 Central Italy earthquake. In September, the nature documentary series Blue Planet II premiered featuring a new version of the King of Limbs track "Bloom", created with the composer Hans Zimmer.

Radiohead performing in Montreal in July 2018

Radiohead were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, their first year of eligibility. They were nominated again in 2018 and inducted the following March. Though Jonny Greenwood and Yorke were uninterested in the event, Selway and O'Brien attended and made speeches. The singer David Byrne, one of Radiohead's formative influences, gave a speech praising Radiohead's musical and release innovations, which he said had influenced the whole music industry.

In June 2019, several hours of recordings made by Radiohead during the OK Computer period leaked online. In response, Radiohead made them available to purchase online as MiniDiscs , with all proceeds to the environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion. In December, Radiohead made their discography available free on YouTube. The following January, they launched the Radiohead Public Library, an online archive of their work, including music videos, live performances, artwork and the 1998 documentary Meeting People Is Easy. Radiohead suspended their online content for Blackout Tuesday on 2 June, protesting racism and police brutality.

In 2017, Selway released his third solo work, the soundtrack to the film Let Me Go. Jonny Greenwood was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his fifth collaboration with Anderson, Phantom Thread (2017), and scored his second film by Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here (2018). Yorke released his first feature film soundtrack, Suspiria (2018), and his third solo album, Anima (2019), backed by a short film directed by Anderson. In 2020, O'Brien released his debut solo album, Earth, under the moniker EOB. He had been writing songs for years, but found they did not fit Radiohead. In April, to compensate for the lack of performances during the COVID-19 pandemic, Radiohead began streaming old concert films on YouTube on a weekly basis.

2021–present: Kid A Mnesia, the Smile and side projects

Jonny Greenwood and Yorke performing with Tom Skinner as the Smile in January 2022

Radiohead abandoned plans to tour in 2021 due to the pandemic. In November, they released Kid A Mnesia, an anniversary reissue compiling Kid A, Amnesiac and previously unreleased material. It was promoted with download singles and videos for the previously unreleased tracks "If You Say the Word" and "Follow Me Around". Plans for an art installation based on the albums were cancelled due to logistical problems and the pandemic. Instead, Radiohead created a free digital experience, Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, for PlayStation 5, macOS and Windows.

In a livestream event held by Glastonbury Festival in May 2021, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood debuted a new band, the Smile, with the drummer Tom Skinner. Greenwood said the band was a way to work with Yorke during the COVID-19 lockdowns. In May 2022, they released their debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention, to acclaim. The Pitchfork critic Ryan Dombal described it as "instantly, unmistakably" the best album from a Radiohead side project. The Smile toured internationally between 2022 and 2024, and released the albums Wall of Eyes and Cutouts, recorded simultaneously, in 2024. Critics interpreted the Smile as a liberating, lower-pressure project for Yorke and Greenwood, with more jazz, krautrock and progressive rock influences and a looser, wilder sound.

Colin Greenwood toured Australia in 2022 as part of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis's band. He toured with Cave in 2023 and 2024, performed on Cave's 2024 album Wild God, and released a book of his photographs of Radiohead in October 2024. Selway released his third solo album, Strange Dance, in February 2023. Jarak Qaribak, an album by Jonny Greenwood and the Israeli rock musician Dudu Tassa, was released the following June. Yorke released his second film soundtrack, Confidenza, in April 2024, and began a solo tour in October. Selway said it was healthy for the Radiohead members to work with other musicians, that all the projects came under the Radiohead "umbrella", and that Radiohead "still very much exists". Colin Greenwood said Radiohead had rehearsed in mid-2024 and suggested they would reunite again.

Pressure for Radiohead to boycott Israel grew following the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war in 2023. Jonny Greenwood was criticised for performing in Tel Aviv with Tassa, and responded in a statement that Israeli artists should not be silenced. In October, Yorke temporarily left the stage after he was heckled by a pro-Palestine protester at a solo concert.

Artistry

Musical style

Radiohead's musical style has been described as art rock, alternative rock, electronica, experimental rock, progressive rock, grunge, art pop, and electronic rock. Critics found elements of grunge in their first album, Pablo Honey. Their second album, The Bends, is sometimes described as Britpop, though Radiohead disliked Britpop, seeing it as a "backwards-looking" pastiche. O'Brien said they quickly tired of songs "with distorted guitars all the way through", preferring separation and "riffs and melodies that interweave at different registers".

Radiohead songs often use pivot notes and pedal points, creating "looser, roomier" harmonies and a "bittersweet, doomy" feeling. Many use unusual or changing time signatures, such as "You", "Everything In Its Right Place", "Morning Bell" and "15 Step". O'Brien said Radiohead were hesitant to create "epic" music, which they felt had negative associations of stadium rock. However, he conceded that "epic is also about beauty, like a majestic view", and cited "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" as an example of a song that was "obviously epic in scope".

Jonny Greenwood said Radiohead strive to find a middle ground between their experimental influences and rock music, and were driven by a desire not to repeat themselves rather than to be "experimental". The drummer Clive Deamer, who has recorded and performed with Radiohead since 2011, said Radiohead do not see themselves as a rock band and that their methodology is closer to jazz: "They deliberately try to avoid cliché and standard forms for the sake of the song ... Rock bands don't do that. It's far more like a jazz mentality." Yorke dismissed accusations that Radiohead make "depressing" music, saying in 2004: "Depressing music to me is just shit music. It's like air freshener – just a nasty little poison in the air."

Songwriting

Though Yorke acts as Radiohead's director, all the members have a role in arrangement. In 2004, Yorke said that while his power was once "absolutely unbalanced" and he would "subvert everybody else's power at all costs", later albums had been more democratic. He apologised to his bandmates for his earlier "control freak" behaviour. O'Brien said that no member was replaceable and each was comfortable with their position.

Radiohead songs usually begin as a sketch by Yorke, which is harmonically developed by Jonny Greenwood before the rest of the band develop their parts. Whereas Yorke does not read sheet music, Greenwood is trained in music theory. In Pitchfork, Ryan Dombal wrote that "the duo's left brain-right brain dynamic has proven to be one of the most adventurous in rock history". While Jonny Greenwood plays most lead guitar parts, O'Brien often creates ambient effects, making extensive use of effects units.

Radiohead often attempt several approaches to songs, and may develop them over years. For example, Radiohead first performed "True Love Waits" in 1995 before releasing it in a different arrangement on A Moon Shaped Pool in 2016. Greenwood said he saw Radiohead as "just a kind of an arrangement to form songs using whatever technology suits the song", be it a cello or a laptop.

The Kid A and Amnesiac sessions brought a change in Radiohead's music and working methods. Since their shift from conventional rock instrumentation, the members have gained flexibility and often switch instruments. On Kid A and Amnesiac, Yorke played keyboard and bass, Jonny Greenwood played ondes Martenot, Colin Greenwood worked on sampling, and O'Brien and Selway worked with drum machines and digital manipulation.

Influences

Among Radiohead's earliest influences were Queen, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and Elvis Costello, post-punk acts such as Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Magazine, and significantly 1980s alternative rock bands such as R.E.M., U2, the Pixies, the Smiths and Sonic Youth. Jonny Greenwood named the Magazine guitarist John McGeoch his biggest guitar influence. By the mid-1990s, Radiohead were adopting recording methods from hip hop, inspired by the sampling work of DJ Shadow, and became interested in using computers to generate sounds. Radiohead cited 60s and 70s jazz artists such as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Alice Coltrane as influences. According to Jonny Greenwood, "We bring in our favourite jazz albums, and say: we want to do this. And we enjoy the sound of our failing!" He likened their jazz influence to 1950s English bands imitating American blues records. Other influences include the soundtracks of Ennio Morricone, 1960s rock groups such as the Beatles and the Beach Boys, and Phil Spector's "wall of sound" production.

"Pyramid Song" "Pyramid Song" was influenced by jazz musician Charles Mingus' 1963 piece "Freedom". This sample shows the Radiohead track's string arrangement and irregular timing on the piano and drums.
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The electronic music of Kid A and Amnesiac was inspired by Yorke's admiration for Warp Records artists such as Aphex Twin. In 2013, Yorke named Aphex Twin as his biggest influence. Kid A also samples early computer music. 1970s krautrock bands such as Can and Neu! were other major influences during this period. Jonny Greenwood's interest in 20th-century classical music also had a role, citing the influence of the composers Krzysztof Penderecki and Olivier Messiaen. Since the recording of Kid A, Greenwood has played the ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument popularised by Messiaen. While recording In Rainbows, Radiohead mentioned rock, electronic, hip hop and experimental musicians as influences, including Björk, M.I.A, Liars, Modeselektor and Spank Rock. In 2011, Yorke denied that Radiohead had set out to make "experimental music", saying they were "constantly absorbing music" and that a variety of musicians are always influencing them.

Themes and lyrics

Further information: Thom Yorke § Lyrics

Yorke is Radiohead's lyricist. Though his early lyrics were personal, from Kid A on, he experimented with cutting up words and phrases and assembling them at random. He does not write biographically, saying he instead writes "spasmodic" lyrics based on imagery and taken from external sources such as television. He deliberately uses cliches, idioms and other common expressions, suggesting "a mind consumed by meaningless data". The New Republic writer Ryan Kearney speculated that Yorke's use of common expressions, which he described as "Radioheadisms", was an attempt "to sap our common tongue of meaning and expose the vapidity of everyday discourse". According to Yorke, many of his lyrics are motivated by anger, expressing his political and environmental concerns and written as "a constant response to doublethink". Pitchfork wrote that Yorke's lyrics on A Moon Shaped Pool were less cynical, conveying wonder and amazement.

Legacy and influence

Radiohead are cited as one of the foremost rock bands of the 21st century. By 2011, Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums. Their 90s albums The Bends and OK Computer influenced a generation of British acts, including Coldplay, Keane, James Blunt and Travis. Radiohead's experimental approach is credited with expanding alternative rock.

According to the AllMusic journalist Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in the early 21st century, Radiohead became "a touchstone for everything that is fearless and adventurous in rock", succeeding David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Talking Heads. In 2001, Johnny Marr, the guitarist for one of Radiohead's early influences, the Smiths, said that Radiohead was the act that had "come closest to the genuine influence of the Smiths".

In 2003, the Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote that Radiohead were "the only youngish band standing that combines critical consensus with the ability to fill a venue larger than the Hammerstein Ballroom". Gavin Haynes of NME described Radiohead in 2014 as "our generation's Beatles". In 2020, the academic Daphne Brooks described Radiohead as "the blackest white rock band to emerge over the past 30 years", citing their black jazz influences, influence on black artists, and their "introspective other worlds", which parallel the work of radical black artists.

Industry

Kid A is credited for pioneering the use of the internet to stream and promote music. The pay-what-you-want release for In Rainbows is credited as a major step for music distribution. Forbes wrote that it "helped forge the template for unconventional album releases in the internet age", ahead of artists such as Beyoncé and Drake. Speaking at Radiohead's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, the Talking Heads singer David Byrne, an early influence on Radiohead, praised their musical and release innovations, which he said had influenced the entire music industry.

Accolades

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Radiohead

Radiohead's work places highly in both listener polls and critics' lists of the best music of the 1990s and 2000s. In a 2004 list composed by 55 musicians, writers and industry executives, Rolling Stone named Radiohead 73rd-greatest artist of all time. They have been listed among the greatest bands of all time by Spin (15th) and among the greatest artists by VH1 (29th). They were also named the third-best British band in history by Harry Fletcher of the Evening Standard.

Radiohead are the most nominated act for the Mercury Prize, with five nominated albums. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. In 2009, Rolling Stone readers voted Radiohead the second-best artist of the 2000s, behind Green Day. In 2021, Pitchfork readers voted OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows among the ten greatest albums of the preceding 25 years. Jonny Greenwood and O'Brien were both included in Rolling Stone's lists of the best guitarists and Yorke in its lists of the greatest singers.

Collaborators

"Modified bear" logo by Yorke and Stanley Donwood

Nigel Godrich first worked with Radiohead as an audio engineer on their second album, The Bends. He has produced all their studio albums since their third album, OK Computer. Godrich has been dubbed the band's "sixth member", an allusion to George Martin being called the "Fifth Beatle". In 2016, Godrich said: "I can only ever have one band like Radiohead who I've worked with for this many years. That's a very deep and profound relationship. The Beatles could only have ever had one George Martin; they couldn't have switched producers halfway through their career. All that work, trust, and knowledge of each other would have been thrown out of the window and they'd have to start again."

Godrich also plays Chieftain Mews, a long-running character who appears in Radiohead's promotional material. The journalist Mac Randall described Mews as "a 21st-century Max Headroom" who "intones non-sequiturs". Yorke credited the filmmaker Chris Bran for his creation on the DVD The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time.

The graphic artist Stanley Donwood met Yorke when they were art students. Together, they have produced all of Radiohead's album covers and visual artwork since 1994. Donwood works in the studio with the band as they record, allowing the music to influence the artwork. He and Yorke won a Grammy in 2002 for the special edition of Amnesiac, packaged as a library book.

Since Radiohead's formation, Andi Watson has been Radiohead's lighting and stage director, designing the visuals of their live concerts. Peter "Plank" Clements has worked with Radiohead since before The Bends, overseeing the technical management of studio recordings and live performances. Jim Warren has been Radiohead's live sound engineer since their first tour in 1992, and recorded early tracks including "High and Dry" and "Pop Is Dead". Radiohead enlisted the drummer Clive Deamer to help perform the complex rhythms of The King of Limbs, and has performed and recorded with them since. Paul Thomas Anderson has directed several music videos for Yorke and Radiohead, and has collaborated with Jonny Greenwood on several film scores and the 2015 documentary Junun. Radiohead are managed by Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge of Courtyard Management. Hufford produced their first release, the Drill EP, and co-produced their first album, Pablo Honey.

Song catalogue

See also: In Rainbows § Dispute with EMI

Radiohead recorded their first six albums under contract with Parlophone, a subsidiary of EMI. The contract ended with the release of Hail to the Thief in 2003. They did not renew the contract for their next album, In Rainbows, as EMI would not give them control over their back catalogue and they did not trust the new owner, Guy Hands. Radiohead have self-released their subsequent work, with retail editions released by XL Recordings. In October 2015, Radiohead sued Parlophone for deductions made from downloads of their back catalogue.

In September 2012, EMI was bought by Universal Music. The European Commission approved the deal on the condition that Universal Music divest Parlophone, which controlled the Radiohead records. In February 2013, Parlophone was bought by Warner Music Group (WMG). As a condition of the purchase, WMG made an agreement with the Merlin Network and the trade group Impala to divest 30% of the Parlophone catalogues to independent labels, with artist approval. In April 2016, WMG transferred Radiohead's back catalogue to XL. The Best Of and the reissues released by EMI in 2008 without Radiohead's approval were removed from streaming services.

Band members

Additional live members

Discography

Main articles: Radiohead discography and List of songs recorded by Radiohead

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Radiohead

Tours

Main article: List of Radiohead live performances

See also

Notes

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  2. Specifically, critics have cited OK Computer's influence on Muse, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Keane, Travis, Doves, Badly Drawn Boy, Editors and Elbow. See:

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  • Doheny, James. Radiohead: Back to Save the Universe. 2002. ISBN 0-8264-1663-2
  • Forbes, Brandon W. and Reisch, George A. (eds). Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter Happier More Deductive. 2009. ISBN 0-8126-9664-6
  • Hale, Jonathan. Radiohead: From a Great Height. 1999. ISBN 1-55022-373-9
  • Johnstone, Nick. Radiohead: An Illustrated Biography. 1997. ISBN 0-7119-6581-1
  • Letts, Marianne Tatom. Radiohead and the Resistant Concept Album. 2010. ISBN 978-0-253-22272-5
  • Paytress, Mark. Radiohead: The Complete Guide to their Music. 2005. ISBN 1-84449-507-8
  • Tate, Joseph (ed). The Music and Art of Radiohead. 2005. ISBN 0-7546-3979-7.

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