Radiohead: The Best of

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Radiohead: The Best of
Radiohead: The Best of cover
Compilation album by Radiohead
Released June 2, 2008
Recorded 1992–2003
Genre Alternative rock
Length CD1: 71:43
CD2: 59:07
Label Parlophone, Capitol
Producer Sean Slade, Paul Q. Kolderie, John Leckie, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead
Professional reviews
Radiohead chronology
Radiohead Box Set
(2007)		 Radiohead: The Best of
(2008)
Alternate cover
Special Edition cover
Special Edition cover

Radiohead: The Best of is a compilation album by English alternative rock band Radiohead. The album features singles, album tracks and one b-side the band released while with EMI from 1992 to 2005.[1] The first disc, also available separately, comprises the majority of the band's charting hits, while the second disc concentrates on less commercially successful singles and other tracks. As a parallel release, a DVD compilation will feature 21 music videos,[2] of which nine will be released on DVD for the first time.

This collection is the first such released compilation of the band's songs, but it had not been sanctioned by Radiohead;[3] it was prepared by EMI after the band's departure, and Radiohead did not participate in selecting the tracks or allowing them to make such a collection. Indeed the band actually protested the release of the album. The compilation contains only songs to which EMI holds the publishing rights; all of the tracks were recorded before Radiohead's last studio album, In Rainbows (2007), as the band ended their contract with EMI in 2004 and signed with other labels for future distribution.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Just" (from The Bends) – 3:54
  2. "Paranoid Android" (from OK Computer) – 6:23
  3. "Karma Police" (from OK Computer) – 4:21
  4. "Creep" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:59
  5. "No Surprises" (from OK Computer) – 3:49
  6. "High and Dry" (from The Bends) – 4:20
  7. "My Iron Lung" (from The Bends) – 4:36
  8. "There There" (from Hail to the Thief) – 5:23
  9. "Lucky" (from OK Computer) – 4:20
  10. "Fake Plastic Trees" (from The Bends) – 4:52
  11. "Idioteque" (from Kid A) – 5:09
  12. "2+2=5" (from Hail to the Thief) – 3:19
  13. "The Bends" (from The Bends) – 4:04
  14. "Pyramid Song" (from Amnesiac) – 4:51
  15. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (from The Bends) – 4:12
  16. "Everything In Its Right Place" (from Kid A) – 4:11

The version of disc one for the US will contain an extra song, "Optimistic", before "Fake Plastic Trees";[4] "Optimistic" was played on US radio to promote Kid A (2000), an album without any official singles.

[edit] Bonus disc

  1. "Airbag" (from OK Computer) – 4:44
  2. "I Might Be Wrong" (from Amnesiac) – 4:54
  3. "Go to Sleep" (from Hail to the Thief) – 3:21
  4. "Let Down" (from OK Computer) – 4:59
  5. "Planet Telex" (from The Bends) – 4:19
  6. "Exit Music (For a Film)" (from OK Computer) – 4:24
  7. "The National Anthem" (from Kid A) – 5:51
  8. "Knives Out" (from Amnesiac) – 4:17
  9. "Talk Show Host" (from Street Spirit (Fade Out)) – 4:14
  10. "You" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:29
  11. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:37
  12. "How to Disappear Completely" (from Kid A) – 5:56
  13. "True Love Waits" (live in Los Angeles, 2001) (from I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings) – 5:02
Radiohead: The Best of
Radiohead: The Best of cover
Video by Radiohead
Released June 2, 2008
Recorded 1992–2003
Genre Alternative rock
Label Parlophone
Radiohead video chronology
The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time
(2004)		 Radiohead: The Best of
(2008)

[edit] DVD

  1. "Creep" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
  2. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
  3. "Pop is Dead" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
  4. "Stop Whispering" (directed by Jeff Plansker)
  5. "My Iron Lung" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
  6. "High and Dry" (UK version) (directed by David Mould)
  7. "High and Dry" (US version) (directed by Paul Cunningham)
  8. "Fake Plastic Trees" (directed by Jake Scott)
  9. "Just" (directed by Jamie Thraves)
  10. "Street Spirit (Fade Out) (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
  11. "Paranoid Android" (directed by Magnus Carlsson)
  12. "Karma Police" (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
  13. "No Surprises" (directed by Grant Gee)
  14. "Pyramid Song" (directed by Shynola)
  15. "Knives Out" (directed by Michel Gondry)
  16. "I Might Be Wrong" (directed by Sophie Muller)
  17. "Push Pulk"/"Like Spinning Plates" (directed by Johnny Hardstaff)
  18. "There There" (directed by Chris Hopewell)
  19. "Go to Sleep" (directed by Alex Rutterford)
  20. "Sit Down. Stand Up." (directed by Ed Holdsworth)
  21. "2+2=5" (Live at Belfort Festival) (directed by Fabien Raymond)

[edit] Chart performance

Chart Provider Position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA
10
Irish Album Chart IRMA
1
New Zealand Album Chart RIANZ
7
UK Album Chart BPI
4
Billboard 200 Billboard
26 (1cd version)
Billboard 200 Billboard
81 (2cd version)
Preceded by
The Galway Girl - The Best of by Sharon Shannon		 Irish Album Chart number-one album
June 3, 2008		 Succeeded by
incumbent

[edit] References

  1. ^ Radiohead to release 'Best Of' compilation. NME (2008-04-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
  2. ^ Radiohead 'Best Of' to be released as DVD. NME (2008-04-15).
  3. ^ Pitchfork: Radiohead Best Of Details Revealed
  4. ^ CMJ
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