using just their studio albums, what would your definitive RADIOHEAD Best Of include?
Have to be honest, none of their albums blew me away until In Rainbows. We already know most people think it's not one of the standouts, but it is. We're also already full aware that most of you have to keep up this silly pretence that Kid A's their finest work since most polls, even Channel 4, frequently champion OK Computer and The Bends.
What are your Radiohead standards, though, BY RECORD PLEASE. If you had to whittle down their body of work to leave just the absolute essentials, which tracks would you pick? ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS ONLY, please, or else we'll be here all fucking day.
For me, and string me up for being wrong if you must, i just like the better songs. Anything with too much guitar, too many beeps, bloops, all that shite, and generally anything lacking melody, NAH, bin it.
I can get it down to 27 tracks from the 8 albums.
PABLO HONEY
1) Creep
2) Thinking About You
THE BENDS
3) High and Dry
4) Fake Plastic Trees
5) Just
6) Street Spirit
OK COMPUTER
7) Paranoid Android
8) Karma Police
9) No Surprises
KID A
10) Idioteque
AMNESIAC
11) You and Whose Army?
12) Knives Out
HAIL TO THE THIEF
13) Sail to the Moon (Brush the Cobwebs Out of the Sky)
14) Go to Sleep (Little Man Being Erased)
15) I Will (No Man's Land)
16) Scatterbrain (As Dead as Leaves)
IN RAINBOWS
17) Bodysnatchers
18) Nude
19) Weird Fishes/Arpeggi)
20) All I Need
21) Reckoner
22) House of Cards
23) Jigsaw Falling Into Place
24) Videotape
KING OF LIMBS
25) Lotus Flower
26) Codex
27) Seperator
So yeah, i guess that definitively, to put this matter to bed, that means In Rainbows > The Bends > Hail To The Thief > OK Computer > King of Limbs > Pablo Honey > Amnesiac > Kid A, but let's not get into that.
* let's say a max of 40 tracks, just to pre-empt the usual smartarses.
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no Pyramid Song, but you chose I Will
Looney Tunes
This'll be a good thread
I can't get along with any Radiohead except The Bends, so you should add The Bends, My Iron Lung and maybe even Black Star to that list, mainly because you've picked quite a few of the whiny ones from that album.
right
PABLO HONEY
1) Creep
2) Blow Out
THE BENDS
1) Planet Telex
2) Fake Plastic Trees
3) Nice Dream
4) My Iron Lung
5) Street Spirit
OK COMPUTER
1) Airbag
2) Paranoid Android
3) Let Down
4) Climbing up the Walls
5) Lucky
6) The Tourist
KID A
1) Everything in it's Right Place
2) TNA
3) HODC
4) Idioteque
AMNESIAC
1) Pyramid Song
2) Dollars & Cents
3) Life in a Glasshouse
HAIL TO THE THIEF
1) There There
2) Myxamatosis
3) Wolf at the Door
IN RAINBOWS
1) Nude
2) Weird Fishes
3) Reckoner
4) Videotape
KING OF LIMBS
1) Bloom
2) Lotus Flower
3) Codex
shit i forgot you're not meant to take radiohead threads seriously
proviso
add Bodysnatchers
RADIOHEAD
The Bends
1. Planet Telex
2. Bulletproof... I wish I was
3. Street Spirit
OK Computer
4. Airbag
5. Exit Music
6. Climbing Up The Walls
7. No Surprises
8. Lucky
Kid A
9. Everything in it's right place
10. The National Anthem
11. How to Disappear
12. Idioteque
Amnesiac
13. Pyramid Song
14. Like Spinning Plates
15. Life in a glasshouse
Hail To The Thief
16. 2+2=5
17. There There
In Rainbows
18. Bodysnatchers
19. Nude
20. Weird Fishes
21. Reckoner
22. Videotape
King of Limbs
23. Lotus Flower
24. Codex
I reckon Codex would make a great closer to such a best of...
Any best of that doesn't include Airbag or Pyramid Song is in my opinion completely bankrupt. They are definition of when Radiohead make populism meet art.
I'll bite, I don't care bring the abuse. The answer is:
The Bends
1. Planet Telex
2. Street Spirit
OK Computer
3. Climbing Up The Walls
4. Paranoid Android
5. Lucky
6. Let Down
Kid A
7. Morning Bell
8. Everything In It's Right Place
9. Idioteque
10. How To Disappear Completely
Amnesiac
11. Pyramid Song
12. You And Whose Army?
13. I Might Be Wrong
Hail To The Thief
14. There There
15. Myxomatosis
16. Where I End And You Begin
In Rainbows
17. Reckoner
18. 15 Step
19. Arpeggi
The King Of Limbs
20. Bloom
21. Lotus Flower
Or the drumbeat to Morning Bell looped for an hour
Anything with too much guitar, too many beeps, bloops, all that shite, and generally anything lacking melody, NAH, bin it.
That's In Rainbows out then.
Ooooooh, the troller becomes the trollee
nah.
undoubtable melody.
history will remember it as their masterpiece.
it's easily their best
and I just think Creep kinda sounds like a different band, it just doesn't really interest much anymore
if there is one song off the first album that I might put on there it's Blow Out
PABLO HONEY:
1. Prove Yourself
2. Blow Out
THE BENDS:
3. Planet Telex
4. My Iron Lung
5. Street Spirit
OK COMPUTER:
6. Airbag
7. Paranoid Android
8. Karma Police
9. Exit Music
10. Climbing Up the Walls
11. Lucky
KID A:
12. Everything In Its Right Place
13. How to Disappear Completely
14. Optimistic
15. Idioteque
SPECIAL HIDDEN BONUS TRACK
Creep (Drum n Bass mix)
Can't be bothered with anything after Kid A.
I can *almost* get it down to a single CD without raising a sweat
with 18 tracks totalling 1:20:52:
1. Creep — Pablo Honey
2. Fake Plastic Trees — The Bends
3. My Iron Lung — The Bends
4. Airbag — OK Computer
5. Paranoid Android — OK Computer
6. Karma Police — OK Computer
7. No Surprises — OK Computer
8. Everything In Its Right Place — Kid A
9. Optimistic — Kid A
10. Idioteque — Kid A
11. 2 + 2 = 5 — Hail To The Thief
12. There There — Hail To The Thief
13. Myxomatosis — Hail To The Thief
14. 15 Step — In Rainbows
15. Bodysnatchers — In Rainbows
16. All I Need — In Rainbows
17. Reckoner — In Rainbows
18. Little By Little — The King Of Limbs
Drop Fake Plastic Trees, No Surprises and Myxomatosis to get it all on one CD.
NB: never listened to Pablo Honey
Optimistic???!
That song is the reason I can't listen to Kid A from beginning to end anymore. Urgghh
I'm so indie
I like the one all you indie fucks hate.
Creep, 40 times
What about Creep (Acoustic)?
and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SG6QPRKi3g
oh wow
Yeah, I've know about that for a while
I've been holding it back for a special occasion like this.
you mean a Radiohead thread?
Have there been lots of radiohead threads then?
I must have missed them. Sorry, I don't post much anymore.
http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/25599226.jpg
:D
A wasted thread?
40 tracks from only eight albums. That's barely a decision making process and nothing like a number that would ever see commercial release.
wasn't particularly talking about a CD best of, pal.
but if i had been, pretty much everyones picks would fit on a double disc.
yes, but it's not so much best of as half of...
nah.
they've made 160+ tracks, pal.
you're getting the wrong end of the stick.
I actually think this would make a good best of if it were released (despite fans complaining about the lack of Karma Police)
1 Creep
2 You
3 My Iron Lung
4 Fake Plastic Trees
5 The Bends
6 Bulletproof (I Wish I Was)
7 Street Spirit
8Paranoid Android
9 Let Down
10 Exit Music
11 No Surprises
12 Idioteque
13 Motion Picture Soundtrack
14 Knives Out
15 There There
16 Myxomatosis
17 Jigsaw Falling Into Place
18 Reckoner
19 All I Need
20 Videotape
21 Lotus Flower
22 Codex
thinking about you
wait
what
I've had to be brutal.
1 Creep
2 Fake Plastic Trees
3 Just
4 Street Spirit
5 Paranoid Android
6 Exit Music
7 No Surprises
8 Everything In Its Right Place
9 How To Disappear Completely
10 Idioteque
11 Pyramid Song
12 There There
13 Wolf At The Door
14 Nude
15 Reckoner
I think that's sensible
Oh, forgot about Karma Police
Replaces Exit Music
You people leaving off Blow Out are crazy
Tried keeping it to about 3-4 tracks per album
PABLO HONEY
1. You
2. Creep
3. Blow Out
THE BENDS
4. Fake Plastic Trees
5. My Iron Lung
6. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
OK COMPUTER
7. Paranoid Android
8. Exit Music (For a Film)
9. Karma Police
10. No Surprises
11. Lucky
KID A
12. Everything In Its Right Place
13. How to Disappear Completely
14. Idioteque
AMNESIAC
15. Pyramid Song
16. I Might Be Wrong
17. Life In A Glasshouse
HAIL TO THE THIEF
18. 2 + 2 = 5
19. There There
20. A Wolf At The Door
IN RAINBOWS
21. 15 Step
22. Bodysnatchers
23. Weird Fishes
24. Reckoner
THE KING OF LIMBS
25. Bloom
26. Lotus Flower
27. Seperator
A Best Of for Radiohead would be a bit lame and jarring anyway. Fans would have no need for it and first-time listeners would be put off by how all over the place it is I feel.
I think people aremisremembering how good Blow Out actually is
The acoustic version's nice but the PH rendition is a bit limp. With such a strong discog I don't think it belongs anywhere near a Best Of.
You could do a Pearl Jam and split it into 2 CDs of the styles
SIDE 1
1. You
2. Creep
3. The Bends
4. My Iron Lung
5. Just
6. Paranoid Android
7. The National Anthem
8. Idioteque
9. Optimistic
10. I Might Be Wrong
11. Knives Out
12. 2+2=5
13. There There
14. Myxomatosis
15. 15 Step
16. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
17. Reckoner
18. Bloom
19. Lotus Flower
SIDE 2
1. Fake Plastic Trees
2. Street Spirit
3. Let Down
4. The Tourist
5. Lucky
6. Climbing Up The Walls
7. Karma Police
8. Everything In Its Right Place
9. How To Disappear Completely
10. Pyramid Song
11. Like Spinning Plates
12. A Wolf At The Door
13. Nude
14. Faust Arp
15. Videotape
16. Codex
17. Give Up The Ghost
This is quite interesting actually... The nerdy joy of 15 Step being 15th is crazy
Radiothread
Limited to 20 tracks with at least 1 track from each album included
Pablo Honey:
1. Anyone Can Play Guitar
The Bends:
2. Street Spirit
3. My Iron Lung
4. Just
OK Computer:
5. Paranoid Android
Kid A
6. Everything in its Right Place
7. The National Anthem
8. How to Disappear Completely
9. Idioteque
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack
Amnesiac
11. I Might Be Wrong
12. Life in a Glasshouse
Hail to the Theif
13. 2+2=5
14. Sit Down Stand Up
15. There There
16. Scatterbrain
In Rainbows
17. 15 Step
18. Jigsaw Falling into Place
19. Videotape
King of Limbs
20. Lotus Flower
OK, here we go - 20 tracks
PABLO HONEY
1) Creep
2) Vegetable
THE BENDS
1) The Bends
2) High and Dry
3) Just
4) My Iron Lung
5) Street Spirit (Fade Out)
OK COMPUTER
1) Paranoid Android
2) Karma Police
3) Electioneering
4) Climbing Up the Walls
KID A
1) The National Anthem
AMNESIAC
1) You and Whose Army?
2) I Might Be Wrong
HAIL TO THE THIEF
1) I Will
2) A Punch Up at a Wedding
IN RAINBOWS
1) 15 Step
2) Bodysnatchers
3) Nude
4) Jigsaw Falling Into Place