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The Best of Radiohead - a list by designdude
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Why wait until June 3 to get The Best of Radiohead? Everything on it is already available. Just saying.
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Dude. Syncing OK computer with a muted Wizard of Oz...epic!
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Optimistic
First to recommend
Description
Unlike most of Kid A, Optimistic would have been perfectly at home on the previous record. Along with Idioteque, this was one of two promos released for Kid A (in lieu of actual singles) and proved to be a smoothing segueway within the somewhat jarring artistic changes that took place following OK Computer.
Updated Jun 1, 2008
Fake Plastic Trees
First to recommend
Description
Considered by many critics, particularly in America, to be the point at which Radiohead went from being a mediocre alternative rock band to being an inimitable force in pop songcraft, this track was the band's first single in the US to appear from The Bends.
Updated Jun 2, 2008
Idioteque
First to recommend
Description
Several tracks on Kid A marked a significant change of direction for the band after OK Computer, but maybe none so much as this. The influence of glitchy drum & bass is clearly present, and the song is also Radiohead's first venture into sampling.
Updated Jun 1, 2008
2 + 2 = 5
First to recommend
Description
At the time of Hail to the Thief, in 2003, nothing from Radiohead could have sounded more contemporary and mature. Opening with the spare tone of Amnesiac before morphing into a return to guitar-heavy form, the song ultimately erupts into one of the more jerkily danceable tracks in the band's songbook.
Updated Jun 2, 2008
The Bends
First to recommend
Description
A weird chronological choice in this collection, the title track from Radiohead's second album falls deep within side two. The LP may be over-represented here, with this being the most glaring example, but that's up to you.
Updated Jun 2, 2008
Pyramid Song
First to recommend
Description
At the time of its release, Amnesiac was consistently (and inaccurately) reviewed as a collection of subpar tracks that hadn't made it onto Kid A, which was mostly recorded at the same time and had been released only eight months earlier. Even in light of that, Pyramid Song is a curious inclusion, not nearly the best track on Amnesiac.
Updated Jun 1, 2008
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
First to recommend
Description
The last of five full tracks--nearly a third of the collection--to appear from The Bends, "Street Spirit" can't disappoint. A strong single from the band's second album, this track is still a mainstay in Radiohead live appearances.
Updated Jun 2, 2008
Everything In Its Right Place
First to recommend
Description
To this day, this track is one of the more ominous and memorable drones Radiohead has produced. The song's groove marks a somber, spare chapter for Radiohead that would be bookended by Kid A and Amnesiac, largely recorded together but released nearly a year apart.
Updated Jun 2, 2008
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