Band: Radiohead Album: The Bends Released: 1995 [Live Performances used all come from the 1994 Radiohead Tour to promote The Bends and the actual 1995-1996 'The Bends Tour.' Fanmade compilation of live recordings of the A Moon Shaped Pool tour. Intro 00:00 Daydreaming 01:15. Opera mini for mobile. • ' Released: 14 January 2008 • ' Released: 31 March 2008 • ' / ' Released: May 2008 • ' Released: 23 September 2008 • ' Released: 5 January 2009 (promotional) In Rainbows is the seventh by English band. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a, followed by a physical release internationally by in December 2007 and in the United States on 1 January 2008. It was Radiohead's first release after their recording contract with ended with their previous album (2003). Radiohead worked on In Rainbows for more than two years, beginning in early 2005. In 2006, after their initial recording sessions with new producer proved fruitless, the band toured Europe and North America performing In Rainbows material before re-enlisting longtime producer. The album is more personal than previous Radiohead albums, with singer describing most of the songs as his versions of 'seduction songs'. Radiohead incorporated a variety of musical styles and instruments, using,,, and the. The album's pay-what-you-want release, the first for a major act, made headlines around the world and sparked debate about implications for the music industry. The physical release debuted at number 1 on the and the, and had sold over three million copies worldwide by October 2008. The album received critical acclaim and was ranked one of the best albums of 2007 and of the decade by various publications. It won two for. In 2012, placed In Rainbows at number 336 on their updated list of the. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] In 2004, after finishing the world tour in support of their sixth studio album (2003), Radiohead went on hiatus. As Hail to the Thief was the last album released on Radiohead's six-album contract with, the band had no contractual obligation to release new material. According to the New York Times, in 2006, Radiohead was 'by far the world's most popular unsigned band'. Drummer said: 'It was definitely time to take a break. There was still a desire amongst us to make music, but also a realisation that other aspects of our lives were being neglected. And we'd come to the end of our contract, which gives you a natural point to look back over at what you've achieved as a band.' Singer and songwriter worked on his first solo album, (2006), and multi-instrumentalist composed his first solo works, the soundtracks (2004) and (2007). Recording [ ] In March 2005, Radiohead began writing and recording new music in their Oxfordshire studio without their longtime producer. Guitarist said they chose to work without Godrich to 'get out of the comfort zone. We've been working together for 10 years, and we all love one another too much'. Bassist later denied this, saying Godrich had been busy working with. At the Ether Festival in July 2005, Greenwood and Yorke performed a version of the future In Rainbows track 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' with the orchestra and the. Regular recording sessions began in August 2005, with Radiohead updating fans on their progress intermittently on their new, Dead Air Space. The sessions were slow, and the band struggled to regain confidence; according to Yorke, 'we spent a long time in the studio just not going anywhere, wasting our time, and that was really, really frustrating.' O'Brien said the band considered splitting up, but kept working 'because when you got beyond all the shit and the bollocks, the core of these songs were really good'. They attributed their slow progress to a lack of momentum after their break and the lack of deadline and producer. Radiohead performing live at the Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California, during their 2006 tour. Radiohead used the tour to test songs later recorded for In Rainbows. In December 2005, Radiohead asked producer, who had worked with artists including and, to help them work through their material. O'Brien told: 'Spike listened to the stuff we'd been self-producing. These weren't demos, they’d been recorded in proper studios, and he said, 'The sounds aren't good enough.'
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