Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and chart success. Their subsequent releases have pioneered alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent. Radiohead's sixth album, Hail to the Thief (2003), mixed rock and electronic music with lyrics inspired by the War on Terror, and was the band's final album for EMI. Despite initially dividing listeners, Kid A was later named the best album of the decade by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times. The group's next albums Kid A (2000) and Amnesiac (2001), recorded simultaneously, marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from experimental electronic music, 20th-century classical music, krautrock, and jazz. Radiohead's third album, OK Computer (1997), propelled them to international fame noted for its complex production and themes of modern alienation, it is often acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s and one of the best albums in popular music. Their popularity and critical standing rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, The Bends (1995). It became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey (1993).
They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994.Īfter signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass), and Phil Selway (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985.
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