GLOBALRPH MUSICATLASRadiohead: Artist Essentials
Follow the guitar songs into displaced rhythms, electronic textures and the quieter detail of the later albums.
Showing 10 of 10 selected recordings.This depth selects the first 10 recordings in the recommended sequence. Changing the order rearranges those same selections.
When only a year is established, chronological order within that year is approximate.
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First released: 1997 (year verified)
Original album: OK Computer
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Follow the returning ideas as the song moves through sharply different sections.
Annual appearances: 1997
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1997 (year verified)
The selected original recording appears on OK Computer (1997). The original release year is retained; later remasters, bonus performances and annual-list dates are separate.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: OK Computer
OK Computer - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 1997 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1997 (year verified)
Original album: OK Computer
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The piano-led verses give way to an ending that slowly changes the sound around the song.
Annual appearances: 1997
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1997 (year verified)
The selected original recording appears on OK Computer (1997). The original release year is retained; later remasters, bonus performances and annual-list dates are separate.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: OK Computer
OK Computer - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 1997 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1995 (year verified)
Original album: The Bends
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The gradual rise in volume gives the restrained beginning its force.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1995 (year verified)
The selected original recording appears on The Bends (1995). The original release year is retained; later remasters, bonus performances and annual-list dates are separate.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: The Bends
The Bends - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 1995 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1997 (year verified)
Original album: OK Computer
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The bright repeating figure creates an uneasy contrast with the quiet vocal.
Annual appearances: 1998
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1997 (year verified)
The selected original recording appears on OK Computer (1997). The original release year is retained; later remasters, bonus performances and annual-list dates are separate.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: OK Computer
OK Computer - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 1997 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 2000 (year verified)
Original album: Kid A
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Listen to the keyboard pattern and the fragmented voices as separate moving layers.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 2000 (year verified)
The selected original recording appears on Kid A (2000). The original release year is retained; later remasters, bonus performances and annual-list dates are separate.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Kid A
Kid A - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 2000 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 2007 (year verified)
Original album: In Rainbows
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The light percussion and high vocal leave space for the later harmonic expansion.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 2007 (year verified)
The original In Rainbows recording was officially released in 2007; the Public Library documents the October release before later physical editions. Year precision avoids treating a later format date as the first event.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: In Rainbows
In Rainbows - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 2007 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Radiohead Public Library - original release entries
Reviewed public sound/release data for ph/creep-single (1992), bends/my-iron-lung-ep (1994), bends/the-bends (1995), bends/street-spirit-single (1996), amnesiac/pyramid-song-single (2001), ir/in-rainbows (October 2007), and the original studio album entries. The HTML-linked public state data was read because the search renderer exposes only the page shell. Month inconsistencies are not promoted to exact dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 2001 (year verified)
Original single: Pyramid Song
Original 2001 studio single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Let the piano establish its own sense of time before the drums enter.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 2001 (year verified)
The Public Library documents the original single in May 2001, before the Amnesiac album. The selected recording is dated at year precision, without adopting the conflicting month label on the Bandcamp album page.
Recording: Original 2001 studio single recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Pyramid Song
Radiohead Public Library - original release entries
Reviewed public sound/release data for ph/creep-single (1992), bends/my-iron-lung-ep (1994), bends/the-bends (1995), bends/street-spirit-single (1996), amnesiac/pyramid-song-single (2001), ir/in-rainbows (October 2007), and the original studio album entries. The HTML-linked public state data was read because the search renderer exposes only the page shell. Month inconsistencies are not promoted to exact dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Amnesiac - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 2001 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 2007 (year verified)
Original album: In Rainbows
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Interlocking guitar figures keep changing the apparent center of the rhythm.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 2007 (year verified)
The original In Rainbows recording was officially released in 2007; the Public Library documents the October release before later physical editions. Year precision avoids treating a later format date as the first event.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: In Rainbows
In Rainbows - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 2007 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Radiohead Public Library - original release entries
Reviewed public sound/release data for ph/creep-single (1992), bends/my-iron-lung-ep (1994), bends/the-bends (1995), bends/street-spirit-single (1996), amnesiac/pyramid-song-single (2001), ir/in-rainbows (October 2007), and the original studio album entries. The HTML-linked public state data was read because the search renderer exposes only the page shell. Month inconsistencies are not promoted to exact dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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First released: 1995 (year verified)
Original album: The Bends
Original studio album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The repeated picked figure sustains the tension while the vocal opens above it.
Annual appearances: 1996
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1995 (year verified)
Original recording on The Bends in 1995; the Public Library separately lists the 1996 single. The retained annual single year is not used as the recording's first-release year.
Recording: Original studio album recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: The Bends
The Bends - Radiohead / XL official Bandcamp catalog
Artist catalog under XL Recordings UK: original 1995 album association and released tracklist, corroborated against the official Public Library. Only year precision is used: some month/day labels differ between official pages or refer to regional/physical editions. Copyright alone and current sale dates are not used as release evidence. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Radiohead Public Library - original release entries
Reviewed public sound/release data for ph/creep-single (1992), bends/my-iron-lung-ep (1994), bends/the-bends (1995), bends/street-spirit-single (1996), amnesiac/pyramid-song-single (2001), ir/in-rainbows (October 2007), and the original studio album entries. The HTML-linked public state data was read because the search renderer exposes only the page shell. Month inconsistencies are not promoted to exact dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
10list
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First released: 1992 (year verified)
Original single: Creep
Original 1992 studio single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The abrupt guitar interruptions make the shift from restraint to release unmistakable.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1992 (year verified)
Original 1992 studio single, predating its inclusion on Pablo Honey in 1993. The later acoustic and BBC recordings identified by the label are not selected.
Recording: Original 1992 studio single recording
Credit: Radiohead
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Creep
Radiohead Public Library - original release entries
Reviewed public sound/release data for ph/creep-single (1992), bends/my-iron-lung-ep (1994), bends/the-bends (1995), bends/street-spirit-single (1996), amnesiac/pyramid-song-single (2001), ir/in-rainbows (October 2007), and the original studio album entries. The HTML-linked public state data was read because the search renderer exposes only the page shell. Month inconsistencies are not promoted to exact dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Pablo Honey Collectors Edition - Rhino original-single history
Explicitly places the original Creep single in 1992 and distinguishes the acoustic and BBC versions included in the later collection. The 2015 article date and later collector package are not used as first-release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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