Days after Radiohead signed to XL, EMI announced a box set of Radiohead albums recorded before In Rainbows, released in the same week as the In Rainbows special edition. Radiohead were reportedly angered by the release, [57] and commentators including the Guardian saw it as retaliation for the band choosing not to sign with EMI. [81] Hands defended the reissues as necessary to boost EMI's revenues and said "we don't have a huge amount of reasons to be nice [to Radiohead]". [57] The box set was promoted on Google Ads with an advert falsely claiming that In Rainbows was included. EMI removed it, citing a "data source glitch". A spokesperson for Radiohead said they accepted this was a genuine mistake. [82] Promotion [ edit ] Webcasts [ edit ] Martin, Dan (22 December 2007). "Radiohead release 'In Rainbows'. The music industry shudders". NME. The release also drew criticism. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails thought it did not go far enough, and accused Radiohead of using a compressed digital release as a bait-and-switch to promote a traditional record sale. Reznor released his sixth album, Ghosts I–IV, under a Creative Commons licence the following year. [64] The singer Lily Allen said the release was "arrogant" and sent a bad message to less successful acts, saying: "You don't choose how to pay for eggs. Why should it be different for music?" [65] The Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon said the release "seemed really community-oriented, but it wasn't catered towards their musician brothers and sisters, who don't sell as many records [as Radiohead]. It makes everyone else look bad for not offering their music for whatever." [66] The Guardian journalist Will Hodgkinson argued that Radiohead had made it impossible for less successful musicians to make a living from their music. [67] Piracy [ edit ] a b c Chris Mincher (1 July 2007). "Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012 . Retrieved 12 November 2011. Radiohead Live Tour dates". Dead Air Space. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010 . Retrieved 10 November 2008.

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In 2004, after finishing the world tour for their sixth studio album, Hail to the Thief (2003), Radiohead went on hiatus. As Hail to the Thief was the final album released under their record contract with EMI, they had no contractual obligation to release new material. [1] The drummer, Philip Selway, said Radiohead still wanted to create music, but took a break to focus on other areas of their lives, and that the end of their contract provided a natural point to pause and reflect. [2] The New York Times described Radiohead as "by far the world's most popular unsigned band". [1] ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 1 November 2023. The brilliant In Rainbows represents no such thing. Nonetheless, it's a very different kind of Radiohead record. Liberated from their self-imposed pressure to innovate, they sound-- for the first time in ages-- user-friendly; the glacial distance that characterized their previous records melted away by dollops of reverb, strings, and melody. From the inclusion and faithful rendering of longtime fan favorite "Nude" to the classic pop string accents on "Faust Arp" to the uncharacteristically relaxed "House of Cards", Radiohead's sudden willingness to embrace their capacity for uncomplicated beauty might be In Rainbows' most distinguishing quality, and one of the primary reasons it's an improvement on Hail to the Thief.

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a b Hermes, Will (6 October 2007). "In Rainbows". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012 . Retrieved 23 February 2012. Brown, Jonathan (11 October 2007). "Radiohead album goes live on the internet". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008 . Retrieved 21 October 2007. Radiohead recorded a live video, In Rainbows — From the Basement, broadcast on VH1 in May 2008. [103] In February 2009, Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed "15 Step" with the University of Southern California Marching Band at the televised 51st Annual Grammy Awards. [104] Sales [ edit ] Digital [ edit ] Trent Reznor: Radiohead's In Rainbows promotion was 'insincere' ". CNET. 15 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018 . Retrieved 18 October 2018.

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In December 2005, Radiohead hired the producer Spike Stent, who had worked with artists including U2 and Björk, to help them work through their material. O'Brien told Mojo: "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. '" [2] However, the collaboration with Stent was unsuccessful. [8] Hyman, Dan (9 December 2011). "The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #5 – #1". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017 . Retrieved 26 March 2016. Radiohead: The Escape Artists, Part Two". The Word. 7 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008 . Retrieved 6 November 2008. Thom Yorke: Why he's glad to have made such a big noise". The Independent. 3 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009 . Retrieved 2 July 2020. artists who completely reinvented their sound from album to album". Alternative Press. 21 September 2021.

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Radiohead album – the band speak". NME. 22 December 2005. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018 . Retrieved 7 May 2017. Oficjalna lista sprzedaży:: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 August 2020. Independent Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019 . Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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BBC – (none) – Hear And Now – Ether Festival". BBC Radio 3. 25 June 2005. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018 . Retrieved 21 June 2016. Buskirk, Elliot (25 September 2008). "Radiohead launches easier, less expensive remix contest". Wired. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018 . Retrieved 20 October 2018. Godrich, Nigel (15 June 2007). "a bit of tape from the studio". Dead Air Space. Archived from the original on 18 June 2007 . Retrieved 15 June 2007.Dolan, Jon (10 October 2007). "Radiohead: In Rainbows". Blender. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008 . Retrieved 1 November 2007. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015 . Retrieved 1 June 2020. Such a return to communal exchange isn't something you'd expect to be orchestrated by a band who's wrung beauty from alienation for more than a decade. But if the past few weeks have taught us anything, it's that Radiohead revel, above all else, in playing against type. It's written in their discography; excluding the conjoined twins that were Kid A and Amnesiac, each of their albums constitutes a heroic effort to debunk those that came before it. Although 2003's Hail to the Thief was overlong and scattershot, it was important insofar as it represented the full band's full-circle digestion and synthesis of the sounds and methods they first toyed with on OK Computer. So, after a decade of progression, where do we go from here? The release came at a time when CD sales were falling due to internet piracy. [68] It surprised record executives; an unidentified executive at a major European label told Time: "This feels like yet another death knell. If the best band in the world doesn't want a part of us, I'm not sure what's left for this business." [61] U2's manager, Paul McGuinness, said that 60 to 70 percent of Radiohead fans had pirated In Rainbows, and saw this as an indication that Radiohead's strategy had failed. [69]