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The Smile: Cutouts

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On October 4, 2024, “XL Recordings” label released “Cutouts”, the third Smile (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Sam Petts – Davies.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – voice, guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitars, bass, piano, synthesizers, cello, MaxMSP, orchestral arrangements
  • Tom Skinner – vocals, drums, synthesizers, percussion
  • Robert Stillman – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Pete Wareham – baritone saxophone
  • London Contemporary Orchestra – strings
    • Hugh Brunt – conductor
    • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – leader
  • Joe Wyatt – recording, engineer assistant
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer, mixing
  • Oli Middleton – engineer
  • Tom Ashpitel – orchestral engineering, engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Pete Clements – studio technician
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner.

  1. Foreign Spies
  2. Instant Psalm
  3. Zero Sum
  4. Colours Fly
  5. Eyes & Mouth
  6. Don’t Get Me Started
  7. Tiptoe
  8. The Slip
  9. No Words
  10. Bodies Laughing

Radiohead: My Iron Lung

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On September 26, 1994, “Parlaphone” label released “My Iron Lung”, the third Radiohead EP. It was recorded 1993 -1994, at “RAK” in London, and was produced by John Leckie, Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • John Leckie – engineer
  • Nigel Godrich – engineer
  • Chris Brown – engineer
  • Guy Massey – engineer assistant
  • Shelly Saunders – assistant
  • Jim Warren – recording, mixing
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

  1. My Iron Lung
  2. The Trickster
  3. Lewis (Mistreated)
  4. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
  5. Permanent Daylight
  6. Lozenge of Love
  7. You Never Wash Up After Yourself (live)
  8. Creep (acoustic)

Radiohead: Com Lag (2plus2isfive)

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On March 24, 2004, “Toshiba-EMI” label released “Com Lag (2plus2isfive)”, the sixth Radiohead EP. It was recorded September 2002, February – November 2003, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Johhny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Johnny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • Nigel Godrich – engineer
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Darrell Thorp – engineer
  • Cristian Vogel – remix
  • Four Tet – remix
  • Stanley Donwood – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Johhny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Colin Greenwood and Philip Selway.

  1. 2 + 2 = 5 (recorded live at “Earls Court” in London)
  2. Remyxomatosis (Cristian Vogel remix)
  3. I Will (Los Angeles version)
  4. Paperbag Writer
  5. I Am a Wicked Child
  6. I Am Citizen Insane
  7. Skttrbrain (Four Tet remix)
  8. Gagging Order
  9. Fog (Again) (live)
  10. Where Bluebirds Fly

Thom Yorke: Anima

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On June 27, 2019, “XL Recordings” label released “Anima”, the third Thom Yorke studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Air Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – artwork (credited as Tchocky)
  • Joey Waronker – drums
  • Philip Selway – sped-up drums
  • Tarik Barri – computer artists
  • London Contemporary Orchestra and Choir
  • Hugh Brunt – conducting, orchestrations
  • Talia Morey – copy
  • Galya Bisengalieva (leader), Alessandro Ruisi, Zara Benyounes, Alexandra Caldon, Venetia Jollands, Patrick Savage, Anna Ovsyanikova, Marianne Haynes – first violins
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom, Emily Holland, Gillon Cameron, Guy Button, Nicole Stokes, Francesca Barritt, Violeta Barreña, Ed McCullagh – second violins
  • Ian Anderson, Clifton Harrison, Matt Kettle, Matthew Maguire, Diana Matthews, Alison D’Souza, Jenny Lewisohn, Meghan Cassidy – violas
  • Brian O’Kane, Reinoud Ford, Jonny Byers, Gregor Riddell, Zoe Martlew, Sergio Serra – cellos
  • Dave Brown, Roger Linley, Laurence Ungless, Gwen Reed – double basses
  • Pasha Mansurov (solo: piccolo, alto and bass), Zinajda Kodrič (II: alto and bass), Gareth Mclearnon (III: alto, bass and contrabass) – flutes
  • Craig Apps, Zands Duggan, Louise Anna Duggan – percussion
  • Josephine Stephenson, Héloïse Werner, Fiona Fraser, Harriet Armston-Clarke, Laurel Neighbour, Eleanor Gregory – sopranos
  • Rose Martin, Katie Schofield, Amy Lyddon, Emma Lewis, Lissie Paul, Judy Brown – altos
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Nigel Godrich and Thom Yorke.

  1. Traffic
  2. Last I Heard (…He Was Circling the Drain)
  3. Twist
  4. Dawn Chorus
  5. I Am a Very Rude Person
  6. Not the News
  7. The Axe
  8. Impossible Knots
  9. Runwayaway

The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention

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On May 13, 2022, “XL Recordings” released “A Light for Attracting Attention”, the debut Smile studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, synthesizer, piano, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, vocoder, sequencer, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, harp
  • Nigel Godrich – keyboards
  • Tom Skinner – drums, percussion
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork
  • London Contemporary Orchestra
  • Hugh Brunt – orchestration
  • Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
  • Alessandro Ruisi – violin
  • Zara Benyounes – violin
  • Sophie Mather – violin
  • Agata Daraskaite – violin
  • Charlotte Bonneton – violin
  • Zoe Matthews – viola
  • Clifton Harrison – viola
  • Oliver Coates – cello
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Clare O’Connell – cello
  • Jason Yarde – saxophone
  • Robert Stillman – saxophone
  • Chelsea Carmichael – flute
  • Nathaniel Cross – trombone
  • Byron Wallen – trumpet
  • Theon Cross – tuba

Track listing:

All lyrics by Thom Yorke, all music by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Tom Skinner and Nigel Godrich.

  1. The Same
  2. The Opposite
  3. You Will Never Work in Television Again
  4. Pana-vision
  5. The Smoke
  6. Speech Bubbles
  7. Thin Thing
  8. Open the Floodgates
  9. Free in the Knowledge
  10. A Hairdryer
  11. Waving a White Flag
  12. We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
  13. Skrting on the Surface

Johnny Greenwood: Bodysong

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On October 27, 2003, “Parlaphone” label released “Bodysong”, the debut Jonny Greenwood album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Jonny Greenwood and Graeme Stewart. The album is soundtrack to the documentary film of the same name.

Personnel:

  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, banjo, piano, Ondes Martenot
  • Colin Greenwood- bass guitar, programming
  • Jeremy Brown – bass guitar
  • Gene Calderazzo- drums
  • Julian Arguelles- saxophone
  • Gerard Presencer- trumpet
  • The Emperor Quartet – strings
  • Martin Burgess – violin
  • Clare Hayes – violin
  • Fiona Bonds – viola
  • William Schofeld – cello
  • Graeme Stuart – recording
  • Shin Katan – artwork
  • Stanley Donwood- artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Jonny Greenwood:

  1. Moon Trills
  2. Moon Mall
  3. Trench
  4. Iron Swallow
  5. Clockwork Tin Soldiers
  6. Convergence
  7. Nudnik Headache
  8. Peartree
  9. Splitter
  10. Bode Radio/Glass Light/Broken Hearts
  11. 24 Hour Charleston
  12. Milky Drops from Heaven

Radiohead: In Rainbows

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On October 10, 2007,Radiohead self – released “In Rainbows”, bands seventh album. It was recorded February 2005 – June 2007, and was produced by Nigel Godrich;

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, artwork (artwork by pseudonym Dr. Tchock)
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – vocal, guitar
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • The Millennia Ensemble – strings
  • Everton Nelson – leading violin
  • Sally Herbert – conducting
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke, Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien and Philip Selway.

  1. .15 Step
  2. Bodysnatchers
  3. Nude
  4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
  5. All I Need
  6. Faust Arp
  7. Reckoner
  8. House of Cards
  9. Jigsaw Falling into Place
  10. Videotape

Thom Yorke: Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

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On September 26, 2014, Thom Yorke self released his second album “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes”. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Nigel Godrich.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, artwork (credited as “Tchocky”)
  • Colin Greenwood– beat programming
  • Nigel Godrich– editing
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – cover artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Thom Yorke except where noted.

  1. A Brain in a Bottle
  2. Guess Again – Thom Yorke, Colin Greenwood
  3. Interference
  4. The Mother Lode
  5. Truth Ray
  6. There Is No Ice (For My Drink)
  7. Pink Section
  8. Nose Grows Some

Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

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On May 8, 2016, Radiohead digitally released “A Moon Shaped Pool”, band’s ninth studio album.  CD and LP releases followed in June 2016 on “XL Recordings”. Through its website, the band also sold a special edition containing two extra tracks and additional artwork. The album material was recorded 2014-2016, at “La Fabrique Studios”, in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and “RAK Studios” in London, and was produced by Nigel Godrich, Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke. “A Moon Shaped Pool” was voted album of the year by “Exclaim”, “Slant Magazine” and “The Sunday Times”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, rhyth guitar, piano, artwork, design
  • Jonny Greenwood – lead guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, backing vocals
  • Colin Greenwood – bass guitar, synthesizers
  • Philip Selway – drums, percussion
  • Clive Deamer– additional drums
  • Hugh Brunt– conductor
  • London Contemporary Orchestra and Choir– strings, choir
  • Nigel Godrich– mixing, engineer
  • Maxime LeGuil – assistant engineer
  • Sam Petts-Davies – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke.

  1. Burn the Witch
  2. Daydreaming
  3. Decks Dark
  4. Desert island Disk
  5. Ful Stop
  6. Glass Eyes
  7. Identikit
  8. The Numbers
  9. Present Times
  10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
  11. True Love Waits

Radiohead: Kid A

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On October 2, 2000, “Parlaphone” label released “Kid A” the fourth Radiohead studio album. It was recorded January 1999 – April 2000, and was produced by Nigel Godrich , Colin Greenwood, Johnny Greenwood, ed O’Brien, Phil Selway, and Thom Yorke. In 2006 “NME” magazine ranked the album at number 65 on its list of “The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Kid A” at number 67 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

  • Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, artwork
  • Jonny Greenwood – guitar, keyboards
  • Ed O’Brien – guitar, effects
  • Colin Greenwood – bass
  • Phil Selway  – drums, percussion
  • Steve Hamilton – alto saxophone
  • Mark Lockheart– tenor saxophone
  • Andy Hamilton – tenor saxophone
  • Stan Harrison – baritone saxophone
  • Martin Hathaway – alto saxophone
  • Andy Bush – trumpet
  • Mike Kearsey – bass trombone
  • Liam Kerkman – trombone
  • Orchestra of St John’s– strings
  • John Lubbock– conductor
  • Paul Lansky– samples
  • Arthur Kreiger – samples
  • Henry Binns– rhythm sampling
  • Nigel Godrich– engineer, mixing
  • Graeme Stewart – engineer
  • Gerard Navarro – engineer
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • Stanley Donwood – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Thom Yorke, except where noted.

  1. Everything in Its Right Place
  2. Kid A
  3. The National Anthem
  4. How to Disappear Completely
  5. Treefingers
  6. Optimistic
  7. In Limbo
  8. Idioteque – Paul Lansky, Arthur Kreiger, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway and Thom Yorke
  9. Morning Bell
  10. Motion Picture Soundtrack(includes an untitled hidden track)