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.
- The Same
- The Opposite
- You Will Never Work in Television Again
- Pana-vision
- The Smoke
- Speech Bubbles
- Thin Thing
- Open the Floodgates
- Free in the Knowledge
- A Hairdryer
- Waving a White Flag
- We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Brings
- Skrting on the Surface
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