Radiohead: The Best Of

Radiohead: The Best Of
Greatest hits album by Radiohead
Released	2 June 2008
Recorded	1992 – 2003
Genre	Alternative rock grunge indie rock art rock electronic rock experimental rock electronica
Length	75:30 130:50 (special edition)
Label	Parlophone Capitol
Producer	Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie John Leckie Nigel Godrich Radiohead
Radiohead chronology
Radiohead Box Set (2007) Radiohead: The Best Of (2008) In Rainbows - From the Basement (2008)
CD2 cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
NME	(8/10)[2]
Pitchfork	(4/10)[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
The Times	[5]

Radiohead: The Best Of is the first compilation album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 June 2008 by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and by Capitol Records in the United States. The album contains various songs from their first six studio albums, which were released when Radiohead was signed to EMI subsidiary labels Parlophone and Capitol.^[6] The compilation only contains songs for which EMI held the publishing rights, and so contains no songs recorded after Radiohead's final studio album with EMI, Hail to the Thief (2003). Radiohead: The Best Of was prepared when the band decided not to renew their contract with EMI. In 2008, lead singer Thom Yorke said, "There’s nothing we can do about it. The work is really public property now anyway... It’s a wasted opportunity in that if we’d been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good."^[7]

The standard edition of the album contains 17 tracks, and the "special edition" of the album contains a second CD with 13 additional tracks. A DVD compilation with 21 music videos, including 9 videos never released on DVD, was also released.^[8] The compilation debuted at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and critical reception was generally positive.

Track listing

All songs written by Radiohead (Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Thom Yorke), except where noted.

Disc One

1. "Just" (from The Bends, 1995) – 3:54
2. "Paranoid Android" (from OK Computer, 1997) – 6:27
3. "Karma Police" (from OK Computer) – 4:24
4. "Creep" (Radiohead, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood) (from Pablo Honey, 1992/1993) – 3:57
5. "No Surprises" (from OK Computer) – 3:49
6. "High and Dry" (from The Bends) – 4:17
7. "My Iron Lung" (from The Bends and My Iron Lung, 1994) – 4:36
8. "There There" (from Hail to the Thief, 2003) – 5:21
9. "Lucky" (from OK Computer and The Help Album, 1995) – 4:18
10. "Optimistic" (Radio edit)﹡ (exclusive to the U.S. version;^[9] from Kid A, 2000) – 4:53
11. "Fake Plastic Trees" (from The Bends) – 4:51
12. "Idioteque" (Radio edit) (Radiohead, Arthur Kreiger, Paul Lansky) (originally from Kid A) – 4:37
13. "2 + 2 = 5" (from Hail to the Thief) – 3:19
14. "The Bends" (from The Bends) – 4:05
15. "Pyramid Song" (from Amnesiac, 2001) – 4:49
16. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (from The Bends) – 4:13
17. "Everything in Its Right Place" (from Kid A) – 4:11
18. "You and Whose Army?" (from Amnesiac) – 3:11 (Japanese tour 2008 edition bonus track)

﹡The reasoning for its inclusion was that "Optimistic" was played on U.S. alternative radio to promote Kid A, an album without any official singles, and proceeded to peak in the top 10 of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, one of only three Radiohead songs to do so.^[10]

Disc Two (Special edition only)

1. "Airbag" (originally from OK Computer) – 4:47
2. "I Might Be Wrong" (from Amnesiac) – 4:52
3. "Go to Sleep" (from Hail to the Thief) – 3:22
4. "Let Down" (from OK Computer) – 4:59
5. "Planet Telex" (from The Bends) – 4:19
6. "Exit Music (For a Film)" (from OK Computer) – 4:27
7. "The National Anthem" (from Kid A) – 5:47
8. "Knives Out" (from Amnesiac) – 4:15
9. "Talk Show Host" (B-side from "Street Spirit (Fade Out)," 1996) – 4:39
10. "You" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:28
11. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:37
12. "How to Disappear Completely" (from Kid A) – 5:55
13. "True Love Waits" (Live in Los Angeles, California, 2001) (from I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, 2001) – 5:04

Radiohead: The Best Of
Video by Radiohead
Released	2 June 2008
Recorded	1992–2003
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Parlophone
Radiohead chronology
The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time (2004) Radiohead: The Best Of (2008) In Rainbows – From the Basement (2008)

DVD

1. "Creep" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
2. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
3. "Pop Is Dead" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
4. "Stop Whispering" (directed by Jeff Plansker)
5. "My Iron Lung" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
6. "High and Dry" (UK version) (directed by David Mould)
7. "High and Dry" (US version) (directed by Paul Cunningham)
8. "Fake Plastic Trees" (directed by Jake Scott)
9. "Just" (directed by Jamie Thraves)
10. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
11. "Paranoid Android" (directed by Magnus Carlsson)
12. "Karma Police" (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
13. "No Surprises" (directed by Grant Gee)
14. "Pyramid Song" (directed by Shynola)
15. "Knives Out" (directed by Michel Gondry)
16. "I Might Be Wrong" (directed by Sophie Muller)
17. "Push Pulk/Like Spinning Plates" (directed by Johnny Hardstaff)
18. "There There" (directed by Chris Hopewell)
19. "Go to Sleep" (directed by Alex Rutterford)
20. "Sit Down. Stand Up." (directed by Ed Holdsworth)
21. "2 + 2 = 5" (Live at Belfort Festival) (directed by Fabien Raymond)

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart Peak Position Australian Albums Chart[11] 10 Austrian Albums Chart[12] 23 Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[13] 1 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[14] 3 Canadian Albums Chart[15] 10 Danish Albums Chart[16] 16 Dutch Albums Chart[17] 9 Finnish Albums Chart[18] 35 French Albums Chart[19] 39 German Albums Chart[20] 38 Italian Albums Chart[21] 7 Irish Albums Chart[22] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart[23] 6 Norwegian Albums Chart[24] 17 Portuguese Albums Chart[25] 3 Spanish Albums Chart[26] 31 Swiss Albums Chart[19] 12 UK Albums Chart[27] 4 US Billboard 200[28] 26 US Billboard 200 (Two-disc version)[28] 81 Certifications Region Certification Belgium (BEA)[29] Gold France (SNEP)[30] Gold Ireland (IRMA)[31] Platinum Italy (FIMI)[32] Platinum Poland (ZPAV)[33] Gold United Kingdom (BPI)[34] Platinum References Allmusic review NME review Pitchfork Media review Rolling Stone Album Guide The Times review Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. "Radiohead to release 'Best Of' compilation". NME. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008. Thom Yorke Slams EMI For Releasing ‘Radiohead: The Best Of’ Without Consent "Radiohead 'Best Of' to be released as DVD". NME. 15 April 2008. CMJ Billboard at AllMusic "Australian Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Austria Top-40 – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Charts Vlaanderen – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Charts Belgique Francophone – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Radiohead Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Danish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Danishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Dutch Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Finnish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Swiss Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Radiohead – Longplay-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Musicline.de. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Italian Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 12 June 2008". Chart-track.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "New Zealand Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Norwegian Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Portuguese Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Spanish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "Chart Archive – Radiohead – The Best Of". ChartArchive.org. Retrieved 18 May 2012. Billboard at AllMusic "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2009". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. "French album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. "Irish album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of". Irish Recorded Music Association. "Italian album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select Album e Compilation in the field Sezione. Enter Radiohead in the field Filtra. Select 2012 in the field Anno. The certification will load automatically "Polish album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. "British album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Enter The Best Of in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search External links Radiohead: The Best Of at Discogs (list of releases)