In Rainbows
In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download, followed by a physical release internationally through XL Recordings in December 2007. In Rainbows was Radiohead’s first release after their recording contract with EMI ended with their previous album Hail to the Thief. It received critical acclaim, winning Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. Rolling Stone ranked In Rainbow on its updated lists of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time at number 336 in 2012 and number 387 in 2020.
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In Rainbows is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was self-released on 10 October 2007 as a pay-what-you-want download, followed by a physical release internationally through XL Recordings in December 2007 and in North America through TBD Records on 1 January 2008. In Rainbows was Radiohead’s first release after their recording contract with EMI ended with their previous album Hail to the Thief. It received critical acclaim, winning Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, and was ranked one of the best albums of the year and the decade by various publications. Rolling Stone ranked In Rainbow on its updated lists of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time at number 336 in 2012 and number 387 in 2020. In March 2005, Radiohead began writing and recording new music in their Oxfordshire studio. In December 2005, the band hired producer Spike Stent, who had worked with artists including U2 and Björk, to help them work through their material. The retail release topped the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and by October 2008 InRainbows had sold over three million copies worldwide. In an effort to break the deadlock, Radio head decided to tour for the first time since 2004. They performed in Europe and North America in May and June 2006, and in June and July 2006, they performed a version of the future in Rainbows track \”Weird FishesArpeggi\” with the London Sinfonietta orchestra and the Arab Orchestra of Nazareth.
In September 2006, the group toured Europe and America, performing the new material. After re-enlisting longtime producer Nigel Godrich, they recorded in the country houses Halswell House and Tottenham House, Godrich’s London studio, and Radiohead’s Oxfordshire studios. The sessions were slow, and the band struggled to regain confidence; according to Thom Yorke, ‘we spent a long time in the studio just not going anywhere, wasting our time, and that was really, really frustrating’. They attributed their slow progress to a lack of momentum after their break and the lack of deadline and producer O’Brien said the band considered splitting up, but kept working because the core of these songs were really good. The collaboration with Stent was unsuccessful, and he said, ‘The sounds aren’t good enough. These weren’t the demos we’d been self-producing, they weren’d been recorded in proper studios, and they weren’t good enough to be released as an album’ In December 2007, the album was released as a digital download, the first for a major act, and made headlines around the world and sparked debate about implications for the music industry. The single ‘Jigsaw Falling into Place’ was released with webcasts, remix and music video competitions, a worldwide tour, and videos for the singles ‘Nude’ and ‘Reckoner’
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