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Wubs
October 15th 2018


1211 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Have yet to jam their B-sides, what's the best batch to start with?

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
October 15th 2018


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Depends on which album of theirs you like most. The 2nd discs of In Rainbows and OKC are essential b-sides. The King of Limbs has some great bonus songs like Staircase and Supercollider. The Bends has a lot more of their 90s alt. rock sound if you like that. The bonus songs from this and Amnesiac are hit-and-miss imo but have some gems.

Trifolium
October 15th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, agreed. I've made a list last week where I ranked all of their 61 b-sides, Wubs. Maybe check that to see where to start.

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1122787&listid=183485

Wubs
October 15th 2018


1211 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ah choice xx

Log S.
October 15th 2018


3403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Even Pablo Honey has some grade A b-sides. You really can't go wrong w/ any batch, so to speak

Trifolium
October 15th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Agreed! There's so many great ones. Coke Babies is a great Pablo one I'd say.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
October 15th 2018


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Trifo how could you have Staircase so low? Everyone I know really likes it.

Trifolium
October 15th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, heard that a few times. I don't know man, it never really struck me as very good, but I'm beginning to doubt myself now. I'll give it another spin and try to find out why... The first 30 are very perfect to me though, so it might just be because of the stiff competition of the others.

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
October 15th 2018


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

The guitar line is beautiful in Staircase. I found most of the King of Limbs era material to be growers myself, so maybe it'll grow on ya.

Trifolium
October 15th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, hope so. I really like the rythm section (surprise surprise, they're my favourite part of Radiohead probably) and the melodies are nice, agreed. I just don't really see it going anywhere sadly. I don't dislike it, I just like the others more.

Agreed about TKOL songs needing some attention, yeah, they're growers mostly. Love that record a lot. And The Daily Mail and Supercollider too.



Flashmobba
October 15th 2018


3448 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

TKOL arguably has their best b-sides, Staircase is a top 10 Radiohead song.

Trifolium
October 16th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Well, I really don't think so. The In Rainbows and OKC b-sides are better, and I personally prefer the The Bends ones too, they're amazing.

Love The Daily Mail, These Are My Twisted Words and Supercollider though.

Log S.
October 16th 2018


3403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Some of The Bends b-sides are better than like half the album

Maquiladora, man. Maquiladora

Log S.
October 16th 2018


3403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Made a quick playlist of my favs, in chronological order - admittedly i'm considerably less familiar with any TKOL era stuff but after a quick re-familiarization I went with "Staircase" (and upon looking back @ this thread it seems many here would back that decision)

It's a shame they don't have "Ill Wind" online tho cos that's like one of my favorite Radiohead songs of all time by this point. Spectre will suffice, tho

Trifolium
October 16th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah Ill Wind is amazing agreed. Bends era was golden, from the album to its b-sides, culminating in Bishop's Robes and frikking Talk Show Host.

Log S.
October 16th 2018


3403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

but ya this is the list

https://open.spotify.com/user/125216045/playlist/38nAjsJkRU2l1a4RAZxsRc?si=Bl6zXIHZR5qsNqI-K8TJFg

Trifolium
October 16th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Oh and The Trickster is perfect too

Trifolium
October 16th 2018


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Ah cool! Although I have them all on cd, went on a collecting spree a few years ago...

Log S.
October 16th 2018


3403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I was surprised Spotify actually had all (or at least most) of their singles/EP's so that I was even able to put that together. Aside from the bootleg live performance stuff like old, live versions of Nude & Lift, it pretty much had everything I wanted to include, B-side-wise

Bigpapad
October 16th 2018


368 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'd start with the OK Computer B-sides since they're already compiled for you on the re-release.



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