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| | Radiohead Album Openers | | 1 | Radiohead
2 + 2 = 5
One of my personal favorite Radiohead tunes, and perhaps the best song on Hail to the Thief. It starts off ominously enough, but when it explodes (a key transition actually occurs 2:25 in), you can't help but bob your head. It's always nice to hear Radiohead unleash like this every once in a while. I only wish it were longer. | | 2 | Everything in Its Right Place
The song begins with its instantly recognizable keyboard riff, and expands on Yorke's haunting croon. He's even able to sell the line "yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon" without a trace of self-mockery. Great stuff. | | 3 | 15 Step
The only electro-tinged song on In Rainbows is also one of its best. Greenwood's guitar line about 40 seconds in shifts the song dramatically into a funky groove. Love the handclaps. And the cheering children. | | 4 | Airbag
This was the first Radiohead song I ever heard from after buying OKC on a whim. It's safe to say I was hooked from then on. I love Yorke's voice and the intertwining guitar interplay on this one. The ending breakdown and then buildup is pretty excellent as well. Bonus points for the sleigh bells. | | 5 | Planet Telex
It's a better song live than on record, but it marks a shift from the Britpop of Pablo Honey to the more textured (but still poppy) The Bends. This song is great on headphones, especially when the song shifts into the chorus. | | 6 | Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
Another song that's better live (Radiohead transform it into a fuzz rocker). Perhaps this song precipitated the recent Auto-Tune craze? Yorke uses it here to great success. A simple, but very effective, refrain: "I'm a reasonable man, get off my case". | | 7 | You
It has an interesting time signature and some great guitar interplay, but Yorke's dull lyric and the generally shoddy production of Pablo Honey puts this song in last place. | |
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12.19.08 | Radiohead are gay imo. | PayneTiger777
12.19.08 | What's a Radiohead? | Spamue1G
12.19.08 | I'm on the fence with this list. I think you've underrated 6 a lot, but I agree with 1, 2 and 7. | Boognish
12.19.08 | NO WAY is 15 Step a better opener than Airbag. Most of these songs are great, but i don't agree with the way you've ranked them. |
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