A POLL IN A CAGE ON ANTIBIOTICS - ILM Artist Poll #56 - RADIOHEAD - RESULTS THREAD

interesting to me: for a lot of their albums, the top ranking song was the lead single -- OK Computer, Amnesiac, HTTT, Pablo Honey, The Bends (for the US lead single, anyway). and the other three albums basically had no advance single and were released all at once.

If I put a ballot into this, my top 10 would honestly just be Kid A in running order (yes, even treefingers).
Awesome poll though! I thought it might even shake my complete apathy to OK Computer for a while there.

A little surprised no King Of Limbs tracks popped up, would have loved to see Separator and Giving Up The Ghost get a place.
Completely surprised at There There placing where it did, I remember nothing of that song and never knew it was such a hit.

Really enjoyed this, and had given me a whole new level of appreciation for Radiohead.

OTM

thanks for doing this Nate, you did another amazing job! The Cure and Radiohead, not bad.

i know if i listened to every song instead of just previewing songs it might have been a bit different.

1. Paranoid Android
2. There There
3. Idioteque
4. Bodysnatchers
5. True Love Waits
6. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
7. House of Cards
8. Talk Show Host
9. The National Anthem
10. 2 + 2 = 5
11. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
12. The Tourist
13. 15 Step
14. My Iron Lung
15. Karma Police
16. Go To Sleep
17. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
18. The Trickster
19. A Punchup at a Wedding
20. Fake Plastic Trees

Albums:

1. In Rainbows
2. OK Computer
3. Kid A
4. Hail to the Thief
5. The Bends

My ballot, fwiw:

15 step
National anthem
Airbag
Fog
Reckoner
Paranoid android
Separator
These are my twisted words
There there
Where I end and you begin
Talk show host
Bodysnatchers
Fake plastic trees
Just
Weird fishes / arpeggi
Let down
Cuttooth
Staircase
Morning bell
Pearly

In rainbows
Ok computer
Kid a
The bends
Httt

If I were to do it now as opposed to a fortnight ago, Cuttooth and Fog would switch, the Daily Mail would knock Pearly off, and I'd swap Staircase for Planet Telex and maybe try and squeeze My Iron Lung in.

Plus I just need to assess all of Amnesiac again.

1 – Reckoner
2 – There There
3 – Climbing Up the Walls
4 – Life in a Glasshouse
5 – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
6 – Let Down
7 – Videotape
8 – Airbag
9 – A Wolf at the Door
10 – Everything in Its Right Place
11 – Cuttooth
12 – Where I End and You Begin
13 – Idioteque
14 – Fog
15 – Codex
16 – Jigsaw Falling In To Place
17 – Go Slowly
18 – 15 Step
19 – I Might Be Wrong
20 – Planet Telex

1 – Kid A
2 – OK Computer
3- In Rainbows
4 – The Bends
5 – Hail to the Thief

Great poll Nate!! Glad to see 'There There' come out on top. Also, I'm happy that my number 1 vote helped place "Reckoner' in the top 10 where it deserves to be!

re: Everything In It's Right Place - I like it. My bandmate says the opening chords sound like slipping into a warm bath on a cold night. Not sure it's #2 material and actually quite surprised it placed so high and beat out Paranoid Android, but whatever.

Alan, I think Reckoner did OK...

Yeah, I'm kind of baffled at EIIRP and TT finishing 2+1; I like both, but would never think of them as absolute favourites. I guess EIIRP was the first thing a lot of people heard of Kid A, cos there was no lead single and it opened the album, so it perhaps has some epochal weight because of that. And I remember friends who weren't enormous Radiohead geeks loving There There, whereas it nonplussed me for several months. I know it gets a lot of love from here, though.

Great poll, thanks for organising Nate, superb pics too!
It's certainly made me reevaluate Where I End and You Begin for the better

I don't know how to make things bold:
Jigsaw Falling into Place / Street Spirit (Fade Out) / Let Down / Idioteque / No Surprises / Nude / Pyramid Song / Everything in Its Right Place / Videotape / Airbag / Sulk / Paranoid Android / There There / Reckoner / Anyone Can Play Guitar / Kid A / Myxomatosis / The Bends / Climbing Up the Walls / Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box

In Rainbows / OK Computer / The Bends / Kid A / Amnesiac

I have a feeling there's a slight difference in the way Radiohead were marketed to, and therefore perceived by, both sides of the Atlantic. One example is the Airbag/How Am I Driving EP - I'm familiar with all the songs on this release as they appeared as b-sides on the OKC singles, but I never even considered this collection when voting for albums cos it was only available on import.

sorry for my boring ballot

Palo Alto
Faust Arp
There There
Let Down
Fake Plastic Trees
Airbag
Idioteque
How To Disappear Completely
Motion Picture Soundtrack
Everything In Its Right Place
Lucky
High and Dry
2+2=5
I Might Be Wrong
Myxomatosis
House of Cards
Paranoid Android
The National Anthem
Karma Police
A Wolf at the Door

really digging those Amnesiac b-sides that placed here though, especially "Fog" and "Worrywort". I would cut "I Might Be Wrong" and "A Wolf at the Door" for them (and move some other stuff down). also I voted for "Faust Arp" as a joke. also the joke was on me; I should have voted "Motion Picture Soundtrack" higher b/c it's Yorke's most moving vocal. I think you're crazy for letting it slip out of the top 50, ILM.

I fell asleep listening to Radiohead albums on shuffle last night and dreamt two things:
- the drummer being interviewed and saying the drums on TKOL were by far the hardest to play (credible?)
- lex turning up ITT and having very strong opinions about the best Radiohead song and why (incredible)

I wish I voted in this, but tbh the biggest reason I didn't was because I'd feel compelled to listen to Pablo Honey for the 1st time for the sake of fairness/completion. I couldn't face it.

I thank the voters for validating my opinion that TKOL just kind of sucks.

1 - Climbing Up the Walls
2 - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3 - I Might Be Wrong
4 - There There
5 - All I Need
6 - Creep
7 - Idioteque
8 - Where I End and You Begin
9 - Everything in Its Right Place
10 - Paranoid Android
11 - Myxomatosis
12 - Backdrifts
13 - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
14 - I Will
15 - Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
16 - Thinking About You
17 - Pyramid Song
18 - Planet Telex
19 - How to Disappear Completely
20 - Let Down

Thanks, Nate!

Yeah, I'm kind of baffled at EIIRP and TT finishing 2+1; I like both, but would never think of them as absolute favourites. I guess EIIRP was the first thing a lot of people heard of Kid A, cos there was no lead single and it opened the album, so it perhaps has some epochal weight because of that. And I remember friends who weren't enormous Radiohead geeks loving There There, whereas it nonplussed me for several months. I know it gets a lot of love from here, though.

― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, September 12, 2014 4:25 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

same. you could cut the top 2 off the poll entirely and it would make way more sense imo.

also "Let Down" is eye-rolling and banal to me the way "High and Dry" is to most of you guys.

Thanks for running this Nate

1.The Tourist
2.Let Down
3.Planet Telex
4.House of Cards
5.Karma Police
6.How to Disappear Completely
7.Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
8.Knives Out
9.Lucky
10.Morning Bell
11.Talk Show Host
12.Airbag
13.Everything in Its Right Place
14.Sail to the Moon
15.There There
16.Reckoner
17.Codex
18.In Limbo
19.Meeting in the Aisle
20.Bones

1. OK Computer
2. Kid A
3. In Rainbows
4. The Bends
5. Hail to the Thief

Relistining to a lot of the tracks that places, and I just don't care about Hail to the Thief and In Rainbows at all. On the other hand, I listened to The King of Limbs, and still find it very touching. A track like Give Up the Ghost is very beautiful.

Thanks so much for doing this poll, Nate!

My boring-ass ballot...and while I'm happy to see 2 others voted for "Fitter, Happier," I never thought I'd be the only voter for "Lewis (Mistreated)."

1. Paranoid Android
2. The National Anthem
3. Morning Bell (Kid A)
4. Karma Police
5. Pyramid Song
6. Just
7. Exit Music (For a Film)
8. Optimistic
9. Fitter Happier
10. Subterranean Homesick Alien
11. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
12. Idioteque
13. Planet Telex
14. Let Down
15. My Iron Lung
16. Airbag
17. I Might Be Wrong
18. Bones
19. Lewis (Mistreated)
20. The Bends

Albums:

1. Kid A
2. OK Computer
3. The Bends
4. Amnesiac
5. My Iron Lung EP

I voted for "Faust Arp" as a joke.

I didn't. I think it's good.

Faust Arp

I voted for Faust Arp

Actually no I didn't

my #3. why would it be a joke?

Had completely forgotten how great There There is.

dog latin's "There There" post (and WilliamC's likening of the drums to those on "I Can't Explain") sent me scurrying back for another listen. It's much better than I remember -- I didn't relisten to HTTT for the poll, and hadn't heard the song in 10 years. It still wouldn't have made my ballot, and it's not something I'd play to convince someone of Radiohead's greatness, but I'm digging it now.

actually I don't remember if "Faust Arp" is good or bad, I was just playing on the old ILM meme.

It might be their prettiest tune.

can we get the full list?

ALBUMS

01. OK Computer [52 votes | 13 #1 votes | 1831 points]
02. Kid A [48 votes | 19 #1 votes | 1732 points]
03. In Rainbows [40 votes | 11 #1 votes | 1372 points]
04. The Bends [38 votes | 3 #1 votes | 1230 points]
05. Amnesiac [31 votes | 2 #1 votes | 961 points]
06. Hail to the Thief [29 votes | 3 #1 votes | 913 points]
07. The King of Limbs [10 votes | 0 #1 votes | 292 points]
08. Airbag / How Am I Driving? [9 votes | 2 #1 votes | 290 points]
09. Pablo Honey [4 votes | 0 #1 votes | 119 points]
10. My Iron Lung [2 votes | 1 #1 vote | 68 points]
11. I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings [2 votes | 0 #1 votes | 66 points]

VIDEOS

01. No Surprises [4 votes | 1 #1 vote | 145 points]

02. Paranoid Android [3 votes | 0 #1 votes | 96 points]

03. Just [2 votes | 1 #1 vote | 73 points]

4. Knives Out [2 votes | 1 #1 vote | 70 points]

5. Street Spirit (Fade Out) [2 votes | 0 #1 votes | 66 points]

6. There There [2 votes | 0 #1 votes | 64 points]

7. Karma Police [1 vote | 1 #1 vote | 40 points]

8. Motion Picture Soundtrack [1 vote | 0 #1 votes | 28 points]

9. House of Cards [1 vote | 0 #1 votes | 28 points]

TRACKS

01. There There [39 votes | 5 #1 votes | 1097 points]

02. Everything in Its Right Place [38 votes | 3 #1 votes | 1030 points]

03. Paranoid Android [37 votes | 4 #1 votes | 965 points]

04. Pyramid Song [36 votes | 5 #1 votes | 927 points]

05. Idioteque [36 votes | 3 #1 votes | 880 points]

06. Let Down [31 votes | 3 #1 votes | 823 points]

07. Airbag [32 votes | 1 #1 vote | 783 points]

08. Lucky [25 votes | 2 #1 votes | 604 points]

09. Reckoner [25 votes | 1 #1 vote | 582 points]

10. The National Anthem [21 votes | 3 #1 votes | 561 points]

11. Karma Police [24 votes | 0 #1 votes | 557 points]

12. How to Disappear Completely [24 votes | 3 #1 votes | 549 points]

13. Fake Plastic Trees [21 votes | 2 #1 votes | 536 points]

14. Exit Music (For a Film) [23 votes | 2 #1 votes | 529 points]

15. Morning Bell [23 votes | 0 #1 votes | 525 points]

16. Planet Telex [27 votes | 0 #1 votes | 522 points]

17. Climbing Up the Walls [20 votes | 2 #1 votes | 494 points]

18. Subterranean Homesick Alien [22 votes | 1 #1 vote | 483 points]

19. Just [21 votes | 2 #1 votes | 476 points]

20. No Surprises [19 votes | 2 #1 votes | 472 points]

21. Street Spirit (Fade Out) [21 votes | 1 #1 vote | 471 points]

22. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi [20 votes | 1 #1 vote | 452 points]

23. Talk Show Host [20 votes | 0 #1 votes | 431 points]

24. Optimistic [18 votes | 1 #1 vote | 427 points]

25. 15 Step [20 votes | 1 #1 vote | 411 points]

26. My Iron Lung [20 votes | 0 #1 votes | 407 points]

27. Kid A [18 votes | 0 #1 votes | 399 points]

28. A Wolf at the Door [17 votes | 1 #1 vote | 389 points]

29. Life in a Glasshouse [16 votes | 1 #1 vote | 379 points]

30. The Tourist [15 votes | 2 #1 votes | 376 points]

31. In Limbo [16 votes | 1 #1 vote | 353 points]

32. 2 + 2 = 5 [17 votes | 0 #1 votes | 335 points]

33. Bodysnatchers [15 votes | 0 #1 votes | 332 points]

34. Knives Out [13 votes | 0 #1 votes | 304 points]

35. Black Star [13 votes | 0 #1 votes | 300 points]

36. Myxomatosis [14 votes | 0 #1 votes | 300 points]

37. Where I End and You Begin [13 votes | 0 #1 votes | 293 points]

38. I Might Be Wrong [15 votes | 0 #1 votes | 289 points]

39. Nude [13 votes | 0 #1 votes | 282 points]

40. High and Dry [12 votes | 0 #1 votes | 243 points]

41. Creep [13 votes | 0 #1 votes | 235 points]

42. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box [11 votes | 0 #1 votes | 234 points]

43. All I Need [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 230 points]

44. The Bends [10 votes | 0 #1 votes | 226 points]

45. House of Cards [10 votes | 0 #1 votes | 224 points]

46. Jigsaw Falling Into Place [10 votes | 1 #1 vote | 220 points]

47. Fog [8 votes | 2 #1 votes | 210 points]

48. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2) [10 votes | 1 #1 vote | 208 points]

49. Palo Alto [10 votes | 1 #1 vote | 202 points]

50. Videotape [9 votes | 0 #1 votes | 202 points]

So I bought Com Lag today. And I'll probably order the 2CD Amnesiac shortly.

Com Lag is great, but wasn't there an error in the Four Tet scatterbrain remix?

Are either of the 33 1/3 books any good? Amazon reviews are not positive...

The OKC one is as dry as the Sahara desert and a load of old nonsense for the most part. Haven't read the other one.

This poll has broken me; all I can listen to, and want to read about, is Radiohead.

Haha yeah I fell asleep to them the other day and it's played havoc with my last.fm stats

I've had Optimistic trapped in my head on a loop for about three days

I've been listening to Kid A and Amnesiac on my daily commute to work since this poll!

My work here is done.

Actually Thom's "wtf is he singing these aren't even words"ness is pretty heavily in evidence on Creep. I've no idea wtf he's singing before the "run run run RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuun" bit. Not a clue.

I hear it as "she's running out again"

but yeah, he's never been that intelligible; probably working out the Michael Stipe book.
Which reminds me - I properly got into this band and REM at the same time after hiring cassettes of Out of Time and The Bends from the local library. That was a cheery week for 14 y/o me.

'How I Made My Millions' is almost a pisstake of Thom's non-verbal singing, right?

When There There, Planet Telex, and then Bodysnatchers run into each other on a playlist in that order it doesn't seem like Radiohead have actually been all that radical in their development over that 13/14 year period. Obviously there's a lot of other stuff too, but I used to think of Kid A as a real "this is a new band" moment and it's, of course, not that simple at all.

This poll's really fucking broken me.

This was tweeted by Thom and just retweeted by Radiohead.

http://i.imgur.com/SR8HuMM.jpg

more linocut artwork, huh

God, coloured vinyl always looks so good.

p. sure that's just a dinner plate