2:34 PM - 3 Dec 2014
Anticipations of Radiohead's ninth album are running high since the bands return to the studio back in November. We've only seen hints of progress from Nigel Godrich (sometimes credited as the "sixth member" of Radiohead) via twitter some months back.
Last month Philip Selway revealed how the sessions are coming along, in an interview with Drowned in Sound.
Well, equally, my editor wouldn’t forgive me if I didn't ask how album number nine is progressing with Radiohead...
It's all coming along nicely, thank you! We worked throughout the autumn up to just before Christmas, and now we're just taking some time away for other projects. We'll get back to it in March and we’ll make an assessment of where we are then, but we've been excited about what we've been doing so far. It's by no means finished yet, so we’ve got a way to go. It's been a productive time though.
Hope this one sticks, as Selway mentions later in the interview.
So you're not even sure if new material might see the light of day this year necessarily? It's just going to be ready when it's ready?
I wouldn't want to start to predict that kind of thing in a Radiohead schedule because you can find yourself six months down the line saying “I wish I hadn't have said that actually!”
While your hanging out for number nine, Radiohead's extensive collection of b-sides are well worth a listen. If you can get your hands on the massive collection Towering Above the Rest, it's the best I've come across. An unofficial collection of Radiohead's bsides, rare tracks, alternate takes, and live tracks. There's 24 discs worth of material, more than enough to occupy the wait.
Here's the ridiculously long track list:
CD1
01. Prove Yourself (Demo)
02. Stupid Car (Demo)
03. You (Demo)
04. Thinking About You (Demo)
05. Inside My Head
06. Million Dollar Question
07. Faithless The Wonder Boy
08. Coke Babies
09. Pop Is Dead
10. Yes I Am
11. The Trickster
12. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong
13. Lozenge Of Love
14. Lewis (Mistreated)
15. Permanent Daylight
16. You Never Wash Up After Yourself
17. Maquiladora
18. Killer Cars
19. India Rubber
20. How Can You Be Sure
21. Talk Show Host
22. Bishop's Robes
23. Banana Co. (Full Band Version)
24. Molasses
CD2
01. Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
02. Pearly*
03. A Reminder
04. Melatonin
05. Meeting in the Aisle
06. Lull
07. Palo Alto
08. How I Made My Millions
09. Fast Track
10. The Amazing Sounds of Orgy
11. Trans-Atlantic Drawl
12. Kinetic
13. Cuttooth
14. Life In A Glasshouse (Full Length Version)
15. Worrywort
16. Fog
17. Paperbag Writer
18. Where Bluebirds Fly
CD3
01. Fake Plastic Trees (Tibetan Freedom Concert)
02. Street Spirit [Fade Out] (Just Passin' Thru)
03. Just ('94 Evening Session)
04. Paranoid Android (Glastonbury '97)
05. Climbing Up the Walls ('97 Evening Session)
06. No Surprises (New York)
07. Optimistic (Dublin)
08. The Bends (Jools Holland)
09. Inside My Head (The Metro)
10. Fake Plastic Trees (Eve's Club Acoustic)
11. Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was (Eve's Club Acoustic)
12. Street Spirit[fade out] (Eve's Club Acoustic)
13. My Iron Lung (The Forum)
14. Banana Co. (The Metro)
15. Permanent Daylight
16. Lucky (Soundcheck)
17. Fake Plastic Trees (MTV)
18. Paranoid Android (Instrumental)
CD4
01. Bones (The Forum)
02. Planet Telex (The Forum)
03. Anyone Can Play Guitar (The Forum)
04. Creep (Town & Country Club)
05. Ripcord (Town & Country Club)
06. Just (The Forum)
07. Airbag (Berlin)
08. Lucky (Florence)
09. Fake Plastic Trees (KROQ Acoustic Xmas)
10. Street Spirit [Fade Out] (BBC Radio 1FM)
11. Dollars and Cents (Dublin)
12. The National Anthem (Dublin)
13. Idioteque (Dublin)
14. Just (Glastonbury '94)
15. Fake Plastic Trees (2 Meter Session)
16. Anyone Can Play Guitar (2 Meter Session)
17. Bones (2 Meter Session)
18. Street Spirit [Fade Out] (2 Meter Session)
19. My Iron Lung (2 Meter Session)
CD5
01. Creep (Melkweg)
02. My Iron Lung (Melkweg)
03. Stop Whispering (Melkweg)
04. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong (Melkweg)
05. Fake Plastic Trees (Rock City)
06. Blow Out (Rock City)
07. Bones (Rock City)
08. [Nice Dream] (Rock City)
09. High And Dry (Rock City)
10. You (Rock City)
11. My Iron Lung (Rock City)
12. Creep (The Astoria)
13. My Iron Lung (The Astoria)
14. Just (The Astoria)
15. Maquilardora (The Astoria)
16. The Bends (Black Session)
17. Prove Yourself (Black Session)
18. Creep (Black Session)
CD6
01. National Anthem
02. I Might Be Wrong
03. Morning Bell
04. Like Spinning Plates
05. Idioteque
06. Everything In Its Right Place
07. Dollars And Cents
08. True Love Waits
09. Banana Co (Acoustic - Signal Radio)
10. Killer Cars (The Metro)
11. Vegetable (The Metro)
12. You (The Metro)
13. Creep (KROQ Acoustic)
14. Nothing Touches Me ('92 Evening Session)
15. Everything In Its Right Place ('00 Evening Session)
16. National Anthem ('00 Evening Session)
17. How To Disappear Completely ('00 Evening Session)
18. Idioteque ('00 Evening Session)
CD7
01. Keep Strong
02. Somebody Else
03. I Want To Know
04. I'm Coming Up
05. Jerusalem
06. What Is It That You Say
07. Something To Hate
08. I Can't
09. Without You
10. Give It Up
11. How Can You Be Sure
12. Everybody Lies Through Their Teeth
13. Rattlesnake In The Big City
14. The New Generation
15. What Is It That You Say (Version 2)
16. Stop Whispering
17. Give It Up (Version 2)
18. I Can't (Version 2)
19. Nothing Touches Me
20. Phillipa Chicken
21. Thinking About You
22. You
CD8
01. An Airbag Saved My Life (Early)
02. Paranoid Android (Early)
03. Subterranean Homesick Alien (KCRW Session)
04. Exit Music (For a Film) (Early)
05. Karma Police (Early)
06. Electioneering (Early)
07. Climbing Up The Walls (Early)
08. No Surprises Please (Early)
09. Lucky (Early)
10. How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found (Early)
11. Motion Picture Soundtrack (Early)
12. Life In A Glass House (Early)
13. True Love Waits (Early)
14. Let Down (Early)
15. High and Dry (Early)
16. Just (Early)
17. Fake Plastic Trees (Early)
CD9
01. Lift
02. Follow Me Around
03. Big Boots (aka Man o' War)
04. I Promise
05. I Am A Wicked Child
06. Reckoner
07. Nude (aka Big Ideas)
08. Wolf At The Door
09. Scatterbrain
10. I Will
11. Sail To The Moon
12. Myxomatosis
13. Up On The Ladder
14. Punch Up At A Wedding
15. We Suck Young Blood
16. Go To Sleep
17. Sit Down Stand Up
18. 2+2=5
19. There There
20. Where I End And You Begin
CD10
01. Cowboy Song (w/Blur)
02. After The Gold Rush (Neil Young)
03. Shot By Both Sides (Magazine)
04. Union City Blues (Blondie)
05. Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon)
06. Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
07. Rhinestone Cowboy (Glen Campbell)
08. Be Mine (R.E.M.)
09. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (R.E.M.)
10. Sing A Song For You (Tim Buckley)
11. If You Tolerate This (Manic Street Preachers)
12. I'll Wear It Proudly (Elvis Costello)
13. The Thief (Can)
14. I'm Set Free (Velvet Underground w/Beck)
15. Wonderwall (Oasis)
16. Wish Your We're Here (Pink Floyd w/Sparklehorse)
17. Rabbit In Your Headlights (w/UNKLE)
18. I've Seen It All (w/Bjork)
19. Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard/Dick Smith)
20. Where Will You Be This Christmas (w/The Spunkle All-Stars)
CD11
01. El Presidente (w/Drugstore)
02. One Line (w/PJ Harvey)
03. Beautiful Feeling (w/PJ Harvey)
04. This Mess We're In (w/PJ Harvey)
05. I Don't Want To Go To Woodstock (w/Headless Chickens)
06. E-Bow The Letter (w/Michael Stipe)
07. Untogether (w/Belly)
08. In Limbo (w/Clinic)
09. Lucky (w/Michael Stipe)
10. In Limbo (w/Nigel Godrich)
11. Blowout (w/The Posies)
12. Leave (Michael Stipe)
13. Fake Plastic Trees (Alanis Morissette)
14. Creep (Friendly)
15. Let Down (Edit)
16. Just (Edit)
17. Fake Plastic Trees (Edit)
18. Idioteque (Edit)
19. I Might Be Wrong (Edit)
10. There There (Edit)
CD12
01. Knives Out
02. There There
03. Jonny's Techno
04. Ed's Scary Song
05. Wicked Child
06. The Gloaming (Early Extended)
07. I Froze Up
08. Good Morning Mr Magpie
09. E2-E4 (Manuel Gottsching)
10. 5ths Reversed
11. Chenobyl 2
12. Duped 94BPM
13. Broken Bass Bin
14. 33.3 Recurring
15. Try To Save Your Prize
16. Skatterwave
17. I Am Citizen Insane
18. Fog (Again)
19. Gagging Order
20. I Am A Wicked Child
21. I Will (LA Version)
22. There There (Demo)
23. Where I End And You Begin (Demo)
CD13
01. The Bends (Demo)
02. [Nice Dream] (Demo)
03. Alligators In The NY Sewers (Early)
04. Egyptian Song (Early)
05. Everything In Its Right Place (Early)
06. Optimistic (Early)
07. Morning Bell (Early)
08. You And Whose Army (Early)
09. Paranoid Android (Extended Keyboard)
10. In Limbo (Early)
11. I Might Be Wrong (Early)
12. Kid A (Early)
13. I Will (Extended Reversed)
14. Go To Sleep (Early)
15. Punch Up At A Wedding (Early)
16. I Will (early)
17. Creep (Accapella)
CD14
01. Climbing Up The Walls (Fila Brazillia)
02. Climbing Up The Walls (Fila Brazillia 2)
03. Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7)
04. Killer Cars (Mogadan)
05. Stop Whispering (US Version)
06. Pearly (Running From Demons)
07. Idioteque (Paul Oakenfeld)
08. Treefingers (Extended)
09. Idioteque (Dave Clarke)
10. Blow Out (Phil Vinall Remix)
11. Stupid Car (Tinnitus)
12. Everything In It's Right Place (Dino Lenny)
13. Kid A (Funkstorung)
14. Remyxomatosis (Christian Vogel)
15. Skttrbrain (Four Tet)
CD15
01. Interlude (Megamix)
02. Kid A (Megamix)
03. Everything In It's Right Place (James Lavelle)
04. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box (Slynus)
05. Idioteque (Glitzy Kitten)
06. Everything In It's Right Place (Josh Wink)
07. Idioteque (Blow Up At The Air)
08. Everything In It's Right Place (Head Of The House)
09. Like Spinning Plates (Reversed)
10. Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors/Like Spinning Plates (Johnny Hardstaff)
11. Rabbit In Your Headlights (Underdog)
12. Rabbit In Your Headlights (3D Reverse Light)
13. Rabbit In Your Headlights (Suburban Hell)
CD16
01. Introduction To Romeo
02. Mantua
03. 2HB (Venus In Furs)
04. Ladytron (Venus In Furs)
05. Bitter-Sweet (Venus In Furs)
06. Tumbling Down (Venus In Furs)
07. Babys On Fire (Venus In Furs)
08. Talk Show Host (Nellee Hooper)
09. Talk Show Host (Black Dog)
10. Planet Telex (Hexidecimal Dub)
11. Planet Telex (Hexidecimal Mix aka Osbourne Mix)
12. Planet Telex (L.F.O. JD Mix)
13. Planet Telex (Trashed Mix)
14. Planet Telex (Karma Sunra Mix aka Mo-Wax Mix)
15. Planet Telex (Depthcharge Mix)
CD17
01. Kid A Theory
02. Theory Songs v2
03. How To Disappear Theory
04. Packt Everything
05. National Pulk
06. Likecitenik v2
07. Everything In Its Right Place (Velvet Teen Remix)
08. Like Spinning Plates (Bentsonic Remix)
09. Hunting Bears (Aplastic Remix)
10. You And Whose Army (Fnord Remix)
11. Everything In Its Right Place (Rollmottle Remix)
12. Paranoid Android (B2 Remix)
13. Kid A (Kid Koala Remix)
CD18
01. Paranoid Android
02. Climbing Up The Walls
03. Exit Music
04. Talk Show Host
05. Big Boots (aka Man o' War)
06. Let Down (Mono Mix)
07. Instrumental (Pre- Kid A)
08. Big Ideas
09. Big Boots (aka Man o' War)
10. I Promise
11. Lift
12. Big Ideas (Acoustic)
13. True Love Waits
14. Lift (Version 2)
15. Big Ideas (aka Nude) (Version 2)
16. True Love Waits (Version 2)
CD19
01. Pyramid Song (Trance Mix)
02. Pyramid Song (Trance Extended Mix)
03. Street Spirit (Jarnum Trance Mix)
04. In Limbo (Living In A Fantasy Remix)
05. Karma Police (Gospel Remix)
06. Karma Police (Reincarnation Mix)
07. Karma Police (T. Remix)
08. Idioteque (Lapetus Remix)
09. Idioteque (I Want You To Know Remix)
10. 05. Idioteque (General Musician Remix)
11. Idioteque Anthem
12. Exit Music (Romeo And Juliet Mix)
13. Exit Music (Obtuse Mix)
14. Talk Show Host (Drum N Bass Mix)
CD20
01. Creep (Aoiwe Remix)
02. How I Made My Millions (Indie Remix)
03. I Might Be Wrong (Ice Age Remix)
04. Hunting Bears (Graemlin Remix)
05. Everything In Its Right Place (Sasha And Digweed White Label Remix)
06. Everything In Its Right Place (Jan Hinke Remix)
07. Everything In Its Right Place (Hybrid Remix)
08. Everything In Its Right Place (Combo Remix)
09. Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box (Combo Remix)
10. Take Show Host (Combo Remix)
11. Street Spirit (Combo Remix)
12. Pyramid Song (Combo Remix)
13. Climbing Up The Walls (Combo Remix)
CD21
01. On The Beach (Neil Young)
02. Down By The River (Neil Young)
03. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (w/Michael Stipe)
04. Karma Police (w/Michael Stipe)
05. Nothing Touches Me
06. I Can't
07. Prove Yourself
08. Creep
09. Anyone Can Play Guitar
10. Stop Whispening
11. High & Dry
12. Fake Plastic Tree
13. Street Spirit
14. You
15. Planet Telex
16. Creep
CD22
01. Instrumental 1
02. Instrumental 2
03. Instrumental 3
04. I Will
05. How To Disappear Completely
06. 5ths Reversed
07. Split Sides
08. A Punch Up At A Wedding (Edit)
09. Idioteque
10. Paranoid Android
11. Sulk (Early)
12. The Trickster (Early)
13. Permanent Daylight (Instrumental)
14. Karma Police
15. Bones
16. Paranoid Android
17. Permanent Daylight (Early)
18. How Can You Be Sure (Early)
19. Bulletproof..I Wish I Was (Early)
CD23
01. Genchildren
02. 33.33333
03. We Suck Young Blood (Thom Yorke Mix)
04. Smear (Jonny Greenwood)
05. Duty Lux (Jonny Greenwood)
06. Nudnik Headache (Splitting Mix) (Jonny Greenwood)
07. Untitled (Jonny Greenwood)
08. Split Sides
09. Friendly Fire
10. I Get Louder
11. Skkatterwave Extended
12. I'll Eat You Alive
13. Momentum
14. Nasty People
CD24
01. National Anthem
02. Go To Sleep (Zoo DJs Mix)
03. Sail To The Moon (The Heaven & Earth Division Remix)
04. Electric Cars
05. Myxomatosis
06. Say The Word (aka C Minor Song)
07. Street Spirit (DJ Tiesto Remix)
08. The Gloaming (DJ Shadow Remix)