The album was self-released, as they did not sign with a record company and instead chose to release the album directly to fans via their website in the form of a digital download. You could pay whatever you wanted for the album: you could download it for free or donate more if you felt inclined to do so. At the time it was seen as both revolutionary and incredibly divisive in the industry. Some hailed it as a genius shift to appeal to the rise of illegal downloads, while others called it a massive mistake. The “Radiohead experiment” as it became known did not become the model of the music industry for years to come, but it demonstrated a shift in the music industry’s thinking as a whole.
been jamming this album non-stop since the interview, goes without saying this is an incredible album, seeing them pull it off live is other worldly, enjoy
fav tracks:
nude - 14:01 (found an alternative cassette version of this song, with different lyrics - now that you found it, it's gone )
myxomatosis - 21:45 (those effects on that guitar 🫠)
house of cards - 25:43 (just an instant classic)
bangers n mash - 31:20 (gang of four vibes haha)
videotape - 45:02 (gets me every time when I'm at the pearly gates, this'll be on my videotape, my videotape, mephistopheles is just beneath, and he's reaching up to grab me most interesting thing about this song is the whole vox analysis and the rebuttal to it and research people have gone through great lengths to dissect)