Radiohead Box Set

Radiohead Box Set is a box set of albums by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 10 December 2007. It collects their first six studio albums and one live album, recorded while Radiohead were signed to EMI. The albums are included on CDs and a USB sticks, and as a download.

Radiohead Box Set
Box set by
Radiohead
Released10 December 2007
Recorded1992 - 2003
Genre
Length334:23
Label
Producer
Radiohead chronology
In Rainbows
(2007)		 Radiohead Box Set
(2007)		 Radiohead: The Best Of
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Radiohead had no input into the release, and it was seen by commentators as retaliation for choosing not to renew their contract for EMI. The box set peaked at #95 on the Canadian Album Chart.

Contents

The box set contains Radiohead's first six studio albums and one live album, recorded while Radiohead were signed to EMI:

The box set was released in physical form as a limited edition seven CD box set, with each album in original digipak sleeves, as a download as DRM-free 320 kbit/s MP3 files with digital artwork and as a 4GB USB Stick. The USB stick contains all seven albums as WAV files and artwork for each album.[2]

Release

Radiohead's record contract with EMI ended in 2003 with the release of their sixth album, Hail to the Thief. EMI hoped to negotiate a new contract for their seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), but Radiohead instead self-released it on their website and signed to XL Recordings for the retail release.[3]

EMI announced the Radiohead box set days after Radiohead signed to XL, and released it in the same week as the In Rainbows special edition "discbox". Radiohead had no creative input into the release, and were reportedly "incensed" by it;[3] commentators including the Guardian saw it as retaliation for the band choosing not to sign with EMI.[4] EMI owner Guy Hands defended the releases as necessary to boost EMI's revenues, and said that "we don't have a huge amount of reasons to be nice [to Radiohead]".[3]

The box set was promoted on Google Ads with an advert reading: "Radiohead – New album In Rainbows now available as boxset". The advert led to an EMI site selling the Radiohead box set, which does not include In Rainbows. EMI removed the advert, saying it was a "data source glitch". A spokesperson for Radiohead said they accepted it was an error.[5]

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Nestruck, Kelly (8 November 2007). "EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue". The Guardian. London: Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  3. Forde, Eamonn (18 February 2019). "Chasing rainbows: inside the battle between Radiohead and EMI's Guy Hands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  4. Nestruck, Kelly (8 November 2007). "EMI stab Radiohead in the back catalogue". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. "Radiohead speak out about box set mix-up". NME. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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