Hail to the Thief

by Radiohead

Hail to the Thief cover art

A sprawling and eclectic work, 'Hail to the Thief' serves as a confluence of Radiohead's earlier guitar-driven alternative rock and the electronic experimentation of their 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac' period. The album's anxious and politically charged lyrics are widely interpreted as a response to the 'War on Terror' era, wrapped in cryptic and often surrealist imagery. Despite its lengthy and varied tracklist, the record is unified by a sense of urgency and paranoia, capturing a band working with a renewed, spontaneous energy after their more meticulous studio-focused projects.

Genres

  • Art Rock
  • Alternative Rock

Tracklist

  1. 2 + 2 = 5
  2. Sit Down. Stand Up
  3. Sail To The Moon
  4. Backdrifts
  5. Go To Sleep
  6. Where I End and You Begin
  7. We Suck Young Blood
  8. The Gloaming
  9. There, There
  10. I Will
  11. A Punch Up at a Wedding
  12. Myxomatosis
  13. Scatterbrain
  14. A Wolf At the Door