#and the one singular song they sing is unironically really good

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3, 24, 19 - Radiohead’s Top 20 best songs. (Response to Red Bull sorta)

Google had suggested me Red Bull’s “Top 20 Radiohead Tracks” list via my news feed this morning. I’ve seen a few of these types of lists throughout the years, but this one in particular stood out to me with its more well rounded and considerate approach to their overlooked material. But still, as is often the case, I could not bring myself to agreeing with it overall. (Is giving regards to their mainstream successes really worth the focus of these writers if it keeps bringing “Creep” into the equation? I’m sorry, but despit its legacy, it hasn’t aged well.)

Admittedly, Radiohead has been my personal favorite band since ‘09. I simply have not heard a single better band since my friend Louis showed me “Pyramid Song” off of his 4th gen. iPod Nano that summer. (I’ve before hand become aware of Radiohead’s exsistence from my parents copy of the Grammy Nominees 2001 comp. with the track “Optimistic”, alongside the high probability of hearing “Creep” somewhere along those lines.) I’d say my knowledge of their catalogue at this point is deep enough to take an honest swing at a list of this magnitude, and give some sort of justice to the truly artistic sides of their discography. Either that, or I’ll wind up sounding pretentious in reality. My follower count is currently too low for me to care either way.

(Don’t expect a novel for all of these notes. It’s getting late and I work tomorrow, plus this list is subject to change either by tomorrow morning or directly after I post the list. I may redux this type of list in the future with further explanations, but for now, here’s this.)

20. “Staircase”

An often criminally underrated TKOL b-side. The grooves are insanely addictive and the mystical aura of this track makes it unique and singular amungst their other more danceable cuts.

19. “Jigsaw Falling into Place”

A well loved IR track for good reasons. It captures the band in a rare state of disenchanted romantic story tellings, alongside of the extraordinary guitar work.

18. “Morning Bell/Amnesiac”

It’s the better version. Get over yourself.

17. “Daydreaming”

A stunningly beautiful reminder of the band’s delicate side late into their career. One of their most transportive pieces to date.

16. “Sit Down. Stand Up.”

Why are all the discussions I see for this song only on the misheard lyrics from the climax? This track is a grand testimate to the group’s capabilities of being able to control suspense and give incredible payoffs in return for the listeners patience.

15. “The Tourist”

More than just a sad ending tear jerker, this song flexes its perfect balance of having some of Thom’s best singing performances with outstanding moments of clarity from Ed and Johnny’s roaring guitars.

14. “How to Disappear Completely”

Their one track that always manages to make me either very emotional or can drive me to tears with each listen. Oh the memories of young sadness.

13. “House of Cards”

Gorgeously soft and loving sounds from a previously thought “only sad songs” band. A hypnotizing and mature take on everyday couple interactions.

12. “Scatterbrain”

I never see enough love for this tune. Some of Thom’s best lyricism coupled with playful, yet loomingly sad guitar melodies just always manages to send me elsewhere for its short runtime.

11. “Lucky”

A truly massive track with epic heights and desperately hopeful lows; again, well loved for a reason.

10. “Go Slowly”

Another overlooked classic b-side. This is honestly one the groups greatest acoustic ballads, with a gripping set up leading up to a momentous climax of subtle beauty.

9. “Sail to the Moon”

Human beings wrote this? For real? (This tracks gravity is only best explained through listening to it, so go do that.)

8. “You and Whose Army?”

An incredible achievement in using the most out of a short runtime. A calm yet menacing first half explodes into a total overthrow, with a masterful combination of Thom’s larger-than-life chords he pounds away at on his grand piano, with Johnny’s wall of sound lead guitar.

7. “Bloom”

Holy hell, this track still fucks my head up with its compositional ambitions and planet sized lead vocals. Again, this track’s full power can really only be grasped by hearing it. Go on then.

6. “Reckoner”

An early favorite of mine that still holds its magic to this day. I don’t know of any other band that could possibly create something so light, yet so emotionally heavy. Only a group with this amount of inter connected talents could produce a masterpiece like this one.

5. “Life in a Glasshouse”

People who say “Radiohead attempting jazz at the end of Amnesiac was cringe” are the kind of people who would unironically enjoy some Billie Eilish on the way back home after their yoga class. While this may not inherently be a bad thing, it IS something I don’t fuck with normally.

4. “Knives Out”

These top 4 tracks are interchangeable on most days, but to list it in stone (for now, at least,) this golden egg falls in fourth. The fact that this track never fell into their greatest hits conversations baffles me. The multiple melodies here played over one another on 3 different guitars is some of the best music I’ve ever heard. This one really helps to prove the never ending genius of this band.

3. “Down Is the New Up”

“Why the fuck was this b-side not on In Rainbows?” is, what I’d like to imagine, the question I’d ask any of the 5 band members if I ever have the opportunity to do so. The energy this track brings is so infectious that I nearly crash my car everytime it comes on, and that kind of shit should be illegal to release to the public.

2. “Pyramid Song”

This track’s always near the tops of these sort of lists for a reason. The chord structures, Thom’s incredible singing range, Johnny’s string sections on the final half and Phil’s fucking incredible intro halfway through the song are simply incomprehensible. Again, human beings wrote this??

1. “Cuttooth”

Fuck yes.