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%%* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No Surprises"]].
%%* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_NvVMUcG8 "Let Down"]], especially the "You know where you are" bit.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg "No Surprises"]].
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Surprises"]]. A different form of creepy than "Climbing Up The Walls," this song is a really really good embodiment of suburban ennui and the effects of modern life on the average person. Not to mention the xylophone added in for extra irony.
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[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_NvVMUcG8 "Let Down"]], especially the "You know where you are" bit. It's sparkly, it's simultaneously ecstatic and heartbreaking, and it manages to make something truly beautiful out of depression and alienation without glamorizing either.



* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDhKICAm0OY "Big Boots"]]. Radiohead with an awesome, almost ''Film/JamesBond''-esque feel to it. And it's [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes still unreleased]], [[{{Pun}} to boot!]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtaAnOaec8 "Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2)"]], especially part 2.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxUxvxrHeQ "I Am Citizen Insane"]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDhKICAm0OY "Big Boots"]]. Radiohead with an awesome, almost ''Film/JamesBond''-esque feel to it. And it's [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes still unreleased]], [[{{Pun}} to boot!]]\n
** After existing for twenty years as a bootleg recording ripped from ''Meeting People Is Easy,'' a proper studio recording (titled "Man O' War") will be released along with "I Promise" and "Lift" for the 20th anniversary edition of ''OK Computer''. Huzzah!
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtaAnOaec8 "Polyethylene (Parts 1 and 2)"]], especially part 2.
2. Another example of MundaneMadeAwesome with operatic declarations of "plastic bag, middle class, polyethylene" and "there is no significant risk to your health," not to mention the music itself. The way the song spirals out at the end as if it were a spacecraft launched into the atmosphere? Lovely.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySxUxvxrHeQ "I Am Citizen Insane"]]. Super-chill but slightly creepy.
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* YMMV, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_iD8epJag "Electioneering"]] is a good song for those looking for a harder sound on the album.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HimvFbossU8 "Fitter Happier"]] ''could'' count as an example of CreepyAwesome, as well as summarizing what the entire album is all about.

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* YMMV, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_iD8epJag "Electioneering"]] is a good song for those looking for a harder sound on the album.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HimvFbossU8 "Fitter Happier"]] ''could'' count as is an example of CreepyAwesome, as well as summarizing what the entire album is all about.
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* YMMV, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG_iD8epJag "Electioneering"]] is a good song for those looking for a harder sound on the album.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HimvFbossU8 "Fitter Happier"]] ''could'' count as an example of CreepyAwesome, as well as summarizing what the entire album is all about.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg No alarms and no surprises...]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg No "No alarms and no surprises...]]"]]
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* "True Love Waits" has been floating around as an unreleased song since ''The Bends'' and was most recently officially put on the tracklist. Needless to say, it's a ''perfect'', albeit [[TearJerker sorrowful]], ending to the album.

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* "True Love Waits" has been floating around as an unreleased song since ''The Bends'' and was most recently finally officially put on the tracklist. Needless to say, it's a ''perfect'', albeit [[TearJerker sorrowful]], ending to the album.
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* "True Love Waits" has been floating around as an unreleased song since ''The Bends'' and was most recently officially put on the tracklist. Needless to say, it's a ''perfect'', albeit [[TearJerker sorrowful]], ending to the album.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5CVsCnxyXg No alarms and no surprises...]]
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* "Ful Stop" has an incredible amount of buildup, and an equally incredible payoff once the second set of drums kicks in, not to mention some more great guitar riffing near the end.
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* "Decks Dark" is a song that feels like it's been around forever, with timeless piano melodies and an infectious jazzy groove.

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* A hi-hat-heavy hip-hop style beat? Cool. Indie Rock-style guitar riffing? Nice. A manic synth solo? Great. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly All of these at the same time?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRWQ5BhYcE "Identikit"]].



* A hi-hat-heavy hip-hop style beat? Cool. Indie Rock-style guitar riffing? Nice. A manic synth solo? Great. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly All of these at the same time?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRWQ5BhYcE "Identikit"]].

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* A hi-hat-heavy hip-hop style beat? Cool. Indie Rock-style guitar riffing? Nice. A manic synth solo? Great. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly All of these at the same time?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRWQ5BhYcE "Identikit"]].

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* A hi-hat-heavy hip-hop style beat? Cool. Indie Rock-style guitar riffing? Nice. A manic synth solo? Great. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly All of these at the same time?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRWQ5BhYcE "Identikit"]].



* A hi-hat-heavy hip-hop style beat? Cool. Indie Rock-style guitar riffing? Nice. A manic synth solo? Great. [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly All of these at the same time?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRWQ5BhYcE "Identikit"]].
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* "Burn the Witch," a track teased and anticipated for ''years'', was finally released as the first single of ''[=LP9=]'' on May 3rd, 2016. And it was worth the wait.

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* "Burn the Witch," a track teased and anticipated for ''years'', was finally released as the first single of ''[=LP9=]'' the album on May 3rd, 2016. And it was worth the wait.
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* "Daydreaming" manages to mix the ambient of their Kid A era and mix it with In Rainbows-style art rock for one beautiful MindScrew.

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* "Daydreaming" manages to mix the ambient of their Kid A ''Kid A'' era and mix it with In Rainbows-style ''In Rainbows''-style art rock for one beautiful MindScrew.
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* "Daydreaming" manages to mix the ambient of their Kid A era and mix it with In Rainbows-style art rock for one beautiful MindScrew.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU "Talk Show Host"]], the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.

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** * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU "Talk Show Host"]], the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.



* The bridge in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoCixFA8OI "Reckoner"]], when all the percussion cuts out and all you're left with are the rising voices and strings.
-->''iiiiiiiin Raaaaaaainbooooooows...''
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmmsMeHAaE And then Cee Lo Green covered it.]]

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* The bridge in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOoCixFA8OI "Reckoner"]], when all the percussion cuts out and all you're left with are the rising voices and strings.
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-->"iiiiiiiin Raaaaaaainbooooooows..."

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU "Talk Show Host"]], the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.



* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LT9X9F-YM "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy"]], a B-side with a creepy, industrial feel to it. The layered vocals just make it sound all the more awesome... picture Radiohead doing a Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge song.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5LT9X9F-YM "The Amazing Sounds of Orgy"]], a B-side with a creepy, industrial feel to it. The layered vocals and eerie, pounding drum riff just make it sound all the more awesome... picture Radiohead doing a Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge song.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU "Talk Show Host"]], the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7sUENatUU "Talk Show Host"]], the B-side to "Street Spirit" and easily the band's most popular B-side. It's based around a simple guitar riff but still manages to build a solid listening experience with brooding lyrics and the likes.
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* The beautifully eerie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D05s_GuFOvA "The Gloaming"]], which starts off with a jittery IDM-y loop before turning into a warbling, claustrophobic piece with Thom's [[EchoingAcoustics echoing]] voice sweeping over the apprehensive soundscapes.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JWH3dXYis Blow Out]]." And people say "Creep" is their best song off ''Pablo Honey''.

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* "[[https://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JWH3dXYis Blow Out]]." "Blow Out"]]. And people say "Creep" is their best song off ''Pablo Honey''.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JWH3dXYis "Blow Out"]]. And people say "Creep" is their best song off ''Pablo Honey''.

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* [[http://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5JWH3dXYis "Blow Out"]]. Blow Out]]." And people say "Creep" is their best song off ''Pablo Honey''.
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* And now, Radiohead's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen (almost)]] actual JamesBond theme, [[https://soundcloud.com/radiohead/spectre "Spectre"]]. The strings, the bass, the drums, Thom's voice...

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* And now, Radiohead's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen (almost)]] actual JamesBond ''Film/JamesBond'' theme, [[https://soundcloud.com/radiohead/spectre "Spectre"]]. The strings, the bass, the drums, Thom's voice...
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* And now, Radiohead's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen (almost)]] actual JamesBond theme, [[https://soundcloud.com/radiohead/spectre "Spectre"]]. The strings, the bass, the drums, Thom's voice...
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite "Follow Me Around."]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcwy2YDyigA Unreleased fan favorite "Follow Me Around."]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0v8rCZazrA "We Suck Young Blood"]] Never has a quiet song about vampires been so awesome. At one point in the song, the sound almost ''explodes.''

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* [[https://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0v8rCZazrA "We Suck Young Blood"]] Blood"]]. Never has a quiet song about vampires been so awesome. At one point in the song, the sound almost ''explodes.''
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLycHY_4nU "Optimistic"]]. Need we say more?
** The [[FadingIntoTheNextSong transition]] from "Optimistic" to "In Limbo" is also very well done.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLycHY_4nU "Optimistic"]]. Need we say more?
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The [[FadingIntoTheNextSong transition]] from "Optimistic" to "In Limbo" is also very well done.

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