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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, a USB stick and as a download.

Radiohead Box Set
Box set by Radiohead
Released	10 December 2007
Recorded	1992 - 2003
Genre	Alternative rock experimental rock electronic rock art rock electronica
Length	5:34:23
Label	Parlophone Capitol
Producer	Radiohead Sean Slade Paul Q. Kolderie John Leckie Nigel Godrich
Radiohead chronology
In Rainbows (2007) Radiohead Box Set (2007) Radiohead: The Best Of (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Radiohead had no input into the release; commentators saw it as retaliation from EMI after Radiohead did not renew their contract with them. 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:

• Pablo Honey (1993)
• The Bends (1995)
• OK Computer (1997)
• Kid A (2000)
• Amnesiac (2001)
• I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001)
• Hail to the Thief (2003)

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 special edition of In Rainbows. Radiohead had no creative input into the release, and were reportedly "incensed";[3] commentators including the Guardian saw it as retaliation for the band choosing not to sign with EMI.[4] The 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 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

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[es] Radiohead Box Set

Radiohead Box Set es una caja recopilatoria que contiene los 6 primeros álbumes de estudio y un álbum en vivo de la banda Radiohead, lanzado el 10 de diciembre de 2007. La recopilación también está disponible como descarga digital y como una memoria USB de 4GB.[1] La recopilación alcanzó la posición n.º 95 en Canáda.

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