The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement explained

The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement
Type:video
Artist:Radiohead
Cover:The King of Limbs - From the Basement.jpg
Recorded:2011
Venue:Maida Vale Studios
Genre:Experimental rock
Label:Ticker Tape
Director:Vern Moen
Producer:Music
Nigel Godrich
Film
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The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement is a 2011 live video album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead, performing their eighth album, The King of Limbs (2011). It was Radiohead's second performance for the series From the Basement, following In Rainbows – From the Basement (2008). Radiohead's producer, Nigel Godrich, described it as an effort to record a different version of The King of Limbs and show it in a "different light".

Music

The video includes performances of all eight tracks from Radiohead's 2011 album The King of Limbs, plus the songs "The Daily Mail", "Staircase", and "Supercollider". It was recorded in Maida Vale Studios, London, and produced by Radiohead's longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich. Radiohead were joined by Clive Deamer on additional drums and percussion, and by a horn section for some songs.[1]

Godrich said the performance was "a very conscious attempt to do something special: to record the album again, once it had been rehearsed and played live, to show it in a different light ... for a record that was very mechanised and completely different".[2]

Release

The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement was broadcast on several TV channels internationally. The performances of "The Daily Mail" and "Staircase" were released as singles in 2011.[3]

Reception

Reviewing The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement for AllMusic, Gregory Heaney wrote that "the session feels like the perfect environment for Radiohead to perform in, allowing them the freedom to relax and experiment with their sound without the pressure of a massive stadium audience to distract them from their music".[4] In a 2015 article for Stereogum, Ryan Leas argued that it was superior to The King of Limbs: "You hear muscle and movement and bodies existing where the now tapped-out ingenuity of Radiohead’s electronic impulses has begun to make their recorded music brittle."[5]

Tracklist

  1. "Bloom" – 6:13
  2. "The Daily Mail" – 4:10
  3. "Feral" – 3:35
  4. "Little by Little" – 4:47
  5. "Codex" – 5:09
  6. "Separator" – 6:36
  7. "Lotus Flower" – 5:43
  8. "Staircase" – 5:06
  9. "Morning Mr Magpie" – 5:46
  10. "Give Up the Ghost" – 5:5
  11. "Supercollider" – 5:41

Personnel

Radiohead
With
Recording
Brass
Design

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mukadamm . Salim . June 21, 2011 . Radiohead – The King of Limbs: Live From The Basement . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160330030045/http://blogs.bbcworldwide.com/2011/06/21/radiohead-the-king-of-limbs-live-from-the-basement/ . 30 March 2016 . . . 30 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Yoo . Noah . 2021-08-02 . Nigel Godrich talks From the Basements return, Radiohead webcasts, and more . 2021-08-02 . . en-US.
  3. Web site: Young. Alex. December 19, 2011. Check out: Radiohead – "The Daily Mail" + "Staircase" (studio versions). Consequence of Sound. August 21, 2013.
  4. Web site: Heaney. Gregory. January 27, 2012. The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement. AllMusic. June 27, 2020.
  5. Web site: Leas. Ryan. March 10, 2015. In defense of The King of Limbs. Stereogum. March 12, 2015.

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