In Rainbows – From the Basement

In Rainbows – From the Basement is a 2008 live video by the English rock band Radiohead. It features performances of eight songs from Radiohead's seventh album, In Rainbows (2007), plus six other songs.

Production

In Rainbows – From the Basement was filmed in one day, with sound by Radiohead's producer, Nigel Godrich, and video direction by David Barnard at the Hospital studio in Covent Garden, London. It was the first episode of the second series of Godrich's series From the Basement. Radiohead performed songs from In Rainbows (2007), plus three from Hail to the Thief (2003) and one from Kid A (2000).

Release

In Rainbows – From the Basement premiered on Saturday, 3 May 2008 on VH1. It was later released on iTunes and released on disc with a special edition of In Rainbows in Japan. It was followed in 2011 by The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement.

On 4 June 2020 the video premiered on YouTube, as part of Radiohead's "quarantine concert series" to compensate for a lack of live performances during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Setlist

The following setlist is from the uploads on Radiohead's YouTube channel.

"Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" (5:20)
"15 Step" (3:56)
"Bodysnatchers" (4:15)
"Nude" (4:20)
"The Gloaming" (3:10)
"Myxomatosis" (3:54)
"House of Cards" (5:28)
"Bangers + Mash" (3:30)
"Optimistic" (4:39)
"Reckoner" (5:03)
"Videotape" (4:46)
"Where I End And You Begin" (4:23)
"All I Need" (4:21)
"Go Slowly" (3:54)

Personnel

Radiohead

Ed O'Brien – guitar, effects, percussion, backing vocals
Colin Greenwood – bass guitar, keyboard, percussion
Jonny Greenwood – guitar, laptop, keyboard, percussion, glockenspiel
Philip Selway – drums, percussion
Thom Yorke – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard, drums

Production

David Barnard – director
Nigel Godrich, Dilly Gent, James Chads & John Woollcombe – producers
Brett Turnbull – director of photography
Jerry Chater – editing
Fred Jackson & Martin Dineley – sound engineering
Nigel Godrich – production and mixing
Richard Woodcraft – recording assistant

References

Malitz, David (11 October 2007). "Radiohead's 'Rainbows': Is Free Release A Potential Pot of Gold?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
Mendelsohn, Jason and Eric Klinger (3 May 2013). "Counterbalance No. 127: Radiohead's 'In Rainbows'". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
Hyman, Dan (9 December 2011). "The Ten Most Disappointing Albums of 2011: #5 – #1". OC Weekly. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^ "Revisiting Radiohead's In Rainbows: From the Basement". Far Out Magazine. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
Kreps, Daniel (24 June 2008). "Radiohead Rake in Praise From Bono, Release From the Basement". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
"Radiohead's From The Basement Appearance Goes Online". thespacelab.tv. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
"Radiohead to stream 'In Rainbows—From the Basement'". 4 June 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
Mukadamm, Salim (21 June 2011). "Radiohead – The King of Limbs: Live From The Basement". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
Graves, Wren (4 June 2020). "Radiohead's In Rainbows -- From the Basement streaming on YouTube". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
Shafer, Ellise (8 April 2020). "Radiohead to Stream Weekly Archived Live Shows During Quarantine". Variety. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

Radiohead

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Remix albums

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Live albums

I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings

EPs

Singles

1990s	"Creep" "Pop Is Dead" "Stop Whispering" "My Iron Lung" "High and Dry / Planet Telex" "Fake Plastic Trees" "Just" "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" "The Bends" "Paranoid Android" "Karma Police" "Lucky" "No Surprises"
2000s	"Pyramid Song" "Knives Out" "There There" "Go to Sleep" "2 + 2 = 5" "Jigsaw Falling into Place" "Nude" "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" "These Are My Twisted Words"
2010s	"Supercollider" / "The Butcher" "The Daily Mail" / "Staircase" "Burn the Witch" "Daydreaming" "I Promise" "Man of War"
2020s	"If You Say the Word" "Follow Me Around"

Other songs

Video albums

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