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			{{Short description\|2008 greatest hits album by Radiohead}}
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	\| ~~Name~~ = Radiohead: The Best Of		\| name = Radiohead: The Best Of
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			'''''Radiohead: The Best Of''''' is a ] by the English rock band ]. It was released on 2 June 2008 by ] in the UK and by ] in the US, subsidiaries of ]. It contains songs from Radiohead's first six albums, recorded while they were under contract with EMI. ''The Best Of'' debuted at number four on the ] and received mostly positive reviews. Radiohead had no creative input and were critical of the release.

			== Content ==
			The standard edition of ''The Best Of'' contains 17 tracks from Radiohead's first six albums.<ref name="NME_0402">{{cite web \|date=2 April 2008 \|title=Radiohead to release 'Best Of' compilation \|url=http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/35609 \|access-date=2 April 2008 \|work=]}}</ref> The special edition contains a second CD with 13 additional tracks, including the B-side "Talk Show Host" and a live performance of "]" from '']'' (2001).<ref name="Pitchfork review" /> A DVD compilation with 21 music videos, including nine never before released on DVD, was also released.<ref name="NME_0415">{{cite web \|date=15 April 2008 \|title=Radiohead 'Best Of' to be released as DVD \|url=http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/35917 \|work=]}}</ref>
			== Release ==
			{{See also\|In Rainbows#Dispute with EMI}}Radiohead recorded their first six albums under contract with ]. In 2007, after Radiohead chose not to renew their contract, EMI released ''The Best Of'' and a ] to boost their revenue.<ref name=":0" /> Radiohead had no creative input into the releases and were reportedly "enraged", seeing best-of compilations as typical of artists in decline.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|last=Forde\|first=Eamonn\|date=2019-02-18\|title=Chasing rainbows: inside the battle between Radiohead and EMI's Guy Hands\|language=en-GB\|work=]\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/18/chasing-rainbows-radiohead-emi-guy-hands-terra-firma\|access-date=2020-08-07\|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The singer, ], said:{{Quote\|text=There's nothing we can do about it. The work is really public property now anyway... It's a wasted opportunity in that if we'd been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good ... And now it's like when you move house – you don't want to peer through the window and see what they've done with the wallpaper because it will only upset you.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a95605/yorke-slams-radiohead-best-of-lp.html?rss\|title=Yorke slams Radiohead 'Best Of' LP\|last=Reynolds\|first=Simon\|date=9 May 2008\|work=Digital Spy\|access-date=27 September 2008}}</ref>}}

			In 2016, Radiohead's back catalogue was transferred to ].<ref name=":11">{{cite magazine\|title=Radiohead's Early Catalog Moves From Warner Bros. to XL\|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/7318966/radioheads-early-catalog-moves-from-warner-bros-to-xl\|access-date=5 April 2016\|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> ''The Best Of'' and the "special editions" of Radiohead albums, issued by EMI in the same year without Radiohead's approval, were removed from streaming services.<ref name=":11" /><ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|last=Trendell\|first=Andrew\|title=Here's why so many Radiohead songs disappeared from Spotify + streaming {{!}} Gigwise\|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/106313/radiohead-songs-&-albums-removed-from-spotify-ahead-of-new-album-tour\|access-date=2017-09-20\|website=gigwise.com\|language=en}}</ref>

			== Reception ==
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	\|rev1 = ]		\|rev1 = ]
	\|rev1score = {{Rating\|3.5\|5}}<ref></ref>		\|rev1score = {{Rating\|3.5\|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=mw0000786632}}</ref>
	\|rev2 = '']''		\|rev2 = '']''
	\|rev2score = (8/10)<ref></ref>		\|rev2score = (8/10)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-radiohead-9716\|title=Radiohead\|work=NME\|date=26 February 2011 }}</ref>
	\|rev3 = ]		\|rev3 = '']''
	\|rev3score = (4/10)<ref></~~ref~~>		\|rev3score = (4/10)<ref name="Pitchfork review"/>
	\|rev4 = '']''		\|rev4 = '']''
	\|rev4score = {{Rating\|3.5\|5}}<ref>~~</ref>~~		\|rev4score = {{Rating\|3.5\|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/t/radiohead/\|title=Radiohead – Rolling Stone\|magazine=] \|date=20 June 2023 }}</ref>
	\|rev5 = '']''		\|rev5 = '']''
	\|rev5score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref>{{~~Dead~~ ~~link~~\|date=~~May~~ ~~2012~~}}</ref>		\|rev5score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615232427/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article4059242.ece \|date=15 June 2011 }}</ref>
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			''Radiohead: The Best Of'' debuted at number four on the ] and received generally positive reviews.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2018}} The '']'' critic Scott Plagenhoef praised the songs, but felt the compilation was unnecessary as Radiohead did not have a "winding, difficult discography to navigate". He wrote that the standard edition contained too many songs from their 90s albums '']'' and '']'', and that the expanded special edition missed an opportunity to collect B-sides or rarities.<ref name="Pitchfork review">{{cite web\|last=Plagenhoef\|first=Scott\|date=5 June 2008\|title=Radiohead: ''The Best Of'' / ''The Best Of ''\|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11686-the-best-ofthe-best-of-special-edition/\|website=]}}</ref>
	'''''Radiohead: The Best Of''''' is a ] of ] ] band ], remembered solely for their 1993 hit, "]". The album features ], album tracks and one ] the band released from 1992 to 2003 while with ].<ref name="NME_0402">{{cite web\|title=Radiohead to release 'Best Of' compilation\|publisher=]\|date=2008-04-02\|url=http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/35609\|accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> The album comprises the majority of the band's charting hits. The album is also available with a bonus disc which concentrates on less commercially successful singles and other tracks. All of the material on both discs had been previously released. The sleevenotes for the compilation were written by British music journalist Chris Salmon. As a parallel release, a DVD compilation featured 21 music videos,<ref name="NME_0415">{{cite web\|title=Radiohead 'Best Of' to be released as DVD\|publisher=]\|date=2008-04-15\|url=http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/35917}}</ref> of which nine were released on DVD for the first time. The compilation debuted at number 4 in the UK album charts, and critical reception to the compilation was generally positive.

	This is the first released compilation of Radiohead's songs, but it had not been sanctioned by the band;<ref></ref> it was prepared by EMI after the band's departure, and Radiohead band members did not participate in selecting the tracks. Nevertheless, according to interviews the band had major input through their career in the choice of most of their singles that were later included on the compilation. A few non-singles which remain regulars in the band's live sets were also included, such as "Idioteque" and "Everything in Its Right Place" from '']'', their only album until '']'' without singles.

	Members of the band have expressed their disapproval of the compilation due to its ] track sequencing; the band once stated in an interview in 2003 that they would never release a greatest hits collection. ''Radiohead: The Best Of'' was prepared soon after they decided not to renew their contract with the label. In 2008 singer Thom Yorke said, "We haven’t really had any hits so what exactly is the purpose? There’s nothing we can do about it. The work is really public property now anyway... It’s a wasted opportunity in that if we’d been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good".<ref></ref> The compilation contains only songs to which EMI holds the ]; all of the tracks were recorded before Radiohead's seventh studio album, '']'' (2007), as the band ended their contract with EMI in 2004 and signed with other labels for future distribution.

	==Track listing==		==Track listing==
	All songs written by Radiohead.		All songs written by Radiohead (], ], ], ], and ]), except where noted.
	;Disc One
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 3:54
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 6:27
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:24
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 3:57
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 3:49
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:17
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:36
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 5:21
	#"]" <small>(from '']'' and '']'')</small>  – 4:18
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:51
	#"]" (radio edit) <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:37
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 3:19
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:05
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:49
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:13
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 4:11
	#"]" <small>(from '']'')</small>  - 3:11 (Japanese tour 2008 edition bonus track)
	The version of disc one for the US contains a bonus track, "]" (Edit), before "Fake Plastic Trees".<ref></ref> The reasoning for its inclusion was that "Optimistic" was played on US ] radio to promote '']''—an album without any official singles—and proceeded to peak in the top 10 of the ] chart, one of only three Radiohead songs to do so.<ref>{{Allmusic\|class=artist\|id=p41092/charts-awards/billboard-singles\|label=Billboard}}</ref>

			{{Track listing
	;Disc Two
			\|headline = Disc 1 (Standard Edition)
	#"]" <small>(originally from ''OK Computer'')</small>  – 4:47
			\| all_writing =
	#"]" <small>(from ''Amnesiac'')</small>  – 4:52
			\| extra_column = Album
	#"]" <small>(from ''Hail to the Thief'')</small>  – 3:22
			\| title1 = ]
	#"Let Down" <small>(from ''OK Computer'')</small>  – 4:59
	~~#"]"~~ ~~<small>(from~~ ''The Bends'')~~</small> ~~ – ~~4:19~~		\| extra1 = '']'', 1995
			\| length1 = 3:55
	#"]" <small>(from ''OK Computer'')</small>  – 4:27
			\| writer1 = Radiohead
	#"]" <small>(from ''Kid A'')</small>  – 5:47
			\| title2 = ]
	#"]" <small>(from ''Amnesiac'')</small>  – 4:15
			\| length2 = 6:27
	#"Talk Show Host" <small>(B-side from "]")</small>  – 4:39
			\| extra2 = '']'', 1997
	#"You" (album version) <small>(from ''Pablo Honey'')</small>  – 3:28
			\| writer2 = Radiohead
	#"]" <small>(from ''Pablo Honey'')</small>  – 3:37
			\| title3 = ]
	#"How to Disappear Completely" <small>(from ''Kid A'')</small>  – 5:55
			\| length3 = 4:25
	#"True Love Waits" (live in Los Angeles, 2001) <small>(from '']'')</small>  – 5:04
			\| extra3 = ''OK Computer'', 1997
			\| writer3 = Radiohead
			\| title4 = ]
			\| extra4 = '']'', 1993
			\| length4 = 4:00
			\| writer4 = Radiohead, ], ]
			\| title5 = ]
			\| length5 = 3:50
			\| extra5 = ''OK Computer'', 1997
			\| writer5 = Radiohead
			\| title6 = ]
			\| length6 = 4:18
			\| extra6 = ''The Bends'', 1995
			\| writer6 = Radiohead
			\| title7 = ]
			\| length7 = 4:36
			\| extra7 = ''The Bends'', 1995
			\| writer7 = Radiohead
			\| title8 = ]
			\| length8 = 5:22
			\| extra8 = '']'', 2003
			\| writer8 = Radiohead
			\| title9 = ]
			\| length9 = 4:21
			\| extra9 = ''OK Computer'', 1997
			\| writer9 = Radiohead
			\| title10 = ]
			\| note10 = <small>edit</small>
			\| length10 = 4:53
			\| extra10 = <small>edited version previously unreleased; original from</small> '']'', 2000
			\| writer10 = Radiohead
			\| title11 = ]
			\| length11 = 4:52
			\| extra11 = ''The Bends'', 1995
			\| writer11 = Radiohead
			\| title12 = ]
			\| note12 = <small>edit</small>
			\| length12 = 4:35
			\| extra12 = <small>edited version previously unreleased; original from</small> ''Kid A'', 2000
			\| writer12 = Radiohead, Arthur Kreiger, ]
			\| title13 = ]
			\| length13 = 3:21
			\| extra13 = ''Hail to the Thief'', 2003
			\| writer13 = Radiohead
			\| title14 = ]
			\| length14 = 4:08
			\| extra14 = ''The Bends'', 1995
			\| writer14 = Radiohead
			\| title15 = ]
			\| length15 = 4:50
			\| extra15 = '']'', 2001
			\| writer15 = Radiohead
			\| title16 = ]
			\| length16 = 4:13
			\| extra16 = ''The Bends'', 1995
			\| writer16 = Radiohead
			\| title17 = ]
			\| length17 = 4:13
			\| extra17 = ''Kid A'', 2000
			\| writer17 = Radiohead
			}}

			Note: "Optimistic" (Edit) is only on some releases of the album.
	{{Infobox album

	\| Name = '''Radiohead: The Best Of'''
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			\|headline = Disc 2 (Special Edition)
	\| Artist = ]
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	\| Cover = Radiohead the best of dvd.jpg
			\| extra_column = Album
	\| Released = 2 June 2008
			\| title1 = Airbag
	\| Recorded = 1992–2003
			\| extra1 = ''OK Computer'', 1997
	\| Genre = ]
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			\| writer1 = Radiohead
	\| Label = ]
	\| ~~Producer~~ =		\| title2 = I Might Be Wrong
	\| ~~Reviews~~ =		\| length2 = 4:54
			\| extra2 = ''Amnesiac'', 2001
	\| Last album = '']'' <br /> (2004)
	\| ~~This album~~ = ~~'''''~~Radiohead~~: The Best Of''''' <br /> (2008)~~		\| writer2 = Radiohead
			\| title3 = ]
	\| Next album = '']'' <br/> (2008)
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			\| extra3 = ''Hail to the Thief'', 2003
			\| writer3 = Radiohead
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			\| length4 = 4:59
			\| writer4 = Radiohead
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			\| length5 = 4:19
			\| extra5 = ''The Bends'', 1995
			\| writer5 = Radiohead
			\| title6 = Exit Music (For a Film)
			\| length6 = 4:24
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			\| length7 = 5:51
			\| extra7 = ''Kid A'', 2000
			\| writer7 = Radiohead
			\| title8 = ]
			\| length8 = 4:17
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			\| writer8 = Radiohead
			\| title9 = Talk Show Host
			\| length9 = 4:14
			\| extra9 = B-side to "]", 1996
			\| writer9 = Radiohead
			\| title10 = You
			\| length10 = 3:29
			\| extra10 = ''Pablo Honey'', 1993
			\| writer10 = Radiohead
			\| title11 = Anyone Can Play Guitar
			\| length11 = 3:37
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			\| length12 = 5:56
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			\| title13 = ]
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			\| length13 = 5:02
			\| extra13 = '']'', 2001
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	}}		}}

			== Charts and certifications ==
	===DVD===
	#"]" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
	#"]" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
	#"]" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
	#"]" (directed by Jeff Plansker)
	#"]" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
	#"]" (UK version) (directed by David Mould)
	#"High and Dry" (US version) (directed by Paul Cunningham)
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"]" (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"Push Pulk"/"Like Spinning Plates" (directed by Johnny Hardstaff)
	#"]" (directed by Chris Hopewell)
	#"]" (directed by ])
	#"Sit Down. Stand Up." (directed by Ed Holdsworth)
	#"]" (Live at Belfort Festival) (directed by Fabien Raymond)

	==Charts and certifications==
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	===Charts===		===Charts===
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	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Australian-charts.com \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Australian Charts - Radiohead - The Best Of (album)}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Australian-charts.com \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Australian Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)}}</ref>
	\|10		\|10
	\|-		\|-
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	\|23		\|23
	\|-		\|-
	!scope="row"\|] (Flanders)<ref>{{Cite web \| url = ~~http~~://www.ultratop.be/nl/~~showitem.asp?interpret=~~Radiohead~~&titel=~~The+Best+Of~~&cat=a~~ \| publisher = ] \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Charts Vlaanderen - Radiohead - The Best Of (album) \| language = ~~Dutch~~}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|] (Flanders)<ref>{{Cite web \| url = https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/159a7/Radiohead-The-Best-Of \| publisher = ] \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Charts Vlaanderen – Radiohead – The Best Of (album) \| language = nl}}</ref>
	\|1		\|1
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	!scope="row"\|] (Wallonia)<ref>{{Cite web \| url = ~~http~~://www.ultratop.be/fr/~~showitem.asp?interpret=~~Radiohead~~&titel=~~The+Best+Of~~&cat=a~~ \| publisher = ] \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Charts Belgique Francophone - Radiohead - The Best Of (album) \| language = ~~French~~}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|] (Wallonia)<ref>{{Cite web \| url = https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/159a7/Radiohead-The-Best-Of \| publisher = ] \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Charts Belgique Francophone – Radiohead – The Best Of (album) \| language = fr}}</ref>
	\|3		\|3
	\|-		\|-
	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~ \| url = {{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=radiohead\|chart=Canadian Albums}} \| ~~work~~ = ] \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Radiohead Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Albums}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite magazine \| url = {{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=radiohead\|chart=Canadian Albums}} \| magazine = ] \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Radiohead Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Albums}}</ref>
	\|10		\|10
	\|-		\|-
	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = ~~http~~://danishcharts.~~com~~/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = ~~Danishcharts~~.~~com~~ \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Danish Charts - Radiohead - The Best Of (album)}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = danishcharts.dk \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Danish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)}}</ref>
	\|16		\|16
	\|-		\|-
	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Dutchcharts.nl \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Dutch Charts - Radiohead - The Best Of (album) \| language = ~~Dutch~~}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Dutchcharts.nl \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Dutch Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album) \| language = nl}}</ref>
	\|9		\|9
	\|-		\|-
	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Finnishcharts.com \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Finnish Charts - Radiohead - The Best Of (album)}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Finnishcharts.com \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Finnish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)}}</ref>
	\|35		\|35
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	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Hitparade.ch \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Swiss Charts - Radiohead - The Best Of (album)}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|]<ref name="Hitparade.ch">{{Cite web \| url = http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Radiohead&titel=The+Best+Of&cat=a \| publisher = Hitparade.ch \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Swiss Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)}}</ref>
	\|39		\|39
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	!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Radiohead/21403/?type=longplay \| publisher = Musicline.de \| ~~accessdate~~ = 18 May 2012 \| title = Radiohead - Longplay-Chartverfolgung \| language = ~~German~~}}</ref>		!scope="row"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \| url = http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Radiohead/21403/?type=longplay \| publisher = Musicline.de \| access-date = 18 May 2012 \| title = Radiohead – Longplay-Chartverfolgung \| language = de \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160123145546/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Radiohead/21403/?type=longplay \| archive-date = 23 January 2016 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>
	\|38		\|38
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2008 greatest hits album by Radiohead

Radiohead: The Best Of

Greatest hits album by Radiohead

Released

2 June 2008

Length

75:30
130:50 (special edition)

Label

Producer

Radiohead chronology

Radiohead Box Set
(2007)

Radiohead: The Best Of
(2008)

In Rainbows – From the Basement
(2008)

Radiohead: The Best Of is a greatest hits album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released on 2 June 2008 by Parlophone Records in the UK and by Capitol Records in the US, subsidiaries of EMI. It contains songs from Radiohead's first six albums, recorded while they were under contract with EMI. The Best Of debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart and received mostly positive reviews. Radiohead had no creative input and were critical of the release.

Content

The standard edition of The Best Of contains 17 tracks from Radiohead's first six albums. The special edition contains a second CD with 13 additional tracks, including the B-side "Talk Show Host" and a live performance of "True Love Waits" from I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001). A DVD compilation with 21 music videos, including nine never before released on DVD, was also released.

Release

Radiohead recorded their first six albums under contract with EMI. In 2007, after Radiohead chose not to renew their contract, EMI released The Best Of and a box set of Radiohead albums to boost their revenue. Radiohead had no creative input into the releases and were reportedly "enraged", seeing best-of compilations as typical of artists in decline. The singer, Thom Yorke, said:

There's nothing we can do about it. The work is really public property now anyway... It's a wasted opportunity in that if we'd been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good ... And now it's like when you move house – you don't want to peer through the window and see what they've done with the wallpaper because it will only upset you.

In 2016, Radiohead's back catalogue was transferred to XL Recordings. The Best Of and the "special editions" of Radiohead albums, issued by EMI in the same year without Radiohead's approval, were removed from streaming services.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
NME	(8/10)
Pitchfork	(4/10)
Rolling Stone
The Times

Radiohead: The Best Of debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart and received generally positive reviews. The Pitchfork critic Scott Plagenhoef praised the songs, but felt the compilation was unnecessary as Radiohead did not have a "winding, difficult discography to navigate". He wrote that the standard edition contained too many songs from their 90s albums The Bends and OK Computer, and that the expanded special edition missed an opportunity to collect B-sides or rarities.

Track listing

All songs written by Radiohead (Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Thom Yorke), except where noted.

Disc 1 (Standard Edition)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Just"	Radiohead	The Bends, 1995	3:55
2.	"Paranoid Android"	Radiohead	OK Computer, 1997	6:27
3.	"Karma Police"	Radiohead	OK Computer, 1997	4:25
4.	"Creep"	Radiohead, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood	Pablo Honey, 1993	4:00
5.	"No Surprises"	Radiohead	OK Computer, 1997	3:50
6.	"High and Dry"	Radiohead	The Bends, 1995	4:18
7.	"My Iron Lung"	Radiohead	The Bends, 1995	4:36
8.	"There There"	Radiohead	Hail to the Thief, 2003	5:22
9.	"Lucky"	Radiohead	OK Computer, 1997	4:21
10.	"Optimistic" (edit)	Radiohead	edited version previously unreleased; original from Kid A, 2000	4:53
11.	"Fake Plastic Trees"	Radiohead	The Bends, 1995	4:52
12.	"Idioteque" (edit)	Radiohead, Arthur Kreiger, Paul Lansky	edited version previously unreleased; original from Kid A, 2000	4:35
13.	"2 + 2 = 5"	Radiohead	Hail to the Thief, 2003	3:21
14.	"The Bends"	Radiohead	The Bends, 1995	4:08
15.	"Pyramid Song"	Radiohead	Amnesiac, 2001	4:50
16.	"Street Spirit (Fade Out)"	Radiohead	The Bends, 1995	4:13
17.	"Everything in Its Right Place"	Radiohead	Kid A, 2000	4:13

Note: "Optimistic" (Edit) is only on some releases of the album.

Disc 2 (Special Edition)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Airbag"	Radiohead	OK Computer, 1997	4:44
2.	"I Might Be Wrong"	Radiohead	Amnesiac, 2001	4:54
3.	"Go to Sleep"	Radiohead	Hail to the Thief, 2003	3:21
4.	"Let Down"	Radiohead	OK Computer, 1997	4:59
5.	"Planet Telex"	Radiohead	The Bends, 1995	4:19
6.	"Exit Music (For a Film)"	Radiohead	OK Computer, 1997	4:24
7.	"The National Anthem"	Radiohead	Kid A, 2000	5:51
8.	"Knives Out"	Radiohead	Amnesiac, 2001	4:17
9.	"Talk Show Host"	Radiohead	B-side to "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", 1996	4:14
10.	"You"	Radiohead	Pablo Honey, 1993	3:29
11.	"Anyone Can Play Guitar"	Radiohead	Pablo Honey, 1993	3:37
12.	"How to Disappear Completely"	Radiohead	Kid A, 2000	5:56
13.	"True Love Waits" (live)	Radiohead	I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, 2001	5:02

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart	Peak Position
Australian Albums Chart	10
Austrian Albums Chart	23
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	1
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	3
Canadian Albums Chart	10
Danish Albums Chart	16
Dutch Albums Chart	9
Finnish Albums Chart	35
French Albums Chart	39
German Albums Chart	38
Italian Albums Chart	7
Irish Albums Chart	1
New Zealand Albums Chart	6
Norwegian Albums Chart	17
Portuguese Albums Chart	3
Scottish Albums Chart	6
Spanish Albums Chart	31
Swiss Albums Chart	12
UK Albums Chart	4
US Billboard 200	26
US Billboard 200 (Two-disc version)	81

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)	Gold	15,000
France (SNEP)	Platinum	100,000
Ireland (IRMA)	Platinum	15,000
Italy (FIMI) sales since 2009	Platinum	60,000
Poland (ZPAV)	Gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum	300,000
Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"Radiohead to release 'Best Of' compilation". NME. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
^ Plagenhoef, Scott (5 June 2008). "Radiohead: The Best Of / The Best Of [Special Edition]". Pitchfork.
"Radiohead 'Best Of' to be released as DVD". NME. 15 April 2008.
^ Forde, Eamonn (18 February 2019). "Chasing rainbows: inside the battle between Radiohead and EMI's Guy Hands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
Reynolds, Simon (9 May 2008). "Yorke slams Radiohead 'Best Of' LP". Digital Spy. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
^ "Radiohead's Early Catalog Moves From Warner Bros. to XL". Billboard. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
Trendell, Andrew. "Here's why so many Radiohead songs disappeared from Spotify + streaming | Gigwise". gigwise.com. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
Radiohead: The Best Of at AllMusic
"Radiohead". NME. 26 February 2011.
"Radiohead – Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 20 June 2023.
The Times review Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
"Australian Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Austria Top-40 – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Charts Vlaanderen – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Charts Belgique Francophone – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Radiohead Album & Song Chart History – Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Danish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Dutch Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Finnish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ "Swiss Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Radiohead – Longplay-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Italian Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 12 June 2008". Chart-track.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"New Zealand Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". charts.nz. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Norwegian Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Portuguese Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
"Spanish Charts – Radiohead – The Best Of (album)". Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
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"Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2009". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
"French album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
"The Irish Charts - 2009 Certification Awards - Platinum". Irish Recorded Music Association.
"Italian album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select "2012" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "The Best Of" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
"Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2008 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. 3 September 2008.
"British album certifications – Radiohead – The Best Of". British Phonographic Industry.

External links

Radiohead: The Best Of at Discogs (list of releases)

Radiohead

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Remix albums

TKOL RMX 1234567

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

Related albums

Category

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