Radiohead - Rainbow's End (2009)

When Radiohead self-released 'In Rainbows' in 2007 it was the first ever 'pay-what-you-want' download by a major act, after their recording contract with EMI ended with their 2003 album 'Hail to the Thief'. The band has been working on the record for more than two years, beginning in early 2005, and in 2006, after initial recording sessions with new producer Spike Stent proved fruitless, the band toured Europe and North America performing the new material. After re-enlisting longtime producer Nigel Godrich, Radiohead eventually recorded the album in a number of studios in London and Oxfordshire, with the songs incorporating a variety of musical styles and instruments, including electronics, strings, piano, and the ondes Martenot.
The album had a physical release in December 2007 on XL records, and made number one in the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, selling over three million copies worldwide by October 2008. There was also a limited edition box set which included 'In Rainbows' on vinyl and CD, as well as a bonus CD of eight additional songs, and two years later the bonus disc was made available for download from the band's website, making the extra tracks more readily available to the fans. These songs added up to the equivalent of a 25 minute EP, but I wanted to expand this to album length, and so added in a few tracks which were either recorded around the same time as the original 'In Rainbows' sessions, or at the time that the re-issue appeared in 2009. I've therefore added the reknowned, but now extremely hard to find, Flying Lotus remix of 'Reckoner', plus their contribution to the 'Help!' charity album, both from 2007, and the two download only singles that they released in 2009. All of the songs are very much in the style of the parent album, and so this hangs together pretty well as a companion disc to the original release. 

Track listing

01 MK 1 ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)
02 Down Is The New Up ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)
03 Go Slowly ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)
04 MK 2 ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)
05 These Are My Twisted Words (free download single 2009)
06 Last Flowers ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)
07 Up On The Ladder ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)
08 Harry Patch (In Memory Of) (download single 2009)
09 I Want None Of This (from 'Help! A Day In The Life' charity album 2007)
10 Bangers + Mash ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)
11 Reckoner (Flying Lotus Remix 2007)
12 4 Minute Warning ('In Rainbows' box set 2007)