Which radiohead album is creep on

Critics and the band alike seem baffled by an album so atypical, so shapeless — and above all, so sincere. Virtually nothing about Pablo Honey predicts the band that would emerge in The Bends and its successors.

The questions of mass communication and social disaffection that Radiohead would mine later on is almost entirely absent as well. Even a band that comes to be renowned for detachment, it turns out, is subject to the same candor and haziness that tends to typify first albums. There are tendencies — abetted by the lack of irony — toward popular rock: a Billboard review at the time of release likened certain songs to U2.

So they did, and we made it into a little sound collage at the beginning. But you can get by with just chords. How nice, dear. I masturbate a lot. Having misheard them, the producers spent a long stretch believing the tune was actually written by the baritone pop idol turned existential avant-garde troubadour. Rather than a straight steal, Radiohead intended it as an affectionate homage. So Thom copied it. It was funny to us in a way, sort of feeding something like that into [it].

The Los Angeles Times was more charitable, calling out the lengthy list of influences in their contemporary review. As with the Hollies comparisons, the band was mostly in agreement with these characterizations. But once the song took off abroad, and after Radiohead recorded a censored version, the network reversed the decision.

The onscreen moment was particularly special for Yorke, a fan of the animated duo. He capped off the mini set by leaping into the pool, microphone and all, nearly electrocuting himself in the process. Like many newly famous acts, Radiohead quickly came to resent — and even hate — the very thing that vaulted them to superstardom.

We were on the verge of breaking up. It was a lesson. For months they struggled aimlessly in the studio, determined to best their previous work but unsure which direction to take.

In , halfway through their OK Computer tour, the band dropped the song from set lists altogether. Creep was not played live again until , but it has since reappeared several times on the band's live sets.

The song is included in the Radiohead: The Best Of compilation album. The music video for Creep shows Radiohead performing the song at a staged concert, shot cinematically. Radiohead Knowledge Base Explore.